# SBS Eight O'Clock News

SBS Eight O'Clock News (also known as SBS 8 News (SBS 8 뉴스 in Korean)) is a South Korean television news broadcasting show broadcast by SBS.
Originally anchored by Maeng Hyung-kyu on weekdays and Jung Sung-hwan on weekends. It has been aired since December 9, 1991. The newscast is aired from 7:50 pm to 9 pm KST on weekdays since September 21, 2020 and from 8 pm to 8:45 pm KST on weekends. Kim Hyun-woo and Kim Yong-tae serve as the current anchors for weekday and weekend editions respectively.

## History

On 19 September 1991, SBS defined that it would air its main news bulletin at 8pm, an attempt to compete against the "frontal confrontation" between KBS News 9 and MBC Newsdesk, which occupied the 9pm timeslot. On 23 March 1992, SBS News Show at 10pm became the weekend edition of SBS News 8 due to low ratings. By 2003, it had won several awards, among them its coverage of the scandal of Vice-President Yang Gil-Seul, usage of Agent Orange in the DMZ, corruption at the Korean Navy in 1993, among others.
MBC Newsdesk suffered a crisis in viewers in the first half of 2020, causing SBS News 8 to gain more viewers.

## Segments
### Current segments

Since 21 September 2020, most of the segments (except the sports news and weather) has been placed on the second part, nicknamed S-Pick.
* Mobile Coverage - this seems to be a segment similar to MBC Newsdesk's Camera Launch, KBS News 9's Tracing 1234 and JTBC Newsroom's Close Camera where reporters cover stories in-depth based on reports from citizens.
* What is The Truth? - this is a segment where Lee Kyung-won appears in-studio to fact-check statements given by politicians or important events that happened within the country. Towards the end of the segment, they decide if the statement is true through 5 categories: Facts (사실), Almost True (거의 사실), True & False (사실 & 거짓), Almost Untrue (거의 거짓) and Lies (거짓). A mascot named Factkio (팩트키오) also appears during the broadcast.
* Panda to The End - a segment similar to Newsroom's Exploration Plus, it's a recurring segment where Kim Jong-won cover a certain story in-depth. The segment uses a panda as its mascot.
* Healthy Life - a segment where medical reporter Cho Dong-chan analyzes issues related to health.
* Cultural Line - a Friday-only segment where reporters do stories related to entertainment, education and other aspects of culture.
* SBS Sports News - this is a segment where Kim Yoon-sang (on weekdays) and Lee Yoon-ah (on weekends) present sports news. On 30 March 2020, Lee Seung-gi made an appearance towards the end of the segment as a part of their SBS intern special episode of Master in the House. This episode also showed Cha Eun-woo hosting the radio broadcast, while Yang Se-hyung served as Lee's backup in case of unexpected circumstances. Shin Sung-rok and Kim Dong-hyun helped out in the production side.
* SBS Weather - the weather segment presented by Nam Yoo-jin on weekdays and Saturdays, and Yang Tae-bin on Sundays.

### Former segments

* Inside the Stock Market - it was a compilation of eight economy-related stories where reporters from the economy and securities team also show the stock market trades through computer graphics.
* Economic Indicators - it is similar with Inside the Stock Market above, only aired on weekdays.
* Today in History - it shows a significant historical event that happened that day.
* Issue Report: An In-depth Look/Field Report: Going Without Reservations/We Have a Tip! - established on 23 March 2019, these three segments seem to be similar to Mobile Coverage and Panda to the End.

## Anchors

Kim Hyeon-woo and Kim Ga-hyeon currently anchor the weekday edition, while Jeong Yu-mi helm the weekend edition. Kim Da-young does the sports news on weekdays, and Joo Young-min does it on weekends. The weather forecast is presented by Nam Yu-jin on weekday and Saturday, while Yang Tae-bin does it on Sunday.

### Main presenters

| Role | Name | Duration | Notes |
| Main anchor (weekday) | Maeng Hyung-kyu 맹형규 | 9 December 1991—18 September 1995 | |
| Main anchor (weekday) | Kim Hyung-min 김형민 | As weekend main anchor: 28 October 1994—24 September 1995 As weekday main anchor: 19 September 1995—11 October 1996 19 October 1998—7 August 2000 | |
| Main anchor (weekday) | Song Do-kyun 송도균 | 14 October 1996—27 June 1997 | This was during SBS 9 O'Clock News. |
| Main anchor (weekday) | Jeon Yong-hak 전용학 | 30 June 1997—16 October 1998 | |
| Main anchor (weekday) | Lee Young-joon 이영춘 | As weekend main anchor: 24 October 1994—16 April 2000 As weekday main anchor: 8 August 2000—27 February 2004 As one-time weekend main anchor: 29 February 2004 | He also served as the director of SBS' Suwon bureau. |
| Main anchor (weekday) | Park Sang-kyu 박상규 | 1 March 2004—28 October 2005 | He's currently the director for Channel A's news bureau. |
| Main anchor (weekday) | Shin Dong-wook 신동욱 | 31 October 2005—18 March 2011 1 January 2015—16 December 2016 | He was the longest-serving main anchor of the newscast and currently the director for TV Chosun's news bureau and main anchor for its flagship newscast News 9. |
| Main anchor (weekday) | Kim Sung-joon 김성준 | 21 March 2011—31 December 2014 19 December 2016—19 May 2017 | He was convicted of illegally filming a woman, and is currently serving a six-month prison sentence. |
| Main anchor (weekday) | Kim Hyun-woo 김현우 | As weekend main anchor: 24 December 2016—21 May 2017 As weekday main anchor: 22 May 2017—present | |
| Sub-anchor (weekday) | Choi Young-im 최영임 | 23 March 1992—15 April 1994 | |
| Sub-anchor (weekday) | Han Soo-jin 한수진 | As weekend sub-anchor: 5 June 1993—17 April 1994 As weekday sub-anchor: 18 April 1994—29 March 2002 | She also served as anchor during SBS 9:00 News. |
| Sub-anchor (weekday) | Kwak Sang-eun 곽상은 | As weekday sub-anchor: 1 April 2002—27 February 2004 As one-time weekend sub-anchor: 29 February 2004 | She is currently SBS News' policy and culture team leader. |
| Sub-anchor (weekday) | Kim So-won 김소원 | As weekend sub-anchor: 6 April 2002—28 February 2004 As weekday sub-anchor: 1 March 2004—18 March 2011 | She was the longest-serving sub-anchor of the newscast. |
| Sub-anchor (weekday) | Park Sun-young 박선영 | As weekend sub-anchor: 10 May 2008—20 March 2011 As weekday sub-anchor: 21 March 2011—18 July 2014 | |
| Sub-anchor (weekday) | Choi Hye-rim 최혜림 | As weekend sub-anchor: 23 July 2011—15 January 2012 7 July 2012—14 September 2014 As weekday sub-anchor: 19 December 2016—present | |
| Main anchor (weekend) | Jung Sung-hwan 정성환 | 14 December 1991—22 March 1992 | |
| Main anchor (weekend) | Jung Sung-geun 정성근 | 7 July 1995—25 April 1993 7 October 2000—31 March 2002 | |
| Main anchor (weekend) | Lee Seung-yeol 이승열 | 1 May 1993—22 October 1994 | |
| Main anchor (weekend) | Shin Won-soo 신완수 | 26 October 1996—29 June 1997 | |
| Main anchor (weekend) | Park Soo-taek 박수택 | 22 April 2000—1 October 2000 | |
| Main anchor (weekend) | Hong Ji-man 홍지만 | 6 March 2002—28 February 2004 | |
| Main anchor (weekend) | Park Jin-ho 박진호 | 6 March 2004—20 March 2011 | |
| Main anchor (weekend) | Song Wook 송욱 | 26 March 2011—17 July 2011 | |
| Main anchor (weekend) | Pyeon Sang-wook 편상욱 | 23 July 2011—21 February 2016 | He is currently the anchor of SBS Nightline. |
| Main anchor (weekend) | Park Hyun-suk 박현석 | 27 February 2016—18 December 2016 | He is currently the weekday anchor for the first two parts of Morning Wide. |
| Main anchor (weekend) | Kim Yong-tae 김용태 | 27 May 2017—1 July 2018 7 November 2020—present | |
| Main anchor (weekend) | Kim Bum-joo 김범주 | 7 July 2018—1 November 2020 | He filled in for Kim Hyun-woo upon his marriage to Lee Yeo-jin and leave from 16 to 20 December 2019. |
| Sub-anchor (weekend) | Kim Young 김영 | 5 July 1992—29 November 1992 | |
| Sub-anchor (weekend) | Song Sun-kyung 송선경 | 6 December 1992—25 April 1993 | |
| Sub-anchor (weekend) | Choi Young-joo 최영주 | 23, April 1994—23 October 1994 | |
| Sub-anchor (weekend) | Lee Ji-hyun 이지현 | 29 October 1994—29 June 1997 | |
| Sub-anchor (weekend) | Lee Hyun-kyung 이현경 | 6 July 1997—28 June 1998 | |
| Sub-anchor (weekend) | Go Hee-kyung 고희경 | 4 July 1998—16 April 2000 | |
| Sub-anchor (weekend) | Choi Young-ah 최영아 | 22 April 2000—29 April 2001 | |
| Sub-anchor (weekend) | Kim Sung-kyung 김성경 | 5 May 2001—31 March 2002 | |
| Sub-anchor (weekend) | Yoon Hyun-jin 윤현진 | 6 March 2004—4 May 2008 | |
| Sub-anchor (weekend) | Jang Sun-yi 장선이 | 26 March 2011—17 July 2011 | |
| Sub-anchor (weekend) | Jung Mi-sun 정미선 | As weekday sub-anchor: 21 July 2014—16 December 2016 As weekend sub-anchor: 21 January 2012—1 July 2012 27 May 2017—17 March 2019 | She is currently a co-anchor on the first two parts of Morning Wide. |
| Sub-anchor (weekend) | Lee Hye-seung 이혜승 | 20 September 2014—18 December 2016 | |
| Sub-anchor (weekend) | Jang Ye-won 장예원 | 24 December 2016—21 May 2017 | |
| Sub-anchor (weekend) | Kim Min-hyung 김민형 | 23 March 2019—1 November 2020 | |
| Sub-anchor (weekend) | Joo Si-eun 주시은 | 8 November 2020—present | |

## Broadcast times

| Year | Date | Time | Airing | Title | Notes |
| 1991 | 9 December | 20:00-20:30 | Every day | SBS 8 News | first broadcast under the current title; SBS' first flagship newscast |
| 1992 | 30 March | 20:00-20:45 | Weekdays | SBS 8 News | runtime extension |
| 1992 | 5 July | 20:00-20:45 | Every day | SBS 8 News | absorbed SBS News Show |
| 1993 | 26 April | Weekdays: 20:00-20:45 | Every day | SBS 8 News | runtime extension on weekends |
| 1993 | 26 April | Weekends: 20:00-20:20 | Every day | SBS 8 News | runtime extension on weekends |
| 1993 | 31 May | Weekdays: 20:00-20:45 | Every day | SBS 8 News | runtime extension on weekends |
| 1993 | 31 May | Weekends: 20:00-20:30 | Every day | SBS 8 News | runtime extension on weekends |
| 1993 | 18 October | Weekdays: 20:00-20:45 | Every day | SBS 8 News | runtime extension on weekends |
| 1993 | 18 October | Weekends: 20:00-20:35 | Every day | SBS 8 News | runtime extension on weekends |
| 1994 | 18 April | Weekdays: 20:00-20:45 | Every day | SBS 8 News | runtime extension on weekends |
| 1994 | 18 April | Weekends: 20:00-20:40 | Every day | SBS 8 News | runtime extension on weekends |
| 1994 | 24 October | 20:00-20:45 | Weekdays | SBS 8 News | separated with weekend newscast SBS News 2000 |
| 1997 | 3 March | 21:00-21:45 | Weekdays | SBS 9:00 News | title and weekday timeslot change |
| 1997 | 19 May | 21:00-21:50 | Weekdays | SBS 9:00 News | runtime extension |
| 1997 | 30 June | Weekdays: 20:00-20:45 | Every day | SBS 8 News | integration with News Q; return to the current title |
| 1997 | 30 June | Weekends: 20:00-20:30 | Every day | SBS 8 News | timeslot variations |
| 1997 | 27 October | Weekdays: 20:00-20:50 | Every day | SBS 8 News | timeslot variations |
| 1997 | 27 October | Weekends: 20:00-20:35 | Every day | SBS 8 News | timeslot variations |
| 1998 | 2 March | Weekdays: 20:00-20:40 | Every day | SBS 8 News | timeslot variations |
| 1998 | 2 March | Weekends: 20:00-20:35 | Every day | SBS 8 News | timeslot variations |
| 1998 | 19 October | Weekdays: 20:00-20:45 | Every day | SBS 8 News | timeslot variations |
| 1998 | 19 October | Weekends: 20:00-20:35 | Every day | SBS 8 News | timeslot variations |
| 1999 | 5 April | Weekdays: 20:00-20:40 | Every day | SBS 8 News | timeslot variations |
| 1999 | 5 April | Weekends: 20:00:20:35 | Every day | SBS 8 News | timeslot variations |
| 2004 | 1 March | Weekdays: 20:00-20:40 | Every day | SBS 8 News | timeslot variations |
| 2004 | 1 March | Weekends: 20:00-20:35 | Every day | SBS 8 News | timeslot variations |
| 2008 | 28 April | Weekdays: 20:00-20:45 | Every day | SBS 8 News | absorbed SBS Sports News on weekends |
| 2008 | 28 April | Weekends: 20:00-20:40 | Every day | SBS 8 News | absorbed SBS Sports News on weekends |
| 2012 | 5 November | Weekdays: 20:00-20:50 | Every day | SBS 8 News | absorbed SBS Sports News on weekdays |
| 2012 | 5 November | Weekends: 20:00-20:35 | Every day | SBS 8 News | absorbed SBS Sports News on weekdays |
| 2013 | 11 March | Weekdays: 20:00-20:55 | Every day | SBS 8 News | timeslot variations |
| 2013 | 11 March | Weekends: 20:00-20:50 | Every day | SBS 8 News | timeslot variations |
| 2013 | 1 July | Weekdays: 20:00-20:55 | Every day | SBS 8 News | timeslot variations |
| 2013 | 1 July | Weekends: 20:00-20:45 | Every day | SBS 8 News | timeslot variations |
| 2019 | 15 April | Weekdays: 19:55-20:55 | Every day | SBS 8 News | timeslot variations |
| 2019 | 15 April | Weekends: 20:00-20:45 | Every day | SBS 8 News | timeslot variations |
| 2019 | 13 May | Weekdays: 20:00-20:55 | Every day | SBS 8 News | timeslot variations |
| 2019 | 13 May | Weekends: 20:00-20:45 | Every day | SBS 8 News | timeslot variations |
| 2020 | 21 September | Weekdays: 19:50-21:00 | Every day | SBS 8 News | timeslot variations |
| 2020 | 21 September | Weekends: 20:00-20:45 | Every day | SBS 8 News | timeslot variations |

## Regional newscasts outside Seoul

Local SBS affiliates outside Seoul cutaway from the national 8 NEWS during the second half of the program, to broadcast their respective flagship regional newscasts. A typical evening newscast in these areas runs for 20 minutes on weekdays and 10 minutes on weekends. Local newscasts have the option to self-produce sports and weather segments, but others chose to opt back in to SBS for such segments; regardless, after the weather segment, the newscast always ends by the local affiliate's newscast title and anchors.
| Station | Local Newscast | Hosts |
| KNN | KNN NEWS eye | Kim Je-hyun and Kim Da-rom |
| TBC | TBC 8 NEWS | Kwon Joon-bum and Kim Myung-mi (weekdays), Lee Hyang-won and Kim Da-eun (weekends) |
| UBC | UBC PRIME NEWS | Yeon Jung-taek and Jang Soo-jung |
| TJB | TJB 8 NEWS | Roh Dong-hyun and Kim Hyun-ji |
| G1 | G1 8 NEWS | Kim Woo-jin and Park Sun-young |
| CJB | CJB 8 NEWS | Hwang Soo-dong and Yeon Kyu-ok |
| JTV | JTV 8 NEWS | Lee Seung-hwan and Seo Joo-young |
| KBC | KBC 8 NEWS | Lee In-soo and Kang Min-kyung (weekdays), Go Eun-cheon (weekends) |
| JIBS | JIBS 8 NEWS | Lee Yong-tak and Kim Ji-hyun (weekdays), Kim Min-hyung and Lee Jung-min (Saturdays) |