Shia Wa Se (TV series) explained

Native Name:幸福不二家
Alt Name:Happiness Fujiya
Genre:Comedy, Romance
Director:Chen Xi Sheng 陳希聖
Starring:Bobby Dou 竇智孔
Mariko Okubo
Phoebe Huang 黃嘉千
Lo Pei-An 羅北安
Opentheme:No Longer Alone 不再怕寂寞 by Pets Tseng 曾沛慈
Endtheme:Single 一個人 by William Wei 韋禮安
Country:Republic of China (Taiwan)
Language:Mandarin
Hokkien
Japanese
Num Seasons:1
Num Episodes:14
Producer:Wang Yao Ci 王瑤慈
Wang Jia Wen 王家文
Location:Taiwan
Runtime:90 minutes
Channel:TTV
TVBS Entertainment Channel

Shia Wa Se is a 2016 Taiwanese comedy, romance television series. It is adaptation from one of nominated drama script on the 4th Television Scriptwriting Awards held by Ministry of Culture.[1] Starring Bobby Dou, Mariko Okubo, Phoebe Huang and Lo Pei-An as the main cast. Filming began on December 10, 2014 and wrapped up on March 23, 2015. First original broadcast began on January 29, 2016 on TTV airing every Friday night at 10:00–11:30 pm.

This drama was originally plan for total of 18 episodes but cut 4 episodes to total of 14 episodes after that.

Synopsis

Matsuzaka Bistro is a hot diner in Taiwan where people go for great homemade food and the welcoming atmosphere of a loving family that owns it. But it could all be a hoax! The sweet parents and their enthusiastic son and daughter are not even related to each other. The strangers met by coincidence when they each needed a new start in life and decided to become a family in order to open the restaurant. But is a true family born or made?

Cast

Main cast

Supporting cast

Cameos

Soundtrack

Broadcast

NetworkCountryAiring DateTimeslot
TTVJanuary 29, 2016Friday 10:00–11:30 pm
TVBS
Entertainment Channel
January 30, 2016Saturday 10:00–11:30 pm
Now EntertainmentOctober 14, 2016Monday to Friday 8:30–10:00 pm

Episode ratings

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

Air DateEpisodeAverage RatingsRank
Jan 29, 20161 0.61 3
Feb 5, 20162 2
Feb 12, 20163 3
Feb 19, 20164 0.60 3
Feb 26, 20165 0.65 3
Mar 4, 20166 0.63 4
Mar 11, 20167 0.75 4
Mar 18, 20168 0.76 4
Mar 25, 20169 0.57 4
Apr 1, 201610 0.55 4
Apr 8, 201611 0.48 4
Apr 15, 201612 0.49 4
Apr 22, 201613 4
Apr 29, 201614 0.55 4
Average ratings0.62

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.topwin.com.tw/102TSA/index_news_20130809.html#.VHxzrPmUdzU 102年度電視節目劇本創作獎入圍名單