Let's Eat Dinner Together
Let's Eat Dinner Together, also known as Dining Together, is a South Korean television program starring Lee Kyung-kyu and Kang Ho-dong. This is a documentary-like program that traces the journey of two men who have been called as "National MCs" in finding dinner. It is also the first collaboration between the duo since Kang's entry into the entertainment industry. It began airing on JTBC starting from October 19, 2016.
Background
200 years ago, wandered around Joseon and felt hungry, people were willing to share food together. 200 years later, in 2016, Kim Sat-gat is no longer alive, and the people living in the city no longer talk about the stories or the food. Instead, what makes people open their mouth are smartphones, SNS, message boards, divination and one more thing, spoons.People eat where, when, with whom and how; two hungry men plan on finding people who can have dinner with them. They press your doorbell, they are just curious about your dinner, let them listen to your story and let them become your family's members. Will you open the door for them?
Format
There are few parts to the show and in completing the main mission, there are rules to follow.Rules
There are no fixed rules given by production team but the cast in episode 1 had set the following rules and respected them which are as follows:- Press the doorbell only from 18:00 or 18:30 to 20:00.
- Do not return a second time to the same house which had rejected them before.
- Do not eat anything given free by citizen on road.
- Do not tell any people before 18:00 that will come back later.
- Can insist maximum three times if people refuse.
- Go to another family if any family member is uncomfortable about the shooting.
- Do not enter a family which already had dinner.
- The above rules also apply if they discover a celebrity's residence or a celebrity as a civilian
Introduction of location and guests
The cast will then proceed to find if there are any guests which will be joining them for dinner and the guest will be introduced. The guest/s are selected by the production team to join the cast as someone whom, if they rang our doorbell, we would really want to share a meal with. There are some episodes which the sequence is changed.
The cast will also give a brief introduction to the location as they move through the neighbourhood which may include introducing the beautiful sceneries, the culture and how the place got its name. Some short interviews may also be conducted with local residents to understand the neighbourhood better. In addition, the cast will usually enter a realtor office to find up more about the locality and obtain useful information such as the housing types as well as demographics which may influence the success or failure of the mission. At times, some famous personalities will be mentioned having a house in the region by the realtor also.
The cast will also recce the location and may identify some houses they will like to visit later.
Completion of the main mission
When the time for ringing bells starts, the cast will then decide how to team up for the mission. If there is no guest or only one guest is there, the members do the mission together with guest. If there are two guests, they can do the mission by team in the same area but with different families, or together with same family.They will then start to ring the doorbells of households. Mission is deemed to be success if before 20:00, a family permits the cast members to go inside and have dinner with the entire family, talk and then take together a family photo which will also be presented to the families afterwards. A photo of the dinner that the cast had will also be taken as proof of mission success.
Mission is deemed to be a failure if they fail to do so. The cast will then head to a convenience store nearby to have a dinner with a local resident who is eating dinner in the store and use the rest of the money to buy their own dinner. They will still take a picture together and share lesser stories. This is deemed to be partial failure. After 21:30, if they still cannot find a resident to eat with, it will be a complete failure and the cast/guest cannot eat anything at all for the day.
Before the cast members join the dinner table of any family, there is a segment called "Dinner Theater" when the family's members will take their dinner as per their daily normal routine for around two or three minutes. After dinner, there is another segment called "Compliments and Disappointments" when the family's members tell three compliments and three disappointments about each other. In few episodes, there is also segment where video messages are sent from family members to their extended family or loved ones. At times, the cast will also provide token of appreciation to the host family. The cast will also wash the plates for the meal and share final thoughts.
List of episodes
Ratings
In the table below, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings.2016
| Episode # | Broadcast Date | AGB Ratings | TNMS Ratings |
| 1 | October 19, 2016 | 2.822% | — |
| 2 | October 26, 2016 | 2.530% | — |
| 3 | November 2, 2016 | 1.957% | — |
| 4 | November 9, 2016 | 2.520% | — |
| 5 | November 16, 2016 | 2.295% | — |
| 6 | November 23, 2016 | — | |
| 7 | November 30, 2016 | 2.214% | — |
| 8 | December 7, 2016 | 2.499% | 3.0% |
| 9 | December 14, 2016 | 2.471% | |
| 10 | December 21, 2016 | 3.518% | 3.3% |
| 11 | December 28, 2016 |
2017
| Episode # | Broadcast Date | AGB Ratings | TNMS Ratings |
| 12 | January 4, 2017 | 3.588% | |
| 13 | January 11, 2017 | 4.178% | 3.3% |
| 14 | January 18, 2017 | 3.4% | |
| 15 | January 25, 2017 | 5.001% | 4.2% |
| 16 | February 1, 2017 | 5.263% | 4.2% |
| 17 | February 8, 2017 | 5.368% | 4.9% |
| 18 | February 15, 2017 | 4.341% | 3.8% |
| 19 | February 22, 2017 | 5.229% | 4.9% |
| 20 | March 1, 2017 | 5.586% | 4.7% |
| 21 | March 8, 2017 | 4.901% | 3.9% |
| 22 | March 15, 2017 | 5.211% | 4.4% |
| 23 | March 22, 2017 | 4.973% | 4.6% |
| 24 | March 29, 2017 | 5.640% | 5.0% |
| 25 | April 5, 2017 | 5.041% | 4.9% |
| 26 | April 12, 2017 | 5.087% | 4.8% |
| 27 | April 19, 2017 | 4.370% | 4.9% |
| 28 | April 26, 2017 | 4.909% | 4.4% |
| 29 | May 3, 2017 | 4.194% | 4.4% |
| 30 | May 10, 2017 | 6.001% | 6.2% |
| 31 | May 17, 2017 | 5.255% | 5.3% |
| 32 | May 24, 2017 | 4.664% | 5.0% |
| 33 | May 31, 2017 | 5.617% | 5.2% |
| 34 | June 7, 2017 | 5.066% | 4.8% |
| 35 | June 14, 2017 | 4.682% | 4.8% |
| 36 | June 21, 2017 | 5.449% | 5.1% |
| 37 | June 28, 2017 | 5.585% | 4.7% |
| 38 | July 5, 2017 | 5.342% | 5.7% |
| 39 | July 12, 2017 | 4.965% | 5.4% |
| 40 | July 19, 2017 | 5.621% | 6.0% |
| 41 | July 26, 2017 | 5.963% | 5.7% |
| 42 | August 2, 2017 | ||
| 43 | August 9, 2017 | 5.065% | 5.6% |
| 44 | August 16, 2017 | 5.907% | 5.8% |
| 45 | August 23, 2017 | 5.193% | 5.5% |
| 46 | August 30, 2017 | 4.842% | 4.9% |
| 47 | September 6, 2017 | 4.703% | 5.6% |
| 48 | September 13, 2017 | 5.639% | 5.7% |
| 49 | September 20, 2017 | 6.105% | 6.1% |
| 50 | September 27, 2017 | 5.863% | 5.5% |
| 51 | October 11, 2017 | 4.787% | 6.1% |
| 52 | October 18, 2017 | 4.694% | 5.1% |
| 53 | October 25, 2017 | 4.638% | 4.9% |
| 54 | November 1, 2017 | 5.523% | 6.4% |
| 55 | November 8, 2017 | 5.052% | 5.1% |
| 56 | November 15, 2017 | 5.155% | 5.9% |
| 57 | November 22, 2017 | 4.428% | 5.0% |
| 58 | November 29, 2017 | 4.658% | 5.0% |
| 59 | December 6, 2017 | 4.507% | 4.8% |
| 60 | December 13, 2017 | 4.825% | 5.3% |
| 61 | December 20, 2017 | 5.354% | 5.0% |
| 62 | December 27, 2017 | 5.949% | 5.2% |
2018
| Episode # | Broadcast Date | AGB Ratings | TNMS Ratings |
| 63 | January 3, 2018 | 6.154% | 6.0% |
| 64 | January 10, 2018 | 6.261% | 4.9% |
| 65 | January 17, 2018 | 5.247% | 4.5% |
| 66 | January 24, 2018 | 6.024% | 5.6% |
| 67 | January 31, 2018 | 5.9% | |
| 68 | February 7, 2018 | 5.824% | 6.0% |
| 69 | February 14, 2018 | 6.208% | 6.0% |
| 70 | February 21, 2018 | 5.562% | 4.4% |
| 71 | February 28, 2018 | 6.380% | |
| 72 | March 7, 2018 | 5.250% | 5.2% |
| 73 | March 14, 2018 | 4.975% | 4.6% |
| 74 | March 21, 2018 | 6.067% | 5.2% |
| 75 | March 28, 2018 | 4.910% | 4.4% |
| 76 | April 4, 2018 | 4.538% | 4.4% |
| 77 | April 11, 2018 | 5.030% | 5.2% |
| 78 | April 18, 2018 | 5.227% | 4.2% |
| 79 | April 25, 2018 | 4.908% | 4.9% |
| 80 | May 2, 2018 | 4.345% | 4.1% |
| 81 | May 9, 2018 | 4.907% | 5.2% |
| 82 | May 16, 2018 | 4.450% | 4.5% |
| 83 | May 23, 2018 | 4.121% | 3.8% |
| 84 | May 30, 2018 | 5.173% | 5.2% |
| 85 | June 6, 2018 | 4.649% | 4.627% |
| 86 | June 20, 2018 | 4.906% | 4.5% |
| 87 | July 4, 2018 | 5.056% | 5.2% |
| 88 | July 11, 2018 | 5.313% | 5.1% |
| 89 | July 18, 2018 | 5.235% | — |
| 90 | July 25, 2018 | 4.458% | — |
| 91 | August 1, 2018 | 4.854% | 4.7% |
| 92 | August 8, 2018 | 4.558% | 5.0% |
| 93 | August 15, 2018 | 4.115% | 4.5% |
| 94 | August 22, 2018 | 4.816% | 4.4% |
| 95 | August 29, 2018 | 3.614% | 4.2% |
| 96 | September 5, 2018 | 3.192% | 4.1% |
| 97 | September 12, 2018 | 3.351% | 4.0% |
| 98 | September 19, 2018 | 3.849% | 3.9% |
| 99 | October 3, 2018 | 3.485% | 3.2% |
| 100 | October 10, 2018 | 3.740% | — |
| 101 | October 17, 2018 | 3.147% | — |
| 102 | October 24, 2018 | 3.373% | — |
| 103 | October 31, 2018 | — | |
| 104 | November 7, 2018 | 3.476% | 3.2% |
| 105 | November 14, 2018 | 3.349% | 3.2% |
| 106 | November 21, 2018 | 4.185% | 4.3% |
| 107 | November 28, 2018 | 4.046% | — |
| 108 | December 5, 2018 | 3.548% | — |
| 109 | December 12, 2018 | 3.149% | — |
| 110 | December 19, 2018 | 3.882% | 3.7% |
| Special | December 26, 2018 | 2.993% |