Law of the Jungle (TV program)


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Law of the Jungle (Korean: 정글의 법칙; Hanja: 정글의 法則; RR: Jeonggeul-eui Beopchik) is a South Korean reality-documentary show that airs on SBS. Each episode features celebrities sent to survive in remote locations around the world.[2] The show was first aired on October 21, 2011.[3] The show's 300th episode aired in 2018.[4]

Law of the Jungle
GenreReality show, Documentary
Directed byMulti-directors[1]
Narrated byYoon Do-hyun
Opening themeGuns N' Roses – "Welcome to the Jungle"
Ending themeChanyeol –Last Hunter
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes452 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducerLee Ji-won
Production locationMultiple countries
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkSBS
ReleaseOctober 21, 2011 –
May 29, 2021
Related
Good Sunday

South Korean comedian Kim Byung-man created the Kim Byung-man's Law of the Jungle (Korean: 김병만의 정글의 법칙) in 2011.[3] On the show, celebrities, including actors and K-pop artists, join him in remote locations around the world to experience living in the wild. In each location, the guests are tasked to hunt, prepare meals, and create shelter for the group. Kim is the show's only regular cast member.[5]

Kim did not appear on the show's 2017 episodes in Fiji after he suffered a spinal fracture while skydiving in the United States.[6] He returned to the show for the following season in the Cook Islands.[7]

The show first aired on Fridays at 11:05 pm KST on broadcast network SBS. On May 6, 2012, the show moved to Sundays at 5:00 pm.[8] The show returned to Fridays on November 16, 2012, airing at 10:00 pm.[9] The show moved to Saturday at 9:00 pm and shrank to 60 minutes starting from February 16, 2019.[10]

Special editions of the show air occasionally. Law of the Jungle W features an all-female cast and generally airs during the Seollal and Chuseok holidays.[11] Law of the Jungle K featured celebrities with their children, and aired as a Korean New Year special in 2013.[12]

On May 26, 2020, SBS confirmed that the show would go on a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which made travelling to foreign countries for filming of the show impossible.[13]

The program rebooted on August 29, 2020 with the first domestic filming in the history, called "Law of the Jungle in Wild Korea".[14]

Law of the Jungle special editions generally aired during the Seollal and Chuseok holidays. It may be Law of the Jungle W (W for Women, features an all-female cast, except in the 4-Part Special), or Law of the Jungle K (K for Kids, features celebrities with their children), or another theme.

Year Edition Theme Location Air date
2012 Seollal Special Law of the Jungle W Palawan Island, Philippines, Southeast Asia January 22, 2012
Chuseok Special Law of the Jungle W Malakula Island, Vanuatu, Oceania October 1, 2012
4-Part Special Law of the Jungle W New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Oceania November 23, 2012 – December 21, 2012
2013 Seollal Special Law of the Jungle K Mindoro Island, Philippines, Southeast Asia February 11, 2013
2016 Chuseok Special Law of the Jungle – 48 Hours with Kim Sang-joong Fiji, South Pacific Ocean September 15, 2016
2019 Chuseok Special Law of the Jungle with Family Inle Lake, Myanmar, Southeast Asia September 14, 2019

In the ratings below, the highest rating for each year will be in red, and the lowest rating for each year will be in blue.

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Recipients Result
2011 5th SBS Entertainment Awards[23] Most Outstanding Award: Variety Category Kim Byung-man Won
Achievement Award Kim Byung-man's Law of the Jungle Won
2012 6th SBS Entertainment Awards[24] Most Outstanding Award: Variety Category Kim Byung-man Won
Producer Award Yoon Do-hyun Won
Most Outstanding Program Law of the Jungle Won
Best Entertainer Award Choo Sung-hoon Won
Jeon Hye-bin Won
2013 46th Houston International Film Festival[25] First Prize: Real Documentary Category Law of the Jungle in Vanuatu Won
49th Baeksang Arts Awards[26] TV Category: Entertainment Award Kim Byung-man Won
7th SBS Entertainment Awards[27] Grand Award (Daesang) Won
Best Staff Award Law of the Jungle Won
Broadcast Writer Award Joo Gi-bbeum Won
Popularity Award Cho Yeo-jeong Won
Kim Sung-soo Won
Friendship Award Ryu Dam Won
Best Challenge Award Ahn Jung-hwan Won
Oh Jong-hyuk Won
2014 8th SBS Awards Festival Grand Award (Daesang) Kim Byung-man Nominated
Variety Category - Best Program Award Law of the Jungle Won
Best Entertainer Award Ye Ji-won Won
Park Jung-chul Won
Ryu Dam Won
2015 9th SBS Awards Festival Grand Award (Daesang) Kim Byung-man (with Yoo Jae-suk) Won
Best Entertainer Award Park Han-byul Won
Yook Joong-wan Won
Best Challenge Award Jeong Jinwoon Won
2016 10th SBS Entertainment Awards Grand Award (Daesang) Kim Byung-man Nominated
Rookie Award, Male Kangnam Won
Best Entertainer Award Seolhyun Won
Kim Hwan Won
Best Couple Award Seo Kang-joon and Jota Nominated
2017 11th SBS Entertainment Awards PD's Award Kim Byung-man Won
Best Challenge Award Jo Bo-ah Won
Kim Se-jeong Won
Entertainment Scene Stealer Award Lee Kyung-kyu Nominated
2018 12th SBS Entertainment Awards[28][29] Best Challenge Award Jeon Hye-bin Won
Kim Sung-ryung Nominated
Kim Young-kwang Nominated
2019 13th SBS Entertainment Awards[30] Grand Award (Daesang) Kim Byung-man Nominated
Best Challenge Award Hur Jae Won
Lee Tae-gon Won
2020 14th SBS Entertainment Awards[31] Golden Content Award Law of the Jungle Won
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