Daddy at Home

Daddy at Home 企鹅爸爸
Genre	Family Comedy
Created by	Winnie Wong 王尤红 Tang Yeow 陈耀
Directed by	Wong Kuang Yong 黄光荣
Starring	Li Nanxing Chen Hanwei Dawn Yeoh Ann Kok Cynthia Koh Adam Chen
Opening theme	男能可贵 by Cavin Soh
Country of origin	Singapore
Original language	Chinese
No. of episodes	20
Production
Producer	Winnie Wong 王尤红
Running time	approx. 45 minutes per episode
Original release
Network	MediaCorp TV Channel 8
Release	2 November 2009 (2009-11-02) – 15 March 2010 (2010-03-15)
Related
Nanny Daddy (2008)

Daddy at Home (企鹅爸爸) is a Singaporean television series which debuted on the local Chinese language channel Channel 8 on 2 November 2009. It stars Li Nanxing, Chen Hanwei , Ann Kok , Cynthia Koh , Dawn Yeoh & Adam Chen as the casts of the series. It was screened every night at 9pm from Monday to Friday.

The series' Chinese title literally means "penguin father". As the series is about house husbands, the title was derived from the fact that Emperor penguins are the only penguin species of which the male is fully responsible for incubating the eggs.

Cast

Main cast

Artiste	Character	Description
Li Nanxing 李南星	Liu Bang 刘帮	Xinbei's husband
Chen Hanwei 陈汉玮	Ye Zhengkang 叶正康	Meihui's husband
Ann Kok 郭舒贤	Yang Xinbei 杨欣北	Liu Bang's wife
Cynthia Koh 许美珍	Chen Meihui 陈美惠	Zhengkang's wife
Dawn Yeoh 姚懿珊	Xia Ruxuan 夏如萱	Xiyuan's tuition teacher and zhen feng's girlfriend
Adam Chen 詹金泉	Chen Jinfeng "Botak" 陈进峰	Meihui's younger brother and ruxuan's boyfriend

Supporting cast

Artiste	Character	Description
Yan Bingliang 严丙量	Yang Shuyong 杨树勇	Xinbei's father
Zhu Xiufeng 朱秀凤	Lin Aijuan 林爱娟	Xinbei's mother
Rachel Chua 蔡艾珈	Ye Xilei 叶希雷	Zhengkang and Meihui's daughter
Jarrett Lee 李弘	Ye Xiyuan 叶希源	Zhengkang and Meihui's son
Megan Goh 吴乐轩	Liu Si'en 刘思恩	Liu Bang and Xinbei's daughter
Bernard Tan 陈川之	Wyman	Xinbei's colleague and friend

Synopsis

Liu Bang (Li Nanxing) is senior vice-president of a bank and takes great pride in his social standing. His friend Ye Zhengkang (Chen Hanwei) is a house husband who looks after the household and children while his wife Meihui (Cynthia Koh) owns a beauty parlour. Liu Bang, being a traditionalist, disapproves of this arrangement but Zhengkang is undaunted by the unwanted attention he occasionally receives due to his unusual "occupation".

However, the financial crisis hits Singapore and both Liu Bang and Zhengkang find themselves cash-strapped. Liu Bang in particular was the worst affected. As he had offended a superior years ago, he quickly became a target in the mass entrenchment. His wife Xinbei (Ann Kok) is forced to find a job to support the family. Liu Bang has to swallow his ego as he is suddenly forced to take over homemaker duties from his wife.

Meanwhile, Meihui's younger brother Jinfeng (Adam Chen) moves in with the family. The carefree happy-go-lucky Jinfeng falls head over heels for his nephew's tuition teacher Ruxuan (Dawn Yeoh) and tries his best to woo her.

Awards & Nominations

Daddy at Home earned several nominations at the 2010 Star Awards.The other dramas nominated for Best Drama Series are Together , Housewives' Holiday , Perfect Cut 2 & Reunion Dinner and Best Theme Songs are Together , Perfect Cut 2 ,Table of Glory and The Ulimatum

Star Awards 2010

Award	Nominee(s)	Result
Best Actor 最佳男主角	Chen Hanwei 陈汉玮	Won
Best Drama Serial 最佳电视剧	—	Nominated
Best Theme Song 最佳主题曲	男能可贵 by Cavin Soh	Nominated
Best Screenplay 最佳剧本	Winne Wong/Tang Yeow	Nominated

Trivia

• The Series is repeating every weekend at 7am to 9am on Mediacorp Channel 8.