’1 Night 2 Days’ faces low viewer ratings due to lack of a new episode

The latest episode of KBS‘s variety show, ‘1 Night 2 Days‘ saw a major drop in viewer ratings.

According to AGB Nielsen, the 29th broadcast of ‘Happy Sunday’, which is a 2 hour block of programming consisting of ’1N2D’ and ‘Qualifications of Men’,  recorded a measly 9% in viewership ratings.  This is a significant difference when compared to the previous week, which drew in 15.3% when ’1 Night 2 Days’ aired a new episode.

Due to the ongoing KBS labor union strikes and lack of original episodes, KBS was forced to air older episodes (even airing episodes from 2007) as well as highlight reels.  This week’s “special” faced extremely low ratings, mostly caused by the lack of new material.

Meanwhile, in the same time slot, SBS‘s ‘Good Sunday‘ (a block of programming that includes the popular ‘Running Man‘ and ‘Laws of the Jungle 2‘ shows) recorded 14.9% and grabbed first place among competitors.  MBC‘s ‘Our Sunday Night’ recorded 1.9% for ‘Exploration of Genders’ and 8.2% for  ’I Am a Singer 2‘.