Knowing Bros

Current

Brother School: The current format explores the high school concept where the cast members act as students in a classroom while the guests would come as newly transferred students. Most of the segments for this format portrays activities that every student would do with their classmates. Subsequently, the program would sometimes diversify at the end with a segment outside of the school concept. This format has received praise from the viewers which led to significant increase in ratings and popularity of the program after several episodes have aired.

The episodes may also feature one of the following segments:

Sometimes a viewer is brought out at the end of the show. They would have been secretly watching the show the whole day to decide who was the least funny or helpful. Once they decide, the chosen cast member or guest is punished.

During these segments, the talk is informal and "banmal" (informal language) is used by everyone on the show, regardless of their age or seniority (disregarding Korea's strict seniority rules with spoken language). The informal talk also encourages the guests and cast to interact with each other as students often do, leading them to tease one another and even insult each other for the sake of comedy.

Previous

The Infinite Task: It was a concept where viewers were able to solve the questions posted on the bulletin board in a way that the cast members could use through the contest.

Mental Victory Battle: It was a Talk/Game Show. It seemed to have emerged under the judgment that stable format was needed by calling two entertainers candidates who need mental victory and to play a logical confrontation and to select a winner. Because of this, it was impossible to escape the criticism that the old freshness disappeared and became a cliché. In one of the segments, they would begin with the "esteem up and down", PD show picture and guest should thumbs up or down then they explain their reason. After listening, host press the button for the person who has a better psych.

Cast

The program's original cast consisted of Kang Ho-dong, Lee Soo-geun, Seo Jang-hoon, Kim Young-chul, Kim Hee-chul, Hwang Chi-yeul and Kim Se-hwang. Min Kyung-hoon was added to the cast formation on the second episode aired on December 12, 2015. Hwang Chi-yeul and Kim Se-hwang left the program after the seventh episode aired on January 16, 2016. Lee Sang-min joined the program as the newest addition to the cast on March 5, 2016.

Recurring Guest cast

The program sometimes invited a guest over multiple episodes due to their popularity or memorable performance in an episode. For idol groups, a member could appear in an episode by themselves and appear in another episode as part of their respective group.

Ratings

In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in red, and the lowest rating for the show will be in blue each year.

2017

Note 1: This show airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC & EBS).

Note 2: NR rating means "not reported". The rating is low.

Disciplinary Action

In December 2016, the program received a disciplinary action from South Korea's Broadcast Censorship Committee for using improper remarks which include objectifying female guests in multiple occasions. The committee highlighted the use of improper languages between cast members, the use of homophobic remarks and specifically Min Kyung-hoon's act of giving a handcrafted bra to a female guest in one of the episodes. Besides a warning given by the committee, it is reported that the program has also received numerous complaints from viewers regarding the matter.

Singles

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