My Family My Love
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Romance
| My Family My Love | |
|---|---|
| Chinese | 天下父母心 |
| Hokkien POJ | Thian-hā Hū-bió-sim |
| Genre | Family Romance |
| Directed by | Feng Kai Wu Meng-en Liu Jian-lu Lin Ying Long Zhen Yu Wei-de |
| Country of origin | Taiwan |
| Original language | Hokkien |
| No. of episodes | 350 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 120-150 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | SET Taiwan |
| Release | September 2, 2009 – November 10, 2010 |
My Family My Love (Chinese: 天下父母心; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thian-hā Hū-bió-sim) is a Taiwanese Hokkien television series that airs on SET Taiwan in Taiwan.[1]
Mao Song is an honourable and law - abiding country governor. In order to cover up his past extramarital affair, he is forced to sign an official document which goes against his conscience and sacrifices the rights of his people.
History
The television series' principal screenwriter is Lin Lingling (Chinese: 林齡齡).[2] The series filmed a scene at Dahu Park, where actress Athena Lee Yen, who had to go into the water 10 times for a scene, injured her knee while returning to shore.[3]
The cast members Chen Guan Lin and Athena Lee Yen received criticism for plagiarism of the Korean drama My Lovely Sam Soon in the My Family My Love theme song Long Huilian (Chinese: 龍慧戀).[4]
Reception
World Journal reported that netizens disparaged the television series for having "repeated dialogues in the drama as if they were beating a wall".[5]
Taiwan broadcast
As of June 2011[update], the show airs in Taiwan, country of origin of the drama every weeknight at prime time (20:00) with episodes which have ranged in length from 135 to 150 minutes including commercial advertisements. The producers received funding from the Government Information Office to produce the series in high definition.
The television series received an audience viewership rating of 4.86 on 3 November 2009, making it the most viewed drama in Taiwan. Its ratings that day were higher than the highly rated series Mom's House.[2]