Tiger Mom (TV series)

Tiger Mom is a 2015 Chinese television series starring Zhao Wei and Tong Dawei. It aired on Dragon TV and Tianjin TV from 3 May to 25 May 2015. The series revolves around a strong-willed disciplinarian tiger mother who faces mounting pressure raising her daughter, while her husband has an opposite view of how to raise their daughter. It marks Zhao Wei's return to television after a 5-year absence.

Synopsis
Qian Qian is the school-aged daughter of Bi Sheng Nan (Zhao Wei) and Luo Su (Tong Dawei). After learning from others that the educational foundation starts in elementary school and witnessing first hand the difficult process of entering a great and prestigious school, Bi Sheng Nan realized that her daughter needs to catch up.

Determined to make sure her daughter is on par with the other kids, she has quickly grown into the role of a tiger mom while her easygoing husband Luo Su maintains that the happiness of Qian Qian is the most important, even if that means being academically behind. Mixed in the bag are two sets of opinionated grandparents and the reappearance of Luo Su’s ex-girlfriend.

Cast

 * Zhao Wei as Bi Sheng Nan
 * Tong Dawei as Luo Su
 * Ji Zihan as Luo Qian Qian
 * Dong Jie as Tang Lin
 * Kong Lin as sister Wu
 * Pan Hong as Sun Ya Xian
 * Li Kelan as Luo Dan
 * Han Tongsheng as Bi Da Qian
 * Cui Xinqin
 * Han Qing
 * Li Jia
 * Guo Kaiming as Luo San Sheng
 * Wang Sen as Bi Ran
 * Liu Yijun as Teacher Tang

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%.

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. The man alleged that Zhao's stare caused him "spiritual damage".

Ratings

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

International broadcast
The series was picked up by Fox International Channels for global releases.
 * 🇨🇳 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)