Love Me or Leave Me (TV series)

Love Me Or Leave Me
我租了一個情人

Promotional poster for Love Me Or Leave Me
Also known as I Rented A Lover
Genre Romance
Created by Sanlih E-Television
Written by Ye Feng Ying 葉鳳英
Directed by Lin Qing Zhen 林清振
Starring Ann Hsu 許瑋甯
Chris Wang 宥勝
Opening theme Gave You 都給你 by Chris Wang 宥勝
Ending theme Happiness is like 幸福就好 by Soo Wincci 蘇盈之
Country of origin Republic of China (Taiwan)
Original language(s) Mandarin
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 16
Production
Producer(s) Fang Xiaoren 方孝仁, Rong Junyi 戎俊義
Location(s) Taiwan
Running time 120 minutes
Production company(s) SETTV
Release
Original network SETTV
Picture format SDTV（480i）
First shown in Republic of China (Taiwan)
Original release 8 November 2012 (2012-11-08) – 21 February 2013 (2013-02-21)
Chronology
Preceded by What Is Love (花是愛)
Followed by Big Red Riding Hood (大紅帽與小野狼)
External links
SETTV Official website

Love Me Or Leave Me (Chinese: 我租了一個情人; pinyin: Wo Zu Le Yi Ge Qing Ren) is a 2012 to 2013 Taiwanese idol romance drama television series created and developed by SETTV. It stars Ann Hsu, Chris Wang as the main leads with Albee Huang, Li Kang Yi and Alan Kuo as the supporting leads. Filming began on September 16, 2012 and finished on February 17, 2013. It began airing on SETTV ETTV on November 8, 2012. Final episode aired on February 21, 2013 with 16 episodes total for the original Taiwan broadcast and 29 episodes for the Mainland China and Hong Kong version.

Produced from the same team that produced SETTV 2011 to 2012 hit Taiwanese idol romance drama "Inborn Pair". Due to the success of SETTV previous romance drama "Inborn Pair" Sanlih decided to split their "Inborn Pair" leads Annie Chen and Chris Wang to film two different new romance dramas to be aired back to back.[1] Chris Wang was paired up with Ann Hsu to film "Love Me Or Leave Me". While Annie Chen was paired up with George Hu to film "Love, Now".

Synopsis

Ji Qing (Ann Hsu) has commitment issues because of her parents failed marriage and her father's infidelity. Even though she is in a stable and loving relationship with her longtime boyfriend Fang Hao Ming (Chris Wang), she hesitates when he talks about marriage. To test if Hao Ming will remain faithful to her, she hires Zhao Shan Shan (Albee Huang), to test if he will cheat on her. But Ji Qing plan seems to have backfired when Shan Shan seems to have fallen for Hao Ming for real.[2]

Cast

Main Cast

Supporting cast

Soundtrack

Production team

Double lens opening ceremony on September 16, 2012 for "Love, Now" and "Love Me Or Leave Me". From left to right: Annie Chen, George Hu, Ann Hsu and Chris Wang.

Produced from the same team that produced SETTV 2011 to 2012 hit Taiwan romance drama "Inborn Pair". Hoping to strike double rating success with their "Inborn Pair" leads, Annie Chen and Chris Wang was then split up to film two different new romance dramas to be aired back to back.[3] Chris Wang was paired up with Ann Hsu to film "Love Me Or Leave Me". While Annie Chen was paired up with George Hu to film "Love, Now". Both dramas started filming at the same time. "Love Me Or Leave Me" is Ann Hsu's first drama as the lead actress after many years of playing supporting roles in Taiwanese dramas.

Broadcast

Country/Region Channel Timeslot Episode premiere Episode finale Avg rating
Taiwan SETTV Friday 20:00 9 November 2012 22 February 2013 -
ETTV Thursday 22:00 8 November 2012 21 February 2013 -
Singapore StarHub TV VV Drama Sunday 22:00 26 November 2012 22 February 2013
Hong Kong J2 Monday to Friday 19:00 21 August 2013 5 September 2013
Malaysia Astro Quan Jia HD Monday to Friday 22:30 16 May 2013 31 May 2013

Episode ratings

[4][5]

EpisodeDate of BroadcastTTV RatingsSETTV RatingsETTV RatingsNotes
01 2012/11/08、11/09 0.51 1.21 0.52
02 2012/11/15、11/16 0.57 0.76 0.33
03 2012/11/22、11/23 0.32 1.09 0.25
04 2012/11/29、11/30 0.43 0.82 0.38
05 2012/12/06、12/07 0.43 0.57 0.29
06 2012/12/13、12/14 0.33 0.60 0.24
07 2012/12/20、12/21 0.27 0.62 0.24
08 2012/12/27、12/28 0.33 0.49 0.21
09 2013/01/03、01/04 0.34 0.72 0.23
10 2013/01/10、01/11 0.38 0.63 0.27
11 2013/01/17、01/18 0.45 0.87 0.36
12 2013/01/24、01/25 0.38 0.74 0.21
13 2013/01/31、02/01 0.44 0.54 0.30
14 2013/02/07、02/08
15 2013/02/14、02/15 0.38 0.70 0.32
16(End) 2013/02/21、02/22 0.42 0.95 0.42
Average Ratings - - - -

Awards

References

  1. ↑ (Chinese) Annie Chen Chris Wang libertytimes news Retrieved 2016-02-16
  2. ↑ (Chinese) Love Me Or Leave Me dramafever.com page Retrieved 2016-02-16
  3. ↑ (Chinese) Annie Chen Chris Wang libertytimes news Retrieved 2016-02-16
  4. ↑ 中時娛樂(Chinese)
  5. ↑ 凱絡媒體週報(Chinese)
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