U-Prince Series
Genre
Created by
Directed by
  • Chatkaew Susiwa
  • Kanittha Kwanyu
Starring
Country of originThailand
Original languageThai
No. of episodes54
  • 1 (Behind the Scenes Special)
  • 8 (Handsome Cowboy)
  • 4 (Gentle Vet)
  • 4 (Lovely Geologist)
  • 4 (Badass Baker)
  • 4 (Absolute Economist)
  • 4 (Foxy Pilot)
  • 4 (Playful Comm-Arts)
  • 4 (Extroverted Humanist)
  • 4 (Single Lawyer)
  • 4 (Crazy Artist)
  • 4 (Badly Politics)
  • 5 (Ambitious Boss)
Production
ProducerSataporn Panichraksapong
Running time75 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
Release15 May 2016 (2016-05-15) –
2 July 2017 (2017-07-02)

U-Prince Series is a 2016–2017 Thai television series produced by GMMTV together with Baa-Ram-Ewe. Directed by Chatkaew Susiwa and Kanittha Kwanyu, it is a twelve-part series based from Jamsai's novels on twelve stories of handsome guys coming from twelve different faculties of a university.[1] Every segment features a couple together with some of the recurring characters in the story.[2]

Starting with a behind the scenes special episode on 15 May 2016,[3] the series officially premiered on GMM 25 and LINE TV on 22 May 2016, airing on Sundays at 20:00 ICT (later, at 20:30 ICT on 4 June 2017 and onwards) and 22:00 ICT (later, at 22:30 ICT on 4 June 2017 and onwards), respectively.[4][5] The series concluded on 2 July 2017.[6]

Cast and characters

Main

Handsome Cowboy

Gentle Vet

Lovely Geologist

Badass Baker

Absolute Economist

Foxy Pilot

Playful Comm-Arts

Extroverted Humanist

Single Lawyer

Crazy Artist

Badly Politics

Ambitious Boss

Supporting and guest role

Appearing in all segments

Production

Casting

In early 2016, GMMTV hosted the "Finding U-Prince Project", an online contest to recruit actors for the said television series. The results were announced on 3 April 2016 at the Eden Square, CentralWorld.[7]

Soundtracks

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2017 Maya Awards 2017 Female rising star Zuvapit Traipornworakit (Baitoei) Won
2018 Daradaily The Great Awards 2018 Male Star of the Year[8] Thanat Lowkhunsombat (Lee) Nominated

References

  1. ^ "โอเคมั้ย!? พระเอก U-Prince Series คือพวกเขาเหล่านี้!!". sanook.com (in Thai). Sanook.com. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  2. ^ "เพราะชื่อหนังสือค่อนข้างยาว เลยจะขออนุญาตเอาชื่อพระเอกมาใช้เรียกชื่อตอนแทน : kaewoic บน ทวิตเตอร์" (in Thai). Twitter. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  3. ^ "พฤษภานี้มาแน่ ! กับตอนแรก U-Prince Series จาก GMM TV". boomchanneltv.com (in Thai). Boom Channel. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  4. ^ "พุฒ-เอสเธอร์ กำราบคนดื้อด้วย 5 ห. แบบฟินๆ ตัวอย่าง U-Prince ตอน สิบทิศ". sanook.com (in Thai). Sanook.com. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  5. ^ "เรื่องย่อ: U-Prince Series ตอน ไบรอัน". ryt9.com (in Thai). RYT9. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  6. ^ "ตามชมตอนจบ "U-Prince Series"". komchadluek.net (in Thai). Kom Chad Luek. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  7. ^ ""จีเอ็มเอ็ม ทีวี" ได้พระเอกใหม่ "ลี ฐานัฐพ์" "มายด์, ฮั่น, กั้ง, เมฆ" นำทีมรับน้อง ในงาน "Finding U-Prince Project"". gmmgrammy.com (in Thai). GMM Grammy. 4 April 2016. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  8. ^ "กลับมาอีกครั้ง! เปิดรายชื่อผู้เข้าชิง "daradaily Awards 2017 ครั้งที่ 7" (in Thai). Daradaily. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2019.