Taiwan Tornado

Taiwan Tornado
Country of origin	Taiwan
Original language	Hokkien
No. of episodes	345
Original release
Network	SET Taiwan
Release	24 February 2004 – 22 June 2005

Taiwan Tornado (Chinese: 台灣龍捲風) is a Taiwanese television series that was shown on SET Taiwan from 24 February 2004 to 22 June 2005.

International broadcast

Taiwan broadcast

As of June 2011, the show airs in Taiwan, country of origin of the drama every weeknight at prime time (20:00) with episodes which have ranged in length from 135 to 150 minutes including commercial advertisements. The producers received funding from the Government Information Office to produce the series in high definition. With admiration and some criticism, the show concluded on 19 July 2011, when the brand-new television drama of Formosa Television, Father and Son, was released.

Vietnam

The Vietnamese dub "Doi Song Cho Dem" was broadcast on Vinh Long Television Station Channel (THVL) (Vietnamese: Truyền Hình Vĩnh Long) and is streamable on YouTube. The show was aired on Vietface TV from 1pm-2:30pm (PT), however, it was fully aired as it was replaced with Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann. The show is also currently airing on E Channel.

Malaysia

The drama is broadcasting now in 8TV in original Hokkien language under the English title Taiwan Tornado for two episodes with one hour each from Monday to Friday, at 11:30 MST and 13:00 MST with a 30 minutes break of its Midday Mandarin News at 12:30 MST.

Singapore

The series was broadcast on weekdays at 4am but due to local broadcast laws prohibiting radio or television broadcasts in Chinese dialects, the show was dubbed into Mandarin when it aired on Singapore's MediaCorp Channel 8, thus making it the first channel to broadcast the show in Mandarin.