Apple in Your Eye (Chinese: 妹妹; pinyin: Mèimei) is a 2014 Taiwanese television series. The series was produced by Qinai Studio Ltd. It stars Lan Cheng-lung, Amber An, Christina Mok [zh] and An He as the main leads. It was first aired on August 8, 2014 on TTV Main Channel after Prince William. The 13th and final episode aired on November 7, 2014.

Apple in Your Eye
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Also known as妹妹
Written byMag Hsu [zh]
Directed byChen Rong Hui
StarringLan Cheng-lung
Amber An
Christina Mok [zh]
An He
Opening themeGone (走了) by Luan Tan A Xiang [zh]
Ending themeNew home (新宿) by Amber An
Country of originTaiwan
Original languageMandarin
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Production locationTaiwan
Running time90 minutes
Original release
NetworkTTV Main Channel
Release8 August (2014-08-08) –
31 October 2014 (2014-10-31)

Synopsis

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The Zhou family has high hopes in giving birth to a son, but was disappointed when Zhou Ji Wei was born a girl, making her the third daughter in line. Because she was a disappointment to the family, she was only ever given hand me downs from her sisters. She felt no love from her family, but luckily she feels the love of a family from her neighbor especially Dai Nai Nai. There she meets her 'brother' Dai Yao Qi and follows him around trying to be the best sister ever, however he has never wanted to have a sister. As she tries her best to be close to him as his sister, she slowly realizes the feelings she holds for him are not love for a brother but something more.[citation needed]

Cast

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Main cast

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Extended cast

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  • Wu Ding Qian as A Bin
  • Lai Pei Ying as Zhou Ji Xuan
  • Patty Wu as Chou Chi-ju
  • Li Zheng Da as Li Zheng
  • Zhou Ming Fu as A Guang
  • Zhang Ting Hu as Xiao Se
  • Liu Lu Cun as Xiao Suang
  • Yang Xiao Jun as Xiao Feng
  • Bamboo Chen as Chou Chi-ju's fiancé
  • Lin Mei-hsiu as Mei
  • Winnie Chang as A&Z employee
  • Hsia Ching Ting
  • Phoebe Huang
  • Wu Ding Qian
  • Ding Ye Tian
  • Jag Huang as San-mi (Chou Kuan-hsiung)
  • Zhong Xin Ling

Broadcast

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Channel Country Broadcast date Timeslot
TTV/TTV HD   Taiwan August 8, 2014 Friday 10:00-11:30 pm
GTV August 9, 2014 Saturday 10:00-11:30 pm
8TV   Malaysia August 9, 2014 Saturday 6:30-8:00 pm
Channel U   Singapore August 30, 2014 Saturday 9:00-11:30 pm
KTSF   United States December 2, 2014 Monday to Friday 9:00-10:00 pm
TVB Korean Drama   Hong Kong January 8, 2015 Monday to Friday 12:30-1:30 pm
LA18 TV   United States January 18, 2015 Monday to Friday 09:00-10:00 pm
Asia Dramatic TV   Japan March 21, 2015
TVBS   Taiwan March 25, 2015 Monday to Friday 20:00-21:00 pm

Episode ratings

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Competing dramas on rival channels airing at the same time slot were:

Air Date Episode Average Ratings Rank
August 8, 2014 1 0.82 4
August 15, 2014 2 0.60 4
August 22, 2014 3 0.84 4
August 29, 2014 4 0.82 4
September 5, 2014 5 0.89 4
September 12, 2014 6 1.05 4
September 19, 2014 7 0.87 4
September 26, 2014 8 0.90 4
October 3, 2014 9 0.86 4
October 10, 2014 10 1.30 2
October 17, 2014 11 1.13 2
October 24, 2014 12 1.24 2
October 31, 2014 13 1.29 2
Average ratings 0.97

Awards and nominations

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Year Ceremony Category Nominee Result
2015 50th Golden Bell Awards Best Television Series Apple in Your Eye Nominated
Best Actor Lan Cheng-lung Won
Best Directing Chen Rong Hui Nominated
Best Writing Mag Hsu [zh] Nominated

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