The Masked Lover (TV series)

*The Masked Lover*
The Masked Lover
	Promotional poster
	我的愛情不平凡
Genre	Romance; Comedy
Created by	Sanlih E-Television
Written by	Zhang Fang Ying 張芳瑛 (Screenwriter coordinator) ; Shao Hui Ting 邵慧婷 (Ep. 1-2) ; Ma Qian Dai 馬千代 (Ep. 4-19)
Directed by	Zhang Jin Rong 張晉榮
Starring	Weber Yang; Mini Tsai; Kurt Chou; Genie Chen
Opening theme	My Extraordinary Love 我的愛情不平凡 by Lin Yu-pin
Ending theme	I’m Burning by Ian Chen
Country of origin	Taiwan
Original language	Mandarin
No. of episodes	19
Production
Producer	Cheng Chih-wei
Production location	Taiwan
Running time	90 minutes
Production companies	Sanlih E-Television; Dasiang Communication Co., Ltd. ; Hong Dou Communication Co., Ltd.
Original release
Network	TTV; SET Metro
Release	26 March –; 30 July 2017
Related
	Behind Your Smile; Memory Love;

The Masked Lover (Chinese: 我的愛情不平凡; pinyin: wǒ de àiqíng bù píngfán; literally "My Extraordinary Love") is a 2017 Taiwanese romantic-comedy television series created and produced by Sanlih E-Television. Starring Weber Yang, Mini Tsai, Kurt Chou and Genie Chen as the main cast.^[1]^[2]^[3] Filming began on February 20, 2017 and wrapped up on July 17, 2017. First original broadcast on TTV every Sunday at 10:00 pm started March 26, 2017, with the last of the 19 episodes airing on July 30, 2017.^[4]^[5]

Cast

Main cast

Weber Yang as Gu Le Jun
Mini Tsai as Wu Ping Fan / Wu Ping An
- Rose Qiu as young Ping Fan
- Melody Qiu as young Ping An
Kurt Chou as Zhao Tian Xing
Genie Chen as Gu Jing Xuan

Supporting cast

Lin Yu-pin as He Mi Qi
Deyn Lee as Li Da Qiang (Xiao Zhi)
Chiung-Tzu Chang as Ye Feng Jiao
Chang Fu-chien as captain
Fu Lei as Gu Zheng Yi
Hui Hsiao as Wang Yu Ling
Elten Ting as Wang Hui Lan
Paul Hsu as Ceng Guo Hao
Calvin Lee as Zhuang Jing Fan
Knox Chen as Ah Liang
Yue-Feng Wang as Xiao Min Qian (Hei Biao)
Zhuang Xin Yu as Wu Xiao Jing
Lung Shao-hua as Rong Fu Xiong
Ed Chan as Da Fei

Special appearances

Frankie Huang as Ah Gou
Wang Dao-Nan as He Jian Min
Wu Kang-jen as Huo Ting En
Enson Chang as Jiang Sheng Xi
Huang Xin Di as Li Wan Yu

Soundtrack

My Extraordinary Love 我的愛情不平凡 by Lin Yu-pin 阿喜
I'm Burning by Ian Chen 陳彥允
Dream Lover 夢中情人 by Ian Chen 陳彥允
Lonely Planet 寂寞星球 by Ian Chen 陳彥允
Adventure Novel 冒險小說 by Ian Chen 陳彥允
Being Happy to the Point of Impossibility 快樂到不可能的事 by Lin Yu-pin 阿喜
Love & Hug 你的擁抱 by JR 紀言愷 & Lin Yu-pin 阿喜
Sparkling Fireworks I Love You 煙火燦爛我愛你 by JR 紀言愷

Broadcast

Network	Country	Airing Date	Timeslot
TTV	Taiwan	March 26, 2017	Sunday 10:00-11:30 pm
SET Metro	Taiwan	April 1, 2017	Saturday 10:00-11:30 pm
TVB Chinese Drama	Hong Kong	May 20, 2017	Saturday 1:00-2:30 pm
Astro Shuang Xing	Malaysia	August 21, 2017	Monday to Friday 4:00-5:00 pm
Hub E City	Singapore	September 24, 2017	Sunday 9:30-11:00 pm
TVB Chinese Drama	Hong Kong	June 20, 2020	Saturday 6:00-8:30 am
UNTV	Philippines	This 2020	TBA

Episode ratings

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

FTV - She's Family, Far and Away, The Best of Youth
EBC Variety - The King of Romance, Love, Timeless
PTS - The Teenage Psychic
CTS - Doctors
CTV - Attention, Love!

Air Date	Episode	Average Ratings ^{[citation needed]}	Rank
Mar 26, 2017	1	1.02	2
Apr 2, 2017	2	1.11	2
Apr 9, 2017	3	1.22	2
Apr 16, 2017	4	1.34	1
Apr 23, 2017	5	1.38	1
Apr 30, 2017	6	1.12	2
May 7, 2017	7	1.24	2
May 14, 2017	8	1.05	2
May 21, 2017	9	1.02	2
May 28, 2017	10	1.25	1
Jun 4, 2017	11	1.06	2
Jun 11, 2017	12	1.12	1
Jun 18, 2017	13	1.26	1
Jun 25, 2017	14	1.01	1
Jul 2, 2017	15	1.01	1
Jul 9, 2017	16	1.09	1
Jul 16, 2017	17	1.18	1
Jul 23, 2017	18	1.28	1
Jul 30, 2017	19	1.46	1
Average ratings		1.17	--