After School Club

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After School Club
Genre	Entertainment, Music
Written by	Yang Seon-jin Lee A-ra
Directed by	Kim Ji-hyun
Presented by	Jamie Park Lee Jaeyun Kim Byeongkwan
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	English
No. of episodes	487 (as of September 1, 2021) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Summer Jung
Producer	Lee Hyun-ah
Production location	Seoul
Camera setup	Multiple
Running time	50-54 minutes
Release
Original network	Arirang TV (Korea/Worldwide) Myx TV (US/Europe/Middle East) Hallypop (Philippines)
Original release	April 17, 2013 (2013-04-17) – present
Chronology
Related shows	Pops in Seoul Superstar K Show! Music Core Wave K
External links
Website

After School Club, often shortened to ASC, is a South Korean internet-based live-music request television talk show co-hosted by Jamie Park, Lee Jaeyun of TO1, and Kim Byeongkwan of A.C.E.

ASC features various musical guests of South Korea and the series is directed at an international audience so the principal language is English with Korean subtitles and translations produced on air.^[1] It allows international fans of K-pop music to interact directly with the live shows through social media: fans can join in on the live broadcasts through video chats in Google Hangouts, send in tweets to the show's official Twitter account, and are also able to share comments, ask questions, and request music videos on the show's official Facebook account.^[2] The show is also available on Viki, a community for subtitles, Soompi, and on DramaFever.^[3][4][5]

Premise and format[]

The show broadcasts live online and utilizes social media technologies such as Twitter and Google Hangouts to directly interact with international fans. Two activities that take place every episode are the Roll Calls and Hangouts. During the "Roll Call" portion Twitter users tweet their name, location, the time and generally a short message to the weekly guest. Those that participate may be singled out during the beginning of the episode and given a shout out by the guest. "Hangouts" are typically done twice an episode where some fans are selected for a real-time Google Hangout on the show which usually involves something (such as a song or dance) prepared by the fan to show to the guest(s) and a request. Other activities include prepared performances for fans by the guests, such as impressions, dances, and short parodies.^[6]

On March 5, 2014 (episode 48) the show expanded to include a second episode every week known as the After School Club After Show which features other guest appearances and behind-the-scenes footage from the previous episodes.

The production team announced on Twitter that the After Show segment would be retired; the last After Show was on February 25, 2015 (episode 148).

On August 25, 2015, the show announced on Twitter that it is on the Naver V application.

On June 1, 2016, the show announced on Twitter that it is on Instagram.^[7]

On January 2, 2017, the show announced on Twitter that it is on Snapchat.^[8]

Jimin and Heejun announced in Episode 360 on March 19, 2019, that they will have a new logo and a new studio set beginning from Episode 361 on March 26, 2019.

Cast[]

The original hosts of After School Club were Eric Nam and Jang Han-byul. Park Jimin was originally a guest for episode 67 (as a member of 15&) and was an occasional co-host for the main show/MC of After Show from episode 87 onwards. Jimin was promoted to co-host of the main show after the cancellation of After Show. Kevin was originally a guest on episode 3 (as a member of U-KISS) and was a co-host for the main show from episode 43 onwards.

On April 11, 2016, it was announced that Eric Nam would be leaving the show, the April 12 episode being his last appearance.^[9] On June 21, 2016, it was announced that Jae of Day6, who was a guest on episode 214, would be a co-host starting with episode 218.

On April 3, 2018, it was announced that Kevin Woo would be graduating as MC of the show.^[10] His last episode as an MC was on April 10 and ASC held graduation ceremony for him on April 17.

On July 5, 2018, it was announced that Jae would be graduating as MC of the show after two years of hosting it, with his last episode airing on July 17.^[11] On July 18, it was announced that Seungmin of Stray Kids and Han Hee-jun would co-host with Jimin.^[12] Seungmin left the show on December 12 due to scheduling conflicts.^[13] Seungmin's last episode aired on December 25.^[14]

On March 20, 2019, it was announced on Twitter that Kim Woo-sung of The Rose will be the third MC beginning with episode 361 on March 26, 2019.^[15] Woosung left the show on December 31 due to his future promotions and busy performance schedules.^[16] He was replaced by Park Yu-ri of JxR, whose first episode aired on March 3, 2020.^[17] Yuri departed after the August 25, 2020 episode.^[18]

In October 2020, Jaeyun of TO1 was announced as the new co-host of After School Club, and he begin emceeing starting from the October 13 episode.^[19]

On September 1, 2021, it was announced that Kim Byeongkwan of A.C.E will be replacing Heejun as the new co-host of the program, following Heejun's departure following the August 31, 2021 episode.^[20]

Current cast[]

Jamie Park (left) has been hosting After School Club since July 2014. Byeongkwan of A.C.E (right) is expected to begin co-hosting in September 2021. They co-host with Jaeyun of TO1.

Former cast[]

Cast timeline[]

Guest cast[]

• 6 episodes
  • Young K
• 5 episodes
  • Ashley
• 4 episodes
  • Benji
  • Brad
  • Min
• 3 episodes
  • B.M
• 2 episodes
  • Amber
  • Moon
  • NS Yoon-G
  • Sanchez
  • Tia
  • Bang Chan
  • Peniel
• 1 episode
  • BamBam
  • Kevin
  • Rome
  • Sam
  • Felix

List of episodes and guests[]

References[]