Star TV director Kim Tae-ho to return with brand-new reality travel show

▲ These photos, provided by ENA, show scenes captured from the teaser video of 'Earth Marble World Tour.' (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean television director Kim Tae-ho, who is known for previously producing the mega-hit reality show “Infinite Challenge” for 13 years, will return to the small screens with a brand-new reality show “Earth Marble World Tour (literal title).”

The show will premiere on Mar. 4, broadcasting company ENA announced Friday.

“Earth Marble World Travel” is a reality travel show inspired by the well-known board game "Blue Marble,” which the director will be bringing to real life. South Korean travel YouTubers Pani Bottle, Kwak Tube, and 1G, who are widely acclaimed in South Korea, will appear as the hosts going on a world tour.

After wrapping up his show “Infinite Challenge” after 13 years, Kim successfully returned to the small screens in 2019 with a brand-new variety show “Hangout with Yoo.” His first-ever online streaming show was Netflix’s tv series “The Hungry and the Hairy,” which he produced in collaboration with MBC.

The director then left MBC, one of the leading South Korean television broadcasters, in his 21st year as a producer to establish a private production company of his own. He then dropped the original TVING series “Seoul Check-in,” starring the iconic South Korean singer Lee Hyo-ri.

“Earth Marble World Tour” will be Kim’s first YouTube content, which will be released on the official YouTube channel of his production company Theo, starting on Feb. 23. The show will then be aired on ENA at 7:50 p.m. on Mar. 4.

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Ha eun Lee)

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