Love Catcher in Bali Season 2 to air in the second half of the year

The JTBC and Wavve original entertainment program 'Love Naggers' is being produced for Season 2. PD Lee Jin-ju, who led Season 1, will direct the show, which is currently in production with a target broadcast in the second half of the year and will begin casting soon. 'Love Naggers' is a family-involved dating reality program where siblings gather to find each other's partners, offering fresh entertainment with a format differentiated from existing dating shows. Season 1 won the Best Program award in the TV Season/Mini Entertainment category at the '2024 PunDex Awards' and achieved four No. 1 rankings in TV-OTT integrated non-drama buzzworthy rankings during its broadcast, gaining popularity.

Wavve announced in its Q2 2024 earnings report that 'Love Naggers' significantly contributed to the new influx of the MZ generation (20s and 30s). 'Love Naggers' set its own record by ranking as the No. 1 content driving new paid subscriptions among all Wavve entertainment programs, particularly attracting over double the number of new paid subscribers in their 20s compared to the month before the broadcast. As a result, the share of viewers in their 20s and 30s in Wavve's 'Entertainment' genre viewership in the second quarter reached 58%, proving that 'Entertainment' is the preferred genre for this demographic.

Entertainment programs featuring numerous MZ cast members also received high interest from viewers in their 20s and 30s. 'Possessed Love', featuring MZ fortune tellers, had 60.5% of its viewers in their 20s and 30s, and '​Dolsingles 5', featuring divorced men and women in their 30s, also had a 53.2% viewership rate among those in their 20s and 30s. Additionally, Wavve's original 'I Don't Have It, Kara', featuring the 2nd generation idol group Kara, also showed a high viewership rate of 53% among viewers in their 20s and 30s.

In addition to recent content, 'Infinite Challenge' showed consistent popularity, ranking 4th in viewership among those in their 20s and 30s. Furthermore, the talk show '​Everyday Heroes', hosted by Yoo Jae-suk and Yeo Suk, ranked 9th in viewership among those in their 20s and 30s despite its short episodes, proving its popularity. 'Everyday Heroes' also secured the No. 1 spot in its time slot for the '2049 viewership rating' and has announced a comeback for Season 2 in the second half of the year.

As the year-end awards season begins, the KBS Song Festival, SBS Drama Awards, and KBS Entertainment Awards have been broadcast. At the 'SBS Drama Awards', Jang Na-ra won her first Grand Prize in acting after 23 years of debut, and at the 'KBS Entertainment Awards', singer Lee Chan-won took home the Grand Prize. However, some expressed disappointment over "participation-trophy" style awards and pointed out that comedians were marginalized.