Petkage

Petkage (Korean: 펫키지) is a South Korean travel variety show starring Kim Tae-yeon, Kim Hee-chul, Hong Hyun-hee, and Kang Ki-young. The teaser video was released on August 14, 2021.^[2] The show premiered on JTBC on August 26, 2021, and aired every Thursday at 22:30 (KST) for episode 1 to 6,^[3] and aired every Monday at 11:00 KST for episode 7 and 8.^[4]

Petkage
Promotional poster
Hangul	펫키지
RR	Petkiji
MR	P'etk'iji
Genre	Travel variety show
Written by	Yang Ji-young[1]
Directed by	Kang Seong-woong[1]
Starring	Kim Tae-yeon Kim Hee-chul Hong Hyun-hee Kang Ki-young
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	8
Original release
Network	JTBC
Release	August 26 (2021-08-26) – October 18, 2021 (2021-10-18)

Synopsis

Petkage is a travel show in which the cast members and their dogs travel to various locations in South Korea. The cast members are free to choose their own destination, transportation, and itinerary.

Cast

Main

• Kim Tae-yeon^[5]
• Kim Hee-chul^[5]
• Hong Hyun-hee^[5]
• Kang Ki-young^[5]

Guest

• Yoon Eun-hye (Ep. 2–4)^[6]
• Hong Seok-cheon (Ep. 4)^[7]
• Choi Yeo-jin (Ep. 5–6)^[8]
• Park Sung-kwang (Ep. 5–6)^[9]
• Lee Tae-sun (Ep. 5)^[10]
• Jun Jin (Ep. 7–8)^[11]
• Kim Jae-kyung (Ep. 7–8)^[12]

Ratings

Average TV viewership ratings (nationwide)

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[13]
1	August 26, 2021	0.93% (37th)
2	September 2, 2021	0.54% (52nd)
3	September 9, 2021	0.54% (48th)
4	September 16, 2021	0.49% (53rd)
5	September 23, 2021	0.50% (48th)
6	September 30, 2021	0.55% (49th)
7	October 11, 2021	0.26% (61st)
8	October 18, 2021	0.22% (65th)
Average		0.50%
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. This series aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).