K-ent Discusses the Good Problem SBS Has in Deciding the Daesang for the 2024 Year End Drama Awards
The year isn’t over yet and one of the candidates for the SBS year end drama award Daesang hasn’t even aired his drama lol but there is definitely a good feel for what it’s going to come down to by the end of December. SBS has had the most hits out of the big three networks this year in 2024 and there is already discussion over who will get the coveted Daesang. Pundits think it’s between Kim Nam Gil in The Fiery Priest 2 (expected to do good ratings) and three other already aired hits Jang Nara in Good Partner, Ji Sung in Connection, and Park Shin Hye in The Demon Judge. When I scroll through the comments of the article it’s actually like an even split by netizens in who they think should get it between these four so once again SBS is in the lucky position of having a well rounded stable of successful dramas.
Kim Nam-gil already got the Daesang for The Fiery Priest Season 1. Han Seok-kyu did not win it again even though Romantic Doctor continued to draw viewers, so it is possible that SBS would not want to give multiple Daesang awards for the same role.
Ji Sung already won the Daesang for Defendant, so I am hoping that Jang Nara and Park Shin-hye would share it this year. Jang Nara is especially overdue for a Daesang considering her huge improvement as she aged.
Agree I hope jang nara get it this year. Park shin hye is good too so I think she deserve the best actress award
I hope a veteran actor will win this award.
I agree with everything you said. Jang Nara definitely (finally) deserves it. She has worked hard not only to improve her acting skills but also to rise above her cute, rom-com image from her 20s and 30s. Thanks in large part to SBS, she has finally been offered roles that allow her to show how excellent and versatile an actress she is. I hope SBS will reward her for her hard word and award her its highest honor.
SBS has had a fantastic year (2023 was great too!) and is turning out dramas that are competitive with the cable networks.
Jang Nara deserves to win this. Fantastic performance and huge ratings. She should have already won for VIP.
My favorite is Jang Nara.
I don’t specially think PSH is great in this role. She’s not scary at all. It’s really more a comedy for me.
I don’t understand why they put actor whose drama has not aired yet…
But my favorite SBS drama of 2024 was Flex X Cop. 2024 wasn’t really a great year but this drama was really one of the rare what was faithful to its genre.
I think you don’t even understand the drama to expect PSH to be scary. And yes, she isn’t scary but she can kill and deliver wonderful fight scenes. The message of the drama is human is actually scarier.
The other already got their shares of Deasang, I hope Jang Nara gets it this year, she deserves it.
I think the Daesang without question should go to Jang Nara and Jang Nara alone. Jang Nara has been a lead actress for over twenty years and delivered SBS their biggest hit of the year so far. The drama reached double digits by it’s 3rd ep reaching nationwide ratings of 17.7 with ratings reaching as high as 18.7 in Seoul. On top of this, Good Partner survived being preempted by the Olympics for over two weeks. Instead of losing viewers, the drama came back even stronger.
This would be Jang Nara’s very first drama Daesang and for someone who has been a lead actress for as long as she has, I think she deserves to have that moment to shine all to herself. Park Shin Hye has a lot more years to win one of her own. I think she should win the top Actress award instead. Fiery Priest 2 could possibly top the highest ratings of Good Partner, but I also don’t see Kim Nam Gil winning the Daesang for the same role twice. Ji Sung’s Connection didn’t have ratings as high as Good Partner, so I think Ji Sung should win the top Actor award.
All of this! Jang Nara is so underrated despite still being popular and successful after 20+ years of acting, very talented and delivering high rating dramas every few years. She has more hits on her CV than a lot of other actors who are considered top tier but I noticed she is rarely mentioned when they talk about talented Korean actresses for some reason and I can’t figure out why. I wonder if it’s because she started off as an idol and she is considered a TV rather than film actress.
Agree with others here. Jang Nara is the only contender imo, unless KNG does his thing again. Love Ji Sung but this isnโt a ground breaking character for him to play and neither was the drama a crazy success. PSH should not even be in contention. Jang Nara really carried Good Partner and the ratings + actual drama was so well received.
KNG is probably the only outlier and itโs a guarantee he will act his pants out as usual. So if FP2 goes over 20%, it could be a shared Daesang.
Why shouldn’t PSH even be mentioned? She shoulder the drama alone and is the back bone of it as well? At the same time this character is totally opposite with her previous image and she kills it.
I personally don’t down JNR’s acting but I heard her role is pretty normal compared to JS and PSH. But consider everything, I’m sure she will win it.
I agree, I think netizens on this blog have typecasted PSH, at least from the comments I’ve observed. People on dramabeans are more neutral and appreciated PSH for all that she has done with Kang Bit Na… also she has performed all the action scenes herself. I think it should be a shared award between the two lead actresses ๐
Jang Na ra . More than 2 decades in the industry, took various roles, the drama was a mess but she was good in my happy ending and delivered a solid performance in Good partner . The others won already a Daesang and even if Park Shin Hye seems to enjoy playing a demon , Jang na Ra is above her acting speaking .
If it’s possible I would give the awards for both ladies. PSH really broke out of her image and make hater eat their words this year. She totally deserves it.
But JNR is overdue so if it’s just one, JNR will get it
Park Shin Hye should win it. She broke out of her usual genre and literally carried the entire show. She was acting multiple roles and you could see the difference, it was as if was being acted out by 2 different actresses. Not to mention, she did all the stunt scenes alone, if that alone does not deserve the deasang, i wonder what does.