Super Junior's Super TV
Super TV is a Korean variety show by Super Junior distributed by XtvN and tvN. The show airs on Xtvn every Thursday at 08:00 PM KST and tvN every Friday at 6:40 PM KST. Originally it was on air on both stations every Friday at 11:30 PM KST before being moved on June 7, 2018.
History
made a success with their own short reality show SJ Returns back in 2017 and promised to come back as a fixed reality show. On January 2, 2018, a source from Label SJ announced that the group will be launching their own variety show titled “Super TV”. Season 1 aired from January 28, 2018 until April 13, 2018. The show went on hiatus after that and returned on May 29, 2018 with an earlier introduction on SMTOWN's V Live channel.Season 2 aired from June 7, 2018 until August 23, 2018. On this season, the show changed its format. The programme changed its day and time slot from every Friday at 11:30 PM KST to every Thursday at 08:00 PM KST for Xtvn and every Friday at 6:40 PM KST for tvN. On 23 August, the show went on hiatus again and promised to come back for a third season.
Plot
Season 1: Super Junior Crazy Idol Variety (슈퍼주니어 i돌아이어티)
Super TV is a new concept variety show in which varied entertainment formats are re-created and twisted in Super Junior's own way. This concept is called Super Junior Crazy Idol Variety.The show's format will include quiz show, talk show, game show, eating show, reality, documentary, sports, film and comedy.
Season 2: King's Game (왕좌의 게임)
Super TV returns with a new concept variety show titled Game of Thrones. Super Junior is famous for being King of Variety Show idols and will invite any idols who want to challenge them for the title. The show will still include the previous season's format, the difference being other idols will challenge them. If they can win 5 episodes in a row, they will go for a luxury holiday overseas. The term was changed from episode 8, to just 3 consecutive wins for a vacation within South Korea.Each episode has two main segments. The first one is Liar King, a segment where Super Junior verifies if the guests' listed skills and specialties are true. This is done through games or showing of talents, where the guests are labeled as "liars" should they fail the verification.
The second segment consists of a maximum of two games that Super Junior has chosen to challenge the guests:
- Rokkuko King – Questions are being read backwards by each team and the opposing team will have to answer them correctly.
- Food Show King – The game played in this segment is related to eating.
- Inference King – One team will be given a title of movie or song and they need to say one syllable each at the same time. The opposing team will have to answer the title correctly.
- Chair King – The teams battle through chair-curling.
- Acting King – The game played in this segment is related to acting.
- Relay King - A battle of cohesiveness.
- Mission King - A game to clear away all their mission cards.
- Escape King - A game where each team must find clues and solve several difficult puzzles to escape.
- Speed King - A battle of agility.
- Description King
- Dance King
- Flexibility King
- Ladder King
Special Episode: Member TV (속 TV)
Cast
The show's cast is made up of Super Junior members.| Duration | Members |
| Season 1–Present | Leeteuk hashtag: #아이돌계허참 #진행중독자 #시도때도없이설정 #관종대장 |
| Season 1–Present | Heechul hashtag: #걸그룹한정에너자이저 #명실상부예능대세 #원동력은칼퇴 #아이돌백과사전 |
| Season 1–Present | Yesung hashtag: #슈주대표몰이캐 #희로애락발라더 #문제적발라더 #감정이롤러코스터급 |
| Season 1–Present | Shindong hashtag: #동그리동도사 #신들린순발력 #열일하는동크라테스 #슈주내무게중심 |
| Season 1–Present | Eunhyuk hashtag: #만년예능기대주 #예성저격수 #멸치말고다른건없나 #이특아님진짜아님 |
| Season 1–Present | Donghae hashtag: #이제는프로예능인 #떠오르는예능블루칩 #근데진행울렁증 #33살예능베이비 |
| Season 2–Present | Siwon hashtag: #캡틴코리아 #무한긍정맨 #할리우드리액션 #표정만100만개 |
| Season 2–Present | Ryeowook |
Episodes
Season 1
| Ep. # | Air Date | Title | Remarks |
| 1 | January 26, 2018 | Our Identity | The members discuss about their characters in the show and rules they will adhere to. |
| 2 | February 2, 2018 | Escape The Restaurant | The members play an up-scaled version of the 'Escape The Restaurant' game they played during SJ Returns. Each member will be trapped within the restaurant and must escape. Otherwise, they will have to keep eating whichever food they land on the game board. They also competed with famous Mukbang vlogger "Banzz". |
| 3 | February 9, 2018 | Frugal Global Quiz | The members have a quiz show featuring foreign guests from China, Egypt, India, Thailand, Mexico and France. The questions are asked in the guests' native languages and the members have to answer accordingly. |
| 4 | February 16, 2018 | Speaking Korean Quiz | The members will be doing a quiz show again with the same guests from the previous episode. However, the guests will be answering questions asked by the members in Korean. This episode was aired in conjunction with the Korean New Year, which is a public holiday in South Korea. |
| 5 | February 23, 2018 | Before Sunrise | A female guest joins the members for a trip to Jeongdongjin, of which the theme was based on the movie Before Sunrise. The members attempt to win the guest's heart while pitting against one another, or be eliminated, as the episode's challenge. Kim Saeng-min made a special appearance as a narrator. |
| 6 | March 2, 2018 | Before Sunrise pt. 2 | After 4 rounds of elimination on the train, the show's concept changes to avatar blind dating upon arriving at a café, unbeknownst to the surviving members' knowledge. The surviving members have to follow instructions given by the eliminated members, who are observing from another place. |
| 7 | March 9, 2018 | Battle To Leave Work | Each of the members prepared a theme for their individual live broadcast on their Instagram accounts. They must obtain a combined total of 100,000 viewers simultaneously on their live shows within 2 hours to receive a cash prize and leave early. However, if they are unable to do so, they must pay a fine. |
| 8 | March 16, 2018 | We Lived Together | Three pairs of two members most awkward with each other are coupled together to stay at a studio apartment for 2 days and 1 night. The episode's concept was a twist of Korean variety show We Got Married. |
| 9 | March 23, 2018 | We Lived Together pt. 2 | This is the continuation of the previous episode. In this episode, the member couples will show how they spend the night as they open up themselves more to each other. The staff held an election for the best couple at the end of the episode. |
| 10 | March 30, 2018 | Problematic Man | The members are observing the daily lives of the members who got chosen as the most problematic and least problematic in the group through voting among themselves. This episode's concept was a twist of Korean variety show Problematic Men. |
| 11 | April 6, 2018 | Spring Sports Day | The members are split into 6 and each will become the captain of 1 of the girl groups. This episode was a twist of famous Korean idol event Idol Star Athletics Championships. Each member also shows their own way of leading a team. Comedian Kim Tae-hyun and gaming commentator Kim Jung-min guested as commentators for the whole event. |
| 12 | April 13, 2018 | Spring Sports Day pt. 2 | This is the continuation of the previous episode, as in previous episode the competition was focused on the team members while in this episode the competition is focused on their team leaders. This is also the final episode of Season 1. |
Season 2
Season 3
Special Episode
| Member |
| Heechul TV |
| Yesung TV |
| Shindong TV |
| Eunhyuk TV |
| SUPER JUNIOR IN DUBAI PART 1 |
| SUPER JUNIOR IN DUBAI PART 2 |
| Heechul TV |
Ratings
In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in red, and the lowest rating for the show will be in blue episode.Season 1
- Note that the show airs on a cable channel, which plays part in its slower uptake and relatively small audience share when compared to programs broadcast on public networks such as KBS, SBS, MBC or EBS.
- NR rating means "not reported". The rating is low.
- Episode 1 and 4 were only aired on XtvN, not tvN, where the ratings are coming from