The show peaked in popularity from 2011 to 2013 with a rating of 21% at its highest. However, people were 8 Years with Running Man Running Man is a popular Korean variety show both getting tired of the repeated concepts. To restore its 22 Han Hye-jin and past glory,the show welcomed two new cast members Lee Dong-Wook guest domestically and oversea. Every week, the members compete (Highest ratings) with each other in diverse games such as name tag ripping or in 2017: Jeon So-Min and Yang Se-Chan. During the 20 following year, the producers reduced the number of Lee Seung-Gi ddakji. Over its 8 years run on SBS, hundreds of celebrities and Moon Chae guests and increased the number of long term projects. Won guest including Jackie Chan have guested on the show. 18 Normal Tru- Show

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%) Kpop artists regularly guest on the show. In the graph 12 Family Package Project above, Kpop artists are shown in yellow and no Kpop celebrities are shown in blue. The size of the bubble atings ( R 10 represents how many guests came. We see a high Gary leaves number of Kpop idols in the rst year of the show as well as in 2015. 8 Every week, the cast members must play a series of Song Joong-Ki leaves games to determine the winner(s). While Kim 6 Jong-Kook, Yoo Jae-Suk and Song Ji-Hyo have the highest numbers of individual wins, every member has an episode where they shined the most. 4 Jeon So-Min and Yang Se-Chan join RM Decision of replacing Song Ji-hyo and Kim Jong-Kook 2 released 0 50 100 150 200 Episode # 250 300 350 400

Kim Jong-Kook Yoo Jae-suk Song Ji-hyo Lee Kwang-soo Gary Ji Suk-Jin Song Joong-ki Yang Se-Chan Jeon So-Min Lizzy Count While some hosts are more “capable” than others, overall, the number of accumulated wins is well-balanced. Grouped episodes by 10 1-407 1-407 1-407 2-407 1-407 1-324 1-407 1-41 346-407 346-407 13-25 Number of wins over time by member 135 Wins 130 Wins 127 Wins 118 Wins 108 Wins 98 Wins 90 Wins 17 Wins 13 Wins 11 Wins 5 Wins