The state of emergency declared by President Yoon Seok-yeol on December 3 was lifted six hours later, but aftershocks reached the broadcasting sector.
The major broadcast networks, including the three terrestrial stations and cable channels, have decided to cancel variety shows and dramas, replacing them with news specials.
The SBS Friday-Saturday drama “The Fiery Priest 2” aired its ninth episode on December 6, but the tenth episode, scheduled for December 7, was canceled in favor of a special. The musical show Inkigayo, scheduled for December 8, will also be cancelled.
MBC’s Friday-Saturday drama “When The Phone Rings” announced that its episodes 5 and 6, scheduled for December 6 and 7, would be postponed due to special news. Episode 5, which was supposed to air on December 6 with an extended runtime of 10 minutes, has been rescheduled for December 13.
JTBC weekend drama “The Tale of Lady Ok” will be canceled on December 7 and will return with episode 3 on December 8. The variety show “Knowing Bros” will also be canceled due to the special news.
Channel A’s weekend drama “Marry You” will skip episode 7, which will air in a consecutive broadcast with episode 8 on December 8. MBN also decided to cancel variety shows “Let’s go” and “Dongchimi”.
In addition to TV shows, YouTube content creators have also delayed their releases. The YouTube channel “Channel Fullmoon”, run by PD Na Young-seok and others, was announced on December 6. “Normal Friday content scheduled to upload today has been postponed this week,” adding, “We will be back next week with better content.”
YouTube channel DdeunDdeun, featuring Yoo Jae-suk and Hwang Jung-min, will also delay its episode “Punghyanggo,” which will now be available on December 15. The production team said, “The episode ‘Punghyanggo’, which was scheduled to upload this Sunday, has been postponed by a week.
On the evening of December 3, President Yoon Suk-yeol made an emergency announcement from the Yongsan Presidential Office, declaring a state of emergency. The following morning, December 4, a motion to abolish martial law was presented to the National Assembly, where all 190 members present voted in favor. Martial law was lifted at 4:27 am on December 4 through a live broadcast from the Yongsan Presidential Office.
The impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk-yeol is expected to be heard by the National Assembly at 5pm on December 7. The Assembly will first vote on the impeachment motion and then proceed to vote again on the special prosecutor bill for Kim Gun-yeol. Hey.
Source: Daum
