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Running Man is a South Korean comedy reality television series that premiered on SBS in 2010. The program was created by Jo Hyo-jin, Kim Joo-hyung, Lim Hyung-taek, Jung Chul-min, Lee Hwan-jin, Choi Bo-pil, Choi Hyung-in, and 강형선. It airs on networks including SBS and Viu.
The show has a runtime of 90 minutes and is classified under the genres of comedy and reality. As of 2026-05-17, the series is listed as a returning series. Data sources report varying episode counts, with one listing 771 episodes and another listing 807 episodes. The series holds a vote average of 8.257 and a rating of 7.8.
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TV series · TMDB
★ 8.3These days, as variety shows are gradually disappearing, this is one of Korea’s representative variety shows that has been responsible for Sunday evenings for over 10 years. This program features numerous stars and members going around various places, playing games, and completing missions. In particular, among the many fun elements of variety shows, this one focuses solely on laughter. Open your eyes! Big fun is coming in! Open your mouth! Big laughter is coming in! Open your heart! Useful lessons are coming in!
- Aired
- 2010–2026
- Seasons
- 1 · 807 episodes
- Status
- Returning Series
- Created by
- Jo Hyo-jin, Kim Joo-hyung, Lim Hyung-taek, Jung Chul-min, Lee Hwan-jin, Choi Bo-pil, Choi Hyung-in, 강형선
- Network
- SBS, Viu
- Genres
- Comedy, Reality
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Key facts
- Hangul
- 런닝맨
- Rr
- Reonning maen
- Mr
- Rŏnning maen
- Genre
- Game show Variety show Comedy
- Created by
- Nam Seung-yong Ahn Jae-chul
- Directed by
- Kim Sol-maro (2026-present) Kang Hyung-seon (2025–2026) Choi Hyung-in (2022–2025) Choi Bo-pil (2020–2022) Jung Cheol-min (2016–2020) Lee Hwan-jin (2016–2019) Park Yong-woo (2016–2017) Kim Joo-hyung (2010–2014, 2016) Im Hyung-taek (2010–2016) Jo Hyo-jin (2010–2014)
- Starring
- Yoo Jae-suk Haha Jee Seok-jin Kim Jong-kook Song Ji-hyo Yang Se-chan Ji Ye-eun Rental member : Kang Hoon Choi Daniel Former : Lizzy Song Joong-ki Gary Lee Kwang-soo Jeon So-min
- Country of origin
- South Korea
- Original language
- Korean
- Number span no of episodes
- 806( list of episodes )
- Camera setup
- Multi-camera setup
- Running time
- 80–95 minutes
- Production companies
- SBS SangSang Company Urban Works Media
- Network
- SBS
- Release
- July 11, 2010 ( 2010-07-11 ) –, present
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- variety show
- Part of
- Good Sunday
- Genre
- reality television
- Country of origin
- South Korea
- Original language
- Korean
- Cast member
- Ji Ye-eun
- Official website
- programs.sbs.co.kr/enter/runningman/main
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- topic's main category
- Category:Running Man (TV series)
- original broadcaster
- SBS TV
- list of episodes
- list of Running Man episodes
- Commons category
- Running Man (TV Series)
- Revised Romanization
- Reon ning maen
- McCune–Reischauer romanization
- Rŏn ning man
- start time
- 2010-07-11
- number of episodes
- 771
- camera setup
- multiple-camera setup
- distributed by
- Seoul Broadcasting System
- social media followers
- 3360000
- title
- 런닝맨
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Encyclopedic overview
Running Man (Korean: 런닝맨) is a South Korean variety show, formerly part of SBS' Good Sunday lineup. It first aired on July 11, 2010. It is the longest-running Korean variety show.
Running Man was originally classified as an "urban action variety"; a genre of variety shows in an urban environment. The MCs and guests were to complete missions at a landmark to win the race. The show has since shifted to a more familiar reality-variety show concept focused on games. It has garnered attention as being the comeback program for Yoo Jae-suk, the main MC of the program, after leaving Good Sunday's Family Outing in February 2010.
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