Little Forest (TV program)
{{short description|Korean television program}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Little Forest SBS 2019.png
| native_name = {{Infobox Korean television name|hangul=리틀 포레스트|rr=Riteul Poreseuteu|mr=Rit'ŭl P'oresŭt'ŭ}}
| genre = {{ubl|Children's series|Reality television|Variety show}}
| country = South Korea
| language = Korean
| starring = (Various artistes)
| director = {{ubl|Kim Jung-wook|Cho Yong-jae|Park So-hyeon|Ahn Jung-hyun|Kwon Hyeong-gu|Yoo Sun-myeong}}
| writer = {{ubl|Oh Yoo-seon|Lee Seong-jeong|Lim Jung-mi|Yang Ji-in|Lee Seon-hye|Park Hee-kyung|Kim Na-rin|Lee Seong-hee|Rose|Kim Hye-lim}}
| num_episodes = 16
| runtime = 60–80 minutes
| camera = Multi-camera
| company = SBS
| channel = SBS TV
| first_aired = {{start date|2019|8|12|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2019|10|7|df=y}}
}}
Little Forest ({{ko-hhrm|hangul=리틀 포레스트}}) is a South Korean television entertainment program broadcast by SBS every Monday and Tuesday from 12 August to 7 October 2019. The program starred Lee Seo-jin, Lee Seung-gi, Park Na-rae and Jung So-min.{{cite web|url=http://tvdaily.asiae.co.kr/read.php3?aid=15655879881479996017|title=[TD포토] '리틀 포레스트' 찍박골의 여름 맞이|language=ko|work=TV Daily|date=12 August 2019|accessdate=12 September 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912032719/http://tvdaily.asiae.co.kr/read.php3?aid=15655879881479996017|archivedate=12 September 2019|url-status=live}}
Overview
The program is a 16-episode series program to "Caring for Kids in the Nature" for children who have no place to play with and is a healing variety program designed as a home kids garden development project for children.{{cite web|url=https://programs.sbs.co.kr/enter/forestbaby/about/61603|title=Program Introduction|work=SBS|language=ko}}{{cite web|url=https://news.joins.com/article/23573960|title=흥행 삼박자 다 갖춘 '리틀 포레스트', 시청률 반토막 이유는|work=JoongAng Ilbo|language=ko|date=9 September 2019|accessdate=12 September 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912024828/https://news.joins.com/article/23573960|archivedate=12 September 2019|url-status=live}}
The kids will spend 2 days and 1 night with the cast, away from their parents for the first time.
Lee Seung-gi and Jung So-min are certified child psychology counselor and Lee Seo-jin is a certified chef who went through training for a cooking course to cater for young kids. Park Na-rae also took a cooking course. Lee Seung-gi has some experience in woodworking and utilizes the wood workshop to build fun activities for the kids.
Location and facility
The filming location is at Jjigbaggol, Inje, Gangwon Province with the land area of about 33,000m2. The place consists of a big open field with an open concept kitchen, front yard, workshop, living quarters (for kids and cast), garden, small animal farm and Pine forest.
=Addition of facilities=
- Suspension bridge — Seung-gi, Seo-jin and So-min added a suspension bridge course in the Pine forest for the kids to play with. Further improvement is made in episode 3 to adapt to younger kids.{{cite web|url=http://sbsfune.sbs.co.kr/news/news_content.jsp?article_id=E10009622814|title='리틀 포레스트' 이승기, 야심작 '숲 속 흔들 다리' 넓은 간격에 좌절…즉각 보수 공사 실시|language=ko|work=SBS|date=20 August 2019|accessdate=12 September 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912042554/http://sbsfune.sbs.co.kr/news/news_content.jsp?article_id=E10009622814|archivedate=12 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- Treehouse — Seung-gi designed and built a treehouse, in the Pine forest, under the supervision of a teacher in episode 5. Seo-jin and the workers help in the construction of the treehouse.{{cite web|url=http://sbsfune.sbs.co.kr/news/news_content.jsp?article_id=E10009630252|title='리틀포레스트' 열정삼촌 이승기, 아이들 위해 동화 속 '트리하우스' 직접 제작|language=ko|work=SBS|date=27 August 2019|accessdate=12 September 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912041441/http://sbsfune.sbs.co.kr/news/news_content.jsp?article_id=E10009630252|archivedate=12 September 2019|url-status=live}}
Airtime
| class=wikitable style=text-align:center | |
| Airdate | colspan=2|Broadcast Start Time (KST) |
|---|---|
| rowspan=2 | 12 August – 7 October 2019
|style=background:Lightgray|Part 1 |Mondays & Tuesdays at 10:00 pm | |
| style=background:Lightgray|Part 2
|Mondays & Tuesdays at 10:40 pm |
Cast
=Main cast=
=Kids=
- Listing of the kids are in the sequence of arrival at the Little Forest.
| class=wikitable style=text-align:center | |||
| style=width:175px| Name
!Korean !Gender !style=width:110px| Episode | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ma Yi-hyeon | 4 | male | 1 – 8, 16 |
| Brooke | 5 | female | |1 – 16 |
| Grace | 5 | female | 1 – 16 |
| Kang Yi-han | 7 | male | 1 – 16 |
| Choi Yoo-jin | 4 | female | 1 – 16 |
| Lee Jeong-heon | 6 | male | 5 – 8, 12 – 14, 16 |
| Kim Ye-jun | 4 | male | 8 – 9, 16 |
| Kim Ga-on | 6 | female | 8 – 9, 16 |
| Kim Yoo-na | 5 | female | 12 – 14, 16 |
Ratings
- In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in {{color|red|red}}, and the lowest rating for the show will be in {{color|blue|blue}}.
| class=wikitable style=text-align:center;background:#ffffff
!rowspan=2|Episode !rowspan=2|Broadcast Date |
| Part 1
!Part 2 |
|---|
| 1
|12 August||{{color|red|5.1%}}||{{color|red|6.8%}} |
| 2
|13 August||3.5%||5.0% |
| 3
|19 August||3.1%||5.2% |
| 4
|20 August||4.0%||5.4% |
| 5
|26 August||3.0%||{{color|blue|3.5%}} |
| 6
|27 August||3.1%||4.5% |
| 7
|2 September||3.9%||4.7% |
| 8
|3 September||3.6%||4.2% |
| 9
|9 September|||2.9%||4.1% |
| 10
|16 September||3.5%||3.9% |
| 11
|17 September||3.4%||4.5% |
| 12
|23 September||3.2%||{{color|blue|3.5%}} |
| 13
|24 September||2.9%||3.6% |
| 14
|30 September||{{color|blue|2.8%}}||{{color|blue|3.5%}} |
| 15
|1 October||3.1%||3.6% |
| 16
|7 October||3.0%||3.8% |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| Year
! Award ! Category ! Recipient(s) ! Result ! Ref. |
|---|
| rowspan=2|2019
|rowspan=2|13th SBS Entertainment Awards |SNS Star Award |{{won}} |
| Producer's Award
|{{won}} |
References
{{reflist|2}}
External links
- {{official website|https://programs.sbs.co.kr/enter/forestbaby}} {{in lang|ko}}
Category:Seoul Broadcasting System original programming
Category:2019 South Korean television series debuts
Category:2019 South Korean television series endings
Category:Korean-language television shows