Broadcaster Shin Dong-yeop, “I used to be a slave to viewership ratings, but I don’t watch it anymore.”

Broadcaster Shin Dong-yeop said that in the past he was obsessed with viewership ratings, but that has now changed.

On the 19th, broadcaster Shin Dong-yeop appeared as a guest on YouTube channel 'TEO's 'Salon Drip 2'. In the released video titled 'I'm a salty hyung, but I pressed the salon drip button', Shin Dong-yeop was shown caring for his junior Jang Do-yeon.

On this day, Jang Do-yeon expressed her gratitude to Shin Dong-yeop for willingly appearing on her YouTube channel. Jang Do-yeon said, "Jin-kyung also appeared on her sister's channel. If Hong Jin-kyung and I are invited at the same time, who will go to?" Shin Dong-yup jokingly said, "She is a tall person. So I guess Lee So-ra, who is the tallest, appeared on YouTube first." trembled. Shin Dong-yeop recently appeared on the YouTube channel of his ex-girlfriend Lee So-ra, with whom he had a public relationship for six years from 1997 to 2001.

Shin Dong-yeop, who was once a non-marriage advocate, has one son and one daughter with his current wife, producer Seon Hye-yoon. Jang Do-yeon said, "What kind of person is PD Seon? I worked on a broadcast with him and he was very upright and upright, but I thought he had a lot of skill when dealing with people." Shin Dong-yeop expressed his affection, saying, "Senior PDs from not-so-famous broadcasting stations were really good at imitating the vocal cords of these people. That was very fun and funny. But coincidentally, they were also pretty."

Jang Do-yeon asked about the secret behind taking on so many long-running programs, and Shin Dong-yup responded, "In the past, when I received a program offer, I looked into what the other programs in the same time slot were doing and who the producer and writer were before deciding. I was a slave to viewership ratings. Now I don't watch it at all. “Even if you don’t look at it, if it doesn’t work out, it will be abolished,” he emphasized.

Shin Dong-yup mentioned, “There are cases where you are suddenly notified of the cancellation of a program two weeks in advance, and there are cases where you are notified of the cancellation on the same day as the program,” and Jang Do-yeon revealed an episode of same-day notification that she experienced. Jang Do-yeon also said, "We had a last dinner party, saying 'I had a hard time'. But it was over for me. I cried in the car."

Shin Dong-yup also explained why he was taking a break from Saturday's broadcast. Shin Dong-yeop said, "When I did 'SNL', it was a live broadcast on Saturdays, so I did it for 10 years. 'Hello' had to be done by family and friends, so it was always on Sundays. I did that for 10 years as well. It wasn't easy when my kids grew up and I had to go out on the weekends. It wasn't easy. I made up my mind. “The idea was, ‘Let’s not broadcast on Saturday,’” he emphasized.

Shin Dong-yeop, who usually expresses affection to his children a lot, said that it wasn't like that in the past, and said, "I learned from 'Hello'. The relationship between parents and children was not good. There was something disappointing, but the parents didn't express it, saying, 'You know everything.' “At that time, I realized that it was important to express myself,” he said.

Shin Dong-yeop, who mentioned broadcasting together with comedian Park Na-rae, who is close to Jang Do-yeon, on 'Amazing Saturday', praised her, saying, "But once I fell in love with Na-rae, I couldn't get out of it. If I nudged her, she would come out. Even in an absurd situation, she kept doing something." Didn't spare anything. In response, Jang Do-yeon added, “No matter what Park Na-rae says, she has the style to accept it well. She doesn’t miss any comment or situational drama.”

Reporter Ha-neul Lee, Ten Asia greenworld@tenasia.co.kr