Kim Chiu, Paulo Avelino’s 'What's Wrong with Secretary Kim' wins Best Theme Song at Asian Television Awards 2024
The Asian Television Awards 2024 ended on a high note with the Philippine adaptation of What's Wrong with Secretary Kim winning Best Theme Song.
What's Wrong with Secretary Kim, which has Kim Chiu and Paulo Avelino in the lead roles, emerged victorious in the category for the song To Be With You.
It was performed by South Korean artist Kim Won Shik and composed by Hong Jung Su, Lee Jae Kyu, and Lim Yu Jung.
On winning the award, Won Shik said, "Receiving this award is truly beyond words. Simply being nominated was already an incredible honor, and now I am filled with immense gratitude."
Other nominees in the category are theme songs from other popular shows such as Hotel Saltwater, Alliance, The Double, Last Twilight, Only Friends, Undekhi Season 3, and Lovely Runner.
What's Wrong with Secretary Kim, which is based on the South Korean series of the same name, follows a competent secretary and a narcissistic boss as they fall in love while uncovering a traumatic past that causes them to question whether their feelings are real or the result of a shared trauma.
Chiu herself is also a nominee in the Best Actress in a Leading Role category for her performance in the Philippine remake, but lost to Hong Kong actress Charmaine Sheh for her role in The Queen of News.
Julia Barretto was meanwhile nominated for Best Leading Female in a Digital Series for the drama series Secret Ingredient, but fell short to Hong Kong actress Jessica Hsuan for her work in Kill Sera Sera.
Elsewhere, the Philippines' PTV News Tonight was honored for being the Best News Program against other shows from broadcasters such as China Global Television Network, TV 18 Broadcast Ltd, Formosa Television, Indigenous People's Cultural Foundation, Bloomberg, and PT INDOSIAR VISUAL MANDIRI.
Below are the winners of the 29th edition of the awards show that took place on Nov. 29 to 30 in Jakarta, Indonesia:
- Best Single News Story or Program (10 minutes or less) – Chinese Acupuncture for Weight Loss - Does it Hurt (or Work)?
- Best Current Affairs Program – Caught in the Crossfire
- Best Talk Show – The Taipei Tonight Show
- Best News Presenter or Anchor – Kishore Ajwani
- Best Current Affairs Presenter – Anne Hu
- Best News Program – PTV News Tonight
- Best Infotainment Program – Kkokkomu - The Circus Girl, To Find Her Lost Name
- Best Original Digital Entertainment Program – Comedy Stock Exchange Season 2
- Best Music Video – Candidate by Fourth Nattawat Jirochtikul
- Best Reality Show – Do Big Things - Let's Go Kayaking!
- Best General Entertainment Program – Dekade D'academy: Konser Paling Romanits
- Best Comedy Program – Koso Koso
- Best Quiz or Game Program – The 1% Club Season 2
- Best Lifestyle Program – Oh Eun Yeong's report: Alcohol Hell - The Last Supper
- Best Adaptation of an Existing Format – Voice Kids of Mongolia
- Best Single Digital Program / Short Film – Beyond Algorithms
- Best Branded Content – TCL For Her - Echoes of Greatness
- Best Entertainment (One-Off or Annual) – Olympic Qualifier Shanghai Welcome Celebration
- Best Music Program – 2023 Bilibili's New Year Eve Gala
- Best Short Video Series - Scripted – Generation Dream Z
- Best Short Form Video Series - Unscripted – The Passage 2
- Best Sports Presenter or Commentator – Rama Sugianto
- Best Sports Program – Bullseye
- Best Extended Reality Project – Meeting You - Thirteen into Sixteen
- Best Preschool Program – Shimajiro: A World of WOW! - An Amazing World of Technology
- Best 2D Animated Program – The Dangers in My Heart Season 2
- Best 3D Animated Program – Boonie Bears: Shrunk
- Best Live Sports Coverage – Paris Olympics 2024
- Best Documentary Program (One-Off or Special) – Facing You
- Best Documentary Series – Australia's Sleep Revolution with Dr. Michael Mosley
- Best Children's Program – Leo the Wildlife Ranger Season 3
- Best Editing (Documentary or Non-Fiction) – Cai Qi, Huang Jun, Li Zhe, and Wang Xianhui for Simaxiangru 2024
- Best Digital Non-Fiction Program or Series – The Grand Canal China and its Wondrous Waterway
- Best Social Awareness Program – Unanswered Questions - Ruth Yunhee and the Eleven Marks
- Best Natural History or Wildlife Program – The National Parks of China
- Best Cinematography (Documentary or Non-Fiction) – Xu Yiling for Tomorrow Will be Better
- Best Direction (Documentary or Non-Fiction) – Tai Yun Khai for Inside Crime Scene 2: Missing
- Best Talk Show Host – Lo I-Li
- Best Actor in a Leading Role – Ananda Everingham for The Betrayal
- Best Entertainment Presenter or Host – Meng Fei
- Best Digital Fiction Program or Series – Ayya Veedu
- Best Original Screenplay (Drama, ASEAN) – Sojwak Creatives for Cinta Pertama Ayah
- Best Direction (Drama, ASEAN) – Parkpoom Wongpoom for Delete
- Best Cinematography (Drama, ASEAN) – Frontier Pictures for Ratu Adil
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Esther Huang for Pandemic Pulse
- Best Leading Female Performance - Digital – Jessica Hsuan for Kill Sera Sera
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Lan Wei-Hua for Glory of Love
- Best Original Digital Drama Series – A Journey to Love
- Best Leading Male Performance - Digital – Gagan Dev Riar for Scam 2003 - The Telgi Story
- Best Actress in a Leading Role – Charmaine Sheh for The Queen of News
- Best Editing (Drama or Fiction) – Rungroj Prachyakun for Last Twilight
- Best Drama Series (ASEAN) – Delete
- Best Drama Series – To The Wonder
- Best Single Drama or Telemovie – Tic Talk
- Best Original Screeplay – Zhang Wei for A Journey to Love
- Best Scriptwriting – Park Ji-eun for Queen of Tears
- Best Theme Song – Hong Jung Su, Lee Jae Kyu, and Lim Yu Jung for What's Wrong with Secretary Kim
- Best Production Design – Liong Ling Fung for The Last Bout
- Best Direction (Drama or Fiction) – Peter Salmon for After The Party
- Best Cinematography (Drama or Fiction) – Huang Po-Hsiung for Gourmet Affairs
Founded in 1996, the Asian Television Awards aims to recognize excellence in programming, production, and performance.
Determined by an expert panel of over 60 judges from across the region, the Awards comprise more than 50 categories and represent the industry’s foremost recognition by enjoying the support of every major industry player throughout the region.
