Law of the Jungle (TV series)


Law of the Jungle is a South Korean reality-documentary show that airs on SBS. Each episode features celebrities sent to survive in remote locations around the world. The show was first aired on October 21, 2011. The show's 300th episode aired in 2018.

History

South Korean comedian Kim Byung-man created the Kim Byung-man's Law of the Jungle in 2011. 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.
Kim did not appear on the show's 2017 episodes in Fiji after he suffered a spinal fracture while skydiving in the United States. He returned to the show for the following season in the Cook Islands.
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. The show returned to Fridays on November 16, 2012, airing at 10:00 pm. The show moved to Saturday at 9:00 pm and shrank to 60 minutes starting from February 16, 2019.
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. Law of the Jungle K featured celebrities with their children, and aired as a Korean New Year special in 2013.
On May 26, 2020, SBS confirmed that the show will go on a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which made travelling to foreign countries for filming of the show impossible.

Controversy

Actress Lee Yeol-eum currently faces the possibility of 4 years' imprisonment for illegally catching and consuming three endangered giant clams from the seabed in Thailand on the June 30, 2019 episode of the show. In Thailand, giant clams are an endangered wildlife species. They are protected by the Wild Animal Reservation and Protection Act of 1992, which prohibits the hunting and trading of protected wildlife.

List of episodes

Special editions

Law of the Jungle special editions generally aired during the Seollal and Chuseok holidays. It may be Law of the Jungle W, or Law of the Jungle K, or another theme.

Ratings

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.

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

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2020

Specials

Awards and nominations