Scandal Supervisor

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Scandal Supervisor (Korean: 사건반장; RR: sagonbanjang; lit. Case Chief) is a South Korean current affairs program airing on JTBC. It airs Monday to Fridays at 15:25-16:45 KST and is presented by Yang Won-bo and Kim Ha-eun.^[1] The broadcast does not use the same color palette as other JTBC newscasts, but it has used the JTBC News design since February 2017.

Background[]

Three issues are presented each day through the Today... segments, and four other events are dealt with briefly through the Crime Scene corner.

Current segments[]

• Incident Situation Room (사건상황실) - formerly called Crime Scene (사건 현장), Kim Ha-eun hosts this segment that reports about minor incidents.
• Today's Incident # (오늘, 사건 #) - this segment deals with a certain incident that happened that day.
• Today's Law # (오늘, 법 #) - this segment will delve into a certain law involving an incident.
• Today's Person # (오늘, 인물 #) - this segment analyzes a person's involvement in an incident.
• Incident X-Files (사건 X파일) - this segment introduces famous historical events.
• Crime Scene (사건 현장) - this segment is presented ala-3:10 Relay, where the panel will analyze a clip as it plays on the screen.
• Scandal Supervisor Family Desk (사반 가족회의) - this web-only segment premiered on April 13, 2021 right after the broadcast. Anchor Yang Won-bo is joined by attorney Park Ji-hoon and reporter Hong Ji-yong on Tuesdays, while attorney Baek Sung-moon and reporter Lee Do-sung join on Thursdays.

Scandal Supervisor Family Desk segments[]

• Scandal Supervisor Replay (사반 다시보기) is a segment that introduces the top story in detail while reading comments from the live chat.
• Scandal Supervisor Preview (사반 미리보기) is a segment that previews the top story that will air on the broadcast the next day.
• Today's Agenda (오늘의 안건) is a segment that deals with trending topics on the Internet or viewer-submitted content.

Former segments[]

• The World Where We Live In - formerly the fifth main segment, this segment presents stories of people who have done good in the society, a contrast to the heavy atmosphere brought by the cases/issues in the previous segments.
• Relationship Office - this former sixth main segment deals with stories sent by viewers.
• Pyo Chang-won's Question Mark (표창원의 물음표) - anchor Pyo Chang-won delivers his opening brief about the top story that will be covered on Today's Incident #1.

• Today's Incident (사건 오늘) - the panel talk about top issues that day divided into four corners.
• Pyo Chang-won's Period (표창원의 마침표) - Pyo Chang-won will deliver a closing commentary based on the top story that day.
• Out with the Old, In with the New (헌 법 줄게 새 법 다오) - anchor Pyo Chang-won discusses controversial laws with the panel in this Monday-only segment.
• Incident Montage (사건 몽타주) - this Tuesday-only segment explores the central character of the case covered on Today's Incident #1 , and analyzes the case through the person mentioned.
• Incident Investigation Group (사건 역학조사단) - this Wednesday-only segment seems to delve into why and how a certain incident happened in-depth with experts from different backgrounds.
• Historical Theories (사건 평행이론) - this Thursday-only segment tackles a certain historical event and analyzes how much has changed since the event happened.
• Case Investigation Institute (사건 수사연구소) - this Friday-only segment investigates events scientifically with experts. It seems to be similar to the Wednesday segment Incident Investigation Group .

Panel[]

It is currently presented by Yang Won-bo,^[2] with Kim Ha-eun presenting the Crime Scene segment. The panelists have been reduced to two from four due to the reorganization, but on December 7, social affairs reporters Lee Do-sung and Gong Da-som joined the panel, making the panelists four. Sometime in 2021, Gong Da-som left the panel and was replaced by Hong Ji-yong from the same team.

Current fixed panelists[]

• Hong Ji-yong, JTBC social affairs reporter
• Lee Do-sung, JTBC social affairs reporter
• Baek Sung-moon, lawyer (Mondays and Thursdays)
• Park Ji-hoon, lawyer (Tuesdays)
• Sohn Soo-ho, lawyer (Wednesdays)
• Yang Ji-yeol, lawyer (Fridays)

Former panelists[]

• Choi Young-il, critic
• Jang Hee-young, critic
• Kim Bok-joon, researcher at Korea Institute of Criminology
• Jung Jin-ho, JoongAng Ilbo social affairs reporter
• Lee Ji-hye, JTBC legal team reporter
• Kim Joon-il, NewsTop reporter
• Park Jung-ho, OhmyNews reporter
• Kim Hyung-sun, Naeil Shimun reporter

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