K-Town (web series)

K-Town
Genre Reality
Directed by Eugene Choi, Eddie Kim, and Mike Le
Creative director(s) 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(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 17
Production
Executive producer(s) Tyrese Gibson, Eugene Choi, Eddie Kim, Mike Le, Evan Bregman, Tony DiSanto, Liz Gateley, Benjamin Silverman
Producer(s) Jerry Chan, Morrow Pettigrew
Production location(s) Los Angeles, California
Cinematography Ray Huang, Aaron Torres, Jon Peter
Editor(s) Jerry Chan, Peter Samet
Camera setup Ray Huang, Aaron Torres, Jon Peter, Kacper Skowron
Running time about 22 minutes per episode
Production company(s) Electus, HQ Pictures
Distributor YouTube
Release
Original network LOUD
Original release July 11, 2012 – January 9, 2013
Chronology
Followed by Roll Models
External links
https://www.facebook.com/ktownrealityshow
Production website

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.

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 casted Jennifer Field and Peter Le, a known webcam personality which was reported by the press initially but was replaced by Jowe Lee and Cammie Chung before the show aired.

Cast

NameNotes
Cammy ChungOnly in Season 1
Christine ChangOnly in Season 2
Julian Cheang
Jasmine Chang
Joe Cha
Jowe Lee
Scarlet Chan
Steve Kim
Violet Kim
Young Lee
So Young Park

References

  1. Jeff Yang (2012-07-17). "Tough Times for Tiger Moms as Asian-America Meets 'Jersey Shore'". The Wall Street Journal.
  2. Adrian Glick Kudler (2012-05-22). "Preview the K-Town Reality Show Premiering This Summer". Curbed.
  3. Doug Berry. "Asian-American Jersey Shore Finally Airs — But Not on TV". Jezebel.com.
  4. Michelle No (2012-11-27). "K-Town Debuts Second Season Cue Rejoicing And Moans". Los Angeles Magazine.
  5. Sylvie Kim (2012-07-16). ""Korean Jersey Shore" Finally Debuts ... Straight to YouTube". SFWeekly.
  6. "'K-Town' Reality Show: Korean-American 'Jersey Shore' Hits YouTube". Huffington Post. 2012-07-18.


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