Looking back in the old days of the mega-popular ‘Family Outing’ TV show with gagmen like Yoo Jae Suk and Lee Hyori, it’s hard to make a good follow-up season 2 with young idols like 2PM’s Taecyeon, 2AM’s Jokwon and SNSD’s YoonA.

In addition to the low ratings, two episodes of ‘Family Outing 2‘ were set for filming but due to the Korean naval ship incident (Cheonan Incident) and the on-going World Cup in South Africa, these episodes were canceled and thus SBS has decided to end the once-popular variety show.

Although the show received much hype during its pre-production, the ratings started to drop drastically right after the 1st episode. It was said that the ratings became even lower after 2PM’s ex-member, Jaebum/Jay Park, left the group.

The producers of the show hoped for higher ratings with an idol-filled cast like Taecyeon, Jokwon and YoonA. They even asked the Wonder Girls and SNSD to become guests and later added Super Junior’s Kim Heechul as the 8th member. However, the ratings stilled stayed rigidly low.

After 5 short months of airing, fans who want to see the show’s final episode will have to wait till early July.

Source: Soshified via SMTownjjang