| Native Name: | 有愛一家人 |
| Genre: | Romance, Comedy, Family |
| Creator: | Sanlih E-Television |
| Director: | Lin Qing Zhen 林清振 Xie De Lin 謝德麟 |
| Starring: | Chris Wang 宥勝 Serena Fang 房思瑜 Jack Lee 李運慶 Amanda Chou 周曉涵 |
| Opentheme: | Don't Ask 不要問 by Della Ding Dang 丁噹 |
| Endtheme: | I'm Not Qualified 我沒資格 by Jia Jia 家家 |
| Country: | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Language: | Mandarin |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 72 |
| Producer: | Fang Xiao Ren 方孝仁 Xie Yi Sheng 謝益勝 |
| Location: | Taiwan |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
| Company: | Sanlih E-Television 三立電視 Golden Bloom Production Co., Ltd. 金牌風華影像製作公司 |
| Channel: | SETTV |
Love Family is a 2013-2014 Taiwanese romantic-comedy television series produced by Sanlih E-Television. The 72-episode series starred Chris Wang and Serena Fang as the main leads, with Jack Lee and Amanda Chou as the main supporting leads.[1] The Chinese title literally translates to "A Loving Family", which is in reference to the main female lead's character family. Filming took place from October 9, 2013 till January 29, 2014 and the series started airing while filming was still underway. First original broadcast began October 29, 2013 on SETTV channel airing weekly from Monday till Friday at 8:00-9:00 pm. The final episode aired on February 10, 2014.[2]
Rich heir Wan Sheng Ren has only 100 days to find a girl he briefly encountered when he was young that he calls "Little Angel" or else his parents will force him into an arranged marriage in order to inherit the family business. The problem with finding his "Little Angel" is he doesn't know her name or remember how to go to the place where he first met her since he was only seven then. One day he sees on television a family run inn with the same flower logo as the handkerchief "Little Angel" left for him. He heads out to find his "Little Angel", but when he arrives at the inn he is not sure who exactly is his "Little Angel", so he decides to apply for a job at the inn in order to try and figure that out.[3]
Wan Sheng Ren is the heir to the Wan Sing Hotel Group. Despite his family's wealthy background, he is a kind and gentle person who like to dress casually, open to trying regular everyday people food and not afraid to work hard. However being an only child his mother has made a rule that Sheng Ren must marry by the age of thirty in order to inherit the family business. Since he has no future wife prospect lined up, his mother offers to set him up on an arranged marriage. Not wanting to go through that process he ask his mother if he can find his "Little Angel", a little girl he met when he was young who tended to him after he scraped his knee, but he never got the chance to ask for her name or remember how to go back to the place where he met her. Only thing he has to remember her by is a handkerchief that she used to tend to his wound. By chance one day he sees on television a travel program covering a family run inn in the mountains that has the same logo as "Little Angel's" handkerchief. The next day he and his assistant Long Shi sets out to find his "Little Angel", when they arrive at the inn they encounter the unpleasant young lady Xu You Ai, that they had met the day before at the megamarket.
Xu You Ai is the oldest daughter of the Xu family and owns the Happy House Inn. She is frugal but can be unpleasant and demanding. She also wants to make the family inn successful by treating all the guess like part of her family when they stay there. She meets Wan Sheng Ren at the megamarket. The two start off at the wrong foot because of her competitive nature she thinks he is one of the shoppers trying to fight with her for the hourly store sale item. However, when the market announces a couples only contest to win 10 cases of instant ramen noodles, You Ai involuntarily has Sheng Ren be her partner in order to enter the contest. After winning the contest she only gives Sheng Ren six packets of noodles out of all the 10 cases they have won. When Sheng Ren is hired as a helping hand at the inn she works him to the bone in hard labor.
Not knowing who his "Little Angel" is Sheng Ren and Shi pretends to be answering the help wanted at the inn as helping hands to work at the inn and hide their true identities until they can figure out which young lady is his "Little Angel". Unpleasant and fierce oldest daughter Xu You Ai, soft-spoken middle daughter Xu You Qing who is also a mother, spoiled youngest daughter Xu You Meng who has a spending problem, and You Ai's best friend Zhang Yin Yin who is blunt and opinionated.[4]
Official Taiwan version of the drama DVD set comes in original Mandarin language and Chinese subtitles only.[5]
Malaysia version of the drama DVD set contains 18 disc with complete episodes 1 to 72, comes in original Mandarin language with Chinese, English and Malaysian subtitles.[6]
| Network | Country | Airing Date | Timeslot |
|---|---|---|---|
| SETTV | October 29, 2013 | Monday to Friday 8:00-9:00 pm | |
| ETTV | Monday to Friday 10:00-11:00 pm | ||
| Astro Quan Jia HD | November 18, 2013 | Monday to Friday 6:30-7:30 pm | |
| StarHub TV | December 5, 2013 | Monday to Friday 7:00-8:00 pm | |
| TVB J2 | April 21, 2014 | Monday to Friday 7:30-8:30 pm | |
| Air Date | Episodes | Weekly Average Ratings | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 29, 2013 – November 1, 2013 | 1-4 | 1.26 | 4 |
| November 4, 2013 – November 4, 2013 | 5-9 | 1.46 | 3 |
| November 11, 2013 – November 15, 2013 | 10-14 | 1.59 | 3 |
| November 18, 2013 – November 22, 2013 | 15-19 | 1.45 | 3 |
| November 25, 2013 – November 29, 2013 | 20-24 | 1.70 | 3 |
| December 2, 2013 – December 6, 2013 | 25-29 | 1.74 | 3 |
| December 9, 2013 – December 13, 2013 | 30-34 | 1.89 | 3 |
| December 16, 2013 – December 20, 2013 | 35-39 | 1.91 | 3 |
| December 23, 2013 – December 27, 2013 | 40-44 | 1.80 | 3 |
| December 30, 2013 – January 3, 2014 | 45-48 | 1.70 | 3 |
| January 6, 2014 – January 10, 2014 | 49-53 | 1.67 | 3 |
| January 13, 2014 – January 17, 2014 | 54-58 | 1.56 | 3 |
| January 20, 2014 – January 24, 2014 | 59-63 | 1.70 | 3 |
| January 27, 2014 – January 29, 2014 | 64-66 | 1.47 | 3 |
| February 3, 2014 – February 7, 2014 | 67-71 | 1.80 | 3 |
| February 10, 2014 | 72 | 2.78 | 3 |
| Average ratings | 1.72 | ||
No episode was aired on December 31, 2013 due to SETTV airing New Year's Eve countdown special show.
Episodes were not broadcast on January 30 and 31, 2014 due to SETTV airing Chinese New Year's special programing.
The 2013 Sanlih Drama Awards Ceremony were held on December 22, 2013 at Sanlih's headquarters and broadcasting studios at No. 159, Section 1, Jiuzong Rd, Neihu District Taipei City, Taiwan.[7]
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2013 Sanlih Drama Awards 華劇大賞 | Viewers Choice Drama Award | Love Family | |
| Best Actor Award | Chris Wang | |||
| Best Screen Couple Award | Chris Wang & Serena Fang | |||
| Best Child Actor Award | Eason Zhao | |||
| Most Popular Overseas Award | Chris Wang | |||
| Weibo Popularity Award | Chris Wang | |||
| China Wave Award | Chris Wang |