From 2009 to 2011, Lee was a cast member of the popular variety show segment Qualifications of Men on KBS2's Happy Sunday.
He patented his instant noodle recipe Kkokoomyeon (꼬꼬면) based on an episode of an instant noodle cooking contest in the variety show, Qualifications of Men.
United States men's national soccer team | X-Men | NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship | Canada men's national soccer team | Mad Men | Boyz II Men | Two and a Half Men | men's basketball | Men in Black | United States men's national basketball team | Men's National Team | Of Mice and Men | Men Behaving Badly | Men's major golf championships | Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament | UCLA Bruins men's basketball | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball | men's | Men in Black (film) | X-Men: The Last Stand | men | Uncanny X-Men | Men's Vogue | men's 4×400 m relay | Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball | Eight Men Out | Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay | 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament | Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball | Children of Men |
He eventually became a regular on the currently-popular show Qualifications of Men (남자의 자격) , which is the second part of the KBS show Happy Sunday.