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Mnet to air ‘Run BTS’ on small screen starting Wednesday
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Cable music channel Mnet will air the variety show 'Run BTS!' from Wednesday. (Big Hit Entertainment/-)
Cable music channel Mnet will air the variety show “Run BTS!” from Wednesday.
The show, which was originally featured on Naver’s V Live, will make a debut on the small screen this time, according to the group’s agency Big Hit Entertainment.
A number of popular episodes will be carefully selected and curated for the TV audience, which will air at 6 p.m. every Wednesday over a period of four weeks, with the final episode scheduled to air on Aug. 29.
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Each episode of the show featuring the seven members of the group will have a fresh new topic, Big Hit Entertainment told local press.
The V Live online series has been a huge success on the platform, having produced 53 episodes as of Tuesday and still going. Episode 31, which shows the group playing a quiz show in pajamas, has been watched over six million times, the most watched episode to date.
BTS has over 9.8 million followers on Naver’s V app and 11.6 million on Twitter.
The group will also hold an exhibition titled “24,7=Serendipity,” which opens just days before the final “Run BTS!” episode airs on Mnet.
This article appeared on The Korea Herald newspaper website, which is a member of Asia News Network and a media partner of The Jakarta Post
