Reception
During the later months of 2005, there was a decline in ratings. Rival shows like KBS's Happy Sunday lineup and MBC's Sunday Sunday Night were gaining in popularity. Good Sunday's previous ratings of around 19.5% on January 2, 2005 and 23.5% on October 9, 2005 had dropped to 11.8% on July 23, 2006 after a year. In order to regain viewers, X-Man had many special episodes, which had contestants either going to various places (Japan, Germany for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, China) or had special, unique guests (Michelle Wie, TVXQ). However, ratings did not rebound to their previous levels, and the show was finally overhauled for the Fall 2006 season and dubbed New X-Man.
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