Seoul –Asia’s leading content and media company CJ E&M continues to rack up the honors for its fresh and original contents. CJ E&M has been recognized with five nominations across a diverse range of categories at the 22nd Asian Television Awards 2017.
The pinnacle for recognizing excellence in television entertainment around the Asia-Pacific region, The Asian Television Awards revealed that CJ E&M titles were nominated for the following categories: Best Drama Series(Guardian: The Lonely and Great God), Best Music Programme(Golden Tambourine), Best Comedy Programme(SNL Korea S9), Best General Entertainment Programme(SNL Korea S9), and Best Adaptation of an Existing Format(SNL Korea S9). Winners will be announced on December 1st.
Nominated for Best Drama Series, ‘Guardian: The Lonely and Great God,’ a representative title of CJ E&M’s specialty in unique, never-seen-before genres, holds the title for #1 ratings in cable drama history, with an average rating of 20.5% and highest rating of 22.1% in Korea. The fantasy romantic comedy also had great success globally, signing with over 100 countries across Europe and the U.S.
‘Saturday Night Live Korea Season 9,’ nominated for three different categories, has been a big hit with its legendary hosts and comic sketches that create viral responses both on and offline. The South Korean late-night television sketch program not only showcases great chemistry with its studio audience but also with their 2.6+ million fans on Facebook. ‘Golden Tambourine‘ is one of the new additions to CJ E&M’s forte in music entertainment shows that is following in the footsteps of success with formats optioned to Thailand and Italy this year alone.
Last year, MAMA(Mnet Asian Music Awards) was crowned ‘Best Entertainment’ and music survival show ‘Produce 101’ was runner up for the ‘Best Music Program’ category.
“To be recognized in such a prestigious awards ceremony is a tremendous honor in itself. We are proud of our finest creative talents that always strive to bring the most original and mind-capturing contents to our viewers and we are especially grateful of the support from our viewers in Asia,” said CJ E&M official.
Meanwhile, CJ E&M also revealed its new lineup of much anticipated contents that will be airing in November-December 2017.
Prison Playbook(16×70′), a black comedy about the life of people living in prison, follows a baseball star who abruptly becomes a prisoner overnight. In an environment where there are no names, titles, age and even freedom, everyone is called by their identification number and wears the same blue uniform regardless of previous status in society The story follows the baseball star who needs to adjust to his new environment.
A Korean Odyssey(20×70′), adapting the fantasy elements from the novel, A Korean Odyssey retells the story about monkey king Son Oh-Gong, an extremely powerful minor god who has been exiled to the human world with his powers sealed, and the monk searching for light in the dark world where evil spirits have prevailed.
Bad Guys: Vile City(16×60′), the Republic of Korea in 2017 is a country deprived of justice, where money and getting ahead in life is considered more important. Still, the country craves for justice, which leads the “bad guys” to team up to seek the more fundamental evils of hierarchy.
