My Dear Boy

My Dear Boy
Promotional poster
Also known asMy Boy
Traditional Chinese我的男孩
Simplified Chinese我的男孩
Hanyu PinyinWǒ De Nán Hái
GenreRomance
Written byMag Hsu (徐譽庭)
Directed byHsu Fu-chun (徐輔軍)
Starring
Ruby Lin
Opening theme溫柔的奇蹟 - FanFan
Ending theme不需要知道- William Wei
Country of originTaiwan
Original languageMandarin
No. of episodes20
Production
ProducersRuby Lin
Lisa Tan
Production locationTaiwan
Running time90 minutes (per episode)
Production companiesRuby Lin Studio
Gala Television
Original release
NetworkTTV Main Channel
GTV
ReleaseDecember 22, 2017 (2017-12-22) –
May 11, 2018 (2018-05-11)
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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]

Plot

It 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

Main cast

Supporting cast

  • 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

Production

A press conference for the series was held in Taipei, Taiwan, on 31 May 2017.[4] Filming ended on 19 October 2017.[5]

Soundtrack

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

Competing dramas on rival channels airing at the same time slot were:
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

  1. ^ Archie Kao stars in Ruby Lin's "My Boy". Yahoo. June 3, 2017.
  2. ^ Ruby Lin to produce and star in new drama, "My Boy". SG Yahoo. March 14, 2017.
  3. ^ 林心如《我的男孩》殺青 最爽睡到自然醒. Appledaily. October 20, 2017.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 林心如殺青爽送萌T 張軒睿不捨離開想哭哭. Mingweekly. October 20, 2017.