Dad Is Back

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Also known as	Dad Is Home, Dad Come Back
爸爸回来了 Bàba Huílaile
Genre	Reality television
Created by	KBS
Starring	Current: Jia Nailiang 賈乃亮 Li Xiapeng 李小鵬 Du Jiang 杜江 Zheng Jun 鄭鈞 Former: Wang Zhong Lei 王中磊 Wu Chun 吳尊 Jason Tang 唐志中
Template:Pluralize from text of origin	China
Original languageTemplate:Pluralize from text	Mandarin English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producerTemplate:Pluralize from text	Gao Ya 高雅
ProducerTemplate:Pluralize from text	Cen Junyi 岑俊義
Production locationTemplate:Pluralize from text	Mainland China, Brunei, Taiwan
Camera setup	Multicamera setup
Running time	90 minutes
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Network	ZRTG: Zhejiang Television
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The First Time 人生第一次 The Voice of China 3 中国好声音 3 The Return of Superman
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Dad Is Back (Chinese: 爸爸回来了; pinyin: Bàba Huílaile) is a Chinese reality-variety show that airs on ZRTG's Zhejiang Television, starring former Taiwanese boy band Fahrenheit member Wu Chun, film producer and president of Huayi Brothers film production company Zhong Lei Wang, actor Jia Nailiang, and former national gymnast Li Xiapeng. The show began airing on April 24, 2014, Thursday nights at 10:00 PM Beijing Time with 12 episodes total.

Synopsis

Celebrity dads are left to care for their kids alone for 48 hours without the help of anyone, while their wives leaves the home.

Development

The show is adapted from South Korean reality show The Return of Superman, about celebrity dads taking care of their real-life children, without their wives, on their own for 48 hours. The production team from Dad Is Back collaborated with the Korean production team from The Return of Superman on the show. To avoid plagiarism rumors, the Chinese title was renamed instead of following the Korean title.

Format

The show is filmed with multiple cameras set up in the celebrities home. Unlike the Korean version, on early episodes cameraman's are clearly visible and not hidden in tents or playhouses. Starting from episode 5 tents and playhouses are used to hide the cameraman's presence in the dads home. Filming takes place at each of the celebrities actual home or work place. Family and friends of the celebrity dads will occasionally show up in each episode. Also unlike its Korean counterpart there is no narrator, a recorded track of a child's voice saying "Daddy" is played when one segment is shown to the next.

Cast

Current cast

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promo poster of the original cast. From left to right: Jia Nailiang, Wang Zhong Lei, Wu Chun and Li Xiapeng

Duration	Dad	Children	Mom/Wife	Filming location
Season 1 - Present	Li Xiaopeng 李小鵬	Daughter - Li Xin Qi (Olivia) 李馨琪 DOB: January 12, 2012	"Angel" Li An Qi 李安琪5	Beijing, China
Season 1 - Present	Jia Nailiang 賈乃亮	Daughter - Jia Yun Xin (Tian Xin) 賈雲馨 (甜馨) DOB: October 23, 2012	Li Xiaolu 李小璐	Beijing, China
Season 2 - Present	Du Jiang 杜江	Son - Du Yuqi 杜宇麒 DOB: September 19, 2013	Huo Siyan 霍思燕	Beijing, China
Season 2 - Present	Zheng Jun 鄭鈞	Son - Zheng Xingfu 鄭熙岳 (Jagger) DOB: October 23, 2010	Liu Yun 劉芸	Beijing, China
Season 2 - Present	Jason Tang 唐志中	Daughter - Tang Yujia 唐宇嘉 DOB: July 23, 2011	Zhang Ting Qie 張庭緁	Taipei, Taiwan
		Daughter - Tang Haiyun 唐海云 DOB: October 23, 2012

Former cast

Duration	Dad	Children	Mom/Wife	Filming location
Season 1	Wang Zhong Lei 王中磊1	Son - Wang Yuan Ye (William) 王元也 DOB: April 28, 2006	Wang Xiao Rong 王晓蓉	Beijing, China
Season 1	Wu Chun 吳尊2	Daughter - Wu Xin Yi (Neinei) 吳欣怡 DOB: October 10, 2010	Lin Li Ying 林麗瑩3	Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Taipei, Taiwan4

^Note 1: Wang Zhong Lei has an older daughter who does not appear on the show.
^Note 2: Wu Chun has a younger son born in late 2013 named Max that does not appear on the show, but he is often mentioned in conversations between Wu Chun and his daughter Nei Nei on the show.
^Note 3: Wu Chun's wife Lin Li Ying is the only mother/wife not to appear on the show but her voice can be heard on phone conversions between her, Wu Chun and Nei Nei.
^Note 4: Wu Chun and his family residence is in Brunei, but his work is based in Taipei, Taiwan.
^Note 5: Li Xiaopeng wife Angel, who was raised in the United States, can speak English and Chinese.

Episodes

Season 1 (2014)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date

Season 2 (2015)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date

Sponsors

HaoCaiTou is the main sponsor of the show. Their Xiao Yang yogurt drink product logo is intertwined on the top right of the shows logo. The product and logo is prominently displayed throughout each episode. Also the kids on the show are seen consuming the product.

• HaoCaiTou Xiao Yang yogurt drink
• Baojun 610 car
• LUOLAI HOME TEXTILE CO., LTD.
• ABC Kids 因为爱
• OSM skincare
• weibo.com
• LeTV.com

Controversies

• Wu Chun and his daughter Nei Nei participation on the show was highly anticipated by audiences as viewers wanted to see how Nei Nei looked since Wu Chun had controversially admitted to being married and father of a child in October 2013 after years of denying he had a wife and daughter.
• Viewers were appalled by Nei Nei's shower scene in episode 1. They questioned Wu Chun's parenting methods, complaining how he could strip his daughter naked in front of a camera crew since she was no longer considered a toddler.
• Viewers were shocked by Jia Nailiang and his daughter Tian Xin taking a bath together. They complained about the scene that happened in episode 1 where Jia Nailiang, wearing skimpy shorts climbed into a bathtub together with his fully nude 1-year-old daughter to take a bubble bath together.

See also

The Return of Superman (TV series)

External links

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