Trick & True
GenreVariety
Presented byJun Hyun-moo
Kim Jun-hyun
Lee Eun-gyeol
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducerLee Se-hee
Production locationsSeoul, South Korea
Running time80 minutes
Original release
NetworkKBS
ReleaseOctober 25, 2016 (2016-10-25) 
February 15, 2017 (2017-02-15)
Korean name
Hangul
트릭 & 트루
Revised RomanizationTeurik & Teuru
McCune–ReischauerT'ŭrik & T'ŭru

Trick & True (Korean: 트릭 & 트루; RR: Teurik & Teuru; MR: T'ŭrik & T'ŭru) was a South Korean variety show, which aired on KBS2, KBS' channel for entertainment shows. The show was hosted by television comedy show host Jun Hyun-moo, Kim Jun-hyun and Lee Eun-gyeol. The show replaced Talents for Sale as it got second highest rating, 6.9% in its pilot episode.[1]

Format

The show displayed four acts, performed by either a magician or a KAIST scientist, and it was the guests' job to figure out where the act was purely a magic trick or based on flawed scientific theory or an actual scientific phenomenon. After each answer, the opponent could choose to attempt to modify the act to make it a magic trick or more scientific based on the act.

Episode and ratings

2016

Episode Air date Featured guests Notes AGB Nielsen Ratings[2]
1October 253.1%
2November 12.7%
3November 9 Moving to the Wednesday timeslot3.9%
4November 164.6%
5November 233.4%
6November 303.4%
7December 73.3%
8December 143.4%
9December 213.7%
10December 283.9%

2017

Episode Air date Featured guests Notes AGB Nielsen Ratings[2]
11January 44.4%
12January 114.1%
13January 184.7%
14January 253.8%
15February 84.7%
16February 154.5%

References

  1. [단독] KBS '승부'·'트릭' 정규행...'어서옵쇼'·'예체능' 끝내 폐지
  2. 1 2
    "AGB Ratings 1" (in Korean) via Naver.
    "AGB Ratings 2" (in Korean) via Daum.
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