Trick & True

Trick & True (Korean: 트릭 & 트루) was a South Korean variety show, which aired on KBS2, KBS' channel for entertainment shows. The show was hosted by television comedy show host Jun Hyun-moo, Kim Jun-hyun and Lee Eun-gyeol. The show replaced Talents for Sale as it got second highest rating, 6.9% in its pilot episode.^[1]

Trick & True
Hangul	트릭 & 트루
RR	Teurik & teuru
MR	T'ŭrik & t'ŭru
Genre	Variety
Presented by	Jun Hyun-moo Kim Jun-hyun Lee Eun-gyeol
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer	Lee Se-hee
Production locations	Seoul, South Korea
Running time	80 minutes
Original release
Network	KBS
Release	October 25, 2016 (2016-10-25) – February 15, 2017 (2017-02-15)

Format

The show displayed four acts, performed by either a magician or a KAIST scientist, and it was the guests' job to figure out where the act was purely a magic trick or based on flawed scientific theory or an actual scientific phenomenon. After each answer, the opponent could choose to attempt to modify the act to make it a magic trick or more scientific based on the act.

Episode and ratings

2016

Episode	Air date	Featured guests	Notes	AGB Nielsen Ratings[2]
1	October 25	H.O.T. (Tony An) Koyote (Kim Jong-min) Red Velvet (Irene, Wendy) Peppertones Twice (Jeongyeon, Sana, Jihyo) Infinite (Sungkyu, Sungyeol) Shinee (Minho)		3.1%
2	November 1	Twice (Jeongyeon, Sana, Jihyo) Red Velvet (Irene, Wendy) Infinite (Sungkyu, Sungyeol) Shinee (Onew) Peppertones		2.7%
3	November 9	Red Velvet (Irene, Wendy) Infinite (Sungkyu, Sungyeol) Shinee (Minho) Peppertones Cameo: Monsta X (Jooheon, Minhyuk) Apink (Jung Eun-ji, Oh Ha-young)	Moving to the Wednesday timeslot	3.9%
4	November 16	Red Velvet (Irene, Wendy) I.O.I (Kim Se-jeong) Apink (Jung Eun-ji, Oh Ha-young) Peppertones		4.6%
5	November 23	Red Velvet (Joy, Wendy) H.O.T (Tony An) Twice (Sana) M.I.B (Kangnam) Peppertones Kang Kyun-sung		3.4%
6	November 30	Red Velvet (Joy, Wendy) BtoB (Eunkwang, Changsub) Twice (Sana) Peppertones		3.4%
7	December 7	Red Velvet (Joy, Wendy) B1A4 (Sandeul, Gongchan) Twice (Sana, Chaeyoung) Hello Venus (Nara) Peppertones		3.3%
8	December 14	H.O.T. (Tony An) Red Velvet (Joy, Wendy) ASTRO (Cha Eun-woo) Twice (Dahyun, Mina) Peppertones		3.4%
9	December 21	H.O.T. (Tony An) Red Velvet (Joy, Wendy) Peppertones M.I.B (Kangnam) Oh My Girl (YooA)		3.7%
10	December 28	Fiestar (Cao Lu) MC Gree Red Velvet (Joy, Wendy) Laboum (Solbin, Jinyea [ko]) Peppertones		3.9%

2017

Episode	Air date	Featured guests	Notes	AGB Nielsen Ratings[2]
11	January 4	Red Velvet (Joy, Wendy) AOA (Seolhyun, Chanmi, Jimin, Yuna) Yoon Jung-soo Peppertones		4.4%
12	January 11	Red Velvet (Joy, Wendy) AOA (Choa, Hyejeong, Mina) H.O.T. (Tony An) Peppertones		4.1%
13	January 18	Yoo Min-sang [ko] Song Eun-i Moon Ji-ae Kangnam NCT 127 (Doyoung, Jaehyun) Red Velvet (Joy Wendy) Cosmic Girls (Cheng Xiao, Dayoung [ko]) Peppertones		4.7%
14	January 25	Song Eun-i Moon Ji-ae Kangnam H.O.T. (Tony An) Red Velvet (Joy, Wendy) Fiestar (Cao Lu) Peppertones		3.8%
15	February 8	Song Eun-i Moon Ji-ae Kangnam H.O.T. (Tony An) Red Velvet (Joy, Wendy) GFriend (Eunha, Yerin, Sowon) ZE:A (Hwang Kwanghee) Yang Se-chan Peppertones		4.7%
16	February 15	EXID (Hani, Jeonghwa)		4.5%