Lee Kyu-yeon's Spotlight explained

Creator:JTBC
Developer:JTBC Exploration and Factual Headquarters
Presenter:Lee Kyu-yeon
Country:South Korea
Language:Korean
Network:JTBC
Last Aired:present
Genre:Investigative journalism
Current affairs
Executive Producer:Jang Ki-ha
Location:South Korea
Runtime:80 minutes
Num Episodes:266

Lee Kyu-yeon's Spotlight (Korean: 이규연의 스포트라이트; RR: Lee Kyu-yeonui seupoteuraiteu) is a South Korean investigative journalism program hosted by Lee Kyu-yeon. It airs at Saturdays at 19:40 KST on JTBC.

History

Host Lee Kyu-yeon said in a Social Live that he has been inspired by Spotlight, the Boston Globe investigative team which uncovered the Catholic Church sexual abuse cases, which in turn inspired the 2015 Academy Award-winning film Spotlight. Lee also heads JTBC News' Exploration and Planning Bureau, which produces the program. He describes Spotlight as a program that covers various fields such as social issues, welfare, science and technology. It was going to be called just Spotlight at first, but Sohn Suk-hee, JTBC News' president at the time, suggested that he change it to Lee Kyu-yeon's Spotlight.

Broadcast times

!Original network!Broadcast period!Airtime
JTBCMay 31, 2015 – June 28, 2015Sundays at 20:00-21:45
July 5, 2015-October 18. 2015Sundays at 23:00-24:10
October 23, 2015 – March 25, 2016Fridays at 21:40-23:00
April 3, 2016 – June 18, 2017Thursdays at 21:40-23:00
June 22, 2017 – May 14, 2020Thursdays at 21:30-23:00
May 21, 2020 – November 26, 2020Thursdays at 23:00-24:20
December 5, 2020 – presentSaturdays at 19:40

Awards and nominations

!Year!Award!Category!Recipient!Result!Remarks
201955th Baeksang Arts AwardsBest Educational ProgramLee Kyu-yeon's Spotlight: 5.18 Secret Agent[1]

Notes

References

  1. Web site: 김서형·염정아·김혜자 등 '백상예술대상' TV부문 최종 후보 공개. entertain.naver.com. ko. 2020-05-12.