3:10 Relay () was a South Korean newscast airing on JTBC in 2020. With the concept of a sports program, it puts a funny spin on domestic and foreign stories using entertaining editing and captions. It is presented by Yang Won-bo and airs weekdays at 3:10 KST. Its final episode aired on 4 December, with anchor Yang Won-bo set to take over Pyo Chang-won in Scandal Supervisor.

Segments

Opening – Yang Won-bo introduces the stories in Today's Headlines and ends it with showing the rating for the previous day (this has been abolished on 14 October). Today's Headlines – originally named Observation Point (), this segment is divided into three where the stories are broken down. Real-time Relay – the casters check the top 10 real-time trends on Naver as of broadcast time.

Commentators RoleDay Name DurationNotesCaster ()Everyday style="text-align:center;"양원보 20 July 2020—4 December 2020Commentator ()Mondays and Wednesdays style="text-align:center;"고현준Monday commentator: 20 July 2020—28 September 2020

Wednesday commentator:

22 July 2020—16 September 2020

One-day commentator:

14 August 2020Current host of Go Hyun-joon's News Briefing on SBS Love FMMondays only김경진12 October 2020—30 November 2020member of the 20th National Assembly, representing Buk District, Gwangju under the People's PartyTuesdays only style="text-align:center;"이종훈21 July 2020—4 August 2020Writer style="text-align:center;"임소라18 August 2020—1 December 2020 One-day commentator:

13 August 2020JTBC political reporter, former Political Desk Blue House captainThursdays only style="text-align:center;"전민기23 July 2020—6 August 2020SociologistWednesdays and Thursdays style="text-align:center;"박성태Thursday commentator: 27 August 2020—3 December 2020

Wednesday commentator:

23 September 2020—2 December 2020JTBC weekend editor, former Political Desk anchorFridays only style="text-align:center;"강찬호24 July 2020—13 November 2020JoongAng Ilbo editorial writer

Guest commentators Name Duration Notes류호정11 August 2020 (one-day commentator)member of the 21st National Assembly representing the Justice Party최수연20 August 2020; 4 September 2020; 9, 16 October 2020; 4 December 2020JTBC political reporter이수진30 October 2020; 20 November 2020; 2 December 2020JTBC society reporter이자연27 November 2020JTBC weekend reporter

Ratings In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in red, and the lowest rating for the show will be in blue each year.

Series overview Year Episodes Originally aired First aired Last aired 2020 90

2020

Ep. #Broadcast dateAverage audience shareAGB NielsenSeoul Metropolitan Area Nationwide 1 20 July 0.7% 0.696% 2 21 July 0.5% 3 22 July 0.6% 0.776% 4 23 July 1.0% 5 24 July 0.8% 1.011% 6 27 July 0.7% 0.583% 7 28 July 0.8% 0.819% 8 29 July 0.9% 0.826% 9 30 July 0.7% 0.787% 10 31 July 1.0% 0.885% 11 3 August 0.7% 0.71% 12 4 August 0.6% 13 5 August 1.2% 1.006% 14 6 August 1.1% 1.085% 15 7 August 16 11 August 1.0% 0.858% 17 12 August 0.5% 0.698% 18 13 August 1.2% 0.89% 19 14 August 0.553% 20 18 August 0.8% 0.838% 21 19 August 1.0% 1.003% 22 20 August 1.3% 1.159% 23 21 August 0.7% 0.826% 24 24 August 0.5% 0.818% 25 25 August 0.9% 0.926% 26 26 August 1.0% 0.953% 27 27 August 1.4% 1.317% 28 28 August 1.0% 0.924% 29 31 August 0.5% 0.616% 30 1 September 0.9% 0.869% 31 2 September 0.7% 0.674% 32 3 September 1.1% 1.17% 33 4 September 0.875% 34 8 September 0.7% 0.695% 34 9 September 0.8% 0.741% 36 10 September 1.3% 1.157% 37 11 September 1.2% 1.036% 38 14 September 0.7% 0.653% 39 15 September 0.7% 0.696% 40 16 September 1.2% 1.004% 41 17 September 0.8% 0.8% 42 18 September 0.4% 0.517% 43 21 September 0.8% 0.786% 44 22 September 1.3% 1.039% 45 23 September 0.9% 0.831% 46 24 September 1.2% 1% 47 25 September 0.6% 0.609% 48 28 September 0.6% 0.729% 49 29 September 0.857% 50 5 October 0.5% 0.493% 51 6 October 0.8% 0.828% 52 7 October 0.7% 0.807% 53 8 October 1.0% 0.779% 54 9 October 1.3% 1.203% 55 12 October 0.9% 0.846% 56 13 October 0.6% 0.806% 57 14 October 1.0% 0.772%

Ep. #Broadcast dateAverage audience shareAGB NielsenNationwide 58 15 October 0.699% 59 16 October 0.868% 60 19 October 0.634% 61 20 October 0.666% 62 21 October 1.136% 63 23 October 0.68% 64 26 October 0.57% 65 27 October 0.769% 66 28 October 0.71% 67 29 October 0.662% 68 30 October 0.578% 69 2 November 0.898% 70 3 November 0.873% 71 9 November 0.944% 72 10 November 0.915% 73 11 November 0.451% 74 12 November 0.848% 75 13 November 0.985% 76 16 November 0.587% 77 17 November 0.983% 78 18 November 0.877% 79 19 November 0.949% 80 20 November 0.956% 81 23 November 1.047% 82 24 November 0.965% 83 25 November 0.606% 84 26 November 0.793% 85 27 November 1.03% 86 30 November 0.992% 87 1 December 1.128% 88 2 December 0.994% 89 3 December 0.747% 90 4 December 1.038%

Note that the show airs on a cable channel (pay TV), which plays part in its slower uptake and relatively small audience share when compared to programs broadcast (FTA) on public networks such as KBS, SBS, MBC or EBS. NR rating means "not reported". The rating is low.

Controversy The broadcast got backlash from netizens due to the nature of the show.

Flood in Busan On 24 July 2020, the show went under fire for covering the Busan flood as if a lighthearted issue. The corresponding clip was since put to private.

Beirut explosions The Korea Communications Commission issued a warning against the show for an 5 August 2020 segment on the Beirut explosions. Viewers were aggravated with the way the show covered about the explosions, particularly with the sports broadcasting format and the "observation points". Two days later, Yang Won-bo told audience that "we always listen to [audience] feedback and heed them." The corresponding clip was then put to private.

Bicycle stealing On 21 October 2020, anchor Yang Won-bo reported on an article about the Netherlands having a lot of bicycle thieves, of which he responded with a sarcastic nuance, saying he can protest at the Dutch embassy. On that same segment, he made a joke to commentator Park Sung-tae about it, saying "you experienced [having a bike stolen from you]."

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