Jingbirok / BOC viewing schedule

[ajk]

EPISODE	VIEW DATE						EPISODE	VIEW DATE						EPISODE	VIEW DATE
1	March 14						21	May 24						41	August 3
2	March 15						22	May 25						42	??
3	March 22						23	May 31						43	August 9
4	March 23						24	June 1						44	August 10
5	March 29						25	June 7						45	August 16
6	March 30						26	June 8						46	August 17
7	April 5						27	June 14						47	August 23
8	April 6						28	June 15						48	August 24
9	April 12						29	June 21						49	August 30
10	April 13						30	June 22						50	August 31
11	April 19						31	June 28
12	April 20						32	June 29
13	April 26						33	July 5
14	April 27						34	July 6
15	May 3						35	July 12
16	May 4						36	July 13
17	May 10						37	July 20
18	May 11						38	??
19	May 17						39	July 27
20	May 18						40	August 2*

7/21/15 note: Episode 37 was supposed to air on July 19 but WOCH mistakenly reran episode 35 instead. They resumed sequence with episode 37 the following day.

7/28/15 note: Episode 39 aired on both July 27 and July 28. Episode 38 did not air on July 27 when it was supposed to, but a reliable report says it aired the following afternoon.

8/12/15 note: Episode 42 did not air on August 9 when it was supposed to.  Not certain if it ever aired in Chicago.

* - Episode 40 did not air on the broadcast digital subchannel because of transmission problems. Presumably it ran on cable systems without incident.

[ajk]

No information yet; just setting up the thread in advance.

[ajk]

The first episode aired in South Korea this weekend. So now it's only a matter of time. Once I get a start date for our region of KBS World, I'll start filling in the schedule.

[ajk]

The North American affiliate schedule for this week (March 2-8) has no mention of BOC. So nothing yet; it doesn't start this weekend.

[mikey]

I didn’t keep up with the last Korean historical (the four episodes every weekend schedule so overwhelmed me that I ended up giving it up) but I’ll be giving this one a try.

I just noticed (about ten minutes ago) that DirecTV’s on-screen schedule is showing “The Jingbirok: A Memoir of Imjin War” being broadcast tonight (March 7) at 10:35 pm MST. It then lists another showing of Jingbirok early Sunday Morning at 4:00 am MST – but I don’t know if it will be the same episode as Saturday’s, or if it will be the next one.

Obviously, I don't know if DirecTV's schedule is correct (it apparently contradicts the posted KBS schedule) but that's what they're saying.

*** IMPORTANT: *** The above times are Mountain Standard Time. Illinois should be one hour later for tonight’s evening broadcast.

*** HOWEVER *** Arizona (where I live) does not observe Daylight Saving Time. So, I'm not sure what time it may show Sunday morning in Chicago after you Illinois people move your clocks ahead tonight.

Sorry, the switch to Daylight Saving Time always leaves me befuddled. It might be best err on the side of caution - it could start an hour earlier or an hour later, for all I know.

The DirecTV schedule lists nothing about Jingbirok for Sunday evening, and it doesn’t take us any further than Monday morning.

This is awfully short notice, I know – but it’s the best I could do. I hope it helps some.

[ajk]

Thanks, mikey--appreciate your posting that. Yeah, on the KBS America schedule page, the DirecTV schedule for KBS World for this week does list the series airing on Saturday and Sunday evenings (yesterday and today) with additional airings on Saturday morning at 7:40 a.m. Chicago time and Sunday at 6:00 a.m. Chicago time. Which suggests that it started airing before this week, since the Saturday morning airing would have been of the previous Sunday's episode.

But none of the schedules for the various broadcast stations around the country list the series airing yet. So we continue to wait. They'll have the next round of schedules posted tomorrow and I'll let everybody know what they say.

Incidentally I did contact KBS America through their contact-us page and asked them for a start date; even explained about this forum and all of the people here who are eager to watch the series. But no response at all, as usual.

[mikey]

Well, it was all for naught ...

The Saturday showing was too late for me to stay up for, and the Sunday showing was too early for me to get up for, so I set the recorder (with an extra 15 minutes added on front and back, just to be sure) and I went off to bed.

This morning, I checked the recordings. The first recording was the last 10 minutes of a Korean historical. I guess it may have been "Jingbirok," but who knows?

The second recording was ... the same last 10 minutes of that same Korean historical.

Oh well.

But yes, the bigger question: are we the only ones dealing with this? Do the native Korean speakers all have some sort of super-secret source for the "real" KBS schedule, while we just stumble around in the dark?

Honestly, one would *think* that the native Korean speakers would be just as irritated with the screwed-up KBS scheduling as we are.

[simisteve]

Well it was not on here in LA yesterday (3/7) or today (3/8) (at least in the normal timeslot of 930PM - 1030PM.) They're still showing (the appropriately named) GAG concert.

[ajk]

Hey mikey, if you Google "KBS America schedule," you find page that provides detailed weekly schedules for DirecTV. Just click on the American flag for an English-language version.

Same for you simisteve, there are choices for Southern California as well.

And I'm just as frustrated as you are, mikey. There are multiple schedules for multiple regions and stations and I have no idea why. Makes no sense. And why they can't just tell me when the thing is going to start, I don't understand that at all. What's even weirder is, here in Chicago the former broadcast outlet for KBS has gotten the rights back, and right now we have two different stations showing KBS but they're running different schedules! Thank goodness for Bayer aspirin.

[ronin]

I just checked TVGuide.com. The Jingbirok: A Memoir of Imjin War will air Saturday (March 14, 2015) and Sunday (March 15, 2015), 1140PM to 1240AM. You can see the schedule for yourself by visiting TVGuide.com and go to "What On" tab and click "TV Listing" link. Then click Provider, use your Chicago area zipcode for the antennae tab and click Chicago Area Broadcast (Chicago) (OTA Broadcast). You'll get a listing for HDTV antennae broadcast channels. Then scroll down and click to 24.7 WPVNDT7 to find when The Jingbirok series will air. KBS 24.7 is the only Korean channel that is accurately listed on TVGuide.com's schedule list for the Chicago area. The other two Korean channels 24.5 and 24.6 isn't listed.

[ajk]

Okay guys, KBS America has their new weekly schedules up on their website and they indicate Jingbirok starting this weekend! The same god-awful crappy time slot as Jeong Dojeon: 11:40 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday evenings. It also indicates that Episode 1 will rerun at 7:40 a.m. Sunday morning...and if that pattern holds, then that REALLY sucks because at least the reruns for Jeong Dojeon aired at 10:20 a.m., which at least gave you time to make sure you had recorded the episode if you were taping or DVRing or whatever. Sheesh, all the silly stuff they run at better times of the day and they can't even find one decent time slot for a good historical. Shameful.

ronin, thanks so much for the post and for checking. I tend to feel better about these things when they come straight from the horse's mouth but since what you found matches what KBS posted Monday afternoon then I think we can count on it.

[ajk]

The TVGuide.com information for this weekend's episodes in Chicago is the same as last weekend's, and it's still weird. Episode 5 is actually fine; will air Sunday evening at 10:20 p.m. (be there at 10:15 because last week's started a little early) and will repeat on Monday morning at 10:50. But the only listing for Episode 6 is Tuesday morning just after midnight, at 12:10--and last week it started way early, probably 15-20 minutes early. No mention of a repeat of Episode 6. I didn't call KBS this week because I found the TVGuide.com info, but I will do so next week to find out if there's a repeat time for the even-numbered episodes.