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It's a Wonderful Life (TV series)

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Opening theme
  
有时候 by Cavin Soh

Original language(s)
  
Chinese

Final episode date
  
15 February 2013

Language
  
Chinese

Country of origin
  
Singapore

First episode date
  
21 January 2013

Number of episodes
  
20

Genres
  
Family, Comedy-drama

Directed by
  
Loo Yin Kam 卢燕金(ep 1-4, 17-20)Lin Mingzhe 林明哲(ep 5-11)张慧盈(ep 12)郭蕻仁(ep 13)林美娜(ep 14-16)

Starring
  
Ha YuLin MeijiaoChen LipingHuang WenyongElvin NgJulie TanPaige Chua

Ending theme
  
爱不胜防 by Cavin Soh and Ruth Kueo好运到 by Cavin Soh

Similar
  
96°C Café, Unriddle 2, Beyond, Joys of Life, CLIF 2

It's a Wonderful Life (simplified 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 made its debut on 21 January 2013 and consists of 20 episodes and was screened on every weekday night at 9:00 pm. It was also Huang Wenyong's final drama before his death on 20 April 2013.

Contents

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, breaking the record set by Beyond (with 834,000). Despite this, it has only two nominations for Star Awards 20.

Story

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

Trivia

  • This drama will be aired in conjunction with Chinese New Year 2013.
  • Filming started on 23 Jul 2012 and is expected to end on 31 Oct 2012 possibly due to Beyond's early filming. Trailers first screened on 9 Jan 2013.
  • Out-of-studio filming locations included Ang Mo Kio, Tiong Bahru, Commonwealth, Haw Par Villa, East Coast and Marina.
  • Hong Kong actor Ha Yu's second local drama after Love Thy Neighbour. He will play two roles as twins, but not significant as they will be in separate places.
  • Initially, a sequel of Love Thy Neighbour was to be filmed and aired as the Chinese special but was scrapped as Felicia 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.
  • The drama uses a new credits roll, which will change in the next few dramas.
  • Bloopers (without audio) are shown during the ending credits of each episode.
  • Wang Yuqing will appear in some episodes due to his role in It Takes Two.

    • It's More Than A Wonderful Life

    It's More Than A Wonderful Life is a talkshow catered to Singaporeans' everyday lives. It is hosted by Guo Liang and Quan Yi Fong and the cast of the drama (Chen Liping, Paige Chua, Zen Chong, Dennis Chew and Brandon Wong) will appear as well.

    Overseas broadcast

    This drama is one of the first dramas to be broadcast exclusively in Malaysia after its first telecast of two weeks.

    References

    It's a Wonderful Life (TV series) Wikipedia
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