Tak Jae-hoon on comeback trail

Tak Jae-hoon / Korea Times file

Entertainer Tak Jae-hoon will return to the small screen on Mnet’s new show “The God of Music” after a 27-month hiatus following his conviction for illegal online sports gambling.

Lee Sang-min, a singer and television personality, hosts the show. Tak will join Lee in the show that will air online first in March.

In 2013, Tak was jailed for six months, suspended for one year, for gambling hundreds of millions of won on illegal betting sites. He gambled 294 million won on English Premier League football games, according to prosecutors.

Last year, Tak’s ex-wife filed a damages suit against three women she claims had affair with him, but Tak’s management company said his reported affairs were rumors.

Tak and his ex-wife, Lee Hyo-rim, filed for divorce in 2014.