It was not until 1990, with the broadcasting of the series Love on CTS, that the prime-time language taboo was even partly challenged. This series also raised the quality of Taiwanese drama, and planted the seeds for future efforts.
一直到一九九○年《愛》在華視上演，才打破了八點檔語言的禁忌，並且提昇台語劇的品質，開啟電視史上「鄉土劇」的劇種，但因為刻板印象使然，也難免背負了「悲情」、「小媳婦」的傳統。