Thanks for the news! I saw this this morning reported as well.

Holy cow, that's terrible for everyone involved in the "Mom" show. Sigh, MBC.

Oh dear... I don't watch that show, but such decision is really...

Less sitcoms which are missing the "com" part (from what I heard) and less live filming of 200 episodes is not a bad thing.

Now if only Korean television in general would adopt some less crazy rules as well.

That's what you call being axed! Wow!
Now, I have to say: I've tried to watch K sitcoms. HK3 & Standby. It always felt like low-cost "underdramas" and I dropped them eventually: Funny not so funny. Shot almost entirely in studio with that artificial flavor. Also, simply put, the stories were uninteresting and time is precious. Some 20 eps weekly dramas appear long and slow to me so imagine what I could feel with sitcoms. That, and can laughter is giving me hives.
I think the decision is cruel for the people working on that particular drama but business-wise, if the taste of the audience is changing, I can understand.

I've only ever watched the three High Kick sitcoms and not consistently even then so I'm not mad that they're cancelling sitcoms. I guess it's just business. Still...isn't this like cutting off your nose to spite your face? At least give the show and your network team a good 10 episode heads-up. Especially if MBC doesn't have anything planned to fill the spot. It'd give them more time to come up with a replacement while giving the show a good chance to wrap everything up. This just doesn't seem like smart business planning to me.

That's a drastic move!! Not that I've ever invested any valuable time into sitcoms. If MBC feels the need to cut them that's cool but more time should be given to wrap up currently airing dramas.

Will it make the acting market more competitive? Will there be more dramas? What will happen to these sitcom actors?? I'm just so curious .

I feel bad for the cast and crew of this drama :(

The third high kick didn't do so well either

Oof. Didn't watch the show, but still feel bad for the cast and crew. Poor Na Moon-hee. You're still my favorite grandmother!!

Wow, that stinks!

Thanks for the news.

awww~ poor them cast/production/writer

Yeesh. Terrible planning decision to just abruptly cancel a show without even having a backup plan to fill the empty time slot. My sympathy goes out to the cast and crew of that show.

No more High Kicks? So sad. I recently discovered the sitcom format and LOVE it as an outlet for low-key long-form storytelling. I've never encountered anything like it, certainly not in the American television system. This is super sad.

That's a wacked out business decision to abruptly cut a show with nothing in the line-up to come behind it....Jesus MBC just calm down

sounds like they're letting an infant less than 5 minutes old make their business decisions.

Wait... does this mean there's no more hope for a High Kick 4 or Nonstop ever making a comeback?

NOOOO!!!!

What a drastic move. They could have let the drama end on a high note, or at least a decent one. But to just axe it when there is nothing to fill the slot, that's like adding insult to injury. And what happens to actor contracts or the likes? Is it cheaper to end the drama than to pay fees for breach of contract?

Wow. File this in the WTFery books. Sad how little patience and will MBC actually has in trying to improve their television content. They'd rather cut their losses and be counter productive instead.

WHOA.

but i loved the third high kick. ~

they killed it with boring stories and infuriating characters. guess i'll just have to get over it.

I saw a few episodes of that show and I have to admit it was underwhelming. There were no lovable characters you want to root for. A lot of them were just selfish/annoying (not in a funny way).

The sitcom that I liked from MBC was the very first High kick. The second and third were more meaningful and that lessened the funny.

It's sad because I love the actress that plays "Mom" in this sitcom. She was the grandma in the first high kick.

I guess Shut Up Family may be only surviving sitcom? Same timeslot competitor with What is mom until MBC changed it's air date. The drama isn't doing spectacular with ratings peaking once in a while but at least it's running smoothly plus it's better than What is Mom.

I don't watch Korean sitcoms but damn. That's rather mean of the channel, to put it lightly. And well, if it's ending all sitcoms then it must have something greater planned or something else going on. I wonder what Anthony Kim has to say about this. ;)

I like sitcoms and family dramas!

This is not even surprising when the head of MBC, the King of Accomodation(숙박왕), is lower than trash. They fire their employees who stand up against their corruption like you throw away toilet paper and produce dramas and other products by subcontracting. Of coure it's running under a deficit. This so called 'public broadcasting system' is simply a waste of human resources and hazard to the country.

Is a sitcom the same thing as a daily drama? Like is daily drama just a more accurate name for the same thing when it isn't comedy genre.

Like, I'm watching 힘네요, 미스터 김! right now...I wouldn't consider that a sitcom, but it is daily. Is MBC cutting shows like that too? ALL daily shows? Wow, that's kinda extreme.

sounds like when Disney decided '2D animation is dead!' because their latest movies had crappy box office totals...which was because the movies SUCKED, not because animation is over. Sigh.

Noo! Kim Sae Ron! Ugh!

I was thinking, does this mean no more high kicks? I really liked high kick! (second one especially)

Nobody ever bought or enjoyed a single product that came from the talents of the mindless, money-grubbing "suits" who work upstairs and consider themselves to be the owners of their employees and the general public. Left up to these kinds of "geniuses", the world would never have known The Beatles, Jackie Robinson, or Apple computers. I'm sorry for the cast, crew and fans of this show. Cutting down on it's run may have been considered, but leaving a trail of blood after dropping a bomb in an unsuspecting room full of human beings with families to feed is a completely different circumstance. A pox on those who collectively share the guilt... :(

Nooo, no more High Kicks? I actually really like watching the whole everyday family interaction thing rather than drama all the time :c

I simply cannot fathom a world not only without High Kick-like dramas but all the KBS daily dramas that I so dearly love, etc...

Let's hope that MBC is not setting precident. I will surely miss the wholesome family sitcoms should they come to an end. :(

While they are not like "dramas" which are like... a mini-series, sitcoms are like a blog; a look into some else's life.

Im speechless... If they werent sure about the drama then why air it??? To then abruptly end it?? And the fact they seem to have nothing planned to fill that slot is the biggst wtf...

It sucks...I will miss seeing Myungsoo on TV

That sucks. I was waiting for High Kick 4.

I heard about this a couple days ago. So sad. Myungsoo must be really sad about it, too. As an Inspirit I watched the first few eps...but it wasn't something I was bonkers over. Still, I'd like to finish the series...

I hope Myungsoo finds something new to star in!