Skip Beat! (Taiwanese TV series)

Skip Beat!
Skip Beat promotional poster
Also known as	'Extravagant Challenge Glamorous Challenge'
Genre	Teen drama
Developed by	Doze Niu
Written by	Yoshiki Nakamura (manga) Tseng Li-ting Wen Yu-fang Huang Shin-kao Peng Sheng-ching Fang Ching-i Ouyang Pai-lin
Directed by	Jerry Feng
Starring	Ivy Chen Siwon Donghae Allen Chao Bianca Bai Charge Pu King Chin
Opening theme	"S.O.L.O." by Super Junior-M
Ending theme	"That's Love" by Donghae with Henry
Country of origin	Republic of China
Original language(s)	Mandarin
No. of episodes	15
Production
Executive producer(s)	Doze Niu Chiu Shan-i Tsai Jo-chin Chen Chih-hao Fang Ko-jen
Producer(s)	Jerry Feng Kuo Tzu-chi Fang Hsiao-jen Kikuko Miyauchi
Location(s)	Chinese Taipei, Republic of China Tokyo, Japan
Running time	70-minutes.
Production company(s)	Gala Television Formosa Television
Distributor	Formosa Television
Release
Original network	FTV Main Channel GTV Variety Show
Picture format	SDTV (480i 4:3) PAL (576i 4:3) DVB-T (Digital UHF) HDTV (1080i 16:9)
Audio format	Stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 Datasat Digital 5.1 Sony Digital 5.1
First shown in	18 December 2011
Original release	18 December 2011 – 1 April 2012
Chronology
Preceded by	In Time with You
Followed by	Absolute Boyfriend
Website

Skip Beat! (Chinese: 華麗的挑戰) is a Taiwanese television drama based on the manga of the same name by Yoshiki Nakamura. It premiered on 18 December 2011 on FTV Main Channel and 24 December 2011 on GTV Variety Show. Skip Beat! is a joint production between Taiwan and Japan, and is primarily produced by Gala Television under executive producer Doze Niu.

Development of Skip Beat! began on 1 January 2008 after the casting of Ariel Lin and Jerry Yan in the main roles. On 1 January 2009, Gala Television had to indefinitely postpone the production due to several financial setbacks and script re-writes, causing Yan to drop out of the project.

Skip Beat! was brought back into production following the signing of Super Junior members Siwon and Donghae in the main roles on 1 May 2010. On 1 February 2011, one month before filming, Ivy Chen replaced Lin, who had already signed to film another production when Skip Beat! was languishing in development hell.

Filming officially began on 1 April 2011 with locations in Taipei (national capital of the Republic of China) and Tokyo (national capital of Japan). It entered post-production at the conclusion of filming on 1 July 2011.