Native Name: | 俏摩女搶頭婚 |
Alt Name: | Bad Romance 魔女搶頭婚 |
Genre: | Romance Comedy |
Creator: | TVBS |
Director: | Jim Wang 王傳宗 |
Starring: | Annie Chen River Huang Melvin Sia Nita Lei Yang Qing Gao Shan Feng |
Opentheme: | Bear Homie 熊麻吉 by 831 八三夭 |
Endtheme: | A Little Less Talent 少一點天份 by Shi Shi 孫盛希 |
Country: | Taiwan |
Language: | Mandarin |
Num Seasons: | 1 |
Num Episodes: | 15 |
Executive Producer: | Ke Ci-hui 柯慈輝 Wang Jia-Wen 王家文 Li Fang-yíng 李芳瑩 |
Producer: | Wang Pei-hua 王珮华 |
Location: | Taiwan |
Runtime: | 90 minutes |
Company: | TVBS Gu Jing Production 古鯨製作 |
Channel: | TVBS CTV |
Boysitter is a 2014 Taiwanese romantic-comedy television series created and produced by TVBS. Starring Annie Chen, River Huang, Melvin Sia as the main leads with Nita Lei, Yang Qing and Gao Shan Feng as the main supporting cast.[1] The original title literally translates to "Pretty Woman Grabs First Marriage". Filming began in August 2014 and wrapped up on November 16, 2014. First original broadcast began on December 6, 2014, on both TVBS and CTV, airing every Saturday night at 9:00-10:00 pm.
Six years ago Yuan Fei (Annie Chen) walks out on her immature longtime boyfriend Hao Jian Ren (River Huang), when he does not show up on their wedding day. Six years later the two meet again. Yuan Fei is now a career-driven single mother and also Jian Ren's senior at work. The two get entangled in a love triangle when playboy Wen Hao Ran (Melvin Sia) comes into the picture. Soon Yuan Fei must choose between her still immature ex-boyfriend Jian Ren or Hao Ran who might just be ready to settle down.[2]
During a plane ride home, Hao Jian Ren who is sitting in coach spots a tall statuesque woman in first class who resembles his ex-girlfriend. He lies to the flight attendant that he thinks the woman in first class is his long-lost sister and agrees to take the flight attendant out to dinner if she lets him go into first class to take a better look at the women. But as he is about to lift up the shades covering the mysterious woman's face, the plane is preparing to land and he is asked to return to his seat. The mysterious woman in first class is indeed his ex-girlfriend Yuan Fei, who walked out on him six years ago when he did not show up for their wedding.
Six years ago Fei pressures Jian Ren into marrying her by withholding sex if he does not agree. Jian Ren who is immature and thinking about himself only agreed to Fei's proposal with sex on the line. However, on their wedding day Jian Ren does not show up. Embarrassed and fed up with Jian Ren's immature behavior, Fei runs out on him without a word. However these six years Fei is still keeping tabs on Jian Ren through mutual friends who tells her about Jian Ren's dating life. The two meet again when she becomes his senior at work, but she is now a career driven women with a child.[3]
Boysitter Original TV Soundtrack (OST) | |
Type: | soundtrack |
Artist: | Various artists |
Released: | 5 December 2014 |
Genre: | Mandopop |
Language: | Mandarin |
Label: | Rock Records (TW) |
Boysitter Original TV Soundtrack (OST) (摩女搶頭婚 電視原聲帶) was released on December 5, 2014, by various artists under Rock Records (TW) record label. It contains 14 tracks total. The opening theme is track 1 "Bear Homie" (熊麻吉) by 831 八三夭, while the closing theme is track 2 "A Little Less Talent" (少一點天份) by Shi Shi 孫盛希.
Network | Country | Airing Date | Timeslot |
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CTV | December 6, 2014 (until January 31, 2015) | Saturday 10:00-11:30 pm | |
February 6, 2015 | Friday 10:00-11:30 pm | ||
TVBS | December 6, 2014 | Saturday 10:00-11:30 pm | |
E City | December 12, 2014 | Friday 10:00-11:30 pm | |
Competing dramas on rival channels airing at the same time slot were:
Air Date | Episode | Average Ratings | Rank | |
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December 6, 2014 | 1 | 0.53 | 1 | |
December 13, 2014 | 2 | 0.48 | 1 | |
December 20, 2014 | 3 | -- | -- | |
December 27, 2014 | 4 | 0.57 | 1 | |
January 3, 2015 | 5 | 0.52 | 1 | |
January 10, 2015 | 6 | 0.50 | 1 | |
January 17, 2015 | 7 | 0.69 | 1 | |
January 24, 2015 | 8 | 0.70 | 1 | |
January 31, 2015 | 9 | -- | -- | |
February 7, 2015 | 10 | |||
February 14, 2015 | 11 | |||
February 21, 2015 | 12 | |||
February 28, 2015 | 13 | |||
March 7, 2015 | 14 | |||
March 14, 2015 | 15 | |||
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