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Girlfriday: The thing is, the same show could have stakes if it were done differently. Javabeans: I feel like Barefoot Friends is the show people think they’re going on when they do 1 Night 2 Days, when they’re all, “I thought we would suffer a little on camera, and then you’d turn the cameras off and we’d eat!” So there are no stakes because although they’re TOLD they have to earn their food and sleep on their own, they’re still given translators and local guides and rules and help. So why focus so much on the traveling? Their producers call it a variety show that’ll depict real lives while the cast undergoes lots of suffering (the variety-suffering kind), but then you set up this premise of forcing celebs to work, and then you basically give them outs at every opportunity. Javabeans: Plus, the show is apparently not even billed as a travel show. I watch it for the crazy personalities and the spontaneous moments that come out of whatever game/mission/race is the backbone. Girlfriday: While I understand the purpose of travel shows, I also don’t watch variety for the traveling part. Even if you disregard the fact that I think they miscalculated by going abroad for the premiere, that’s a long time to spend on one event. Javabeans: Also, they spent three episodes on the same trip. Girlfriday: For one, it takes halfway into the THIRD episode to even get the entire cast together in the same city, which is a confusing way to launch a show. It’s got a great cast, a confusing non-premise, and a lot of boring filler “missions.” Javabeans: I would hate for Kang Ho-dong to get another show cancelled so soon after his comeback, but let’s be fair: I’ve seen all three episodes and I see why people are zoning out. Yesterday’s Episode 3 pulled in a frankly shockingly low 2.9%.

Javabeans: New Sunday variety show Barefoot Friends premiered to lowish numbers three weeks ago, but the real test was whether it would be able to climb up from its initial 5.6% numbers to challenge Dad! Where Are We Going?… but instead the numbers have dropped. 108 Barefoot Friends logs perilously low ratings by javabeans