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 Will 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	Mandarin
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	70
Production
Producer	Liu Qiu Ping (劉秋平)
Production location	Taiwan
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Sanlih E-Television 三立電視 Golden Bloom 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 (2014-05-28) – 2 September 2014 (2014-09-02)
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)
• (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][deprecated source]} 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] 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.^{[5][deprecated source]}

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.^[6] She again took on the role of a mother,^[7] having previously starred as a single mother in the 2012 series Once Upon a Love.^[8] To prepare for the role, she spent time bonding with Dou Dou, who played her daughter in the series.^{[9][deprecated source]} 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.^{[10][deprecated source]}

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.^{[11][deprecated source]}

Broadcast[]

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 Will 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.^[17]

Track listing[]

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.^[18]

Awards[]

References[]

External links[]

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