Overview
- Held on December 29 at Seoul’s Dongdaemun Design Plaza, the event wrapped the eligibility year with a cross-platform slate of honorees.
- IU received the Daesang for When Life Gives You Tangerines, which also won Best Drama, with Kim Won-seok named Best Director.
- Lee Jun-ho took three prizes, led by the Top Excellence Award for Actor in a Miniseries for Typhoon Family alongside popularity-based honors.
- Typhoon Family added Best Writer for Jang Hyun, marking multiple craft and performance recognitions for the series.
- Rising talent was highlighted with New Actor awards to Lee Chae-min, Kang You-seok, and Ha Young, and Cha Eun-woo earned Best Entertainer.