After School Club


After School Club, often shortened to ASC, is a South Korean internet-based live-music request television talk show co-hosted by Jamie Park, Han Hee-Jun and Park Yu-ri. Previous hosts included Jang Han-byul, Eric Nam, Kevin Woo, Day6's Jae, Stray Kids' Seungmin, and The Rose's Woosung.
Debuting on April 17, 2013, it is produced by Lee Hyun-ah and airs on Arirang TV. ASC features various musical guests of South Korea and the series is directed at an international audience so the principal language is English with Korean subtitles and translations produced on air. It allows international fans of K-pop music to interact directly with the live shows through social media: fans can join in on the live broadcasts through video chats in Google Hangouts, send in tweets to the show's official Twitter account, and are also able to share comments, ask questions, and request music videos on the show's official Facebook account. The show is also available on Viki, a community for subtitles, Soompi, and on DramaFever.

Premise and format

The show broadcasts live online and utilizes social media technologies such as Twitter and Google Hangouts to directly interact with international fans. Two activities that take place every episode are the Roll Calls and Hangouts. During the "Roll Call" portion Twitter users tweet their name, location, the time and generally a short message to the weekly guest. Those that participate may be singled out during the beginning of the episode and given a shout out by the guest. "Hangouts" are typically done twice an episode where some fans are selected for a real-time Google Hangout on the show which usually involves something prepared by the fan to show to the guest and a request. Other activities include prepared performances for fans by the guests, such as impressions, dances, and short parodies.
On March 5, 2014 the show expanded to include a second episode every week known as the After School Club After Show which features other guest appearances and behind-the-scenes footage from the previous episodes.
The production team announced on Twitter that the After Show segment would be retired; the last After Show was on February 25, 2015.
On August 25, 2015, the show announced on Twitter that it is on the Naver V application.
On June 1, 2016 the show announced on Twitter that it is on Instagram.
On January 2, 2017 the show announced on Twitter that it is on Snapchat.
Jimin and Heejun announced in Episode 360 on March 19, 2019 that they will have a new logo and a new studio set beginning from Episode 361 on March 26, 2019.

Cast

The original hosts of After School Club were Eric Nam and Jang Han-byul. Park Jimin was originally a guest for episode 67 and was an occasional co-host for the main show/MC of After Show from episode 87 onwards. Jimin was promoted to co-host of the main show after the cancellation of After Show. Kevin was originally a guest on episode 3 and was a co-host for the main show from episode 43 onwards.
On April 11, 2016, it was announced that Eric Nam would be leaving the show, the April 12 episode being his last appearance.
On June 21, 2016, it was announced that Jae of Day6, who was a guest on episode 214, would be a co-host starting with episode 218.
On April 3, 2018, it was announced that Kevin Woo would be graduating as MC of the show. His last episode as an MC was on April 10 and ASC held graduation ceremony for him on April 17.
On July 5, 2018, it was announced that Jae would be graduating as MC of the show after two years of hosting it, with his last episode airing on July 17. On July 18, it was announced that Seungmin of Stray Kids and Han Hee-jun would co-host with Jimin. Seungmin left the show on December 12 due to scheduling conflicts. Seungmin's last episode aired on December 25.
On March 20, 2019, it was announced on Twitter that Kim Woo-sung of The Rose will be the third MC beginning with episode 361 on March 26, 2019. Woosung left the show on December 31 due to his future promotions and busy performance schedules. He was replaced by Park Yu-ri of JxR, whose first episode aired on March 3, 2020.

Current cast

NameDurationNotes
JamieEpisode 67
Episode 87 - present 		Co-host with Heejun. Used to exclusively host on the After Show and guest host on the main show before After Show's cancellation.
HeejunEpisode 326 - present Co-host with Jimin. Replaced Jae as a host.
YuriEpisode 401 - present Co-host with Jimin and Heejun. Replaced Woosung as a host.

Former cast

NameDurationNotes
Jang Han-byulEpisode 1 - 39First host program with Eric Nam
Eric NamEpisode 150, 300
Episode 1 - 207		The main host of After School Club.
Kevin WooEpisode 3, 31, 312
Episode 43 - 311 		Replaced Hanbyul from episode 43 onwards. Co-hosted with Jimin and Jae after Eric Nam's departure. Originally a guest on episode 3 with uBeat and episode 31 with U-KISS.
JaeEpisode 214, 325
Episode 218 - 324 		Co-host with Jimin and Kevin. Replaced main host Eric Nam. Originally a guest on episode 214.
SeungminEpisode 310, 318, 329, 340
Episode 326 - 348 		Co-host with Jimin and Heejun. Replaced Jae and Kevin as a host. Originally a guest on episodes 310 and 318 with Stray Kids.
WoosungEpisode 361 - 401 Co-host with Jimin and Heejun. Replaced Seungmin as a host.

Cast Timeline


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Guest cast