It's a Wonderful Life (TV series)
It's a Wonderful Life 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 & Paige Chua as the casts of the series. 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.
The series is one of three drama serials to tie-in for 3rd-highest-rated drama serial in 2013, with an average viewership of 835,000, breaking the record set by Beyond. 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.Cast
Awards & Nominations
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 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''
Overseas broadcast
This drama is one of the first dramas to be broadcast exclusively in Malaysia after its first telecast of two weeks.| Country of Broadcast | Broadcasting Network | Debut | Finale | Preceded by | Followed by |
| Astro Shuang Xing | 6 February 2013 at 4.30pm, weekdays | 5 March 2013 | Beyond | C.L.I.F. 2 |