Tie the Knot (TV series)

Tie the Knot
Promotional poster
Also known as	Mommy's Boyfriend
媽咪的てき男おとこ朋友ほうゆう
Genre	Romance, Comedy
Created by	Sanlih E-Television
Written by	Jung Han-wen (鄭てい涵文), Yongfang Huang (黃き永芳ながよし), Wu Xiangying (吳ご香かおり穎), Chen Pei Yin (陳ひね佩吟)
Directed by	Xu Pei Shan (許もと珮珊)
Starring	Cheryl Yang 楊謹華はな Nylon Chen 陳ちん乃榮 Kingone Wang 王おう傳一でんいち
Opening theme	"打だ呼よび" (Snore) by Will Pan and Rainie Yang
Ending theme	"每ごと一いち次じ戀愛れんあい" (Mei Yi Ci Lian Ai) by Rachel Liang
Country of origin	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Original language	Mandarin
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	70
Production
Producer	Liu Qiu Ping (劉りゅう秋あき平たいら)
Production location	Taiwan
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Sanlih E-Television 三さん立だて電でん視し Golden Bloom Production Co., Ltd. 金牌きんぱい風ふう華はな影像えいぞう製作せいさく公司こうし XieLi Video Production Co., Ltd. 協きょう利り影像えいぞう製作せいさく股また份有限げん公司こうし
Original release
Network	SETTV
Release	28 May (2014-05-28) – 2 September 2014 (2014-09-02)
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Tie the Knot (Chinese: 媽咪的てき男おとこ朋友ほうゆう, 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 as a single parent. Wedding gown designer Liu Zi Jun (Kingone Wang) and her boss Shi Jia start to fall in love with her and each tries to win her over.

Cast

Main cast

• Cheryl Yang (楊謹華はな) as Li Xiao Mei (厲曉玫)
• Nylon Chen (陳ひね乃榮) as Huang Shi Jia (黃き世よ家か)
• Kingone Wang (王おう傳一でんいち) as Liu Zi Jun (留子とめこ俊しゅん)
• Dou Dou (豆まめ豆まめ) as Li Hao Hao (厲好好このみ)
• Tao Man Man (陶とう嫚曼) as Huang Shi Ting (黃き世よ婷)
• Sun Qi Jun (孫まご其君) as Ou Ping Kang (歐おう品ひん康やすし)

Minor cast

• Zhang Pei Hua (張ちょう佩華) as Huang Hong Yuen (黃き鴻おおとり元もと)
• Yang Li-yin (楊麗音おん) as Wang Yi Qin (王おう憶琴)
• Chen Zhi Qiang (陳ひね志こころざし強きょう) as Ma Lian Chuan (馬うま兩りょう傳つて)
• Liu Yu Jing (劉りゅう宇菁) as You Zhi Lin (尤ゆう芷琳)
• Zeng Wei Lin (曾威菱ひし) as Xie Ya Fei (謝しゃ雅みやび妃ひ)
• Guan Jing Zong (管かん謹宗) as Manager v總そう經理けいり)
• Di Zhi Jie (狄志杰) as Li Xiao Long (厲曉龍りゅう)
• Yao Han Yi (瑤よう涵沂) as Zhu Jia Zhen (朱しゅ桂かつら珍ちん)
• Shen Hai Rong (沈海蓉) as Song Jin Yu (宋そう金玉きんぎょく)
• Shen Meng-sheng (沈孟生せい) as Li Cheng Gong 厲成功せいこう
• Amanda Chou (周しゅう曉あきら涵) as Rima

Production

The series 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.

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. She again took on the role of a mother, having previously starred as a single mother in the 2012 series Once Upon a Love.

The series mainly filmed at Minsheng Pavilion (民生みんせい館かん進行しんこう劇げき中場なかじょう地ち) and Amazing Hall (晶あきら宴會えんかい館かん) in Taiwan; these locations were used as banquet halls and wedding reception venues for the characters.

Broadcast

Network	Country/Location	Airing Date	Timeslot
SETTV	Taiwan	May 28, 2014	Mondays to Fridays, 8pm to 10pm
Eastern Integrated Taiwan			Mondays to Fridays, 10pm to 11pm
Astro Shuang Xing	Malaysia	June 12, 2014	Mondays to Fridays, 6:30pm to 7:30pm
VV Drama	Singapore	July 1, 2014	Mondays to Fridays, 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Amarin TV	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 (媽咪的てき男おとこ朋友ほうゆう 電でん視し原げん聲帶せいたい) 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 "打だ呼よび" or "Snore" by Will Pan and Rainie Yang, while the closing theme song, "每ごと一いち次じ戀愛れんあい" or "Every Time I Fall In Love", is by Rachel Liang.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer	Length
1.	"Snore" (打だ呼よび)	Will Pan	Will Pan	Will Pan and Rainie Yang
2.	"Every Time I Fall In Love" (每まい一いち次じ戀愛れんあい)	林はやし夕ゆう	Chen Wei Ling (陳ひね韋伶)	Rachel Liang
3.	"Bump Bump" (碰碰)	Guan Qi Yuan (管かん啟けい源げん)	Paul Drew, Greig Watts, Pete Barringer, Christopher Wortley	Cyndi Wang
4.	"Exclusively For You" (專屬せんぞく於你)	Linianhe (李り念ねん和わ) and Will Pan	Will Pan	Will Pan
5.	"After I Say I Love You" (說せつ愛あい妳以後ご)	Nylon Chen	Nylon Chen	Nylon Chen
6.	"Snore" (兩りょう小しょう無む猜版 version)		Will Pan	Instrumental
7.	"Snore" (調しらべ皮かわ幽かそけ默だま版ばん)		Will Pan	Instrumental
8.	"Every Time I Fall In Love" (痛やめ徹とおる心こころ扉とびら版ばんInstrumental)		Chen Wei Ling (陳ひね韋伶)	Instrumental
9.	"Every Time I Fall In Love" (浪漫ろうまん愛情あいじょう版ばん)		Chen Wei Ling (陳ひね韋伶)	Instrumental
10.	"Bump Bump" (愛あい意い親密しんみつ版ばん version)		Paul Drew, Greig Watts, Pete Barringer, Christopher Wortley	Instrumental
11.	"Bump Bump" (暖だん心しん幸福こうふく版ばん version)		Paul Drew, Greig Watts, Pete Barringer, Christopher Wortley	Instrumental
12.	"An Indescribable Taste" (Guitar Solo version)		Chen Qi Yue (陳ちん啟あきら樂らく)	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 綜藝王おう見み王おう; and DaAi TV's 幸福こうふく魔法まほう師し, 頂いただき坡角上じょう的てき家か, and 情じょう牽萬まん里り. The viewers survey was conducted by AGB Nielsen.

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	Best Ladykiller Award Zhang Pei Hua (張ちょう佩華)	Nominated
		Best Actress Award Cheryl Yang	Nominated
		Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Drama	Nominated

External links

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