Dear My Friends (Chinese: 亲爱的她们) is a 2017 Chinese drama television series directed by Cui Liang and starring Song Dandan, Liu Lili, Vivian Wu, Zhu Yin, Yvonne Yung and Zhang Ruoyun.[1] The series is an adaptation of the 2016 South Korea television series Dear My Friends. The series premiered in China via iQiyi and Hunan Television starting December 10, 2017.[2]
Dear My Friends | |
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Also known as | Dear Them |
Traditional | 親愛的她們 |
Simplified | 亲爱的她们 |
Mandarin | Qīn'àidě Tāmēn |
Genre | Drama |
Based on | South Korea television series Dear My Friends |
Written by | Zhao Xin Yang Nannan Ma Jian Guo Shuang Li Dimin |
Directed by | Cui Liang |
Starring | Song Dandan Liu Lili Vivian Wu Zhu Yin Yvonne Yung Zhang Ruoyun |
Opening theme | Only Love by He Jie |
Ending theme | Dear My Friends by Liu Xin |
Country of origin | China |
Original language | Mandarin |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 41 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Li Zhanying |
Production location | Shenzhen |
Production companies | Dongyang Cultural Media Limited Company China Wit Media Co., Ltd. Juxing Tianxia Media Co., Ltd. |
Release | |
Original network | Hunan Television iQiyi |
First shown in | China |
Original release | December 10, 2017 (2017-12-10) – January 1, 2018 (2018-01-01) |
This drama describes the stories between Ma Weihua and her friends in their last years of life, people who say some words like "It is not the end, we're still alive".
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singers | Length |
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1. | "Only Love (《只因为爱》)" (Opening theme) | Li Ruoxi | Wang Zongxian | He Jie | |
2. | "Dear My Friends (《亲爱的她》)" (Ending theme) | Li Ruoxi | Wang Zongxian | Liu Xin | |
3. | "Anyhow (《无论如何》)" (Interlude) | Wang Zongxian | Wang Zongxian | Ye Yongxin | |
4. | "In My Own Hands (《由自己决定》)" (Interlude) | Li Ruoxi | Wang Zongxian | Jin Zhiwen | |
5. | "Time is Very Beautiful (《时间很美》)" (Interlude) | Mao Hui | Mao Hui | Ba Tu and Wang Sulong | |
6. | "When You Get Old (《当你老了》)" (Interlude) | Zhao Zhao | Zhao Zhao | Zhao Zhao | |
7. | "We are" (Interlude) | Mi Ya | Mi Ya | Mi Ya | |
8. | "If One Day (《如果有一天》)" (Interlude) | Liu Xin | Liu Xin | Liu Xin | |
9. | "Dawning Love-affair (《爱之初》)" (Interlude) | Wang Zongxian | Li Ruoxi | Li Ruoxi |
Dear My Friends was released on December 10, 2017 in China. As of December 26, the series has had 3 million plays via iQiyi.[3]
The drama received mixed reception. On Douban, the series has a score of 6.2 out of 10.[4]
Broadcast date | Hunan Satellite TV CSM52 City ratings[5] | ||
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Ratings (%) | Audience share (%) | Rank | |
2017.12.10 | 0.727 | 2.41 | 4 |
2017.12.11 | 0.915 | 3.26 | 3 |
2017.12.12 | 0.99 | 3.48 | 3 |
2017.12.13 | 0.915 | 3.28 | 4 |
2017.12.14 | 1.143 | 4.04 | 3 |
2017.12.15 | 0.742 | 2.363 | 4 |
2017.12.16 | 0.796 | 2.565 | 3 |
2017.12.17 | 0.971 | 3.121 | 6 |
2017.12.18 | 1.309 | 4.76 | 1 |
2017.12.19 | 1.353 | 4.89 | 1 |
2017.12.20 | 1.344 | 4.85 | 1 |
2017.12.21 | 1.315 | 4.73 | 1 |
2017.12.22 | 0.961 | 3.22 | 2 |
2017.12.23 | 1.001 | 3.32 | 1 |
2017.12.24 | 0.988 | 3.23 | 2 |
2017.12.25 | 1.208 | 4.29 | 1 |
2017.12.26 | 1.204 | 4.26 | 1 |
2017.12.27 | 1.27 | 4.42 | 1 |
2017.12.28 | 1.176 | 4.06 | 1 |
2017.12.29 | 0.974 | 3.143 | 3 |
2017.12.30 | 0.966 | 3.121 | 4 |
2018.1.1 | 1.117 | 3.82 | 3 |