When Netflix first entered the Korean market in the mid-2010s, industry experts and critics feared the streaming platform would become a “black hole” swallowing up local film and drama contents into what is steadily becoming the dominant distribution system and bypassing traditional broadcasting. Those concerns quickly proved true. Now, the same trend is unfolding with reality shows — a genre that has long served as a crucial pillar for Korean TV networks and cable channels that lost ground in terms of scripted content. The recent Netflix reality program "Three Idiots in Kenya" is a prime example. Released in late November, the series marks the first collaboration between Netflix and star producer Na Yung-suk, known for creating hit shows for TV and cable channels. As a Netflix original, it was fully funded by the platform. The six-episode program follows three male entertainers as they travel through Kenya in a spin-off of the 2019 tvN variety series, "New Journey to the West," also produced by Na. The new show retains nearly all the elements of its predecessor, from the cast and