Love or Spend
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Love or Spend | |
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Genre | Romance, Comedy, Family |
Created by | Sanlih E-Television |
Written by | Xu Gui Ying ( Ou Lai En ( Yan Yi Fan ( Wu De Yuan ( Zheng Ying Min ( Cao Yi He (曹頤 |
Directed by | Eri Hao |
Starring | Kingone Wang Ling Hung Jolin Chien Dayuan Lin Li Jing Tian ( |
Opening theme | Can't Lose You Now ( |
Ending theme | Don't Say Goodbye ( |
Country of origin | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
Original language | Mandarin |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 77 + 2 specials |
Production | |
Executive producers | Liu Qiu Ping ( Xu Shi Qi ( |
Producers | Liang Han Hui ( Xu Zhi Yi ( |
Production location | Taiwan |
Camera setup | Multi camera |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production companies | Sanlih E-Television Eastern Shine Production Co., Ltd. |
Original release | |
Network | SETTV |
Release | 4 November 2015 23 March 2016 | –
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Love or Spend (Chinese:
Premise
[edit]Pei Zheng Xi (Kingone Wang) and Mo Cheng Zhen (Jennifer Hong) have been close friends since childhood. Their mothers are best friends and have always hoped that their kids would fall in love and marry each other, but the two share no romantic feelings. Ultimately, their mothers convince them to explore their individual love lives and find their soul mates by their 32nd birthdays. If they fail to find their matches, they have to marry each other.
Cast
[edit]Main cast
[edit]- Kingone Wang as Pei Zheng Xi 裴正
希 - Ling Hung as Mo Cheng Zhen 莫洆湞
- Jolin Chien as Mo Cheng Han 莫丞翰
- Dayuan Lin as Pei You Ting 裴又婷
- Li Jing Tian (
李 京 恬) as Pei You Xin 裴又欣
Supporting cast
[edit]- David Chiu as Xu Wei Ming
徐 維銘(Victor) - Lawrence Liu as He Li Yang
何 立 揚 - Fu Lei (
傅 雷 ) as Pei Yong Jin 裴勇進 - Tan Ai-chen as Chen Cai Ling
陳 采 靈 - Elten Ting as Huang Ji Xia
黃 季 霞 - Chen Bor-jeng as Xu Zhi Hui
徐 志 輝 (Stanley) - Lin Xiu Jun (
林 秀 君 ) as Gong Pei Rong 鞏佩蓉(Wendy) - Deyn Li as Wu Ren Yan
吳 仁 彥 - Christina Mok as Lu Wei Xuan
陸 蔚萱 - Hsieh Chi-wen as Zheng Jia Zheng
鄭 嘉 政 - Yang Chieh-mei as Chen Yu Hua
陳 郁 華 - Vince Kao as Hong Xing Yuan
洪 行 遠 - Yan Yi Ping (
顏 怡平) as Yan Man Man顏 蔓 蔓 - Bebe Chang as Qian Xiao Wei
錢 曉 薇 - Lin Jia Wei (
林家 磑) as Gao Yi Dian高 一 點 - Yang Li-yin as Xu Hua Hua
許 花 花 - Zhang Yu Ci (
張 淯詞) as Feng Xia Sheng 馮夏生 - Esther Huang as Hong Qian Hui
洪 千 慧 (Vivian)
Cameo
[edit]- Amanda Liu as Bei Bei 蓓蓓
- Joanne Tseng as Li Yi Wan
黎 一 彎 - Melvin Sia as Du Xiao Fei
杜 曉 飛 - Lin Zhi Hao (
林 志 豪 ) as Ye Dong葉 董 - Lucas Luo as child Zheng Xi
Soundtrack
[edit]Title (English) | Title (Chinese) | Performer (Chinese name in parentheses) |
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"Can't Lose You Now" | Patrick Brasca ( | |
"Don't Say Goodbye" | Popu Lady | |
"Love Addiction" | Ella Chen | |
"Age of 30" | 30啊 | Ella Chen |
"The Nearness of Distance" | Celeste Syn (冼佩瑾) | |
"Jessika" | Celeste Syn (冼佩瑾) | |
"Throw You in the River" | Celeste Syn (冼佩瑾) | |
"My Time" | Patrick Brasca ( | |
"I Like You" | Patrick Brasca ( | |
"Wooden Man" | Aaron Yan | |
"Love Against the Flow" | Power Station | |
"Rainbows" | Andrew Yeh ( |
Broadcast
[edit]Network | Country | Airing Date | Timeslot |
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SETTV | ![]() |
November 4, 2015 | Monday to Friday 8:00-9:00 pm |
ETTV | Monday to Friday 9:00-10:00 pm | ||
Astro Shuang Xing | ![]() |
November 5, 2015 | Monday to Friday 6:00-7:00 pm |
VV Drama | ![]() |
December 7, 2015 | Monday to Friday 7:00-8:00 pm |
Episode ratings
[edit]Air Date | Episodes | Weekly Average Ratings | Rank |
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Nov 4–6, 2015 | 1–3 | 1.55 | 4 |
Nov 9–13, 2015 | 4–8 | 1.33 | 4 |
Nov 16–20, 2015 | 9–13 | 1.41 | 3 |
Nov 23–27, 2015 | 14–18 | 1.40 | 3 |
Nov 30–Dec 4, 2015 | 19–23 | 1.27 | 4 |
Dec 7–11, 2015 | 24–28 | 1.42 | 3 |
Dec 14–18, 2015 | 29–33 | 1.54 | 3 |
Dec 21–25, 2015 | 34–38 | 1.66 | 3 |
Dec 28, 2015 – Jan 1, 20161 | 39–42 | 1.53 | 3 |
Jan 4–8, 2016 | 43–47 | 1.72 | 3 |
Jan 11–15, 2016 | 48–52 | 1.53 | 3 |
Jan 18–22, 2016 | 53–57 | 1.52 | 3 |
Jan 25–29, 2016 | 58–62 | 1.72 | 3 |
Feb 1–5, 2016 | 63–67 | 1.80 | 3 |
Feb 8–12, 2016 | Special Ep 1–2 | 1.25 | 3 |
68–70 | |||
Feb 15–19, 2016 | 71–75 | 1.75 | 3 |
Feb 22–23, 2016 | 76–77 | 1.73 | 3 |
Average ratings | 1.54 | – |
^Note 1 : No episode was aired on December 31, 2015 due to SETTV airing New Year's Eve countdown special show.
Awards and nominations
[edit]Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result |
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2015 Sanlih Drama Awards | Best Actor Award | Kingone Wang | Nominated |
Best Actress Award | Ling Hung | Nominated | |
Best Potential Award | Dayuan Lin | Nominated | |
China Wave Award | Kingone Wang | Won | |
Viewers Choice Drama Award | Love or Spend | Nominated |
External links
[edit]- Love or Spend SETTV Official website (in Chinese)
- Love or Spend ETTV Website (in Chinese)
- Love or Spend Official Facebook page (in Chinese)