The Seasons (TV program)

The Seasons  is a South Korean late-night music talk show that airs on KBS2 on Fridays at 22:00 (KST). It is a seasonal late-night music program encapsulating different hosts on a rotational basis, showcasing musicians from various genres through in-depth interviews and live performances, including guests outside of music who finds interest in it.

Series overview
The Seasons acts as a successor following the end of You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook after 13 years; adding to the long running "30-year legacy" of late night music talk shows broadcast by KBS alongside Lee Sora's Propose and Yoon Do-hyun's Love Letter among others. It was created with the intention to air four installations aligned with the four seasons of the year, each hosted by different stars with its own titles, following the KBS tradition of naming the late night music program after the artist. Its production assembled a young band led by pianist and composer, Jeong Dong-hwan of MeloMance, for the show to create a "well-made stage".

Season 1
The program began with The Seasons: Jay Park's Drive and its host Jay Park in February 2023; with its title named after the American-Korean artist's single, "Drive" (2016).

Season 2
Its second season, The Seasons: Choi Jung-hoon's Night Park, hosted by Choi Jung-hoon of Jannabi, aired in May 2023; with its title named after his band's single, "Summer II" (2021). Originally slated for twelve episodes, the program was extended for a fourteen episode second season. Albeit it accumulated the lowest amount of viewers amidst the first four seasons, it recorded the highest viewer rate for people in their twenties on the OTT platform Wavve as of April 25, 2024.

Season 3
Sibling duo AKMU, served as the project's third host with their show titled The Seasons: Long Day, Long Night with AKMU, in correlation to their hit single, "Last Goodbye" (2017). Lee Chan-hyuk and Lee Su-hyun became the broadcast channel's youngest emcees for a late night talk show, and first to host one as a duo. The installment garnered the most viewers on Wavve throughout the program's history as of April 25, 2024.

Season 4
Its fourth installation was presented by Lee Hyori; titled The Seasons: Lee Hyo-ri's Red Carpet.

Season 5
The project was announced to be renewed for a fifth season, with its host confirmed to be Zico of boy group Block B, and is titled The Seasons: Zico's Artist.

Ratings
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