Tiger Mom (TV series)

This article is about the Chinese TV show. For other uses, see Tiger mother (disambiguation).

Tiger Mom
Promotional poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	虎媽貓爸
Simplified Chinese	虎妈猫爸
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hǔmā, Māobà
Genre	Comedy drama
Written by	Li Xiao
Directed by	Yao Xiaofeng
Starring	Zhao Wei Tong Dawei
Country of origin	China
Original language	Mandarin
No. of episodes	45
Production
Production location	Beijing
Production company	New Classics Media
Original release
Network	Dragon TV, Tianjin TV
Release	3 May (2015-05-03) – 25 May 2015 (2015-05-25)

Tiger Mom
Traditional Chinese	虎 媽 猫 爸
Simplified Chinese	虎 妈 猫 爸
Literal meaning	Tiger Mother, Cat Father
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hǔmā, Māobà Wade–Giles Hu³ma¹, Mao¹pa⁴ Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Fu²maa¹, Maau¹baa¹

No.	Title	Singer	Length
1.	"Animal Forest (动物森林)" (Opening theme song)	Christine Fan
2.	"Tired (累)" (Ending theme song)	Wang Gun
3.	"Wont Return (不還)"	Claire Kuo
4.	"The Thousandth Tears (一千萬次的淚水)"	Miu Zhu

Reception

Salary & ROI

According to New Classic Media's IPO application, Zhao Wei's salary was 42.7925 million yuan, equally 1 million yuan per episode. And the ROI of the show was 300%. ^[3]

Controversy

After the series, Shanghai Pudong New District Court receiving a case that a man sued Zhao Wei because her stares were too intense in the series. ^[4] The man alleged that Zhao's stare caused him "spiritual damage". ^[5]

Ratings

• Highest ratings are marked in red, lowest ratings are marked in blue

Broadcast date [6]	Episode	Dragon TV CSM50			Tianjin TV CSM50
		Ratings (%)	Audience share (%)	Rank	Ratings (%)	Audience share (%)	Rank
May 3	1	0.711	2.159	4	0.696	2.112	5
May 4	2-3	1.012	2.954	3	0.664	1.944	5
May 5	4-5	1.136	3.325	2	0.686	2.019	4
May 6	6-7	1.072	3.153	2	0.759	2.24	3
May 7	8-9	1.120	3.266	2	0.867	2.551	3
May 8	10-11	1.308	3.676	1	0.786	2.207	3
May 9	12-13	1.125	3.182	1	0.671	1.895	3
May 10	14-15	1.228	3.525	2	0.872	2.501	3
May 11	16-17	1.269	3.572	2	0.889	2.512	3
May 12	18-19	1.185	3.573	2	0.791	2.383	3
May 13	20-21	1.263	3.805	2	0.800	2.402	3
May 14	22-23	1.232	3.626	2	0.793	2.237	3
May 15	24-25	1.336	3.86	1	0.782	2.235	3
May 16	26-27	1.165	3.41	2	0.708	2.055	5
May 17	28-29	1.395	4.007	2	0.797	2.286	4
May 18	30-31	1.437	4.418	2	0.881	2.621	3
May 19	32-33	1.480	4.442	2	0.822	2.456	3
May 20	34-35	1.470	4.398	2	0.754	2.253	4
May 21	36-37	1.439	4.27	2	0.880	2.608	3
May 22	38-39	1.636	4.745	1	0.925	2.65	3
May 23	40-41	1.712	5.025	1	0.903	2.635	3
May 24	42-43	1.747	5.186	1	1.047	3.095	3
May 25	44-45	1.828	5.414	1	1.1	3.258	3
Average ratings		1.37	-	-	0.82	-	-

Awards and nominations

Award	Category	Nominee	Result
11th National Top-Notch Television Production Award Ceremony [7]	Outstanding Television Series	Tiger Mom	Won
1st China Quality Television Drama Ceremony	Quality Grand Award		Won
	Audience Favorite TV Series (Dragon TV)		Won
	Most Commercially Valuable Actor	Tong Dawei	Won
19th Huading Awards	Best Director	Yao Xiaofeng	Won
	Top 10 Dramas	Tiger Mom	Won
17th Huading Awards	Best Director	Yao Xiaofeng	Nominated
	Best Screenwriter	Shen Jie	Nominated
	Best Actor	Tong Dawei	Won
	Best Actress	Zhao Wei	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Guo Kaimin	Won
	Best Producer	Huang Lan, Jing Lei	Won
	Top 10 Dramas	Tiger Mom	Won
13th Sichuan Television Festival	Best Actress	Zhao Wei	Nominated
10th China Audience Television Festival	Top Ten Favorite Television Series	Tiger Mom	Won
	Top Ten Favorite Actor	Zhao Wei	Won
20th Asian Television Awards	Best Actress		Nominated
	Best Actor	Tong Dawei	Nominated
22nd Shanghai Television Festival	Best Television Series	Tiger Mom	Nominated
	Best Director	Yao Xiaofeng	Nominated
	Best Writing	Shen Jie	Nominated
	Best Actress	Zhao Wei	Nominated
	Best Actor	Tong Dawei	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actress	Dong Jie	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Han Tongsheng	Nominated
6th Macau International Television Festival	Best Supporting Actress	Cui Xinqin	Won
7th China TV Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Dong Jie	Won
2nd Hengdian Film and TV Festival of China [8]	Best Television Series	Tiger Mom	Won

International broadcast

The series was picked up by Fox International Channels for global releases. ^[9]

• China - Dragon Television & Tianjin Television — 3 May 2015
• Hong Kong - STAR Chinese Channel & TVB (dubbed in Cantonese)
• Singapore - VV Drama & Mediacorp Channel 8
• Malaysia - Unifi & NTV7 - 2015
• Taiwan – STAR Chinese Channel & TVBS-G — 31 August 2015
• United States – Dish Network — 2015
• Canada – Rogers TV — 2015
• Thailand – TPBS - 31 May 2018
• Vietnam – HTV7 - September 17, 2015
• Indonesia – MyTV - 1 February 2019 (before My News Prime program)

References

1. "Tiger Mum or Cat Dad? Claws out over parenting styles". BBC News . May 28, 2015.
2. "Zhao Wei returns to TV as 'Tiger Mom'". Shanghai Daily.
3. 新丽招股书揭明星真实片酬 Archived 2019-01-17 at the Wayback Machine People.cn July 3, 2017
4. Man sues famous Chinese actress because she stares too intensely New York Daily News June 9, 2015
5. Chinese actress Zhao Wei sued for 'staring' at man through his TV set BBC News June 10, 2015
6. "电视剧收视率排行榜 | 收视率排行" (in Chinese (China)). Archived from the original on 2021-10-05. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
7. "第十一届电视制片业颁奖落幕 秦海璐蒋欣等获十佳". ifeng. February 20, 2017. Archived from the original on September 17, 2019. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
8. "第二届"文荣奖"揭晓 胡歌周迅分获最佳男女主角". NetEase . October 31, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-12-10. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
9. Coonan, Clifford (2014-08-07). "Fox International Channels Takes Global Rights on Chinese TV Series 'Tiger Mom'". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 2015-05-04.

External links

• Tiger Mom at IMDb