As yet another boisterous year-end ceremony lined up for the last week of the year, the 2023 MBC Drama Awards (2023 MBC 연기대상) will be held on December 30. Celebrating the acting talents and all that is associated with the small screen Korean drama titles, this year’s event will honour artistic contributions made in the entertainment field that ultimately resulted in major cathartic reactions from the audience as they got fully immersed into the fusion of comedy, drama, action, historical simplicity, fantasy and whatnot.
A Good Day to be a Dog‘s Park Gyu-young will be making her debut as an official host with Kim Sung-joo by her side, as he comes back to reclaim his post for the fourth year in a row. The live annual show is slated to take place at the MBC Media Center Public Hall in Sangam-dong, Seoul.
Watch the MBC Drama Awards Teaser
All That We Know About the 2023 MBC Drama Awards So Far
Where to Watch MBC Drama Awards 2023
The year-end drama awards presented by the Korean network MBC will be held on December 30, 2023. The ceremony is set to kick off at 8:40 PM KST, and its television coverage will be handled by MBC and Naver Now. International audiences can watch the show on Viki in select regions on January 4, 2024. KOCOWA+ will also most likely be live streaming the event in select locations.
Also read: 2023 SBS Gayo Daejeon Main Show: NCT-aespa Kick Off the Musical Event With Covers of TVXQ’s Songs
MBC Drama Awards 2023 Nominees
Although only the best couple nominees have been revealed so far, we can expect drama titles such as, Kokdu: Season of Deity, Joseon Attorney, My Dearest, Numbers, A Good Day to Be a Dog, and The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract to be in the running for other category nominations.
MBC Drama Awards Best Couple Nominations
The voting for the best couple category had previously commenced on the MBC Drama Awards official website, and remained open till December 25, 12 AM KST.
1. Joseon Attorney couple: Woo Do-hwan and WJSN’s Bona
2. My Dearest couple: Namkoong Min and Ahn Eun-jin
3. A Good Day to Be a Dog couple: Cha Eun-woo and Park Gyu-young
4. The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract couple: Bae In-hyuk and Lee Se-young
MBC Drama Award Categories
- Best Character Awards
- Life Achievement Award
- Best New Actor
- Best New Actress
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Top Excellence Awards
- Excellence in Acting
- Popularity Award
- Writer of the Year
- Producer’s Award
- Viewer’s Favourite Drama of the Year
- Top 10 MBC Drama Stars
- Best Couple Award
- Golden Acting Award
- Daesang (Grand Prize) and more
The MBC Drama Awards will be held this Saturday at 8:40 PM KST.
Will you be watching the show this week? Who are you rooting for to win at this year’s event? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
Also read: 2023 SBS Drama Awards: Where to Watch, Performers Lineup and All That We Know So Far