Tie the Knot (TV series)

Tie the Knot 媽咪的男朋友
Tie the Knot promotional poster
Also known as	Mommy's Boyfriend
Genre	Romance, Comedy
Created by	Sanlih E-Television
Written by	Jung Han-wen (鄭涵文), Yongfang Huang (黃永芳), Wu Xiangying (吳香穎), Chen Pei Yin (陳佩吟)
Directed by	Xu Pei Shan (許珮珊)
Starring	Cheryl Yang 楊謹華 Nylon Chen 陳乃榮 Kingone Wang 王傳一
Opening theme	"打呼" (Snore) by Wilber Pan and Rainie Yang
Ending theme	"每一次戀愛" (Mei Yi Ci Lian Ai) by Rachel Liang
Country of origin	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Original language(s)	Mandarin
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	70
Production
Producer(s)	Liu Qiu Ping (劉秋平)
Location(s)	Taiwan
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	Sanlih E-Television 三立電視 Gold Fenghua Production Co., Ltd. 金牌風華影像製作公司 XieLi Video Production Co., Ltd. 協利影像製作股份有限公司
Release
Original network	SETTV
First shown in	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Original release	28 May – 2 September 2014
Chronology
Preceded by	Fabulous 30
Followed by	Love Cheque Charge
External links
Tie the Knot on SETTV

Tie the Knot (Chinese: 媽咪的男朋友, literally, "Mommy's Boyfriend") is a 2014 Taiwanese romantic-comedy television series. The television drama was produced by Sanlih E-Television (SETTV), with Cheryl Yang as the female lead and Nylon Chen and Kingone Wang as the male leads. Shooting began on May 9, 2014, and the first episode aired on May 28, 2014 on SETTV.

Plot

Li Xiao Mei (Cheryl Yang) is a career woman who has a new boss, Huang Shi Jia (Nylon Chen), at the wedding-planning firm where she works. Ironically, she finds it difficult to find a man to marry because of past experiences with her father, but she has had a child using donated sperm and is raising the girl by herself. Wedding gown designer Liu Zi Jun (Kingone Wang) and her boss, Shi Jia, start to fall in love with her and each one tries to win her over.^[1]

Cast

Main cast^[2]

• Cheryl Yang (楊謹華) as Li Xiao Mei (厲曉玫)
• Nylon Chen (陳乃榮) as Huang Shi Jia (黃世家)
• Kingone Wang (王傳一) as Liu Zi Jun (留子俊)
• Dou Dou (豆豆) as Li Hao Hao (厲好好)
• Tao Man Man (陶嫚曼) as Huang Shi Ting (黃世婷)
• Sun Qi Jun (孫其君) as Ou Ping Kang (歐品康)

Minor cast

• Zhang Pei Hua (張佩華) as Huang Hong Yuen (黃鴻元)
• Yang Li Yin (楊麗音) as Wang Yi Qin (王憶琴)
• Chen Zhi Qiang (陳志強) as Ma Lian Chuan (馬兩傳)
• Liu Yu Jing (劉宇菁) as You Zhi Lin (尤芷琳)
• Zeng Wei Lin (曾威菱) as Xie Ya Fei (謝雅妃)
• Guan Jing Zong (管謹宗) as Manager v總經理)
• Di Zhi Jie (狄志杰) as Li Xiao Long (厲曉龍)
• Yao Han Yi (瑤涵沂) as Zhu Jia Zhen (朱桂珍)
• Shen Hai Rong (沈海蓉) as Song Jin Yu (宋金玉)
• Shen Meng Sheng (沈孟生) as Li Cheng Gong 厲成功
• Amanda Chou (周曉涵) as Rima

Production

The casting for the series recorded several firsts. Veteran actor Zhang Peihua, who played the role of Nylon Chen's father, had not filmed in Taiwan for the past 15 years, although he had occasionally appeared in theater performances.^[3] The series also marked the first time that singer Nylon Chen had landed a leading role. In preparation for his acting break, Chen stepped up his exercise regime, running and training in the gym, as well as dieting to improve his fitness.^[4][5] Chen played Huang Shi Jia, a stiff and strict character who was also able to be funny at times; Chen commented that he was surprised that he was so relaxed while acting, as he also has a reserved character.^[6]

Cheryl Yang returned to SETTV after four years away from the network; she had appeared in a succession of female lead roles on other networks since her career break on My Queen in 2009.^[7] She again took on the role of a mother,^[8] having previously starred as a single mother in the 2012 series Once Upon a Love.^[9] To prepare for the role, she spent time bonding with Dou Dou, who played her daughter in the series.^[10] To be able to call up her emotions and cry in one scene in which she was driving a car, Yang prepared by listening to the song "My Destiny" from the Korean television series My Love from the Star.^[11]

The series mainly filmed at Minsheng Pavilion (民生館進行劇中場地) and Amazing Hall (晶宴會館) in Taiwan; these locations were used as banquet halls and wedding reception venues for the characters.^[12]

Broadcast

Network	Country/Location	Airing Date	Timeslot
SETTV[13]	Taiwan	May 28, 2014	Mondays to Fridays, 8pm to 10pm
Eastern Integrated Taiwan[14]			Mondays to Fridays, 10pm to 11pm
Astro Shuang Xing[15]	Malaysia	June 12, 2014	Mondays to Fridays, 6:30pm to 7:30pm
VV Drama[16]	Singapore	July 1, 2014	Mondays to Fridays, 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Amarin TV[17]	Thailand	January 24, 2015	Mondays to Fridays, 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Soundtrack

Tie the Knot
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	September 5, 2014
Genre	Mandopop
Language	Mandarin
Label	Universal Music Taiwan

The Tie the Knot Original Soundtrack (媽咪的男朋友 電視原聲帶) CD was released on September 5, 2014 by Universal Music Taiwan. It contains 12 songs performed by various artists, including five original songs and seven instrumental versions. The opening theme song is "打呼" or "Snore" by Wilber Pan and Rainie Yang, while the closing theme song, "每一次戀愛" or "Every Time I Fall In Love", is by Rachel Liang.^[18]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer	Length
1.	"Snore" (打呼)	Wilber Pan	Wilber Pan	Wilber Pan and Rainie Yang
2.	"Every Time I Fall In Love" (每一次戀愛)	林夕	Chen Wei Ling (陳韋伶)	Rachel Liang
3.	"Bump Bump" (碰碰)	Guan Qi Yuan (管啟源)	Paul Drew, Greig Watts, Pete Barringer, Christopher Wortley	Cyndi Wang
4.	"Exclusively For You" (專屬於你)	Linianhe (李念和) and Wilber Pan	Wilber Pan	Wilber Pan
5.	"After I Say I Love You" (說愛妳以後)	Nylon Chen	Nylon Chen	Nylon Chen
6.	"Snore" (兩小無猜版 version)		Wilber Pan	Instrumental
7.	"Snore" (調皮幽默版)		Wilber Pan	Instrumental
8.	"Every Time I Fall In Love" (痛徹心扉版Instrumental)		Chen Wei Ling (陳韋伶)	Instrumental
9.	"Every Time I Fall In Love" (浪漫愛情版)		Chen Wei Ling (陳韋伶)	Instrumental
10.	"Bump Bump" (愛意親密版 version)		Paul Drew, Greig Watts, Pete Barringer, Christopher Wortley	Instrumental
11.	"Bump Bump" (暖心幸福版 version)		Paul Drew, Greig Watts, Pete Barringer, Christopher Wortley	Instrumental
12.	"An Indescribable Taste" (Guitar Solo version)		Chen Qi Yue (陳啟樂)	Instrumental

Episode ratings

The pilot episode of Tie the Knot ranked fifth amongst the television shows airing in the same time slot. It went up to the fourth spot on the day the second episode aired, and stayed at that spot until the end of the series, with the exception of the tenth week. The total viewer average garnered a rating of 1.22 percent. Its drama competitors were SETTV's Ordinary Love; FTV's Dragon Dance; TTV's Monga Woman, Super M, and Sun After The Rain; CTV's Happiness on the Moon and Perfect Couple; CTS' Unique Flavor and 綜藝王見王; and DaAi TV's 幸福魔法師, 頂坡角上的家, and 情牽萬里. The viewers survey was conducted by AGB Nielsen.^[19]

Tie the Knot Ratings
Air Date	Episode	Average Ratings (per week)	Rank
May 28, 2014	1	1.32	5
May 29, 2014	2
May 30, 2014	3
June 2, 2014	4	1.28	4
June 3, 2014	5
June 4, 2014	6
June 5, 2014	7
June 6, 2014	8
June 9, 2014	9	1.35	4
June 10, 2014	10
June 11, 2014	11
June 12, 2014	12
June 13, 2014	13
June 16, 2014	14	1.25	4
June 17, 2014	15
June 18, 2014	16
June 19, 2014	17
June 20, 2014	18
June 23, 2014	19	1.24	4
June 24, 2014	20
June 25, 2014	21
June 26, 2014	22
June 27, 2014	23
June 30, 2014	24	1.29	4
July 1, 2014	25
July 2, 2014	26
July 3, 2014	27
July 4, 2014	28
July 7, 2014	29	1.20	4
July 8, 2014	30
July 9, 2014	31
July 10, 2014	32
July 11, 2014	33
July 14, 2014	34	1.13	4
July 15, 2014	35
July 16, 2014	36
July 17, 2014	37
July 18, 2014	38
July 21, 2014	39	1.20	4
July 22, 2014	40
July 23, 2014	41
July 24, 2014	42
July 25, 2014	43
July 28, 2014	44	1.06	5
July 29, 2014	45
July 30, 2014	46
July 31, 2014	47
August 1, 2014	48
August 4, 2014	49	1.06	4
August 5, 2014	50
August 6, 2014	51
August 7, 2014	52
August 8, 2014	53
August 11, 2014	54	1.11	4
August 12, 2014	55
August 13, 2014	56
August 14, 2014	57
August 15, 2014	58
August 18, 2014	59	1.32	4
August 19, 2014	60
August 20, 2014	61
August 21, 2014	62
August 22, 2014	63
August 25, 2014	64	1.18	4
August 26, 2014	65
August 27, 2014	66
August 28, 2014	67
August 29, 2014	68
September 1, 2014	69	1.43	4
September 2, 2014	70
Average Ratings		1.22

Awards

Year	Ceremony	Category	Result
2014	Sanlih Drama Awards[20]	Best Ladykiller Award Zhang Pei Hua (張佩華)	Nominated
		Best Actress Award Cheryl Yang	Nominated
		Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Drama	Nominated

References

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17. "Tie The Knot ยุ่งนัก สื่อรักตัวจิ๋ว ซีรี่ย์พาเพลิน จ.-ศ. 14.00 น. AMARIN TV HD ช่อง 34". youtube (in Thai). Retrieved 25 August 2015.
18. "Tie The Knot Original TV Soundtrack (OST)". Yesasia. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
19. "TV Ratings: Top prime-time ratings". Chinatimes (in Chinese). Archived from the original on June 20, 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
20. "2014 Sanlih Drama Awards Nominees". Weibo (in Chinese). Sanlih TV. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

External links

• Tie the Knot on SETTV
• Tie the Knot on Eastern Integrated Taiwan
• Tie the Knot on Facebook