Singapore – E! Asia – the pop culture powerhouse of NBCUniversal International Networks (NBCUIN) –  announced the premiere of two new Korean series: Saturday Night Live Korea (Season 9) and the launch of Beauty Crush. The announcement comes on the heels of the finale of 2PM Wild Beat, the network’s first acquisition of a Korean series. Complementing the successful launch strategy for 2PM Wild Beat, the two new series will premiere on E! Zone – E!’s on-demand destination – in Singapore (Starhub) and Malaysia (Astro) ahead of their linear broadcasts on E! Asia. Both shows will air in Korean and feature local language subtitles in each of the countries where they air.

Saturday Night Live Korea (Season 9) is a late-night sketch comedy show based on the highly popular Saturday Night Live from NBC in the United States and the Korean format is produced by CJ E&M. The debut of Season 9 on E! Asia now extends the series beyond Korea. Across Asia, clips of SNL have long proven hugely popular on YouTube. Just like the original, the Korean adaptation features top celebrities as guest hosts and performers.

Season 9 gets off to a tremendous start on E! Zone on Saturday, 29 April with the premiere episode hosted by Choi Sooyoung of K-pop mega-group Girls Generation. Season 9 will debut on the E! Asia linear channel one week later on Saturday, 6 May.

Beauty Crush is a female-centric variety/talk show which offers a glamorous look at some of the hottest Korean beauty trends and brands that are taking the world by storm.  The 12-episode series will be hosted by sensational actress Kim Min Jung, stylish comedian Jo Seho, Korea’s top makeup artist Seo Sujin, and up-and-coming singer Kim Sohee .

NBCUIN will make the show available on E! Zone in Singapore, Malaysia and Japan. Beauty Crush will join the Singapore and Malaysia SVOD services on 10 May – the same day that it premieres on Korea’s MBC every1 network.