Netflix will debut a brand new Korean unscripted sequence each month till the primary quarter of 2025, together with The Satan’s Plan 2 and the fourth season of courting actuality present Single’s Inferno.
The streamer has invested closely in its Korean unscripted slate, with 10 exhibits premiering this 12 months — greater than double the quantity from two years in the past. A few of these exhibits have been introduced at its Korean slate launch in February this 12 months.
Social survival present The Influencer will debut on August 6, pitting 77 of South Korea‘s high influencers in opposition to one another. Collectively, they’ve a complete of 120 million followers throughout platforms equivalent to YouTube, TikTok and Instagram, with figures like Jang Keun-suk, RISABAE, PaniBottle, Jin Yong-jin, Shim Eu-ddeum, and DaeDo set to function within the present. It comes from Kakao Leisure.
A-list to Playlist might be launched on August 30, that includes veteran actor Cho Jung-seok from the hit drama sequence Hospital Playlist as he embarks on a journey to grow to be a singer-songwriter. Helping him are his shut buddies Jung Sang-hoon and Moon Sang-hoon, alongside Korean musicians like Gummy and Dynamicduo. CJ ENM and Jung-woo Yang are producing.
Netflix’s first Korean cooking competitors, Culinary Class Wars, will debut in September, that includes star cooks and 100 contestants. Restaurateur Paik Jong-won and Anh Sung-jae function judges of the present. Anh runs MOSU Seoul, Korea’s solely three Michelin-starred restaurant. It’s from Studio Slam.
One other present from Kakao, Comedy Revenge, will debut in October, that includes comedy legend Lee Kyung-kyu as he leads 22 comedians in a battle of humor.
Different unscripted sequence that may launch in direction of the later a part of this 12 months embrace Studio C1’s sports activities survival actuality present Rugged Rugby: Conquer or Die in addition to Kakao’s second season of Zombieverse: New Blood.
In 2025, Netflix will launch the TEO-produced second season of The Satan’s Plan and the fourth season of the favored courting actuality present Single’s Inferno, from Shijak Firm. The streamer may even debut the Studio Modak-produced Kian’s Weird B&B, that includes the webtoon artist and host as he opens a guesthouse on the island of Ulleungdo.
Ki Hwan Yoo, Director of Content material at Netflix Korea, stated: “We consider it’s essential to be liked regionally first earlier than we will win over world audiences. Our principal intention is to create exhibits that our viewers actually take pleasure in, and every present has its personal distinctive attraction that matches what they need.”
