K-Town is an American reality television series about the lives of a group of young Asian Americans living in Los Angeles' Koreatown. The cast is mostly of Korean descent, with the exception of Scarlet Chan (who is of Chinese descent).[1][2][3][4][5][6] The show ran for two seasons.
| K-Town | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality |
| Directed by | Eugene Choi, Eddie Kim, and Mike Le |
| Creative directors | Eugene Choi, Eddie Kim, and Mike Le |
| Starring | Cammy Chung, Christine Chang, Jasmine Chang, Joe Cha, Jowe Lee, Scarlet Chan, Steve Kim, Violet Kim, Young Lee, So Young Park |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 17 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Tyrese Gibson, Eugene Choi, Eddie Kim, Mike Le, Evan Bregman, Tony DiSanto, Liz Gateley, Benjamin Silverman |
| Producers | Jerry Chan, Morrow Pettigrew |
| Production locations | Los Angeles, California |
| Cinematography | Ray Huang, Aaron Torres, Jon Peter |
| Editors | Jerry Chan, Peter Samet |
| Camera setup | Ray Huang, Aaron Torres, Jon Peter, Kacper Skowron |
| Running time | about 22 minutes per episode |
| Production companies | Electus, HQ Pictures |
| Original release | |
| Network | LOUD |
| Release | July 11, 2012 – January 9, 2013 |
| Related | |
| Roll Models | |
The series is directed by Eugene Choi, Eddie Kim and Mike Le, produced by Choi, Kim, Le as well as Tyrese Gibson and Jerry Chan, edited by Jerry Chan, with cinematography from Ray Huang, Aaron Torres and Jon Peter.
The series originally cast Jennifer Field and Peter Le, a known webcam personality which was reported by the press initially but was replaced by Jowe Lee and Cammy Chung before the show aired.
Cast
edit- Cammy Chung (Season 1)
- Christine Chang (Season 2)
- Julian Cheang
- Jasmine Chang
- Joe Cha
- Jowe Lee
- Scarlet Chan
- Steve Kim
- Violet Kim
- Young Lee
- So Young Park
References
edit- ^ Jeff Yang (2012-07-17). "Tough Times for Tiger Moms as Asian-America Meets 'Jersey Shore'". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Adrian Glick Kudler (2012-05-22). "Preview the K-Town Reality Show Premiering This Summer". Curbed.
- ^ Doug Berry (18 July 2012). "Asian-American Jersey Shore Finally Airs — But Not on TV". Jezebel.com.
- ^ Michelle No (2012-11-27). "K-Town Debuts Second Season Cue Rejoicing And Moans". Los Angeles Magazine.
- ^ Sylvie Kim (2012-07-16). ""Korean Jersey Shore" Finally Debuts ... Straight to YouTube". SFWeekly.
- ^ "'K-Town' Reality Show: Korean-American 'Jersey Shore' Hits YouTube". Huffington Post. 2012-07-18.
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