Mars vs Venus

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Mars vs Venus
Mars vs Venus.jpg
Poster
幸福双人床
GenreModern Romance, Drama
Created by刘佳岚
Written by洪夕、廖素馨
Directed by张龙敏、黄芬菲、郭慧琦
Starring Tay Ping Hui
Huang Biren
Pierre Png
Jesseca Liu
Opening theme"幸福双人床" by
Chew Sin Huey
Ending theme"Would You Be There" by
Redwan Ali
Country of origin Singapore
Original languageChinese
No. of episodes20
Production
Producer李宁强
Running timeapprox. 45 minutes
Release
Original network MediaCorp
Original releaseMay 1 (2007-05-01) 
May 28, 2007 (2007-05-28)
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Mars vs Venus (Simplified Chinese: 幸福双人床) is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp TV Channel 8. It made its debut on 1 May 2007 and ended its run on 28 May 2007. It was screened on every weekday night, 9pm. This drama serial consists of 20 episodes. The name of this show refers to the book Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray.

Contents

The theme of the drama is mainly to showcase the differences between the two sexes. The show consists of four different couples, each having relationship problems. They are played by, namely: Tay Ping Hui and Huang Biren, Pierre Png and Jesseca Liu, Cavin Soh and May Phua, Chen Tianwen and Aileen Tan.

This show is the third Highest Rated Drama Series for Year 2007.

Cast

Main cast

Supporting cast

CastRole
May Phua 潘淑卿Carmen
苏丽梅
Cavin Soh Hanns
吴国汉
Aileen Tan Li Yu Lian
李玉莲
Li Yinzhu Ya Yu
雅玉
Chen Tianwen Ni Kui Li (Ah Wu) (阿呜)
Le Yao
乐姚
Ai Mei
爱美
Ye Shi PinRen Chun
Damus Lim Jun Hao
林俊豪
Wen Wen
Regene Lim Yong Yi
林詠谊
Fang Fang

Synopsis

Steven (Tay Ping Hui) VS Wen Jing (Huang Bi Ren)

They got married in a haste because Wenjing was pregnant. Because of that, they were forced to stay together. Lack of understanding for each other, they are constantly arguing. Though there was constant arguing, they managed to keep their marriage going for 8 years and they have 1 daughter named Fang Fang, and 1 son named Wen Wen. Their marriage ends up in a divorce with the constant interference from Steven's mother (Li Yin Zhu), who hopes to find a better wife for her son in his ex-girlfriend, Aimei (Le Yao). After knowing that Aimei is a bad woman who abused Wen Wen, Steven decided to break up with Aimei once again and begs Wenjing for forgiveness and he hopes to go back to her. Would Wenjing forgive him?

Willian (Pierre Png) VS Zi Ling (Jesseca Liu)

William and Ziling are happy newly-weds who turned unhappy all too soon when reality sets in. A stay-home wife, Ziling became bored eventually while William refuses to let her go to work. Carmen, who is Ziling's best friend, then gets jealous of Ziling and decides to test their relationship by seducing William. Their marriage is further put to test when William gets to know that he is infertile (low sperm count), which would greatly reduce the chances of Ziling getting pregnant. Would their marriage be able to withstand the various problems posed?

Hanns (Cavin Soh) VS Carman (May Phua)

Carmen had a womanizer rich husband who died, while Hanns's fiancee eloped with another man while they were on honeymoon. Because of that, both had great distrust for the opposite sex and are often at loggerheads with each other, but soon get along with each other and became friends. They unwittingly fell in love but can they ever trust each other?

Yu Lian (Aileen Tan) VS Ah Wu (Chen Tian Wen)

Forty-year-old Yu Lian is the boss of a dessert shop, Yu Lian's Dessert Shop while Ah Wu is a big boss of the Pavi brand shoe company. Yu Lian has only had a single time of love life in her whole life. As such, Yu Lian is always envious of women who have plenty of boyfriends around them. Little did she know that Ah Wu is a secret admirer of her, until it was a little too late...

Awards and nominations

This drama had received the most number of nominations in the Star Awards 2007, which was a total of 6 nominations. Metamorphosis 破茧而出, Like Father, Like Daughter 宝贝父女兵, The Homecoming 十三鞭 & The Peak 最高点

Star Awards 2007 Awards and Nominations

Awards
CategoryRecipients (if any)Result
Best Screenplay Award 最佳剧本Won
Best Director Award 最佳导演Chong Liung ManWon
Young Talent Award 青平果奖Damus Lim 林俊豪Nominated
Best Actor 最佳男主角 Tay Ping Hui 郑斌辉Nominated
Best Actress 最佳女主角 Huang Biren 黃碧仁Nominated
Best Supporting Actor 最佳男配角 Cavin Soh 苏梽诚Nominated
Best Supporting Actress 最佳女配角May Phua 潘淑钦Won
Best Drama Serial 最佳电视剧Nominated

Asian Television Awards 2007 nomination

Awards
CategoryRecipients (if any)Result
Best Actress 最佳女主角 Huang Biren Nominated

Viewership ratings

This drama series has recorded one of the highest viewership ratings of Year 2007 to date. Ranking at 3rd position for Year 2007.

WeekEpisodeDateAverage Number of audience in 5 weekdays

(Round off to nearest thousand)

Week 1Episodes 1 to 41 May 2007 to 4 May 2007616, 000
Week 2Episodes 5 to 97 May 2007 to 11 May 2007656, 000
Week 3Episodes 10 to 1414 May 2007 to 18 May 2007703, 000
Week 4Episodes 15 to 1921 May 2007 to 25 May 2007751, 000
Last episodeEpisode 2028 May 2007842, 000 (Peaking at 1.02 million)

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