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The Best TV Shows on MBC

Every MBC Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Some of the best tv shows from MBC include The Ume Tree in the Midst of the Snow and Infinite Challenge, airing in 1984 and 2005 respectively. Explore our list of the top rated shows up to date from January 2025 that includes over 20 unique series. MBC has delivered an expansive roster of over 20 shows, dating from 1984 all the way to 2024.

  • When the Phone Rings
    When the Phone Rings (2024)8.4

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

  • I Am Not a Robot
    I Am Not a Robot (2017)8.3

    Kim Min Gyu has wealth and success, but lives an isolated life due to his allergy of people. He then meets and falls in love with a girl who is pretending to be a robot for her ex-boyfriend, a genius robots professor.

  • Infinite Challenge
    Infinite Challenge (2005)7.6

    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.

  • How Do You Play?
    How Do You Play? (2019)7.5

    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.

  • Home Alone
    Home Alone (2013)6.8

    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.

  • High Kick: Revenge of the Short Legged
    High Kick: Revenge of the Short Legged (2011)6.5

    Ahn Nae Sang and Yoon Yoo Sun are middle aged husband and wife. When his business goes bankrupt, this couple moves in to her brother's house and the conflict starts.

  • Partners for Justice
    Partners for Justice (2018)6.4

    Baek Beom has worked as a forensic doctor for 10 years. He has a bad personality, but he is excellent with his work. Baek Beom does not open his mind to other people. Eun Sol is a rookie prosecutor with a warm heart. She has a bright personality and she comes from wealth family background. The forensic doctor and prosecutor work together to solve cases.

  • Desperate Mrs. Seonju
    Desperate Mrs. Seonju (2024)6.3

    Pi Seon Ju works as an interior designer in a small neighborhood. She is married to Jeon Nam Jin, who is an ambitious architect. Although Pi Seon Ju is devoted to her husband, her husband falls in love with Jin Sang A, who will become the successor of an architecture company. To further pursue his love and ambitions, Jeon Nam Jin demands a divorce from Pi Seon Ju. After their divorce, Pi Seon Ju decides to start her new life. Meanwhile, architect Kim So U is married to Jin Sang A. Unlike Jin Sang A, he is satisfied with a stable situation rather than being fueled with ambition. Due to his wife's affair with Jeon Nam Jin, Kim So U gets divorced. After meeting Pi Seon Ju, Kim So U experiences a turning point in his life.

  • All Kinds of Daughters-in-Law
    All Kinds of Daughters-in-Law (2017)6.0

    Hwang Eun Byul, a ghostwriter for a publishing company, and Hwang Geum Byul, a leader for the PR department at a fashion company, are fraternal twin sisters, but their mother has always favored Geum Byul. The sisters end up marrying into rivaling families, and the story follows them as they try to work through their conflicts with communication and a positive attitude.

  • We Got Married
    We Got Married (2008)5.7

    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)5.3

    “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)5.2

    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.

  • A Daughter Just Like You
    A Daughter Just Like You (2015)5.0

    Hong Ae-Ja works as a host at a home shopping channel. She has three accomplished daughters: Ji-Sung, In-Sung and Hee-Sung. Hong Ae-Ja's family interconnects with So Pan-Seok's family and Heo Eun-Sook's as in-laws.

  • The Manager
    The Manager (2018)5.0

    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.

  • The King's Doctor
    The King's Doctor (2012)4.2

    The historical period epic was directed by Lee Byung-hoon, known for his previous works Hur Jun, Jewel in the Palace, Yi San and Dong Yi. This marked the first television drama for actor Jo Seung-woo in his 13-year film and stage career.

  • Hur Jun, The Original Story
    Hur Jun, The Original Story (2013)3.5

    Drama depicts the dramatic life of historical figure Heo Joon, who wrote the oriental medical textbook "Donguibogam" and became physician for King Seonjo.

  • The Ume Tree in the Midst of the Snow
    The Ume Tree in the Midst of the Snow (1984)N/A

    The third episode of 500 Years of Joseon Dynasty deals with the period of history spanning from the reign of King Munjong, the first son of Sejong, to the chaos of Yeonsangun's rule.

  • Dangerous Women
    Dangerous Women (2011)N/A

    Dangerous Women is a 2011 South Korean television series starring Go Eun-mi, Hwang Bo-ra, Kim Jung-hyun, and Yeo Hyun-soo. The morning soap opera aired on MBC on Mondays to Fridays at 7:50 a.m. from October 10, 2011 to March 30, 2012 for 124 episodes.

  • Here Comes Mr. Oh
    Here Comes Mr. Oh (2012)N/A

    "Here Comes Oh Ja-Ryong" follows an unemployed second son-in-law with a good heart as he attempts to save his in-laws from the greedy first son-in-law.

  • Princess Aurora
    Princess Aurora (2013)N/A

    Oh Ro-ra is a 25-year-old woman whose family owns Chunwang Foods, a large food conglomerate. Both of her parents are in their seventies and a 20-plus age difference exists between Ro-ra and her three other male siblings - Wang-sung, Geum-sung and Soo-sung. As the youngest child of a wealthy family, Ro-ra is charming, uber-confident and seemingly a spoiled material girl, but there's more to her than meets the eye. Unafraid to speak her mind, she intervenes to salvage her 50-year-old second brother's marriage by getting rid of his mistress who had lied about getting pregnant. One day, she falls head over heels for Hwang Ma-ma, an irritable novelist and perfectionist. But he has one flaw that could torpedo their relationship.