Watch THE Y FACTOR

[kasia]

Hosted by Linh Ko, THE Y FACTOR is a new, fun and irreverent weekly magazine television show that features Asian and Asian American entertainment and lifestyle trends. THE Y FACTOR explores various hot spots and features great musical acts from both Asia and the U.S. THE Y FACTOR also spotlights noteworthy personalities such as actors, comedians, models and other celebrities from the Asian and Asian American communities.

THE Y FACTOR airs every Thursday Night at 11pm, in Southern California, on KDOC-TV, Channel 56 or check your local cable and satellite listings. Check us out and tell a friend. For more info, log on to www.theYfactor.com.

Future episodes will include actor John Cho (American Pie), actress Jaymee Ong, pop singing group At Last (managed by actress Ming Na of ER), Hot Import Cars and Models (Kaila Yu, Natasha Yi, Sasha Singleton), FPAC (Festival of Philippines Arts & Culture), singer Kristine Sa and comedian Bobby Lee (Mad TV).

[VV o n g B a]

i've been to their forums. it seems a lot of people find linh ko fine as hell. but they find the show to be unprofessional and shabbily produced. i'd try to catch an episode, but i live in the south. <_<

[Hiroshi2]

Originally posted by VV o n g B a@Dec 29 2002, 03:40 PM
i'd try to catch an episode, but i live in the south. <_<
yeah same here.

[kasia]

Originally posted by VV o n g B a@Dec 29 2002, 03:40 PM
i've been to their forums. it seems a lot of people find linh ko fine as hell. but they find the show to be unprofessional and shabbily produced. i'd try to catch an episode, but i live in the south. <_<
i wouldn't be surprised if it's not that great. but it's the first show made specifically for asian-americans, right?

[Scaramanga]

Well, I've been watching the show and hopefully they can succeed with it. Maybe if enough viewers add their positive input, maybe it can grow to be one of those rare Asian-Am shows to break through.

[kasia]

Originally posted by Scaramanga@Dec 31 2002, 02:41 PM
Well, I've been watching the show and hopefully they can succeed with it. Maybe if enough viewers add their positive input, maybe it can grow to be one of those rare Asian-Am shows to break through.
what's it like?

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by kasia@Dec 29 2002, 04:43 PM
Future episodes will include actor John Cho (American Pie), actress Jaymee Ong, pop singing group At Last (managed by actress Ming Na of ER), Hot Import Cars and Models (Kaila Yu, Natasha Yi, Sasha Singleton), FPAC (Festival of Philippines Arts & Culture), singer Kristine Sa and comedian Bobby Lee (Mad TV).
!!!!!!

[achtungbaby]

Is the Y Factor gonna give a shout out to YW like they said they would?

[Scaramanga]

The show could do a bit more to expand their features, I mean if all you're gonna show is cars and car show "models", then you've lost half your audience there.

A big criticism of Linh Ko has been her portrayal of being ditzy...sorta like a dumb asian blonde and "sex candy" to some. I don't know maybe she's lacking that experience but I would say she's doing okay.

[kasia]

Originally posted by achtungbaby@Dec 31 2002, 04:47 PM
Is the Y Factor gonna give a shout out to YW like they said they would?
:o

that's neat. ask them when they'll do it.

especially since we're advertising for them.

[Jenny]

I just watched that a couple days ago, Linh Ko is gorgeous! But it seemed like this show had another host [she was the one asking random people on the streets questions], how come they don't mention her as a host? I actually thought the other host's segments were more interesting.

[contra_diction]

i hope the show grows more popular cos i would really like to see it, but i live in N. Cali. it sounds really interesting.

[mrazntre]

Originally posted by Jenny@Jan 4 2003, 08:37 PM
I just watched that a couple days ago, Linh Ko is gorgeous! But it seemed like this show had another host [she was the one asking random people on the streets questions], how come they don't mention her as a host? I actually thought the other host's segments were more interesting.
i think her name is lil kim chee or something



Linh Ko is damn fine... but she does seem like a dumb blonde ditz. This show is reminiscent of the early Yolk mags, a whole lotta fluff, and not a whole lotta content. I didn't see anything on cars or import models.

the lil kim chee chick was asking people on venice beach about certain "asian" facts or something... for instance she asked "people from the philippines are called..?" the one thing that annoyed me about this chix segement is that they did one of those crappy editing things where they just showed the chick asking the people questions, but there was no audio, there was only background music.

they did show music videos, "beats from the motherland" i saw 1 korean video, and 2 japanese ones. I didn't understand any of it.

It seems as if they're trying, but they're not getting anywhere. I would like to see how they come up with their ideas and such. I think that they're trying to stuff too much into the show and because of it, they end up with nothing.

I guess I'll stay tuned next week and see more of this Y factor thingy.

YWMWS gives The Y factor 5 stars outta 10. If Linh Ko wasn't the host, it'd get a 1.

If you're in 818 and have Adelphia, KDOC is channel 16.