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| Alt Name: | The Sky WatcherTian Xun ZheSkyscanner | ||||||||||
| Genre: | Supernatural Time travel Romance | ||||||||||
| Creator: | Sanlih E-Television Netflix | ||||||||||
| Director: | Zhang Jinrong Chen Ronghui | ||||||||||
| Starring: | Mike He Ivy Shao Amanda Chou Johnny Yang Anson Chen Jane Cheng Roy Chang | ||||||||||
| Opentheme: | "Last Look 喂，再看我一遍" by MIXER | ||||||||||
| Endtheme: | "After a Thousand Years 千年以後" by Nine Chen | ||||||||||
| Country: | Taiwan | ||||||||||
| Language: | Mandarin | ||||||||||
| Num Episodes: | 20 | ||||||||||
| Producer: | Chen Muhan | ||||||||||
| Location: | Taiwan | ||||||||||
| Runtime: | 90 minutes | ||||||||||
| Channel: | TTV Main Channel Netflix SET Metro |
The Devil Punisher is a 2020 Taiwanese time travel and supernatural series. It stars Mike He, Ivy Shao, Amanda Chou, Johnny Yang, Anson Chen, Jane Cheng and Roy Chang as the main cast.[1] It is the second collaboration between Sanlih E-Television and Netflix, and is also the channel's flagship drama for the year. The drama is one of the 107 television shows that received 23 million New Taiwan dollars' worth of grants from the government.[2] Filming commenced on 20 February 2020 and wrapped on 12 July 2020. It was first broadcast on 25 October 2020.
A baker by day and demon fighter by night, Zhong Kui, a reincarnated deity must jog his amnesiac lover's memory of their millennium-long romance.[3]
| Network | Country | Airing Date | Timeslot |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTV Main Channel | 25 Oct 2020 | Sunday 10:00–11:30 pm | |
| 31 Oct 2020 | Saturday 10:00pm | ||
| SET Metro | Saturday 10:00–11:30 pm | ||
| Netflix | Worldwide | 26 Oct 2020 | Monday 00:00am |
Competing dramas on rival channels airing at the same time slot were:
| Air Date | Chapter | Average Ratings | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2020 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Nov 1, 2020 | 2 | 1.42 | 1 | |
| Nov 8, 2020 | 3 | 1.37 | 1 | |
| Nov 15, 2020 | 4 | 1.40 | 1 | |
| Nov 22, 2020 | 5 | 1.47 | 1 | |
| Nov 29, 2020 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Dec 6, 2020 | 7 | 1.67 | 1 | |
| Dec 13, 2020 | 8 | 1.63 | 1 | |
| Dec 20, 2020 | 9 | 1.41 | 1 | |
| Dec 27, 2020 | 10 | 1.59 | 1 | |
| Jan 3, 2021 | 11 | 1.60 | 1 | |
| Jan 10, 2021 | 12 | 1.27 | 1 | |
| Jan 17, 2021 | 13 | 1.48 | 1 | |
| Jan 24, 2021 | 14 | 1.26 | 1 | |
| Jan 31, 2021 | 15 | 1.36 | 1 | |
| Feb 7, 2021 | 16 | 1.31 | 1 | |
| Feb 14, 2021: Due to the Chinese New Year holidays, festive programmes will be aired instead. | ||||
| Feb 21, 2021 | 17 | 1 | ||
| Feb 28, 2021 | 18 | 1.31 | 1 | |
| Mar 7, 2021 | 19 | 1.40 | 1 | |
| Mar 14, 2021 | 20 | 1.54 | 1 | |
| Average ratings | 1.43 | |||