Half-Moon Friends

Half-Moon Friends (Hangul: 반달친구; RR: Bandalchingu) is a South Korean television entertainment program aired by JTBC[1] from April 23, 2016 to July 16, 2016, total of 12 Episodes. It is also distributed online on MiaoPai, popular Chinese video-streaming application, recording average of six million views for each episode and surpassing 32,100,000 views in accumulated number.[2]

Half-Moon Friends
Official Poster
GenreVariety
Reality
Developed byJTBC
Written byChoi Hye-jung
Jang Mi-ok
Park Hye-ri
Yoo Na-ol
Park Byung-hee
Kim Ki-hyun
Park Ah-reum
Directed byKim Soo-ah
Hong Sang-hoon
Shim Woo-jin
Jung Jong-chan
Oh Hyo-jung
Sung Se-hee
Kim Min-jung
Jeon Yoon-so
StarringKim Jin-woo
Lee Seung-hoon
Song Min-ho
Kang Seung-yoon
Nam Tae-hyun
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes12
Production
ProducerIm Jung-ah
Production locationSouth Korea
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timeapprox. 1 hour
Release
Original networkJTBC
Original releaseApril 23 (2016-04-23) 
July 16, 2016 (2016-07-16)
External links
Website

Format

The shows features Winner members interacting with children ranging from 4 to 7 years of ages. The show is meant to show the friendship that can grow between idols who have lived the trainee life for many years and children who often spend time alone due to busy parents.[3]

WINNER members halt their promotional schedule to filmed the show in a daycare center for 15 days.[4]

Cast

Teachers

For the children to easily memorize the names of Winner members, they created cute nicknames for themselves.[5]

Name Nickname
Kim Jin-woo Jyu-jyu Teacher (쥬쥬쌤)
Lee Seung-hoon Hat Teacher (모자쌤)
Song Min-ho Candy Teacher (캔디쌤)
Kang Seung-yoon Yoo-ni Teacher (유니쌤)
Nam Tae-hyun Monster Teacher (괴물쌤)

Students

Name Age Description
Jeon Seo-yeon (전서연) 7 Full of aegyo, has leadership and is considered the prettiest
Shin Min-seo (신민서) 7 Chic and eye-smile is her trademark
Park Yeo-joon (박여준) 7 Has the best body as he does 40 push-ups a day
Joo Ji-woo (주지우) 7 Takes care of twin sister Seo-woo, an energetic mood maker; son of Joo Hee-jung
Joo Seo-woo (주서우) 7 Twin sister of Ji-woo and is polite; daughter of Joo Hee-jung
Lee Nam-woo (이남우) 6 Manly, older twin brother of Jung-woo
Lee Jung-woo (이정우) 6 Cheerful, younger twin brother of Nam-woo
Jeon Min-joon (전민준) 6 Older brother of Jei, is chic but warm to people he's close to
Park Ha-yul (박하율) 4 Youngest and knows how to be funny
Jeon Jae-yi / Jei (전재이) 4 Younger sister of Min-joon who eats a lot

Episodes

Airing Date Narrator Guest Ratings
Episode 1 April 23, 2016 Yoo Hee-yeol 0.3%
Episode 2 April 30, 2016 NR
Episode 3 May 7, 2016 0.6%
Episode 4 May 14, 2016 Kim Dong Hyun 0.5%
Episode 5 May 21, 2016 Shin Dong-woo
Lee Soo-min
0.5%
Episode 6 May 28, 2016 Shin Dong-woo
Lee Soo-min
0.5%
Episode 7 June 11, 2016 NR
Episode 8 June 18, 2016 0.5%
Episode 9 June 25, 2016 0.3%
Episode 10 July 2, 2016 0.5%
Episode 11 July 9, 2016 Kang Seung-yoon 0.4%
Episode 12 July 16, 2016 0.5%

References

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