Rock N' Road

Rock N' Road
A咖的路

Rock N' Road promotional poster
Also known as A-List Road A咖之路
Genre Music, Romance, Comedy
Created by TVBS
Written by Feng Bo Di 馮勃棣
Wang Yu Qing 王雨晴
Yue Hui 月彙
Zhan Xiao Mi 詹小米
Directed by Lin Zi Ping 林子平
Starring Chris Wu 吳慷仁
Kimi Hsia 夏于喬
Mike Lee 李政穎
Nita Lei 雷瑟琳
Opening theme You’re The Only One 你是唯一 by Mayday 五月天
Ending theme Soon, happiness 快樂快了 by Jiajia 家家
Country of origin Republic of China (Taiwan)
Original language(s) Mandarin, some Hokkien dialogue
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 16
Production
Executive producer(s) Guo Jian Hong 郭建宏
Producer(s) Zhang Man Na 張曼娜
Qiu Yu Ting 邱玉婷
Location(s) Taiwan
Running time 90 minutes
Production company(s) TVBS 聯意製作股份有限公司
TransWorld Production Co. 映畫傳播事業股份有限公司
Distributor TVBS
Broadcast
Original channel CTS
TVBS
Picture format SDTV (480i)
First shown in Republic of China (Taiwan)
Original run 16 March 2014 – 6 July 2015
Chronology
Preceded by Kiss Me Mom! 媽，親一下！
Followed by The Way We Were 16個夏天
External links
Official Website
Production website

Rock N' Road (Chinese: A咖的路; pinyin: A kā de lù) is a 2014 Taiwanese romantic, music, comedy television series created and produced by TVBS. Starring Chris Wu, Kimi Hsia as the main leads with Mike Lee, Nita Lei as the main supporting cast.[1] The Chinese title literally translates to "A-List Road", which is in reference to the billing status of a celebrity. Filming began on February 7, 2014 and wrapped up on June 19, 2014, the drama was filmed as it aired. First original broadcast began on March 16, 2014 on CTS airing every Sunday night at 10:00-11:30 pm and then March 22, 2014 on TVBS airing every Saturday night at 9:00-10:30 pm. Final episode aired on July 6, 2014 with 16 episodes total.

Synopsis

Lin Wei Zhen was a former teen singing sensation, but found herself upstaged by Zhou Shu Yu and his band during a New Year's performance in 2006 because she arrived late to the show. Since then her fame and career has diminish. she now finds herself going from amateur auditions to auditions trying to break back into the music industry again. Zhou Shu Yu has since become one of the most successful and sought after music producers and song writers in Asia. His long time girlfriend Yang Jia Xin is also a popular singer and song writers, but when Jia Xin falls into a creative slump she steals a song written by Wei Zhen's late father and passes it off as her own. Shu Yu finds out about Jia Xin plagiarizing Wei Zhen's song and sides with Wei Zhen. Unhappy that Shu Yu does not support her in her success with the new song she and Shu Yu's former bandmate and now manager Xu Da Li, both turn against Shu Yu causing him to lose everything he has worked so hard for. With only Wei Zhen by his side, Shu Yu helps her become the A-Lister she so highly sought after to become.[2][3]

Cast

Main cast

Supporting cast

Guest role

Soundtrack

Broadcast

NetworkCountryAiring DateTimeslot
CTS TaiwanMarch 16, 2014Sunday 10:00-11:30 pm
TVBSMarch 22, 2014Saturday 9:00-10:30 pm

Episode ratings

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

Air DateEpisodeAverage RatingsRank
March 16, 2014 1 0.61 3
March 23, 2014 2 0.56 3
March 30, 2014 3 0.49 4
April 6, 2014 4 0.51 4
April 13, 2014 5 0.40 4
April 20, 2014 6 0.55 4
April 27, 2014 7 0.61 3
May 4, 2014 8 0.63 3
May 11, 2014 9 0.57 4
May 18, 2014 10 0.69 3
May 25, 2014 11 0.70 3
June 1, 2014: Airing of "2014 Hito Music Awards"
June 8, 2014 12 0.66 3
June 15, 2014 13 0.48 4
June 22, 2014 14 0.51 4
June 29, 2014 15 0.52 3
July 6, 2014 16 0.61 2
Average ratings 0.57

References

  1. ↑ CHRIS WU AND KIMI HSIA PAIRS UP FOR THE UPCOMING TVBS SUNDAY DRAMA “ROCK ‘N’ ROAD”. Retrieved 1-02-2015
  2. ↑ Soompi page. Retrieved 1-02-2015
  3. ↑ viki page. Retrieved 1-02-2015

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