Lee Kyu-yeon's Spotlight

Lee Kyu-yeon's Spotlight (Korean: 이규연의 스포트라이트; RR: I Gyuyeonui seupoteuraiteu) is a South Korean investigative journalism program hosted by Lee Kyu-yeon. It airs at Saturdays at 19:40 KST on JTBC.

Lee Kyu-yeon's Spotlight
Genre	Investigative journalism Current affairs
Created by	JTBC
Developed by	JTBC Exploration and Factual Headquarters
Presented by	Lee Kyu-yeon
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	266
Production
Executive producer	Jang Ki-ha
Production location	South Korea
Running time	80 minutes
Original release
Network	JTBC
Release	31 May 2015 (2015-05-31) – present

History

Host Lee Kyu-yeon said in a Social Live that he has been inspired by Spotlight, the Boston Globe investigative team which uncovered the Catholic Church sexual abuse cases, which in turn inspired the 2015 Academy Award-winning film Spotlight. Lee also heads JTBC News' Exploration and Planning Bureau, which produces the program. He describes Spotlight as a program that covers various fields such as social issues, welfare, science and technology. It was going to be called just Spotlight at first, but Sohn Suk-hee, JTBC News' president at the time, suggested that he change it to Lee Kyu-yeon's Spotlight.^{[citation needed]}

Broadcast times

Original network	Broadcast period	Airtime
JTBC	May 31, 2015 – June 28, 2015	Sundays at 20:00-21:45
	July 5, 2015-October 18. 2015	Sundays at 23:00-24:10
	October 23, 2015 – March 25, 2016	Fridays at 21:40-23:00
	April 3, 2016 – June 18, 2017	Thursdays at 21:40-23:00
	June 22, 2017 – May 14, 2020	Thursdays at 21:30-23:00
	May 21, 2020 – November 26, 2020	Thursdays at 23:00-24:20
	December 5, 2020 – present	Saturdays at 19:40

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Remarks
2019	55th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Educational Program	Lee Kyu-yeon's Spotlight: 5.18 Secret Agent	Nominated	[1]

Notes

• Its slogan is "Shed light on the world", as seen on its opening title.
• Previous episodes can be viewed through its official website, YouTube channel or the JTBC Culture YouTube channel