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It's a Wonderful Life (TV series)

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It's a Wonderful Life
好运到
GenreFamily
Dramedy
Chinese New Year
Written byLau Ching Poon 刘清盆
Cynthia Chong 张媚纭
Directed byLoo Yin Kam 卢燕金
Lin Mingzhe 林明哲
张慧盈
郭蕻仁
林美娜
StarringHa Yu
Lin Meijiao
Chen Liping
Huang Wenyong
Elvin Ng
Julie Tan
Paige Chua
Opening theme有时候 by Cavin Soh
Ending theme爱不胜防 by Cavin Soh and Ruth Kueo
好运到 by Cavin Soh
Country of originSingapore
Original languageChinese
No. of episodes20
Production
ProducerWinnie Wong 王尤红
Running timeapprox. 45 minutes
Original release
NetworkMediaCorp Channel 8
Release21 January (2013-01-21) –
15 February 2013 (2013-02-15)
Related
It's a Wonderful Life
Traditional Chinese好運到
Simplified Chinese好运到
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHǎo Yùn Dào

It's a Wonderful Life (Chinese: 好运到) is a Singaporean Chinese New Year 2013 drama. It was telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It stars Ha Yu, Lin Meijiao, Chen Liping, Huang Wenyong, Elvin Ng, Julie Tan and Paige Chua as the cast of the series. It made its debut on 21 January 2013 and consists of 20 episodes and was screened every weekday night at 9:00 pm. It was also Huang Wenyong's final drama.

Overview

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The plot revolves around Li and Hao families and several couples and deals with family and getting along with in-laws.

Episodes

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Episode Title Original airdate
1"Episode 1"21 January 2013 (2013-01-21) PG
2"Episode 2"22 January 2013 (2013-01-22) PG
3"Episode 3"23 January 2013 (2013-01-23) PG
4"Episode 4"24 January 2013 (2013-01-24) PG
5"Episode 5"25 January 2013 (2013-01-25) PG
6"Episode 6"28 January 2013 (2013-01-28) PG
7"Episode 7"29 January 2013 (2013-01-29) PG
8"Episode 8"30 January 2013 (2013-01-30) PG
9"Episode 9"31 January 2013 (2013-01-31) PG
10"Episode 10"1 February 2013 (2013-02-01) PG
11"Episode 11"4 February 2013 (2013-02-04) PG
12"Episode 12"5 February 2013 (2013-02-05) PG
13"Episode 13"6 February 2013 (2013-02-06) PG
14"Episode 14"7 February 2013 (2013-02-07) PG
15"Episode 15"8 February 2013 (2013-02-08) PG
16"Episode 16"11 February 2013 (2013-02-11) PG
17"Episode 17"12 February 2013 (2013-02-12) PG
18"Episode 18"13 February 2013 (2013-02-13) PG
19"Episode 19"14 February 2013 (2013-02-14) PG
20"Episode 20 (Finale)"15 February 2013 (2013-02-15) PG

Cast

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Cast Role Description Episodes Appeared
Ha Yu
Xu Bin (younger)
Hao Huixian 郝辉先 An ex-gambler 1–7, 9–20
Ha Yu
Aloysius Pang (younger)
Hao Huihuang 郝辉煌 Late twin brother of Huixian, moved to Canada. 2, 14 (younger)
Lin Meijiao Amy
Chen Daizhu 陈黛珠
Hao Huixian's wife
Suffered memory loss after Dimwit accidentally hit her head in ep 3
1–7, 9–20
Elvin Ng Gu Zhiji 顾志己
"Stone" 石头
A down and out artist.
Huixian's stepson, Amy's son married Ping'an in episode 20
1–2, 4–7, 10–20
Julie Tan Hao Ping'an 郝平安 Married Zhiji in episode 20
Huihuang's daughter, grows up in Canada
Returns to Singapore.
1–7, 13–20
Dennis Chew Bai Baoxiang (Carl Bei) 白宝乡 A property agent.
Resembles Nana's late husband. Xiaorou's wife
1–6, 8–20
Adeline Lim Wen Xiaorou 温小柔 Baoxiang's wife.
Works in Jewellery shop
2, 6, 8-
Zen Chong Li Siyuan 李思源 Tuition teacher
Isabella's husband
Li Yunshun's only son
1–6, 8, 9, 11–13, 15–20
Paige Chua Isabella
"1386"
Siyuan's wife 1, 3–6, 8, 9, 11–20
Huang Wenyong Li Yunshun 李运顺 Fan Wenxiang's husband 1–6, 8, 9, 11–13, 15–20
Chen Liping Fan Wenxiang 范文香 Li Yunshun's wife 1–6, 8, 9, 11–13, 15–20
Ivan Lo Li Tinghuan 李庭欢
"Huanhuan 欢欢"
Siyuan and Isabella's only son 1, 4, 8, 9, 11–20
Zhou Ying Zhong Jingyi 钟静宜 Works in a laundry industrial site.
Xiao Qi's girlfriend
2–4, 7, 9, 10
Desmond Tan Hao Fuqi 郝福齐
"Xiao Qi 小齐"
Huixian's son
A Celebrity
7, 9, 10
Brandon Wong Ma Lin Shu 马林竖
"Potato 马铃薯"
Xixi's husband 1–6, 8–10, 12, 14–20
Sora Ma Zhang Xixi 张细细 Potato's wife 1, 3–6, 8, 9
Wang Yuqing Dimwit 傻佬 A rag-and-bone man. 2–7, 12
Pamelyn Chee Nana 娜娜 A client of Baoxiang. 7–11
Wallace Ang Ken Nana's assistant who wants to blackmail Nana. 7, 11

Production

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Filming started on 23 Jul 2012 and is expected to end on 31 Oct 2012 possibly due to Beyond's early filming. Out-of-studio filming locations included Ang Mo Kio, Tiong Bahru, Commonwealth, Haw Par Villa, East Coast and Marina.

Trailers first screened on 9 Jan 2013.

The drama used a new credits roll, which will change in the next few dramas. Bloopers (without audio) are shown during the ending credits of each episode.

Initially, a sequel of Love Thy Neighbour was to be filmed and aired as the Chinese special but was scrapped as Chin would not be available due to her studies. This series, however, still featured a number of artistes who appeared on Love Thy Neighbour, including Ha Yu, Brandon Wong, Huang Wenyong, and Lin Meijiao, among others.

Release

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Broadcast

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It's a Wonderful Life aired in conjunction with Chinese New Year 2013.[1] It was the first drama to be broadcast exclusively in Malaysia after its first telecast of two weeks,[2] it debuted on Astro Shuang Xing on 6 February and ended its run on 5 March 2013.

Talkshow

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A talkshow, It's More Than A Wonderful Life, talking about Singapore's everyday lives was released. It is hosted by Guo Liang and Quan Yi Fong with appearances from the cast of the drama (Chen Liping, Paige Chua, Zen Chong, Dennis Chew and Brandon Wong).

Reception

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The series is one of three drama serials to tie-in for 3rd-highest-rated drama serial in 2013 (the other two are Break Free and The Journey: A Voyage), with an average viewership of 835,000,[3] breaking the record set by Beyond (with 834,000). Despite this, it has only two nominations for Star Awards 20.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Young starlets fall in for Ch8 drama, It's a Wonderful Life". xin.msn.com. 24 August 2012. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  2. ^ "It's a Wonderful Life on Astro Shuang Xing". Astro Television (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  3. ^ "C.L.I.F. 2 is 2013's most-watched Ch8 drama". xinmsn Entertainment. 17 February 2014. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
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