The Great Escape: Urban Legends Premieres Dec 2: Cast, Time Zones and What to Know

The Great Escape: Urban Legends premieres on Wednesday, Dec 2, 2026 at 6 p.m. KST as a TVING original. The new season sends six escapers into the world of urban legends, with SEVENTEEN’s Seungkwan joining the cast and Kang Ho Dong stepping aside. This guide collects the date, the cast, the concept and the local premiere time in a dozen cities.

The date and the poster

Soompi and Sports Kyunghyang both reported on Oct 28, 2026 that The Great Escape: Urban Legends will premiere on Dec 2 at 6 p.m. Soompi gives the time as KST, and Sports Kyunghyang quotes TVING’s announcement that the original entertainment program will premiere on Dec 2. A teaser poster was released the same day. Sports Kyunghyang describes CCTV style imagery, a silhouette, a hand emerging from a manhole and shattered glass and tiles, and Soompi gives the poster’s tagline as an escaper’s line: I want to get out so damn badly.

The concept

The Great Escape is an escape room adventure variety show. This season, according to Soompi, the cast plays participants trapped inside bizarre urban legends who try to escape as the tension builds. Cineplay calls it a reality mystery variety show and says the series keeps the escape room format of its earlier seasons. Sports Kyunghyang describes the six as escapers who are easily frightened and who must get out under rising tension.

Who is in the cast

Seungkwan is the newest member, and Cineplay says he joins the series for the first time. Kang Ho Dong, an original cast member, is not returning, and Soompi reported in August that he is passing the role to the new cast and cheering them on from the sidelines. Cineplay lists Lee Woo-hyung and Yang Seul-gi as the directors.

A short history of the series

According to Cineplay and Soompi, The Great Escape debuted on tvN in 2018 and ran four seasons through 2021. It moved to TVING last year as The Great Escape: The Story, a TVING original, and the new season is also a TVING original. CJ ENM announced the cast on Aug 5, 2026, saying only that the season would arrive in the second half of the year. The exact premiere date came 84 days later, on Oct 28.

What 6 p.m. KST means where you live

Korea Standard Time is UTC+9. The times below were calculated for Dec 2, 2026 with each city’s time zone rules, so winter time is already included. In every city listed, the premiere falls on Wednesday, Dec 2.

Counting the days

Counted from Thursday, Oct 29, the premiere is 34 days away. The premiere date was announced on a Wednesday, Oct 28, and the premiere itself is also a Wednesday, 35 days later.

Getting ready for the premiere

1. Convert 6 p.m. KST to your own city with the table above.
2. Add the premiere to your calendar for Wednesday, Dec 2.
3. Look at TVING’s listing for the series, since the premiere is a TVING original.
4. If you are new to the format, the earlier seasons ran on tvN from 2018 to 2021, and The Great Escape: The Story followed on TVING last year.
5. Watch for the cast and poster updates that TVING and the production share before Dec 2.

• Local premiere time converted
• Reminder set
• TVING listing checked

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