[SBS Entertainment News | [Reporter Kang Seon-ae] With the appearance of ‘popular actor’ Byun Woo-seok, the viewer ratings of SBS’ ‘Running Man’ also jumped.
'Running Man', which aired on the 12th, recorded a target index of '2049 viewership rating' of 2.2% (hereinafter Nielsen Korea metropolitan area, based on households), firmly maintaining its No. 1 spot in entertainment programs in its time slot, and among the entertainment programs broadcast on this day, 'My Little Old Boy' It was ranked in the top 2 in '2049 viewership ratings'. In addition, the household viewership rating was 4.4%, and in particular, the highest viewership rating per minute rose significantly compared to last week and soared to 6.3%.
As previously announced, on this day's broadcast, actor Byeon Woo-seok, who is greatly loved for his role as the main character Ryu Seon-jae in the popular drama 'Seon-jae and Jump', appeared as a guest.
Byeon Woo-seok, who appeared on 'Running Man' for the first time in two years, aroused interest by challenging a situational comedy while wearing a school uniform, which was Seon-jae himself. During a situation where he had to go to school, Byeon Woo-seok received a confession from a high school girl and responded, "Okay, I like you too. Let's meet then," causing excitement among the viewers.

 The members expressed their expectations about meeting Byun Woo-seok. Yoo Jae-seok was happy and said, "How nice it is to be able to float," and when Haha met Byun Woo-seok, he rushed to him and said, "Pick me up on his back," making him laugh. In particular, Haha took a selfie while sitting next to Byun Woo-seok, and also treated Byun Woo-seok affectionately throughout the race, receiving boos from the members and production crew.

On this day's race, food from Godseongbi restaurants that went beyond imagination was introduced through 'The Amazing Godseongbi Part 2'. The first place, a Chinese restaurant, surprised everyone with its 2,000 won black bean noodles, and also introduced a bowl of octopus samhap for only 29,000 won.

However, in this process, Byun Woo-seok failed to guess the price one after another and had to watch the members eat. At this time, Yoo Jae-seok began to 'hunt' food with his mouth with his unique sense of playfulness, and Byun Woo-seok, who could not bear it anymore, became his entertainment disciple and joined in the 'hunt', making everyone burst into laughter.

    In addition, the members continued to admire Byun Woo-seok's visuals on this day. Yoo Jae-seok, who was looking at the back of Byun Woo-seok, said, "You look handsome just by looking at the back of his head," and then looked at the back of Ji Seok-jin's head and added, "Wow, you've worked hard. It's been a rough life," making him laugh out loud.

Meanwhile, Byun Woo-seok worked as a teammate with Haha and Yoo Jae-seok at the final mission location, and based on a hint given at the last minute, he carried Yoo Jae-seok across the finish line and won. Byun Woo-seok expressed his gratitude, saying, “I came back after two years and had fun.”

Reporter Kang Seon-ae sakang@sbs.co.kr