Lee Kwang-soo, Reunite for for Na Young-seok's New Farm Variety Show
A brand-new tvN reality series from legendary television producer Na Young-seok is sending A-list stars Lee Kwang-soo, Kim Woo-bin, and Doh Kyung-soo straight to the trenches of a working dairy farm on Jeju Island.
The highly anticipated show, carrying the literal English working title "GBRB: Farm Operation - Go Go Farm," officially makes its television premiere on June 19 at 8:35 p.m. KST on tvN. The star-studded trio previously demonstrated their natural comedic synergy on an earlier travel-centric variety program within the same franchise, which maintained steady viewership ratings in the 2 percent range throughout its broadcast run.
In the premiere episode, the three actors arrive at the scenic Jeju pasture to undergo intensive training in professional livestock management. While they initially enjoy a brief, tranquil tour of the calf barns and the sprawling open fields where cattle graze freely, the serene atmosphere quickly evaporates. The reality of their new gig sets in the moment they are handed a daily operational schedule packed to the brim with grueling sanitation tasks.
Their very first assignment involves deep-cleaning the barn that houses young cattle being raised for beef. This requires the heavy physical labor of breaking up and hauling away layers of hardened cow manure from the concrete floors. The sheer weight of the labor and the pungent odor of the facility immediately prove to be far more overwhelming than any of them anticipated. At one point, completely exhausted by the task, Doh Kyung-soo quips to the crew, "Wasn't our show supposed to be 'Meal Buddies'?"
The unpredictable chaotic energy spikes when a production crew member accidentally steps on a patch of the floor that Lee Kwang-soo had just spent minutes meticulously clearing. "The cows are just going to go again anyway, so why are we cleaning it?" Lee vents in disbelief, triggering laughs from the set. The premiere also teases a shocking, unscripted moment where the usually mild-mannered Doh hilariously hurls a handful of cow manure directly at Kim Woo-bin.
Producer Na Young-seok has long cemented his industry reputation on travel and culinary healing programs that seamlessly transform the organic chemistry between real-life friends into long-running, beloved formats. However, dropping three of South Korea's most prominent leading men into the unvarnished realities of agricultural labor pushes that signature formula into much rougher, more unpredictable territory. The early footage strongly suggests that for this spin-off, the stars' absolute discomfort is precisely the point of the entertainment.
"GBRB: Farm Operation - Go Go Farm" will air its weekly episodes on Fridays at 8:35 p.m. KST on tvN.
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