Daddy Dearest (2016 TV series)

Daddy Dearest
超能老豆
Daddy Dearest official poster
Also known as Super Daddy
爸B有話兒
Daddy Has Something to Say
Genre Modern, Comedy, Family
Created by Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited
Written by Lo Mei-wan
Starring Johnson Lee
Jason Chan Chi-san
Mandy Wong
Carat Cheung
Candice Chiu
Pat Poon
Alice Chan
Jerry Ku
Theme music composer Alan Cheung
Opening theme Daddy (爸爸) by Hubert Wu
Country of origin Hong Kong
Original language(s) Cantonese
No. of episodes 20
Production
Executive producer(s) Catherine Tsang
Producer(s) Poon Ka-tak
Production location(s) Hong Kong
Editor(s) Lo Mei-wan
Camera setup Multi camera
Running time 45 minutes
Production company(s) TVB
Release
Original network Jade
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
Original release 1 August (2016-08-01) – 26 August 2016 (2016-08-26)
Chronology
Preceded by Between Love & Desire
Followed by Brother's Keeper II
External links
Website
Daddy Dearest
Traditional Chinese 超能老豆
Simplified Chinese 超能老豆
Cantonese Yale Chīunàng Lóuhdauh
Literal meaning "Super Daddy"

Daddy Dearest (Chinese: 超能老豆; literally "Super Daddy") is a 2016 Hong Kong modern family comedy television drama produced by Poon Ka-tak for TVB, starring Johnson Lee, Jason Chan Chi-san and Mandy Wong as the main leads. It premiered on August 1, 2016, airing every Monday to Friday on Hong Kong's TVB Jade, Malaysia's Astro On Demand and Australia's TVBJ channels during its 8:30-9:30 pm timeslot, concluding August 26, 2016 with a total of 20 episodes.

Synopsis

Ku Tse-keung (Johnson Lee) is an absentee father who boasts to his son, Ku Tui-nam (Marcus Lo), his busy life because of his important business meetings and huge deal making. However, Tse-keung is really just an ordinary real-estate agent who cares more about work than spending time with his son. His work is so important to him that he would rather cancel his parental visits with Tui-nam and use his personal time to socialize with his boss. Tse-keung's inability to keep promises to his son has left him in a strained relationship with his ex-wife and her fiance who have to make excuses to spare Tui-nam from disappointment. When his ex-wife leaves Hong Kong to get married and go on a honeymoon, Tui-nam is left in Tse-keung's care for an extended period of time. Jealous that his son is growing closer to his new step-father, Tse-keung takes the task of being a responsible father seriously. However, not being used to taking care of his son has left Tse-keung often overlooking his son's needs and feelings.

After seeing his client Ophelia Chu Lei-fa (Mandy Wong), who is a teacher at a learning center, teach Tui-nam how to do homework, Tse-keung decides to enroll Tui-nam in Ophelia's learning center instead of having Tui-nam tag along with him to work. When Ophelia and her landlord find out Tse-keung had doctored their rental lease in order to complete a sale, they file a complaint against Tse-keung. Due to his underhanded actions to complete a sale Tse-keung's real-estate license is suspended for 6 months. While under suspension, Tse-keung notices Ophelia's learning center struggling because she is too nice to her students by refusing to charge extra for overtime and collect tuition when a student cannot pay. After a teaching staff quits and threatens to take the learning centre's students with her, Ophelia asks Tse-keung, who is business minded, to advise her on how to save the learning center. Tse-keung instead suggests he become a business partner at her learning center. In exchange Ophelia advises Tse-keung on how to be a caring parent to Tui-nam, who she notices is often neglected due to his independence.

Marius Seung Nim-shu (Jason Chan) is also an absentee father, but unlike Tse-keung, his long business trips take him away from his family. As an architect, his career takes him away from his family for months. However, he is always thinking of his family and can't wait to get back to them. Even though he is a loving dad to his kids, Marius's hectic work life causes him to miss out on important events in his children's life and getting both his daughter, Seung Yee, and son, Seung Yi, birthdays mixed up. After being lectured by his academic minded father, Marius becomes concerned for his son's (who is entering elementary school soon) academics. Marius requests time-off from work, but his boss depends on him and refuses to allow him any time-off, even suggesting Marius take his entire family with him on his next business trip. Feeling his son is more important, Marius quits his job and decides that for the next 6 months he will concentrate solely on finding the right school for his son.

Tse-keung and Marius first meet when the two fight for the same robotic toy for their sons. The two meet again when Marius joins Ophelia's learning center as a part-time tutor in order to help his son.

Cast

Ku family

Ku Tui-nam's father and Bella Fung Yuet-na's ex-husband. He is a real-estate agent and is the top salesman at his branch because he is very dedicated to his work and he uses underhanded tactics to steal accounts from other salesmen at his branch. He looks after his son for an extended period of time when his ex-wife gets remarried. Due to doctoring a lease agreement without the homeowners consent, his real-estate license is suspended for six month. Unable to find work he decides to invest in Ophelia's struggling learning center.
  • Marcus Lo as Ku Tui-nam (谷莜楠)
Ku Tse-keung and Bella Fung Yuet-na's young son. He is left in extended care of his father when his mother marries her new husband, Pacino. Living with his father, he has to learn to fend for himself since his father is not used to caring for him and does not understand his needs.
Ku Tse-keung's father. Ku Tui-nam's grandfather. Chan May-lin's husband.
Ku Seun-chiu's much younger second wife. Ku Tse-keung's step-mother.

Chu family

Ophelia Chu Lei-fa's older sister. She is the CEO of their learning centers and goes from city to city to opening new learning centers without realizing their business is struggling.
Judy Chu Lei-san's younger sister. She manages her older sister's Hong Kong learning center. She meets Ku Tse-keung when he is the real-estate agent that shows her an apartment for rent. Integrity is very important to her and she shows Tse-keung how to be a better person when he is in the presence of his son, Tui-nam.

Seung family

Marius's father. Carrie Ho Lok-ti's father in-law. Seung Yee's and Yi's grandfather. He is a retired Chinese Medical physician. Academics is very important to him. Wanting his grandson Yi to get into a good elementary school he gets a job at that school in hope that his connections will get his grandson in.
Seung Sun's son. Carrie Ho Lok-ti's husband. Seung Yee's and Yi's father. He is a successful architect. His career takes him away from his family for extended periods making him often miss out on important events in his children's life. Worried about his son, Yi, he quits his job to concentrate on making sure his son gets into a good school.
Marius's wife. Seung Yee's and Yi's mother. Seung Sun's daughter in-law. She is a former Physical Therapist who gave up her career in order to care for her children and look after the home due to her husband's demanding job.
Marius's and Carrie's first born child. Seung Sun's granddaughter. Yi's older sister. She is academically smart and receives praises from her grandfather. Her family nicknames her Ah Yut (which means "one" in Cantonese).
  • Chan Pak-hei as Seung Yi (常懿)
Marius's and Carrie's younger child. Seung Sun's grandson. Yee's little brother. He is shy and an introvert. He is not as academically smart and is often compared to his sister. His family nicknames him Ah Ye (which means "two" in Cantonese).

Learning Center staff

A teacher at Ophelia's leaning center. Aware of the learning center's struggles she quits her job and steals the students to open her own learning center. After getting into problems with her new boss, she becomes unemployed and begs Judy Chu Lei San to give her another chance to work at their center. Having pity because she has to care for her little child, Judy agrees to rehire.

Real-estate staff

Ku Tse-keung's best friend and work colleague. Sek Dong is the worst real-estate agent at his branch. Sek Dong depends on Tse-keung's completed sales contracts, which Tse-keung passes to his friend, to survive at work.
The boss of the real-estate firm Tse-keung works at. He is friendly and nice to Tse-keung until Tse-keung's real-estate license is suspended.
Tse-keung's work rival and enemy at the same real-estate firm. Tse-keung often mocks her because she has to leave work early or on time to care for her child. He also steals her accounts when she is not at the office. She takes over all of Tse-keung's accounts when his real-estate license is suspended.
Tse-keung's immature work colleague. He is nicknamed Kwok Fu-sing (郭富城; Hong Kong singer Aaron Kwok's Chinese name) because of his resembles to the singer.
Tse-keung's other immature work colleague.

Physical Therapy center

Extended cast

Ku Tse-keung's ex-wife. Ku Tui-nam's mother. Pacino's newly wed wife. Due to getting married and honeymooning she has to leave her son with her ex-husband for an extended period of time. She and Tse-keung have a strained relation because he is unable to keep his promises to their son. Being used to Tse-keung's unreliable behavior she tests him and waits for him to fail at taking care of their son.
Bella Fung Yuet-na's newly wed husband. Ku Tui-nam's new step-father. Ku Tse-keung doesn't like him and nicknames him Bat-chi-lo (白痴佬; "idiot" in English and Chinese homphone to the pronunciation of his name). Due to Tse-keung always being absent from Tui-nam's life, Pacino has had to take over as a father figure to Tui-nam, which Tse-keung becomes aware of and becomes jealous of.
Marius' ex-secretary. She renews her contact with Marius and gets Ku Tse-keung to wrongly think Marius is having a secret affair behind the family's back. She just wants attention because her marriage is not loving and unique. She does not care that her child is very young and tries to commit suicide, but Marius and Tse-keung save her.
Ku Tse-keung's former real-estate client. Owner of an import logistic company. When Tse-keung's real-estate license is suspended and Tse-keung is out of work Rocky hires him as a shipment delivery person.
Ophelia's landlord. Ku Tse-keung's client who filed a complaint against him because Tse-keung doctored her rental lease agreement between her and Ophelia.

Development

Daddy Dearest main cast at the costume fitting ceremony, on August 5, 2015.
  • The costume fitting ceremony was held together on August 5, 2015 at 12:30 pm Tseung Kwan O TVB City Studio One.[1]
  • The blessing ceremony was held on September 22, 2015 at 2:30 pm Tseung Kwan O TVB City Studio sixteen.[2]
  • Daddy Dearest was originally scheduled to premiere on March 28, 2016 to take over TVB's 8:30-9:30 pm timeslot following after Short End of the Stick. The broadcast schedule was changed two weeks before the drama was to premiere with The Last Healer In Forbidden City premiering on March 28, 2016. Daddy Dearest was then pushed back to premiere after The Last Healer In Forbidden City on April 25, 2016.
  • Due to concerns with ratings, Daddy Dearest was pushed back further with My Dangerous Mafia Retirement Plan premiering on April 25, 2016 and Presumed Accidents premiering on May 30, 2016.
  • In June 2016, the series was pushed back for the fourth time to air on August 1 during TVB's 2016 Amazing Summer. The Chinese title was also changed from 爸B有話兒; literally "Daddy Has Something to Say" to 超能老豆; literally "Super Daddy".[3]

Viewership ratings

Timeslot (HKT) # Week Episode(s) Average points Peaking points
Mon – Fri
(8:30-9:30 pm)
20:30–21:30		 1 01 – 05 Aug 2016 1 – 5 24 30
2 08 – 12 Aug 2016 6 – 10 22
3 15 – 19 Aug 2016 11 – 15 21
4 22 – 26 Aug 2016 16 – 20 23
Total average22.5

International broadcast

Network Country Airing Date Timeslot
Astro On Demand MalaysiaAugust 1, 2016Monday – Friday 8:30 – 9:15 pm
TVBJ AustraliaAugust 1, 2016Monday – Friday 7:15 – 8:15 pm
Starhub TV SingaporeOctober 3, 2016Monday – Friday 8:00 – 9:00 pm

Awards and nominations

Year Ceremony Category Nominee Result
2016 StarHub TVB Awards[4] My Favourite TVB Male TV Character Johnson Lee Nominated
Jason Chan Nominated
My Favourite TVB Theme Song "Daddy" by Hubert Wu Nominated
TVB Star Awards Malaysia My Favourite TVB Actress in a Supporting Role Candice Chiu Nominated
My Favourite Top 15 TVB Drama Characters Johnson Lee Nominated
Jason Chan Nominated
Candice Chiu Nominated
TVB Anniversary Awards Best Series Daddy Dearest Nominated
Best Actor Johnson Lee Nominated
Most Popular Series Song "Daddy" by Hubert Wu Nominated

References

  1. ↑ 《爸B有話兒》 "Daddy Has Something to Say" Costume Fitting. Retrieved March 31, 2016
  2. ↑ 黃智雯拒閃婚造人看天意 mingpao.com(in Chinese) Retrieved March 31, 2016
  3. ↑ Johnson Lee is not worried about the broadcasting of Daddy Dearest series will be delay again. Retrieved June 24, 2016
  4. ↑ StarHub TVB Awards 2016 Nominations. Retrieved September 10, 2016
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