Run BTS 2.0: A BTS Shows List From Debut to Comeback

BTS’ flagship variety show is returning with its next edition. Run BTS 2.0 is scheduled to premiere on April 7, 2026. On March 30, the K-pop group released a teaser video on YouTube, discussing the content ideas for Run BTS 2.0 and announcing the return after a special episode in 2023.

Run BTS, first produced in 2015, generated approximately 300M views on YouTube. Run BTS 2.0 will also premiere on YouTube’s Bangtan TV channel at 9 PM KST, while streaming on Weverse.

The announcement closely aligns with BTS’ comeback after four years and continues creating hype around the band’s activity. The band recently held the BTS The Comeback Live: Arirang concert, along with releasing its Billboard chart-topping fifth album Arirang.

Now that BTS is also preparing for its upcoming world tour, Run BTS 2.0 would offer a behind-the-spotlight peek into the lives of the seven band members. However, Run BTS is not the only show that has traced BTS’ journey over the years; it started with Rookie King in 2013.

These 10 BTS reality shows and movies highlight more than a decade of BTS’ journey to become a global sensation from a rookie boy band.

1. Rookie King: Channel Bangtan (2013)

Rookie King: Channel Bangtan is BTS' debut reality show with eight episodes, released between Sep 3, 2013, and Oct 22, 2013. It aired on SBS MTV every Tuesday and is currently available on Viki. 

Across the eight episodes, all seven members participate in various activities, including a game called “The Extremes,” which penalizes the unluckiest player with hilarious penalties. The show depicts who BTS were before becoming a cultural phenomenon.

2. American Hustle Life (2014)

In 2014, BTS members spent two weeks in Los Angeles training under hip-hop legends Coolio and Warren G, which they were initially unaware of. American Hustle Life, which premiered on July 24, 2014, traces their lives in L.A. across its eight episodes.

American Hustle Life brings some raw footage of the BTS, their vocal and dance training, bonding, and most importantly, saying goodbye to L.A. with a concert.

3. Run BTS (2015-2021)

The predecessor of Run BTS 2.0, Run BTS, premiered on Aug 1, 2015, and ran across three seasons with a total of 169 episodes. However, episode 70 remains the most viewed with 18.9M views.

The episode is known for Jimin fitting inside a child's crib and members spending Jungkook's money. The series premiered across YouTube, Weverse, and V Live.

4. BTS Gayo (2015-2017)

BTS Gayo, a two-season music-game variety show that aired on V Live in place of Run BTS episodes from 2015 to 2017. Unlike Run BTS, which focused on overall everyday phenomena, Gayo highlights music-related activities such as quizzes, identifying song names, dancing abilities, and the like.

After the production halted in 2017, BTS Gayo was featured within Run BTS, titled as BTS Gayo Returns and RUN BTS Gayo in 2019 and 2021, respectively.

5. BTS: Bon Voyage (2016-2020)

Another BTS travelogue, BTS: Bon Voyage, aired on V Live+, starting from July 5, 2016. Through the four seasons, the series follows the group across different countries, including Norway, Sweden, the U.S., Malta, and New Zealand.

Every season features eight episodes, with the last episode airing on Jan 7, 2020, on Weverse, which handled the distribution of season 4. In 2019, following the release of BTS: Bon Voyage's third season, where they visited Malta, the country’s tourism authority recorded a 237% increase in South Korean tourists due to the visibility gained from BTS.

6. BTS: Burn the Stage (2018)

BTS: Burn the Stage was the first BTS reality show that captured their world tour, BTS Live Trilogy Episode III: The Wings Tour (2017). The show, premiering on March 28, 2018, on YouTube Red, depicted the 300-day-long Wings Tour across its eight episodes.

BTS: Burn the Stage docuseries follows the boy group around the world and features unfiltered behind-the-scenes moments of the members during the tour. The most important moment from the show would be BTS winning the Billboard Music Award in episode 6, titled Moonchild.

7. Burn The Stage: The Movie (2018)

The entire BTS: Burn the Stage docuseries was later compiled into a movie, Burn The Stage: The Movie, and released in November 2018. The movie, directed by Park Jun-soo, generated over $20M box office, despite being a compilation of a musical docuseries.

The movie was highly appreciated for its awards show highlights and BTS members' interviews. The movie currently has a 99% Rotten Tomatoes score and an 8.5 IMDb score.

8. Bring the Soul: Docu-Series (2019)

Bring the Soul: Docu-Series follows the untold stories in Bring The Soul: The Movie, which was released on Aug 7, 2027. The series features six episodes, released between Aug 27 and Oct 1, 2019, covering the members' experience during the Love Yourself world tour.

9. Run BTS Specials and RunSeokjin Ep. Tour (2022-2025)

Run BTS Specials features 10 special episodes aired from August 2022 to February 2023, including a two-part “telepathy games” series. On the other hand, RunSeokjin Ep. Tour was entirely focused on Jin after he returned from his mandatory military service. The Jin-led spin-off launched on Aug 13, 2024, and aired weekly on YouTube and Weverse.

10. BTS: The Return (March 2026)

Netflix released BTS: The Return on March 27, 2026, following the record-breaking BTS comeback concert and Arirang release. The feature documentary follows the group's reunion in Los Angeles in August 2025 to record Arirang, with production capturing approximately 100 tracks being made by the seven members.

These BTS shows, chronicling the group’s activity since their rookie days are not the shows, but outlets to understand how a South Korean band dominated in the world music industry. Each show showcased something significant, from the chaos in Rookie King, the first world tour in Burn the Stage, and finally BTS: The Return, which showed how all seven members regrouped after a long hiatus.