Dear My Friends (Chinese TV series) explained

Alt Name:	Dear Them
Native Name:	Child: yes Hide: no Header: none T: 親愛的她們 S: 亲爱的她们 P: Qīn'àidě Tāmēn
Genre:	Drama
Based On:	South Korea television series Dear My Friends
Director:	Cui Liang
Starring:	Song Dandan Liu Lili Vivian Wu Zhu Yin Yvonne Yung Zhang Ruoyun
Opentheme:	Only Love by He Jie
Endtheme:	Dear My Friends by Liu Xin
Country:	China
Language:	Mandarin
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	41
Executive Producer:	Li Zhanying
Location:	Shenzhen
Company:	Dongyang Cultural Media Limited Company China Wit Media Co., Ltd. Juxing Tianxia Media Co., Ltd.
Channel:	Hunan Television iQiyi

Dear My Friends is a 2017 Chinese drama television series directed by Cui Liang and starring Song Dandan, Liu Lili, Vivian Wu, Zhu Yin, Yvonne Yung and Zhang Ruoyun.^[1] The series is an adaptation of the 2016 South Korea television series Dear My Friends. The series premiered in China via iQiyi and Hunan Television starting December 10, 2017.^[2]

Synopsis

This drama describes the stories between Ma Weihua and her friends in their last years of life, people who say some words like "It is not the end, we're still alive".

Cast

Main

• Song Dandan as Ma Weihua, landlady of a restaurant, divorced, Gu Jiayi's mother.
• Liu Lili as Shi Huizhen, a retired housewife.
• Vivian Wu as Qiu Ya, a celebrity.
• Zhu Yin as Yan Shunhua, Ma Weihua's friend.
• Yvonne Yung and She Muzi, landlady of a club.
• Zhang Ruoyun as He An'ning, a popular cartoonist. Gu Jiayi's boyfriend.

Supporting

• Jiang Yan as Gu Jiayi, Ma Weihua's daughter, He An'ning's girlfriend, an Internet writer.
• Du Yuan as Xu Jianshe, Shi Huizhen's husband.
• Qin Han as Song Shuhao
• Yan Minqiu as Ji Shuying
• Xu Li as Xu Jiawen
• Qian Yongchen as Jing Hao
• Wang Ce as Wang Weiguo
• Qiu Yueli as Fu Gui
• Qi Han as Ji Zijun
• Cheng Qimeng as Xiao Pan
• Yu Heng as Yu Deshui
• Shu Yaoxuan as Ma Shouyi
• Zhao Zhengyang as Guan Zhiqiang

Broadcast

Dear My Friends was released on December 10, 2017 in China. As of December 26, the series has had 3 million plays via iQiyi.^[3]

Reception

The drama received mixed reception. On Douban, the series has a score of 6.2 out of 10.^[4]

Ratings

• Highest ratings are marked in

red, lowest ratings are marked in blue

Broadcast date	Hunan Satellite TV CSM52 City ratings^[5]
	Ratings (%)	Audience share (%)	Rank
2017.12.10	0.727	2.41	4
2017.12.11	0.915	3.26	3
2017.12.12	0.99	3.48	3
2017.12.13	0.915	3.28	4
2017.12.14	1.143	4.04	3
2017.12.15	0.742	2.363	4
2017.12.16	0.796	2.565	3
2017.12.17	0.971	3.121	6
2017.12.18	1.309	4.76	1
2017.12.19	1.353	4.89	1
2017.12.20	1.344	4.85	1
2017.12.21	1.315	4.73	1
2017.12.22	0.961	3.22	2
2017.12.23	1.001	3.32	1
2017.12.24	0.988	3.23	2
2017.12.25	1.208	4.29	1
2017.12.26	1.204	4.26	1
2017.12.27	1.27	4.42	1
2017.12.28	1.176	4.06	1
2017.12.29	0.974	3.143	3
2017.12.30	0.966	3.121	4
2018.1.1	1.117	3.82	3

Notes and References

1. News: The new play is about to poke the screen out of the chin, and what time does Song Dandan's hard - to - be dry daughter come to stop her face . bestchinanews.com . 2017-12-15 .
2. News: http://ent.163.com/18/0101/10/D72CM9E5000380EN.html . zh:《亲爱的她们》今晚收官 闺蜜团最终结局引期待 . 163 . 2018-01-01 . zh.
3. News: http://ent.163.com/17/1226/16/D6JKDF7C00038793.html . zh:《亲爱的她们》网络播放量破3亿 口碑收视双丰收 . 163 . 2017-12-26 . zh.
4. Web site: 亲爱的她们 (豆瓣). 2020-06-27. movie.douban.com.
5. Web site: 电视剧收视率排行榜 收视率排行. 2020-06-27. zh-CN.