''My Little Television'' () is a South Korean television program which has been broadcast since February 2015, and features personal internet broadcasting similar to the likes of

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or Daum tvPot. This program is inspired by real-time streaming services. It is a program that values communication with viewers. The program is hosted by

Seo Yu-ri Seo Yu-ri (born February 8, 1985) is a South Korean daewon broadcasting voice actress, actress, cosplayer and VJ. She is well known for a cast member on the TV show ''Saturday Night Live Korea'', ''My Little Television'', '' Code: Secret Room'' an ...

. The program is formatted in the form of a competition between main casts based on their internet broadcasting performance. It airs on KakaoTV (Raw live broadcasting of 'channels' of main casts/random time on Sundays (KST) every 2 weeks), as well as on MBC (Every Saturday at 23:15) since the beginning of April 25, 2015. The first season finished on June 10, 2017 with 101 episodes aired and 50 shows streamed online. Season 2 of the program, '' My Little Television V2'', began airing on March 29, 2019 and ended on January 20, 2020.

List of episodes

2015

* Internet Broadcast (Live) : February 8, 2015 * TV Broadcast: February 22 & 28, 2015 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : April 12, 2015 * TV Broadcast: April 25 & May 2, 2015 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : May 3, 2015 * TV Broadcast: May 9 & 16, 2015 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : May 17, 2015 * TV Broadcast: May 23 & 30, 2015 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : May 31, 2015 * TV Broadcast: June 6 & 13, 2015 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : June 14, 2015 * TV Broadcast: June 20 & 27, 2015 * Location: Jebu Island * Internet Broadcast (Live) : June 28, 2015 * TV Broadcast: July 4 & 11, 2015 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : July 12, 2015 * TV Broadcast: July 18 & 25, 2015 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : July 26, 2015 * TV Broadcast: August 1 & 8, 2015 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : August 9, 2015 * TV Broadcast: August 15 & 22, 2015 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : August 23, 2015 * TV Broadcast: August 29 & September 12, 2015 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : September 13, 2015 * TV Broadcast: September 19 & 26, 2015 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : September 29, 2015 * TV Broadcast: October 3 & 10, 2015 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : October 11, 2015 * TV Broadcast: October 17 & 24, 2015 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : October 25, 2015 * TV Broadcast: October 31 & November 7, 2015 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : November 8, 2015 * TV Broadcast: November 14 & 21, 2015 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : November 22, 2015 * TV Broadcast: November 28 & December 5, 2015 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : December 6, 2015 * TV Broadcast: December 12 & 19, 2015 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : December 20, 2015 * TV Broadcast: December 26 & January 2, 2016

2016

* Internet Broadcast (Live) : January 3, 2016 * TV Broadcast: January 9 & 16, 2016 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : January 17, 2016 * TV Broadcast: February 6 & 13, 2016 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : February 14, 2016 * TV Broadcast: February 20 & 27, 2016 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : February 28, 2016 * TV Broadcast: March 5 & 12, 2016 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : March 13, 2016 * TV Broadcast: March 19 & 26, 2016 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : March 27, 2016 * TV Broadcast: April 2 & 9, 2016 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : April 10, 2016 * TV Broadcast: April 16 & 23, 2016 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : April 24, 2016 * TV Broadcast: April 30 & May 7, 2016 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : May 8, 2016 * TV Broadcast: May 14 & 21, 2016 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : May 22, 2016 * TV Broadcast: May 28 & June 4, 2016 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : June 5, 2016 * TV Broadcast: June 11 & 18, 2016 * For MLT-29, Lee Kyung-kyu did a live candid camera prank. The broadcast topic was made out to be Musikdrama, as the subject of the prank was known to watch the live internet broadcasts of the show. * Internet Broadcast (Live) : June 19, 2016 * TV Broadcast: June 25 & July 2, 2016 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : July 3, 2016 * TV Broadcast: July 9 & 16, 2016 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : July 17, 2016 * TV Broadcast: July 23 & 30, 2016 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : July 31, 2016 * TV Broadcast: August 27 & September 3, 2016 The TV broadcast of MLT-33 was postponed because of the 2016 Summer Olympics. * Internet Broadcast (Live) : September 4, 2016 * TV Broadcast: September 10 & 17, 2016 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : September 18, 2016 * TV Broadcast: September 24 & October 8, 2016 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : October 9, 2016 * TV Broadcast: October 15 & 22, 2016 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : October 23, 2016 * TV Broadcast: October 29 & November 5, 2016 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : November 6, 2016 * TV Broadcast: November 12 & November 19, 2016 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : November 21, 2016 * TV Broadcast: November 26 & December 3, 2016 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : December 4, 2016 * TV Broadcast: December 10, 17 & 24, 2016 * Collaboration special

2017

* Internet Broadcast (Live) : January 1, 2017 * TV Broadcast: January 7 & 14, 2017 * The number of broadcasting channels is reduced to four from this episode. * Internet Broadcast (Live) : January 15, 2017 * TV Broadcast: January 21 & February 4, 2017 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : February 5, 2017 * TV Broadcast: February 11 & 18, 2017 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : February 19, 2017 * TV Broadcast: February 25 & March 4, 2017 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : March 5, 2017 * TV Broadcast: March 11 & 18, 2017 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : March 19, 2017 * TV Broadcast: March 25 & April 1, 2017 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : April 2, 2017 * TV Broadcast: April 8 & 15, 2017 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : April 16, 2017 * TV Broadcast: April 22 & May 13, 2017 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : May 14, 2017 * TV Broadcast: May 20 & 27, 2017 * Internet Broadcast (Live) : May 28, 2017 * TV Broadcast: June 3 & 10, 2017 * My Little Television Season 1 Finale Episode * Miss MLT's master is revealed to be

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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.

Ratings (2015-16)

Ratings (2017)

International versions

: Currently airing : An upcoming season : No longer airing

Controversies

Flag incident

In November 2015, girl group

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appeared on the show, and Taiwanese member

Tzuyu Chou Tzu-yu ( zh, 周子瑜}; , born 14 June 1999), known mononymously as Tzuyu (, ), is a Taiwanese singer based in South Korea. She is the only Taiwanese member of the girl group Twice, formed by JYP Entertainment in 2015. Life and career ...

introduced herself as Taiwanese and held the ROC flag alongside that of South Korea. The Japanese flag was also shown, representing the nationalities of the girl group members. Initially there were no reactions to the incident, but after the Taiwanese-born, China-based singer Huang An took to his Sina Weibo account and accused

of being a

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activist. This led to internet users in

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to react angrily towards Tzuyu's actions, accusing her of "profiting from her mainland Chinese audience while holding a pro-independence stance". Soon after,

was barred from Chinese television, Tzuyu was pulled out from her endorsement deal with Chinese communications corporation

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, and all her activities in China were suspended. On January 15, 2016, the day before the Taiwanese general election, the CEO of

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apologized to Chinese media through his Weibo account, and JYP released a video of Tzuyu reading an apology, which included the statement:

Effects

As many believed the statement was made under duress, the apology video infuriated the Taiwanese public on election day. The incident gained international attention as it was believed to have affected the

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, which was won by Tsai Ing-wen and the pro-independence DPP by a wide margin. While the DPP were already leading the polls months prior to the election, a survey found that Tzuyu's video apology affected the decision of about 1.34 million young voters, either by swaying them to vote or change their votes. Scholars believe that the incident probably contributed one or two percentage points to Tsai's winning margin.

Notes

References

External links

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