Three Meals a Day comes back for a fourth season
by tineybeanie
Hooray, Three Meals a Day is coming back! Na Young-seok PD has announced that he will again be helming the fourth season of this outdoor cooking variety program (alongside PD Lee Jin-ju, who co-directed on Youths Over Flowers in Africa), which will return to Friday nights on tvN. The format of Three Meals a Day is as follows: actors are dropped off in a rural area with no delivery food or restaurants nearby, and are tasked to cook all three of their own meals for that day.
Despite the deceptively simple premise, Three Meals a Day became an unexpected hit. Seasons 1 and 2 featured grumpy Uncle Seojinnie (Lee Seo-jin, Marriage Contract) and reliable 2PM leader Ok Taecyeon (Assembly) with guest celebrities like Park Shin-hye and Choi Ji-woo often stopping by to “help” with the cooking. Season 3 was a spinoff taking place in a fishing village, and it featured Chajumma (Cha Seung-won, Hwajeong), Yoo Hae-jin (Veteran), and Sohn Ho-joon (Mrs. Cop) as the main cast.
While there have been subtle hints about a possible Chajumma-Seojinnie meeting for the upcoming season, nothing has been confirmed. Literally, nothing. We don’t know whether this new season will take place on a random island in the sea (Season 3) or in the countryside in the middle of nowhere (Seasons 1 and 2) or whether it will be somewhere entirely different. We don’t know if the cast from any of the seasons are coming back or whether we’ll be seeing a completely new set of actors.
We don’t even know when it will premiere, just that it will be sometime after Na PD’s current web variety program New Journey to the West finishes its run. However, if past seasons of Three Meals a Day are any indication, Na PD will create a warm funny show filled with cute pets and laughs, extracting something extraordinary from the mundane.
Via Osen, Star News, Daily Sports
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1 Bili Bala Pabo Bara
May 19, 2016 at 1:40 PM
Omg YESSSS
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2 mary
May 19, 2016 at 1:49 PM
Na PD is just waiting for Elon Musk to perfect space tourism, then he'll send Seojin and Chajumma there with half a tank of oxygen for sharing.
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omegawau
May 19, 2016 at 1:52 PM
This must happen. Though perhaps not in SO life-threatening a manner.
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Gidget
May 19, 2016 at 2:28 PM
Why wait?!!!
He could partner with Paul Allen and pull Spaceship One out of mothballs at the Smithsonian. Then they'd have to share one tank AND one seat.
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Gidget
May 19, 2016 at 2:30 PM
No doubt NaPD could come up with some sort of contest to determine who rides in cargo.
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3 hshahzebm
May 19, 2016 at 1:55 PM
I thoroughly enjoyed Fishing Village, watching Chajumma was such a treat. I hope he joins season 4!
Now only if I could find English subtitles for Fishing Village, aren't there any CSW fans who are willing to sub? Pretty please...
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momosa
May 19, 2016 at 9:23 PM
I m currently watching it on iFlix. *Spoiler - I can only say wow when the bread turns out just like what bread should look like. Amazing feat!
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hshahzebm
May 25, 2016 at 7:34 AM
iFlix not available in India :'(
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4 HopesDD
May 19, 2016 at 2:09 PM
*praying hard* please make Seojinnie and Chajumma the members, I can totally see them. They're so different, but like the saying, opposites attract!
Btw, any of you watching New Journey to the West s2? Ahn Jae Hyun is unexpectedly really funny, Lee Seung Gi recommanded the right person to replace him! The whole show feels more right, much better than season 1 where you had LSGi trying so hard to bring the mood while HD and LSGeun were a bit uncomfortable (one for his comeback, the other with internet format, which also confused us, viewers). Not saying it wasn't funny, but this season, they're more at ease.
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Rachel
May 20, 2016 at 8:11 PM
Me! I've been watching New Journey to the West 2 too! Yes Ahn Jae Hyun has been surprisingly entertaining. He fit right in with the guys.
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5 blnmom
May 19, 2016 at 2:13 PM
Yay! Yay! Yay!
They should totally do what JB and GF suggested in Thing vs. Thing -- have both teams compete against each other.
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6 shirayukihime
May 19, 2016 at 3:00 PM
Please invite Gong Seung Yeon as one of the guests..
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sue
May 20, 2016 at 8:24 AM
Funny thing is, the first person who come into mind is GSY on-screen hubby, Lee jonghyun! he's quite good fisherman, I guess he could help haejin and chajumma^^
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shirayukihime
May 20, 2016 at 3:04 PM
I want GSY.. since I want to know her more and watch her in the variety shows... Her sister is joining the Law of the Jungle in New Caledonia...I hope she will join too..joining varieties like this is her chance to get more fans... but she's doing drama right now..and maybe a movie with Park Hae Jin which is Cheese in the Trap Movie...I am hoping for that..
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7 witheachnewmorning
May 19, 2016 at 3:43 PM
Taec isnt the leader of 2pm haha
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djeedjes
May 19, 2016 at 4:55 PM
True.
I was reading and suddenly, wait what, why would you wrote that, is there any news source that mentioned Taec is the leader now?
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am1993
May 20, 2016 at 11:59 AM
Wait what? He isn't? *goes off to Google* wow my kpop knowledge is even worst than I thought!
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8 mggmmggm
May 19, 2016 at 4:09 PM
Ohh finally some news. Yeeeeey. Either farm or island works fine with me as long as it returns for another season. LOL
Any news on the GoF though? I want those gramps travelling again.
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9 feignedreality
May 19, 2016 at 4:59 PM
Yes!!! This is super awesome news. I've missed Chajumma & Papa Yoo and of course, the father of all grump Seojinnie.
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10 Enz
May 19, 2016 at 6:15 PM
YES, please. I need my dose of seojinnie. Thanks for the news. Hope he will be in this edition.
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11 asdfasdf
May 19, 2016 at 6:44 PM
tvN says this is a reboot essentially and that Na PD won't be part of it, nor any of the original cast. In fact it's being directed by the PD who did YOF Africa, which really wasn't well edited so I'm not really excited for it.
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12 bebeswtz
May 19, 2016 at 6:46 PM
Lee Seo Jin BETTER BE COMING BACK for this new season... I don't care how Na PD does it or what he does to make it happen-- well, as long as it doesn't involving physically hurting Mr. Dimples, then we're good-- JUST MAKE IT HAPPEN ~!!!!! <3 <3 <3 And if it doesn't happen.... Na PD and I are gonna have some beef to settle... just sayin'
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13 Sun
May 19, 2016 at 7:25 PM
There is already a season 2 for Fishing Village. So if you are counting the originals and the spin offs together, shouldn't this new season counted as season 5?
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14 Hwari
May 19, 2016 at 8:01 PM
Nope, Taecyeon is not the leader of 2PM. In fact, the group don't have a leader.
Not sure about LSJ or others but Taecyeon got new variety at SBS and he also will be busy with new drama.
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pigtookie
May 19, 2016 at 11:25 PM
To be fair, it's kind of hard to tell from the perspective of someone who doesn't follow their activities. He's usually the one in charge of speaking up for the team.
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Hwari
May 20, 2016 at 6:27 AM
But still the one in charge of speaking doesn't mean he is the leader. Because it not even on the article that stated Taecyeon is 2PM leader. The original article provided only stated his name Ok Taecyeon alongside other cast member.
I see that this new writer have doing few mistakes on her article before.
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15 nil
May 19, 2016 at 8:18 PM
What season 4? How is it the farming count as 2 seasons and fishing as 1 season. They both already take 2 airings after eachother. Weird. Hahaha
Anyway. I reaaallyy want to see an animal farming edition. A shepherd edition.
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16 NamNavi
May 19, 2016 at 8:18 PM
The "Season" thingy so confusing. Isn't it suppose to be Season 3?
As far as I know 3MAD Countryside got 2 season, and 3MAD Fishing Village also got 2 season...
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Greenie
September 18, 2016 at 9:58 PM
plus the recent gochang village village spin off which i'm not sure if its by na pd na yeong seok... if this one's included shouldn't it be season 6? :)
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17 lemon84
May 19, 2016 at 8:40 PM
i don't know why my head keep saying Na Pd will recruit ahn jae hyun after he sees that ahn jae hyun can cook in journey to the west program..
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18 tohru19
May 19, 2016 at 9:06 PM
Ok this is great news but can we add CHOI JI WOO to the fixed casts please? I need Choi Ji Woo x Seojin !
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19 Popdatbubble
May 19, 2016 at 10:18 PM
I enjoyed watching this show every week, and wondered if there would be more...so YAY! I personally like LSJ's more, because of his attitude :)
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20 applecrumble
May 19, 2016 at 10:30 PM
Hurray! I hope to see the cat & dog from 3MAD Fishing Village again (Bul & Sanchae)!
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21 Hope
May 19, 2016 at 11:56 PM
Yes, please reunite Lee Seo Jin & Choi Jiwoo!
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22 newbie
May 20, 2016 at 12:27 AM
As much as I loved Seo Jinnie in his shows, I felt, that his patience run very thin during the last two eps. He seems to be a fairly vain and at the same time intensely private person, even shy sometimes, hiding behind his sarcasm. Which is weirdly refreshing to see, but must be strenuous for him.
With GoF he can step back into the second row most of the time, work in the background, but still gets his name out, screentime and the moolah.
Unless the year of rest was enough for him my bet is on GoF for LSJ and a new team for 3MAD.
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Hwari
May 20, 2016 at 6:28 AM
I don't think he care about the money. He more like to doing thing on his own time and his own term.
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23 Franbergh II
May 20, 2016 at 2:20 AM
i just wish everyone in Na-PD show universe would gather for the next 3meals a day, even if just a guest. it will be fun to see the noonas again.
and just remember lee seung gi wont be able to join the show D:
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24 Rain
May 21, 2016 at 8:33 AM
Na Pd made shin hye taecyeon cute couple exit and ji woo seo jin dream couple birth
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