Broadcasters canceled variety program schedules after a Jeju Air passenger plane accident occurred at Muan Airport in South Jeolla Province on the morning of the 29th. Year-end award ceremonies will not be aired either.
MBC announced that the 2024 MBC Entertainment Awards ceremony scheduled for 8:30 p.m. will be canceled due to an emergency news special broadcast on this day. Initially, MBC only canceled the photo time of the Entertainment Awards at 7 p.m., but decided not to air the ceremony six hours before the event. However, it has been noted that the cancellation of the ceremony itself is not yet decided.
In addition, MBC canceled 'Start! Video Travel' scheduled for 12:10 p.m. and also announced the cancellation of 'King of Mask Singer' scheduled for 6 p.m.
KBS canceled the weekend entertainment programs 'TV Show Genuine Article' and 'National Singing Contest' on KBS 1TV and switched to a 24-hour emergency broadcast system. The 'National Singing Contest' was preparing a special with singer Kim Yeon-ja, Ahn Sung-hoon, Lin, and 17 amateur teams from across the country who passed the preliminaries for the year-end.
KBS 2TV replaced its regular entertainment programs like 'The Boss Has Donkey Ears,' '2 Days & 1 Night,' 'The Other DdanDara,' 'Gag Concert' with 'Secrets of Life and Death' and 'Family of Love.' It was noted that this decision considered the social atmosphere after the tragedy occurred.
SBS also suspended the broadcast of 'Animal Farm' on the morning of that day. It is reported that changes to the schedule are under review.
With a major accident occurring at the end of the year, there is interest in whether the remaining broadcast station award ceremonies will be aired. MBC is scheduled for the Drama Awards ceremony on the 30th, while KBS and SBS have Drama and Entertainment Awards ceremonies on the 31st respectively.