The Best TV Shows on MBC

Every MBC Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Boasting a rich catalog, MBC features more than 20 shows, with broadcasting dates ranging from 1991 to 2026. Icons of MBC, MBC Bests Theater and Three Guys and Three Girls made their debut in 1991 and 1996, setting industry standards. Our curated list, current as of May 2026, showcases over 20 of MBC’s highest-rated series.

  • Fifties Professionals
    Fifties Professionals (2026)10.0

    Three seemingly ordinary but deadly uncles, whose fate sets them in motion again. It depicts the everyday lives of three middle-aged men, who have lived 50% of their lives, and the realistic comedy of these uncles who are even sadder because they were successful in their past.

  • MBC Entertainment Awards
    MBC Entertainment Awards (2001)9.0

    A yearly Korean awards ceremony sponsored by MBC with awards given to the best entertainers in the television broadcast industry.

  • Jewel in the Palace
    Jewel in the Palace (2003)8.5

    Orphaned Jang-geum becomes the first female physician in the Joseon Dynasty and her determination is tested when people around her start showing their true faces.

  • Tomorrow
    Tomorrow (2022)8.4

    Made half-human and half-spirit by accident, a young man is employed by a company of grim reapers in the underworld to carry out special missions.

  • Big Mouth
    Big Mouth (2022)8.3

    A lawyer with a ten-percent winning rate is caught up in a murder case and becomes the notorious and genius con artist, Big Mouse, overnight. In order to survive and protect his family, he tries to reveal the true colors of the privileged people involved in a huge conspiracy.

  • When the Phone Rings
    When the Phone Rings (2024)8.3

    A rising politician and his mute wife's tense marriage begins to unravel after a call from a kidnapper turns their lives upside down.

  • Perfect Crown
    Perfect Crown (2026)8.1

    In 21st-century Korea under a constitutional monarchy, a chaebol heiress with everything but status tries to take control of her future after crossing paths with a lonely prince with nothing but his title. Together, bound by a contract marriage, they begin a class-defying romance to rewrite destiny.

  • May I Help You?
    May I Help You? (2022)7.8

    Baek Dong Joo, a newly hired funeral director, has the uncanny gift, or curse, to momentarily resurrect and talk to the recently deceased. She has to grant their last wishes or have her days be filled with a series of bad luck and accidents. And helping the little boy that first terrified her when he came to life will lead her down a path she never could have expected. Kim Tae Hee works as a man for hire. Employed by his uncle Vincent running the newly opened errand service company “A Dime A Job” he can be hired for any odd (but legal) task. One day, Kim Tae Hee encounters Baek Dong Joo, when he is hired by her boyfriend to break up with her in his stead. After that, their paths continue to cross, and by the virtue of their jobs, their fates get intertwined deeper and deeper in a series of life and death situations, surrounding the wishes of the people who had died, and the painful past it is going to unravel for both of them.

  • Infinite Challenge
    Infinite Challenge (2005)7.7

    Infinite Challenge has been reported as the first "Real-Variety" show in Korean television history. The program is largely unscripted, and follows a similar format of challenge-based Reality Television programs, familiar to the audiences in the West, but the challenges are often silly, absurd, or impossible to achieve, so the program takes on the aspect of a satirical comedy variety show, rather than a more standard reality or contest program. In order to achieve its comedic purposes its 6 hosts and staff continuously proclaim, the elements of this show are the 3-Ds, Dirty, Dangerous, and Difficult.

  • Home Alone
    Home Alone (2013)7.5

    It can be a badge of honor to be “single.” “I Live Alone” is a documentary-style South Korean reality series that follows the members of a self-formed club called Rainbow, which is comprised of celebrities who are single and live alone.

  • Empress Ki
    Empress Ki (2013)7.4

    A woman born in Korea navigates her way through love, war, politics and national loyalties to become a powerful empress in China's Yuan dynasty.

  • How Do You Play?
    How Do You Play? (2019)7.4

    Yoo Jae-suk reunites the producing team of Infinite Challenge and presents you How Do You Play? The Indefinitely expanding YOONIVERSE, based on Yoo's blood, sweat, and tears, will entertain viewers at home. Let's follow Yoo and his friends' new projects every week.

  • MBC Bests Theater
    MBC Bests Theater (1991)7.0

  • Three Guys and Three Girls
    Three Guys and Three Girls (1996)7.0

    The series is Korea’s first youth sitcom, revolving around three men and three women sharing a university lodging house. The group navigates comedic and romantic adventures, with a focus on friendships and budding relationships. Key highlights: Lee Ui-jung (one of the female leads) stands out with her quirky hairstyle and serves as the show’s central figure, particularly through her dynamic with Song Seung-heon’s character The sitcom blends lighthearted humour with relatable themes of young adulthood, making it a pioneer in Korean TV history

  • We Got Married
    We Got Married (2008)5.9

    We Got Married is a South Korean reality variety show, one segment of the Sunday Sunday Night program. First broadcast in 2008, the show pairs up Korean celebrities to show what life would be like if they were married. Each week, couples are assigned missions to complete, with candid interviews of the participants to reveal their thoughts and feelings.

  • Radio Star
    Radio Star (2007)5.8

    “Radio Star” is a South Korean music talk show where the guests and hosts talk openly and intimately about their lives, their pasts and their work. It is part of Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation's "Golden Fishery" programming block.

  • Mystery Music Show: King of Mask Singer
    Mystery Music Show: King of Mask Singer (2015)5.6

    Competitors are given elaborate masks to wear in order to conceal their identity, thus removing factors such as popularity, career and age that could lead to prejudiced voting. In the first round, a pair of competitors sing the same song, while in the second and third rounds they each sing a solo song. After the First Generation, the winner of the Third Round goes on to challenge the Mask King, and is either eliminated or replaces the previous Mask King through live voting. The identities of the singers are not revealed unless they have been eliminated.

  • The Manager
    The Manager (2018)5.5

    We will get involved in every little detail of the stars’ lives. The managers who work closely with the stars reveal their mundane lives. Once the information is all revealed, the professional meddlers from various different fields are invited to make comments regarding even the smallest details. Lee Yeong Ja, Jun Hyun Moo, Song Eun I, Kim Saeng Min, Yang Se Hyeong and Yoo Byung Jae participate as the life meddlers along with the professionals.

  • Nonstop
    Nonstop (2000)5.3

    Nonstop is a South Korean slice-of-life sitcom that broadcast its first season in 2000 on MBC. It continued with 5 more seasons. The series was popular for its cast of teen idols, many who debuted through the show..

  • The First Man
    The First Man (2025)N/A

    A drama depicting a life-threatening confrontation between a woman who takes another person's life for revenge and a woman who takes another person's life for her own desires.