2017 MBC Drama Awards

The 2017 MBC Drama Awards (Korean: MBC 연기대상; RR: MBC Yeon-gi Daesang), presented by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) took place on December 30, 2017. It was hosted by Kim Sung-ryung and Oh Sang-jin.^[2][3]

2017 MBC Drama Awards
Date	December 30, 2017
Site	MBC Media Center Public Hall, Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul
Hosted by	Main: Kim Sung-ryung Oh Sang-jin Special MC: Cha Eunwoo Lee Soo-min[1]
Highlights
Best Drama Serial	The Rebel
Grand Prize (Daesang)	Kim Sang-joong
Television coverage
Network	MBC
Duration	230 minutes
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Winners and nominees

• This year, the Grand Prize (Daesang) has been determined by judges including PDs from MBC. The "Drama of the Year" award was chosen by viewers.
• Winners denoted in bold^[4][5][6][7]

Grand Prize (Daesang)	Drama of the Year
Kim Sang-joong – The Rebel Choi Min-soo – Man Who Dies to Live Ha Ji-won – Hospital Ship Huh Joon-ho – The Emperor: Owner of the Mask Jang Hyuk – Money Flower Jo Jung-suk – Two Cops Uhm Jung-hwa – You Are Too Much Yoo Seung-ho – The Emperor: Owner of the Mask	The Rebel The Emperor: Owner of the Mask Man Who Dies to Live Missing 9 Money Flower Radiant Office Two Cops
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Weekend Drama	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Weekend Drama
Jang Hyuk – Money Flower Kim Kap-soo – Man in the Kitchen Kim Jaewon – Father, I'll Take Care of You Kim Ji-hoon – Bad Thief, Good Thief Ji Hyun-woo – Bad Thief, Good Thief Jun Kwang-ryul – You Are Too Much	Lee Mi-sook – Money Flower Choi Soo-young – Man in the Kitchen Kim Mi-sook – Man in the Kitchen Seohyun – Bad Thief, Good Thief Uhm Jung-hwa – You Are Too Much
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries
Yoo Seung-ho – The Emperor: Owner of the Mask Choi Min-soo – Man Who Dies to Live Ha Seok-jin – Radiant Office Huh Joon-ho – The Emperor: Owner of the Mask Um Ki-joon – I'm Not a Robot	Ha Ji-won – Hospital Ship Baek Jin-hee – Missing 9 Go Ah-sung – Radiant Office Kang Ye-won – Man Who Dies to Live Kim So-hyun – The Emperor: Owner of the Mask
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Soap Opera	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Soap Opera
Go Se-won – Return of Fortunate Bok [ko] Ahn Jae-mo – Enemies from the Past Kwon Hyun-sang – Always Spring [ko] Sunwoo Jae-duk – Always Spring [ko]	Kim Mi-kyung – Person Who Gives Happiness [ko] Kang Sung-yeon – Return of Fortunate Bok [ko] Lee Yoon-ji – Person Who Gives Happiness [ko] Park Si-eun – Teacher Oh Soon-nam [ko]
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama
Jo Jung-suk – Two Cops Kim Ji-seok – Children of the 20th Century Im Si-wan – The King in Love Kim Sang-joong – The Rebel Kim Young-kwang – The Guardians Yoon Kyun-sang – The Rebel	Lee Ha-nui – The Rebel Han Ye-seul – Children of the 20th Century Im Yoon-ah – The King in Love Lee Hye-ri – Two Cops Lee Si-young – The Guardians
Excellence Award, Actor in a Weekend Drama	Excellence Award, Actress in a Weekend Drama
Jang Seung-jo – Money Flower Choi Jong-hwan – Bad Thief, Good Thief Kang Tae-oh – You Are Too Much On Joo-wan – Man in the Kitchen	Jang Hee-jin – You Are Too Much Lim Ju-eun – Bad Thief, Good Thief Park Eun-bin – Father, I'll Take Care of You Seo Hyo-rim – Man in the Kitchen Shin Eun-jung – Bad Thief, Good Thief
Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries	Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries
Shin Sung-rok – Man Who Dies to Live Choi Tae-joon – Missing 9 Kang Min-hyuk – Hospital Ship Kim Dong-wook – Radiant Office Kim Myung-soo – The Emperor: Owner of the Mask Lee Dong-hwi – Radiant Office	Han Sun-hwa – Radiant Office Jung Kyung-soon [ko] – Hospital Ship Lee So-yeon – Man Who Dies to Live Wang Ji-won – Hospital Ship Yoon So-hee – The Emperor: Owner of the Mask
Excellence Award, Actor in a Soap Opera	Excellence Award, Actress in a Soap Opera
Kang Kyung-joon – Sisters-in-Law Cha Do-jin – Sisters-in-Law Kim Ji-han – Golden Pouch Lee Ha-yool – Person Who Gives Happiness [ko]	Song Seon-mi – Return of Fortunate Bok [ko] Hahm Eun-jung – Sisters-in-Law Kang Byul – Always Spring [ko] Lee Joo-yeon – Sisters-in-Law Shin Da-eun – Backflow
Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama	Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama
Kim Seon-ho – Two Cops Hong Jong-hyun – The King in Love Lee Sang-woo – Children of the 20th Century Oh Min-suk – The King in Love	Chae Soo-bin – The Rebel Im Se-mi – Two Cops Jang Young-nam – The King in Love Kim Seul-gi – The Guardians
Golden Acting Award, Actor in a Weekend Drama	Golden Acting Award, Actress in a Weekend Drama
Ahn Gil-kang – Bad Thief, Good Thief Hwang Dong-joo [ko] – Father, I'll Take Care of You Kim Chang-wan – Father, I'll Take Care of You Lee Seung-joon – Father, I'll Take Care of You	Shin Dong-mi – Father, I'll Take Care of You Jung Hye-sun – You Are Too Much Kim Bo-yeon – You Are Too Much Kim Soo-mi – Man in the Kitchen Lee Jung-eun – Bad Thief, Good Thief Yoon A-jung – You Are Too Much
Golden Acting Award, Actor in a Miniseries	Golden Acting Award, Actress in a Miniseries
Oh Jung-se – Missing 9 Kim Kwang-kyu – Hospital Ship Kwon Hae-hyo – Radiant Office Park Chul-min – The Emperor: Owner of the Mask	Jang Shin-young – Radiant Office Kim Seon-kyung [ko] – The Emperor: Owner of the Mask Hwang Seung-eon – Man Who Dies to Live Park Joon-geum – Hospital Ship
Golden Acting Award, Actor in a Soap Opera	Golden Acting Award, Actress in a Soap Opera
Ahn Nae-sang – Golden Pouch Kim Byung-choon [ko] – Sisters-in-Law Lee Jung-gil – Return of Fortunate Bok [ko]	Song Ok-sook – Person Who Gives Happiness [ko] Geum Bo-ra – Teacher Oh Soon-nam [ko] Kim Cheong [ko] – Sisters-in-Law Lee Hye-sook – Return of Fortunate Bok [ko]
Golden Acting Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama	Golden Acting Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama
Jeong Bo-seok – The King in Love Ahn Se-ha – Children of the 20th Century Kim Byeong-ok – The Rebel Lee Si-eon – Two Cops Shin Dong-wook – The Guardians	Seo Yi-sook – The Rebel Kim Sun-young – The Guardians Moon Ji-in – Two Cops Ryu Hyun-kyung – Children of the 20th Century
Popularity Award, Actor	Popularity Award, Actress
Kim Myung-soo – The Emperor: Owner of the Mask Jang Hyuk – Money Flower Jo Jung-suk – Two Cops Kang Min-hyuk – Hospital Ship Kim Ji-seok – Children of the 20th Century Yoo Seung-ho – I'm Not a Robot Yoon Kyun-sang – The Rebel	Kim So-hyun – The Emperor: Owner of the Mask Chae Soo-bin – I'm Not a Robot Ha Ji-won – Hospital Ship Han Ye-seul – Children of the 20th Century Im Yoon-ah – The King in Love Lee Ha-nui – The Rebel Lee Hye-ri – Two Cops
Best New Actor	Best New Actress
Kim Jung-hyun – The Rebel Kim Seon-ho – Two Cops Kim Ki-bum – The Guardians Kim Myung-soo – The Emperor: Owner of the Mask Jo Sung-hyun – You Are Too Much Lee Ho-won – Radiant Office Lee Seo-won – Hospital Ship Shim Hee-seop [ko] – The Rebel	Lee Sun-bin – Missing 9 Seohyun – Bad Thief, Good Thief Hahm Eun-jung – Sisters-in-Law Han So-hee – Money Flower Kwon Mina – Hospital Ship Lee Joo-yeon – Sisters-in-Law Lee Sang-hee – Children of the 20th Century Lee Soo-min – The Rebel Ryu Hyo-young – Golden Pouch
Best Young Actor/Actress	Best Character Award, Best Villain
Lee Ro-woon [ko] – The Rebel Nam Da-reum – The King in Love Jo Yeon-ho – Person Who Gives Happiness [ko] Jung Soo-in – The Rebel Lee Chae-mi – Teacher Oh Soon-nam [ko] Lomon – The Guardians Son Bo-seung [ko] – Father, I'll Take Care of You Yoon Chan-young – The King in Love	Choi Tae-joon – Missing 9 Geum Bo-ra – Blow Breeze Han Soo-yeon – Teacher Oh Soon-nam [ko] Huh Joon-ho – The Emperor: Owner of the Mask Seo Yi-sook – Bad Thief, Good Thief
Best Character Award, Fighting Spirit Acting	Best Character Award, Comic Character
Kim Myung-soo – The Emperor: Owner of the Mask Kim Sang-joong – The Rebel Lee Joo-woo – Return of Fortunate Bok [ko] Lee Si-young – The Guardians Ryu Won – Missing 9	Jung Kyung-ho – Missing 9 Hwang Dong-joo [ko] – Father, I'll Take Care of You Kim Seon-ho – Two Cops Kim Soo-mi – Man in the Kitchen Shin Sung-rok – Man Who Dies to Live
Writer of the Year
Hwang Jin-young – The Rebel

Presenters

Actor Kim Sang-joong gave a memorial speech for late Kim Ji-young (1938–2017), late Kim Young-ae (1951–2017), late Lee Mi-ji [ko] (1960–2017) and late Kim Joo-hyuk (1972–2017).^[8]

Order	Presenter	Award	Ref.
1	Ryu Jun-yeol, Nam Ji-hyun	Best New Actor/Actress
2	Jung Da-bin, Goo Geon-min [ko]	Best Young Actor/Actress
3	Park Jun-gyu, Seo Yi-sook	Writer of the Year
4	Yoo Seung-ho, Chae Soo-bin	Best Character Award
5	Shin Sung-rok, Lee Hwi-hyang	Golden Acting Award in a Weekend Drama/Miniseries
6	Lee Pil-mo, Kim Ji-ho	Golden Acting Award in a Soap Opera/Monday-Tuesday Drama
7	Jo Jung-suk, Lee Hye-ri	Popularity Award
8	Son Ho-jun, Lim Ji-yeon	Excellence Award in a Weekend Drama/Miniseries
9	Kim Eui-sung, Lee Ha-nui	Excellence Award in a Soap Opera/Monday-Tuesday Drama
10	Ahn Nae-sang, Uee	Top Excellence Award in a Weekend Drama/Miniseries
11	Lee Sang-woo, Kim So-yeon	Top Excellence Award in a Soap Opera/Monday-Tuesday Drama
12	Lee Soon-jae	Drama of the Year
13	Choi Gyo-sik, Lee Jong-suk	Grand Prize (Daesang)

Special performances

Order	Artist	Song	Ref.
1	Mamamoo	Yes I Am (나로 말할 것 같으면)
2	ASTRO	OST Medley: Don't Ask (묻지 말기로 해) (Two Cops OST) Too Young To Die (죽어도 좋아) (Man Who Dies to Live OST) Let Me Cry (You Are Too Much OST) From The First Time You and Me (처음부터 너와 나) (The Emperor: Owner of the Mask OST)
		Crazy Sexy Cool (니가 불어와)

See also

• 2017 KBS Drama Awards
• 2017 SBS Drama Awards