Master in the House (; abbreviated as Jipsabu) is a South Korean television program that aired on SBS weekly on Sundays at 18:25 (KST) from December 31, 2017, until the conclusion of Season 1 on September 18, 2022, when the show went on hiatus.
Season 2 began from January 1, 2023, on Sundays at 17:00 (KST), and ended on April 23 the same year.
Overview The cast members spend two days and one night together with reputable figures of various fields or professions, known as Masters (), and get to know about the lives of the Masters, in the hopes of gaining knowledge and wisdom. There are also 1-day Masters in the show, which the cast would instead spend a day together with.
Cast Cast members NameEpisodesRef.Lee Sang-yoon 1–111Yook Sung-jae (BtoB)Lee Seung-gi1–238Yang Se-hyung1–254Shin Sung-rok102–177Kim Dong-hyun114–254Cha Eun-woo (Astro)116–177Yoo Su-bin180–215Eun Ji-won (Sechs Kies)216–254Doyoung (NCT)227–254 Lee Dae-ho 239–254 BamBam (Got7)
Timeline
1-day Disciples Name(s)Episode(s)Lee Hong-gi (F.T. Island), Yoon Bo-ra, Crush62Shin Sung-rok85–86Ong Seong-wu112–113Kim Dong-hyun114–117Lee Jin-hyuk (UP10TION)114–115Cha Eun-woo (Astro)116–117178–179Jeon Seok-ho185–186Gree193197, 199Yook Sung-jae (BtoB)200–201Eun Ji-won205, 210Hyojung (Oh My Girl)207–208, 223–224Leejung Lee209–215Joohoney (Monsta X)216Kim Min-kyu 217–218Doyoung (NCT)219–222Kang Seung-yoon (Winner)225–226Mimi (Oh My Girl)250–251Lee Sang-yoon 252–253Lee Hye-sung
Changes to the cast On December 29, 2019, it was announced that Shin Sung-rok would join the show as part of the fixed cast, beginning from the episode aired on January 12, 2020. This marked Shin's first fixed variety show of his career.
Original cast members Lee Sang-yoon and Yook Sung-jae left the show on February 11, 2020, during episode 111 and were replaced by Kim Dong-hyun and Cha Eun-woo beginning on episode 116. Both Shin and Cha departed the show on June 20, 2021, with episode 177 being their last as regular cast members.
Yoo Su-bin then joined as a fixed cast member on episode 180, followed by Eun Ji-won from episode 216. Yoo left the show on April 10, 2022, with episode 215 being his last.
It was announced on June 24, 2022, that NCT member Doyoung has joined the show as a fixed cast member, with his first episode airing on July 3, 2022.
On December 21, 2022, it was confirmed that retired baseball player Lee Dae-ho and Got7 member BamBam would join the show as fixed cast members, while original member Lee Seung-gi would not be joining for Season 2.
Episodes (2017–2018)
Broadcast DateMaster #Master(s)Note(s)1December 31, 2017 1 Jeon In-kwon Introduction of the cast Phone Call Hint Fairy: Cho Jae-hyun Special voice appearance by Twice through phone2January 7, 2018—3January 144January 21 2 Lee Dae-ho5January 286February 4 3 Choi Bool-am Phone Call Hint Fairy: Taeyang (Big Bang)7February 11—— No broadcast on February 18 due to the live coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympics8February 25 4 Youn Yuh-jung The broadcast time for this episode was shifted to 16:50 (KST) instead of the usual 18:20 due to the broadcasting of the 2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony.9 March 4 —10March 11 5 Lee Seung-hoon11March 18 Special narration appearance by Bae Sung-jae12March 25 6 BoA Phone Call Hint Fairy: Yoo Hae-jin Special appearance by NCT13April 1 —14April 8 7 Park Hang-seo The cast head to Hanoi, Vietnam for filming15April 15 16 April 22 8 Cha In-pyo —17April 2918May 6 Special voice appearance by Shin Ae-ra through phone19May 13 9 Pomnyun Phone Call Hint Fairy: Han Ji-min20May 20—21May 27 10 Lee Sun-hee Hint Fairy: Jeon In-kwon22June 3 Special appearance by Lee Geum-hee23 June 10 11 Park Ji-sung Phone Call Hint Fairy: Yoo Jae-suk Special voice appearance by through phone24June 17 Special appearance by Bae Sung-jae25June 24 12 Go Doo-shim Phone Call Hint Fairy: Lee Sun-kyun Special appearance by Hong Seok-cheon26July 1 —27July 8 13 Phone Call Hint Fairy: Kim Sang-joong28July 15 —29July 22 14 Lee Deok-hwa Phone Call Hint Fairy: Kim Hee-ae30July 29 —31August 5 15 Yoo Jun-sang Phone Call Hint Fairy: Suzy Special appearances by Seo Eun-kwang (BtoB), Nam Woo-hyun (Infinite) and Hong Eun-hee32August 12 Special appearances by , and Um Ki-joon— No broadcast on August 19 due to the live coverage of the 2018 Asian Games33August 26 16 Kang San-ae Special appearance by Chang Kiha (also the Hint Fairy)34September 235September 917Shin Ae-ra Special appearance by Cha In-pyo (also the Hint Fairy and the Inviter) Special appearance by Ki Hong Lee in episode 36 The cast head to Los Angeles, United States for filming36September 1637September 2338September 3039October 7 18 Kim Byung-man Phone Call Hint Fairy: Lee Soo-geun40October 14 —41October 21 19 Lee Moon-sae Phone Call Hint Fairy: Noh Sa-yeon42October 28 —— No broadcast on November 4 due to the live coverage of the KBO League match43November 1120Noh Hee-young Phone Call Hint Fairy: Ha Jung-woo First 1-day Master of the series44November 18 21 Kim Soo-mi Phone Call Hint Fairy: Shin Dong-yup45November 25 Special voice appearance by Yang Se-chan through phone46December 2 22 Son Ye-jin Phone Call Hint Fairy: Gong Hyo-jin47December 9 —48December 16 23 Lee Soon-jae Phone Call Hint Fairy: Lee Seo-jin49December 23 —50December 30 24, Kim Jun-hyun, , Moon Se-yoonYear End Special
Episodes (2019)
Broadcast DateMaster #Master(s)Note(s)51January 625 Special appearance by Jung Hye-young Special video appearances by Yoo Byung-jae, Hwang Kwang-hee (ZE:A), and Wanna One (Ong Seong-wu, Kim Jae-hwan)52January 13 26 Choi Min-soo Phone Call Hint Fairy: Kang Ho-dong53January 20 Special appearance by 54January 27 27 Phone Call Hint Fairy: Heechul (Super Junior) Special voice appearances by Lee Sun-hee, Park Ji-sung, Jeon In-kwon, Kim Soo-mi, Kang San-ae, Lee Deok-hwa and Lee Dae-ho through phone Special appearances by Kim Soo-mi and Jeon In-kwon55February 3 Special appearances by Kim Soo-mi, Jeon In-kwon, Kang San-ae, Kim Poong, Zhang Yu'an and Wang Yuk-sung56February 10 28 Lee Sang-hwa Phone Call Hint Fairy: Hong Jin-young57February 17 —58February 24 29 Yoo Se-yoon Phone Call Hint Fairy: You Hee-yeol Special appearance by 59March 3 Special appearance by Muzie60March 10 30 Park Jin-young Phone Call Hint Fairy: Rain Special appearance by ITZY61March 17 Special appearance by ITZY62March 24 31 —63March 3164April 7 32 Yang Hee-eun Phone Call Hint Fairy: Kim Sook65April 14 Special appearance by Yang Hee-kyung The show had a live stream through Naver V Live on March 26, 2019, and had Sejeong (Gugudan) as guest66April 21 33 Phone Call Hint Fairy: Lee Young-ja Special voice appearance by Jo Se-ho through phone67April 28 Special appearances by and 68May 5 34 Bae Mong-gi, Hong Beom-seok, Cho Myung-soo, Lee Jin-hee International Firefighters' Day Special69May 1270May 19 35 Jung Doo-hong Phone Call Hint Fairy: Lee Byung-hun71May 26 —72June 2 36 Lee Seo-jin Enlightenment Vacation Special The cast head to Aomori, Japan for filming73June 974June 16 37 John Alderman Linton Video Hint Fairy: Lee Guk-jong75June 23 — 38 Bernard Werber Special appearance by Robin Deiana No broadcast on June 30 due to the live coverage of the 2019 North Korea–United States DMZ Summit76July 777July 14 39 Jang Yoon-jeong Phone Call Hint Fairy: Son Hyun-joo78July 21 Special appearances by , Namoo, Young Tak, and Kim Bbak Gu79July 28 40 Chung Jung-yong Special appearances by Hwang Tae-hyeon, Oh Se-hun and Um Won-sang80August 4 41 Choi Soo-jong Special voice appearances by , Lee Hong-gi (F.T. Island) and Peniel (BtoB) through phone Special appearance by Lee Deok-hwa81August 11 Special appearance by Lee Deok-hwa82August 1842Hur Jae —83August 25 43 Noh Sa-yeon, —84September 1 Special appearances by Noh Sa-bong and Han Sang-jin85September 8 44 Park Ji-woo, J Black Special appearance by in episode 8586September 1587September 22 45 Shin Seung-hwan, Jang Na-ra, Yoo Byung-jae, Peniel (BtoB) My Master Is A Friend Special88September 2989October 6 46 Jung Chan-sung Special appearance by Julien Kang90October 1391October 20 47 Park Chan-ho —92October 27 Special voice appearance by Pak Se-ri through phone Special appearance by Lee Seung-yuop93November 3 48 Kim Gun-mo Phone Call Hint Fairy: Kim Jong-min (Koyote)94November 10 —— No broadcast on November 17 due to the live coverage of the 2019 WBSC Premier12 finals between South Korea and Japan95November 24 49 Lee Young-ae Video Hint Fairy: Park Chan-wook96December 1 Special voice appearances by Park Na-rae, Suzy and Jang Seo-hee through phone97December 8 50 Kim Byung-man The cast head to New Zealand for filming Kim Byung-man is the first to appear as a Master twice98December 1599December 22100December 2951Jang Joon-hwan, Moon So-ri 100th Episode special Phone Call Hint Fairy: Gang Dong-won
Episodes (2020)
Broadcast DateMaster #Master(s)Note(s)101January 551Jang Joon-hwan, Moon So-ri—102January 12 52 Jang Jin-woo Shin Sung-rok joined the show as a permanent cast member103January 19 Special appearance by Shin Soo-ji104January 26 53 Pak Se-ri, Choi Byung-chul, Kim Dong-hyun, Cho Jun-ho, Kwak Yoon-gy —105February 2 Special appearance by 106February 9 54 Kim Nam-gil Phone Call Hint Fairy: Jeon Do-yeon107February 16 —108February 23 55 Park Hyun-bin, Hong Jin-young —109March 1 Special appearances by , and 110March 8 56 Lee Se-dol Special appearance by Oh My Girl through video call111March 15 Lee Sang-yoon and Yook Sung-jae's final episode before graduating from the show Special appearances via video by Park Ji-sung, Kim Byung-man, Jang Yoon-jeong and Shin Ae-ra112March 22 57 Special appearances by Daniel Lindemann and Sam Okyere on episode 113113March 29114April 5 58 , Park Kyung-hwa, Health Special Training Special115April 12116April 19 59 Production crew of Unanswered Questions,anchors of SBS 8 News, PDs of SBS variety shows SBS Internship Interview Special Special appearances: Episode 116: Lee Soo-jung, Cho Jung-sik, Kim Hyun-woo, , Episode 117: Kim Hyun-woo, Choi Hye-rim, Kim Yoon-sang, Cho Jung-sik, , Park Sung-hoon, Kwak Seung-young Special voice appearances by Han Ji-min, You Hee-yeol, Baek Jong-won and Ma Dong-seok through phone on episode 117117April 26118May 3 60 Jin Jong-oh, Lee Dae-hoon, Yang Hak-seon Kim Dong-hyun and Cha Eun-woo (Astro) joined the show as permanent cast members Special appearances by Seo Go-eun, Pak Se-ri, Choi Byung-chul and Cho Jun-ho on episode 119119May 10120May 17 61 Shin Seung-hun —121May 24 Special appearances by Seo Young-do, Gil Eun-kyung and Rothy122May 31 62 Kim Yeon-koung —123June 7 Special appearances by Kim Su-ji, Yang Hyo-jin, Kim Hee-jin and 124June 14 63 Uhm Jung-hwa Video Call Hint Fairy: Lee Sang-yoon125June 21 Special appearances by Hong Jin-kyung, Ha Do-kwon, Lee Jae-yoon, , Eunhyuk (Super Junior) and MJ (Astro)126June 2864Namgoong Hoon—127July 565John Lee Special appearance by Hyun Young, Shin Seung-hwan, , and Oh A-rin128July 12 66 Lee Jung-hyun Phone Call Hint Fairy: Park Chan-wook129July 19 Special appearance by Koo Jun-yup (Clon)130July 26 67 Jang Do-yeon, Park Na-rae —131August 2132August 968Yoshihiro Akiyama / Choo Sung-hoon—133August 1669Choi Hyun-mi—134August 23 70 Kim Hee-sun —135August 30136September 671Park In-cheol—137September 13 72 Ken Rhee Special appearance by Lee Dong-gook via video call138September 20 —139September 2773Tyler Rasch, Family Visit Special140October 4 74 Im Chang-jung —141October 11 Special appearance by Huh Gak142October 18 75 Bae Seong-woo Special appearance by Cha Tae-hyun (also the Phone Call Hint Fairy) Special appearance by Bae Sung-jae through video call on episode 142143October 25144November 176 Phone Call Hint Fairy: Lee Na-young