The 2017 MBC Drama Awards was held on December 30 to celebrate the great accomplishments that were made in MBC dramas this year. There were many changes to the awards ceremony this year. The grand prize was chosen not by ARS votes, but by votes from professionals in the industry.
On December 31, SBS closed out their year with the 2017 SBS Drama Awards ceremony, hosted by Shin Dong Yeop and Lee Bo Young. Unlike the MBC and KBS Drama Awards, the latter which aired at the same time as the 2017 SBS Drama Awards, SBS was not affected by strike issues this year.
On December 31, KBS celebrated the best of the year’s dramas and talent at the 2017 KBS Drama Awards.
[KBS Awards]Best Child Actor: Jung Jun Won (“Father Is Strange”) Best Child Actress: Yi Rae (“Witch’s Court”) Best Supporting Actor: Choi Won Young (“Mad Dog”), Kim Sung Oh (“Fight My Way”) Best Supporting Actress: Lee Il Hwa (“Chief Kim,” “Witch’s Court”), Jung Hye Sung (“Manhole,” “Chief Kim”) Best New Actor: Ahn Jae Hong (“Fight My Way”), Woo Do Hwan (“Mad Dog”) Best New Actress Award: Kim Sejeong (“School 2017”), Ryu Hwa Young (“Father Is Strange,” “Mad Dog”) Screenwriter Award: So Hyun Kyung (“My Golden Life”) Netizen Award: Park Seo Joon, Kim Ji Won (“Fight My Way”) Series’ Shorts Award: Yeo Hoe Hyun (“Girls’ Generation 1979”), Ra Mi Ran (“Madame Jung’s Last Week”) Special Lifetime Achievement Award: Kim Young Ae Best OST Award: BTOB’s “Ambiguous” (“Fight My Way”) Best Couple Award: Yoon Hyun Min and Jung Ryeo Won of “Witch’s Court,” Son Ho Jun and Jang Nara of “Go Back Couple,” Park Shi Hoo and Shin Hye Sun of “My Golden Life,” Park Seo Joon and Kim Ji Won of “Fight My Way,” Ryu Soo Young and Lee Yoo Ri of “Father Is Strange,” Namgoong Min and 2PM’s Junho of “Chief Kim” Excellence Award (Medium-length Drama), Male: Lee Dong Gun (“Queen for Seven Days”), Junho (“Chief Kim”) Excellence Award (Medium-length Drama), Female: Jo Yeo Jeong (“Perfect Wife”) Excellence Award (Daily Drama), Male: Kim Seung Soo (“First Love Again”), Song Chang Eui (“The Secret of My Love”) Excellence Award (Daily Drama), Female: Im Soo Hyang (“Lovers in Bloom”), Myung Se Bin (“First Love Again”) Excellence Award (Mini-series), Male: Park Seo Joon (“Fight My Way”) Excellence Award (Mini-series), Female: Jang Nara (“Go Back Couple”), Kim Ji Won (“Fight My Way”) Excellence Award (Long Drama), Male: Park Shi Hoo (“My Golden Life”) Excellence Award (Long Drama), Female: Shin Hye Sun (“My Golden Life”) Top Excellence Award, Male: Namgoong Min (“Chief Kim”) Top Excellence Award, Female: Lee Yoo Ri (“Father Is Strange”), Jung Ryeo Won (“Witch’s Court”) Grand Prize (Daesang): Kim Young Chul “(Father Is Strange”), Chun Ho Jin (“My Golden Life”)
[SBS Awards]Grand Prize (Daesang): Ji Sung (“Defendant”) Top Excellence in Acting (Mon-Tues Drama), Female: Lee Bo Young (“Whisper”) Top Excellence in Acting (Mon-Tues Drama), Male: Namgoong Min (“Falsify“) Top Excellence in Acting (Wed-Thurs Drama), Female: Suzy (“While You Were Sleeping” Top Excellence in Acting (Wed-Thurs Drama), Male: Lee Jong Suk (“While You Were Sleeping”) Top Excellence in Acting (Daily and Weekend Drama), Female: Jang Seo Hee (“Sister Is Alive”) Top Excellence in Acting (Daily and Weekend Drama), Male: Son Chang Min (“Sister Is Alive”) Best Character: Uhm Ki Joon (“Defendant”) Excellence in Acting (Mon-Tues Drama), Female: Park Se Young (“Whisper”) Excellence in Acting (Mon-Tues Drama), Male: Kwon Yool (“Whisper”) Excellence in Acting (Wed-Thurs Drama), Female: Nam Ji Hyun (“Suspicious Partner”) Excellence in Acting (Wed-Thurs Drama), Male: Lee Sang Yeob (“While You Were Sleeping”) Excellence in Acting (Daily and Weekend Drama), Female: Son Yeo Eun (“Sister Is Alive”) Excellence in Acting (Daily and Weekend Drama), Male: Ahn Nae Sang (“Sister Is Alive”) Best Picture: “Defendant” Best Couple: Suzy and Lee Jong Suk (“While You Were Sleeping”) Best New Actress: Kim Dasom (“Sister Is Alive”) Best New Actor: Yang Se Jong (“Degree of Love”) Best Supporting Actress: Park Jin Joo (“Into the World Again”) Best Supporting Actor: Kim Won Hae (“While You Were Sleeping”) Best Child Actor: Kim Ji Min (“Super Family 2017”)
[MBC Awards]Grand Prize: Kim Sang Joong (“Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People”) Drama of the Year: “Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People” Female High Excellence Award for Monday-Tuesday Drama: Honey Lee (“Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People”) Male High Excellence Award for Monday-Tuesday Drama: Jo Jung Suk (“Two Cops”), Kim Ji Suk (“20th Century Boy and Girl,” “Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People”) Female High Excellence Award for Serial Drama: Kim Mi Kyung (“Person Who Gives Happiness”) Male High Excellence Award for Serial Drama: Go Se Won (“Return of Bok Dan Ji”) Female High Excellence Award for Miniseries: Ha Ji Won (“Hospital Ship”) Male High Excellence Award for Miniseries: Yoo Seung Ho (“Ruler: Master of the Mask”) Female High Excellence Award for Weekend Drama: Lee Mi Sook (“Money Flower”) Male High Excellence Award for Weekend Drama: Jang Hyuk (“Money Flower”) Female Excellence Award for Monday-Tuesday Drama: Chae Soo Bin (“Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People”) Male Excellence Award for Monday-Tuesday Drama: Kim Sun Ho (“Two Cops”) Female Excellence Award for Serial Drama: Song Sun Mi (“Return of Bok Dan Ji”) Male Excellence Award for Serial Drama: Kang Kyung Joon (“All Kinds of Daughters-In-Law”) Female Excellence Award for Miniseries: Han Sun Hwa (“Radiant Office”) Male Excellence Award for Miniseries: Shin Sung Rok (“Man Who Dies to Live”) Female Excellence Award for Weekend Drama: Jang Hee Jin (“You Are Too Much”) Male Excellence Award for Weekend Drama: Jang Seung Jo (“Money Flower”) Popularity Award: Kim So Hyun (“Ruler: Master of the Mask”), INFINITE’s L (Kim Myung Soo) (“Ruler: Master of the Mask”) Golden Acting Award for Monday-Tuesday Drama: Seo Yi Sook (“Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People”), Jung Bo Suk (“The King Loves,” award received by Hong Jong Hyun) Golden Acting Award for Serial Drama: Song Ok Suk (“Person Who Gives Happiness”), Ahn Nae Sang (“Golden Pouch”) Golden Acting Award for Miniseries: Kim Sun Kyung (“Ruler: Master of the Mask”), Jang Shin Young (“Radiant Office”), Oh Jung Sae (“Missing 9”) Golden Acting Award for Weekend Drama: Shin Dong Mi (“Father, I’ll Take Care of You”), Ahn Gil Sang (“Bad Thief, Good Thief”) Best Comedic Actor Award: Jung Kyung Ho (“Missing 9”) Best Fighting Spirit Award: INFINITE’s L (Kim Myung Soo) (“Ruler: Master of the Mask”) Best Villain Award: Choi Tae Joon (“Missing 9”) Best Scriptwriter of the Year Award: Hwang Jin Young (“Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People”) Best Child Actor Award: Nam Da Reum (“The King Loves”), Lee Ro Woon (“Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People”) Best New Actress Award: Girls’ Generation’s Seohyun (“Bad Thief, Good Thief”), Lee Sun Bin (“Missing 9”) Best New Actor Award: Kim Sun Ho (“Two Cops”), Kim Jung Hyun (“Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People”)