My Dear Boy (Chinese: 我的男孩) is a 2017 Taiwanese television series produced by Ruby Lin and Lisa Tan (Lin's agent)[1] written by Mag Hsu[2] and directed by Hsu Fu-chun. This 20-episode series premiered on TTV and GTV in December 2017.[3]
| My Dear Boy | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Also known as | My Boy |
| Traditional Chinese | 我的男孩 |
| Simplified Chinese | 我的男孩 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Wǒ De Nán Hái |
| Genre | Romance |
| Written by | Mag Hsu (徐譽庭) |
| Directed by | Hsu Fu-chun (徐輔軍) |
| Starring | |
| Opening theme | 溫柔的奇蹟 - FanFan |
| Ending theme | 不需要知道- William Wei |
| Country of origin | Taiwan |
| Original language | Mandarin |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Ruby Lin Lisa Tan |
| Production location | Taiwan |
| Running time | 90 minutes (per episode) |
| Production companies | Ruby Lin Studio Gala Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | TTV Main Channel GTV |
| Release | December 22, 2017 – May 11, 2018 |
| Related | |
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Plot
editIt takes a tremendous amount of courage to make changes to your personal and professional lives. Luo Xiao Fei works as a director of television commercials and An Qing Hui, who is pursuing college a design degree. Luo Xiao Fei Starts as a mentor then friend and finally love interest. The story has a Noona feel with various love triangles. Unlike many Noona stories it shows the difficulties of a May/December romance with the woman being older. You will fall in love with the main characters and supporting characters. Everyone has a point of view and you will be sympathetic with them all. There's also comedic moments between the tears.
Cast
editMain cast
edit- Ruby Lin as Luo Xiao Fei
- Derek Chang as An Qing Hui
- Archie Kao as Xiao Ye Shi
- Lee Lee-zen as Xiao Lai
Supporting cast
edit- Wen Chen-ling as Pan Yan Ting
- Cheryl Yang as Mei Shuang
- Jessie Chang as Luo Xiao Shan
- Easton Dong (Dong Ming-Hsian or Tung Ming-Hsiang) as Xiao Fei's Brother-in-Law, Cheng-Cheng (政誠)
- Elsa Ge as Xiao Nian Shi
- Qu Zhong Heng as An Qing Hui's Father
- Yen Yi-Wen as An Qing Hui's Mother
- Greg Hsu as Nicholai
- Zhang Guang Chen as Gao Pi
- Aaron Chan as An Qing Hui's Uncle
- Pang Yong Zhi as Li Da Bao
- Peter Lee as Zhang Wei Jie
- Ahn Zhe as Miaomiao
- Cosmos Lin as Amy
Guest appearance
edit- Hsieh Chiung-hsuan
- Melody (Yin Yue)
- Heaven Hai as Wei-wei
- Hsu Wei-ning
- Melvin Sia
Production
editA press conference for the series was held in Taipei, Taiwan, on 31 May 2017.[4] Filming ended on 19 October 2017.[5]
Soundtrack
edit| Type | Title | Singer(s) | Lyricist | Songwriter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opening Song | "Wen Rou De Qi Ji" (溫柔的奇蹟; "Gentle Miracle") |
FanFan | Feifei | Chen Hsiao chuan |
| Ending Song | "Bu Xu Yao Zhi Dao" (不需要知道; "You Don't Need To Know") |
William Wei | ||
| Insert song | "He Zi Ji Xiang Yu" (和自己相遇; "Alone With Myself") |
Pets Tseng | Xiao Han | Yong Qiao Jun |
| "Wo Yi Ran Shi Wo" (我依然是我; "I'm Still Here") |
Rennie Wang | |||
| "Wu Qiong" (無窮; "Endlessness") |
Fang Wu | |||
| "Boom, Boom"
(Episode 2 scene with basketball team captain asking Shampoo aka Pan Yan-Ting to be his girlfriend) |
Anacron | |||
Ratings
edit- FTV - Intern Doctor
- SET Metro - Iron Ladies
- SET Taiwan - Father's Wish (re-run)
| Air Date | Episode | Average Ratings | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 22, 2017 | 1 | 0.50 | 3 |
| December 29, 2017 | 2 | 0.59 | 3 |
| January 5, 2018 | 3 | 0.56 | 3 |
| January 12, 2018 | 4 | 0.54 | 4 |
| January 19, 2018 | 5 | 0.67 | 4 |
| January 26, 2018 | 6 | 1.03 | 1 |
| February 2, 2018 | 7 | 0.84 | 4 |
| February 9, 2018 | 8 | 0.87 | 4 |
| February 16, 2018: No episode was aired due to TTV airing of Chinese New Year Special Program | |||
| February 23, 2018 | 9 | 0.69 | 4 |
| March 2, 2018 | 10 | 0.71 | 4 |
| March 9, 2018 | 11 | 4 | |
| March 16, 2018 | 12 | 0.89 | 4 |
| March 23, 2018 | 13 | 0.78 | 4 |
| March 30, 2018 | 14 | 0.69 | 4 |
| April 6, 2018 | 15 | 0.86 | 4 |
| April 13, 2018 | 16 | 0.76 | 4 |
| April 20, 2018 | 17 | 1.01 | 2 |
| April 27, 2018 | 18 | 0.93 | 3 |
| May 5, 2018 | 19 | 0.89 | 3 |
| May 11, 2018 | 20 | 1.25 | 2 |
| Average ratings | 0.79 | -- | |
References
edit- ^ Archie Kao stars in Ruby Lin's "My Boy". Yahoo. June 3, 2017.
- ^ Ruby Lin to produce and star in new drama, "My Boy". SG Yahoo. March 14, 2017.
- ^ 林心如《我的男孩》殺青 最爽睡到自然醒. Appledaily. October 20, 2017.
- ^ 林心如產後復出大戲《我的男孩》，周迅老公高聖遠成焦點. Vogue Taiwan. May 30, 2017.
- ^ 林心如殺青爽送萌T 張軒睿不捨離開想哭哭. Mingweekly. October 20, 2017.
External links
edit- Official site at TTV (in Chinese)
- Official site at GTV (in Chinese)
- Official Facebook (in Chinese)
- My Dear Boy on Google Play