New Journey to the West (Reality, Korean)
Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Travel
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2015-09-04
Ended: 2020-12-18
Network: tvN
Country: KR
Airs on: Friday
Air time: 21:10
Runtime: 120 minutes
Average rating: 6.1
New Journey to the West is a South Korean travel-reality show that airs on tvN. This program started broadcasting on September 4, 2015 and has currently aired for 8 Seasons.New Journey to the West's current cast members are Kang Ho-dong, Lee Soo-geun, Eun Ji-won, Ahn Jae-hyun, Cho Kyu-hyun, Song Min-ho, and Pyo Ji-hoon. Inspired by the famous Chinese novel Journey to the West, in each season every cast member was dressed as a certain character and traveled to places on a mission to find mystical dragon balls. They must complete a task in order to receive dragon balls. If the members successfully gather seven dragon balls, their wishes would be granted. Over the years, this program has gained popularity and garnered high viewer ratings with its fresh ideas, fluid storyline, varying roles, and fun costumes.