Complaints from a New LiTV Subscriber (Using the Korean Variety Show 2 Days 1 Night as an Example)

If you are planning to subscribe to LiTV’s online streaming service to watch a certain regular variety show long-term, you may want to read about my viewing experience with 2 Days 1 Night before deciding whether to pay for a membership.

This time, taking the fourth season of the famous South Korean variety show “2 Days 1 Night” as an example, it was originally a show I watched long-term on Chunghwa Telecom’s MOD. But since I wasn’t really watching any other shows on that set-top box besides 2D1N, after the contract expired, I tried to find another streaming service that also carried the show but had a cheaper monthly fee, and eventually found LiTV.

It also happened to coincide with a half-price promotion, meaning I could subscribe to the movie, variety, and animation bundle for just NT$85 per month, which is 43% off the original MOD price of NT$199, so I subscribed right away.

But once I actually subscribed and specifically sat on the couch waiting for the show to air, I discovered it was completely different from what I had imagined.

Although LiTV writes a very nice-looking air date on its schedule, even making people mistakenly believe its broadcast time is a day earlier than the Wednesday broadcast on MOD, it’s actually all fake.

The week I subscribed to LiTV, MOD was originally airing episode 182, but I saw no update at all on LiTV—it was still on the old episode 181.

I waited and waited until the following Tuesday for it to finally air normally.

At that point I didn’t think much of it. After all, it’s understandable that non-mainstream media would get the source material a bit later, so I didn’t really mind. I just brushed it off with my family, explaining that a one-time delay was fine and that we could still watch it normally every week afterward.

But then, the following Tuesday, episode 183, which should have aired, disappeared again!?

This time I waited another three days, until Friday, for it to air.

And the funniest thing is, the schedule said episode 182 aired on July 2 and episode 183 aired on July 9. But the times I actually watched were July 11 and July 21. A show that originally aired weekly was almost turning into a semi-monthly publication—this is a very dishonest practice.

So guess, everyone: episode 184, which MOD originally aired last Wednesday (the 19th), did LiTV choose to air it on Tuesday or Friday this time?

The correct answer is: the system said that due to weather conditions on the Korean side, the update of one episode was temporarily (suspended?).

Surprised? Unexpected?

LiTV schedule notice

I have no idea what Korean weather has to do with the normal source material that has already aired domestically. MOD already aired episode 184 last week (flips table).

And this is only because I was following just 2 Days 1 Night. Who knows how many other regular shows have similarly chaotic broadcast times. What really makes me angry isn’t that you’re slower than others—I’m annoyed that you’re more chaotic than others. A broadcast schedule with no rhyme or reason is just wasting everyone’s time.

Update on October 1, 2023 (ROC year 112): LiTV only bought the rights to 2 Days 1 Night up to episode 191, and the latest episodes can no longer be seen. After asking customer service, the answer I got was that they would ask the rights department to communicate further. If you also subscribed to LiTV for 2 Days 1 Night, you may want to wait a bit longer.