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Don Juan DeMercado

Written by F.B.I.

Cast: Bosco Wong, Wong Cho Lam, Kitty Yuen, Kate Tsui, Christine Kuo, Joel Chan, Mimi Lo, Alex Lam
Length: 6 episodes
Genre: Modern Comedy
Producer: Wong Wai Sing
Scriptwriters: Wong Yeung Tat & Poon Man Hung

Synopsis:

Supposing there was a chocolate that could make you taller, slimmer and more beautiful, would you eat it without demur? Do perfect looks guarantee a perfect life? This hilarious Chinese New Year comedy is going to bring you the sweetest Valentine present ever in six consecutive episodes.

Kung Yan Tung (Wong Cho Lam) is beaten in a singing contest, despite his beautiful voice; turned down by his dream lover, Yeung Sin Wah (Christine Kuo), despite his kind heart. He blames all these on his unattractive appearance. One day, he gets a pack of magical chocolates by chance. He eats one, and transforms into a heartthrob instantly. He changes his name to Kan Lik Shun (Bosco Wong), and he hits stardom almost overnight. The magical chocolates have a time limit though. His personal assistant, King Chi Ko (Kitty Yuen), discovers his secret. Fortunately, instead of disclosing it, she works even harder to help him. Shun is getting more and more popular, even famous star Tse On Fei (Kate Tsui) is going after him. There are only a few chocolates left. Then Shun meets a scientist, who gives him a magical chocolate that has no time limit. If Shun eats it, Tung will disappear from the earth for good. Before he makes the decision, he is surprised to find that Ko has tried the magical chocolates, too.

Footnote provided by TkN from TVB Guide:
Don Juan DeMercado is a Spanish name. Legend has it that Don Juan believes himself to be the world’s greatest lover. (In Spanish slang, Don Juan is equivalent to a womanizer.) Hollywood’s 1995 rendition of Don Juan DeMarco starring Johnny Depp grossed $66,200,000 worldwide and was considered a New Line Cinema hit.

Credits: Astro On Demand

Weekly Ratings:
Episodes 01-05: 23 points
Episode 06: 24 points

Official Website: tvb.com

Trailers
Beautiful Unattractiveness

Promotions, News Clips, Behind The Scene
Blessing Ceremony
Costume Fitting
Fan Video Interview
Fan Video Trampoline
Filming Fighting Scene
Filming Ngong Ping 360 Scene
Filming Singing Scene
The Season of Love

Soundtrack
Dating a Few Minute (Wong Cho Lam)
Episode 2 (Bosco Wong)
For Your Love (Wong Cho Lam)
He Doesn’t Love Me (Kate Tsui and Bosco Wong)
Meeting has a Sense of Deja Vu (Wong Cho Lam)
My Pride (Bosco Wong)
Tear Praises (Kate Tsui and Bosco Wong)
Theme Music

Special Write Up
Episode 1 Characters

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Categories: Comedy, Modern

Feb
15

My Better Half

Written by F.B.I.

Cast: Michael Miu, Maggie Cheung, Michael Tse, Theresa Lee, Grace Wong, Mandy Cho, Mimi Lo
Length: 20 episodes
Genre: Modern Comedy
Producer: Tong Kei Ming
Scriptwriter: Law Chung Yiu

Synopsis:

Pharmaceutical company employee Ching Sum (Michael Miu) has an overbearing wife, Ko Lai Sum (Maggie Cheung). In order not to fight head-on with her, he has been playing ostrich in their seven years of marriage. Lai Sum, however, has never stopped watching his move, as she always believes he is fooling around behind her back. Sum’s younger brother, Ching Yee (Michael Tse), laughs at Sum a lot, but he also feels sorry for his plight, and gives him practical advices whenever he can. One day, Sum is caught red-handed in Shenzhen by Lai Sum, who proposes to divorce him! Yee always claims he has never lost in the game of love, until he meets Miu Ling Chi (Theresa Lee), a newly recruited management staff of the company. Yee loses bitterly this time, and almost loses his job, too.

Why is it that relationship can be earth-shattering but marriage only revolves around trifles? Michael Miu plays a henpecked man for the first time ever, and Maggie Cheung acts as his bruiser wife in her powerful comeback. So make sure you don’t miss this explosively funny romantic comedy which exposes the very truth about relationships!

Credits: Astro On Demand

Weekly Ratings:
Episodes 01-04: 24 points
Episodes 05-09: 25 points
Episodes 10-13: 26 points
Episodes 14-18: 25 points
Episodes 19-20: 29 points

Official Website: tvb.com

Trailers
Michael Miu TVB Youtube Channel
Michael Miu + Michael Tse Hyn5 @ Fortunate City
Husband’s Thoughts
Wife’s Thoughts
Women
TVBI

Ngs
1234?5678?
Don’t Lose the Array
Teresa Lee has to be Estrus
Michael Miu Dunks
Michael Miu is a Molester?
Michael Miu is Being Molested

Promotions/News Clips/Interviews
Husband and Wife Battle Scoop | TVBE
Costume Fitting
Blessing Ceremony
TVBE – Stamp Collector
Mandy Cho Interviewed by Eileen Cha Siu Yan
Scoop – Mando Cho
Fan Videos At Dragon Center: Maggie Cheung & Michael Miu | Maggie Cheung’s Wallet on fire!
TVBE – Wrap Up Dinner: Michael Miu | Michael Tse
Michael Miu Interviewed By Eileen Cha Siu Yan: Part 1 | Part 2
Michael Miu is a Good Husband
Sweet Nothing Promo Guessing Word | Scoop | TVBE
Teresa Lee Interviewed on The Green Room

News Articles
Michael Miu & Maggie Cheung: 1 Take of a Kiss Scene is not Enough
Michael Miu and Michael Tse New Student Look Revealed

Image Gallery
Official Photos from TVB Guide
Episodic Screen Captures from TVB Guide

Soundtrack
Theme Video TVB | Hyn5
Theme Song
Believe in Yourself

Episodic Summaries & Thoughts
Episode 1: A Series of Unfortunate Events

Reviews
foreverloveTVB from ForeverLoveTVB
Iris from TVB Interaction
Liling from TVB Sensations

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Categories: Comedy, Modern

Feb
08

A Chip Off the Old Block

Written by Iris

Cast: Sunny Chan, Ron Ng, Myolie Wu, John Chiang, Gigi Wong, Mandy Wong, Shirley Yeung, Nancy Wong, Carlo Ng, Louis Yuen
Length: 19 episodes
Genre: Period Comedy
Producer: Poon Ka Tak
Scriptwriters: Chan Kam Ling, Cheung Keen Leung, Cheung Chung Tsai, Wong Bing Yee, and Fong Wai Yee

Synopsis:

While the saying “Like father, like son” holds true for most fathers and sons, it does not for Chor Fan (Sunny Chan) and Chor Tsz (Ron Ng). There is a world of difference between their personalities, manners of dealing with people and even goals in life. Fan is an out-and-out 60’s person, whereas Tsz believes he is well ahead of the 21st century. A thought-provoking time travel modern comedy, A Chip Off the Old Block reminds audience of the Chinese saying “Man is not born to greatness, he achieves it by his own efforts.”

Tsz is accidentally sent back from the 21st century to the 1960s. He befriends his father, who is a young man then. Fan puts Tsz up in his place, where Tsz comes to know the stingy Ko Shan Cheun (John Chiang), who runs a noodle stall, the shrewish landlady Tam Lan Ching (Gigi Wong), the argumentative Ching Lan Fun (Shirley Yeung), who later becomes his sweetheart, and Leung Pin Pin (Nancy Wu), who comes from a rich family. Tsz is always abusing and offending people. Other tenants, especially corrupt sergeant Ngau Ching Wing (Louis Yuen), hate him very much. Except for Fan, who always defends him and even later introduces him a job at a department store. In the 60’s now, Tsz however is as flamboyant as when he is in the 21st century. He finds Fan being too old-fashioned and kind-hearted. He almost makes other tenants homeless once, and he tries to destroy Fan and So Fung Ni’s (Myolie Wu) relationship. Later when he realizes his wrong doings, he is shocked to know that…

Credits: Astro On Demand

Weekly Ratings:
Episodes 01-04: 31 points
Episodes 05-08: 30 points
Episodes 09-13: 30 points
Episodes 14-18: 28 points
Episode 19: 33 points

Official Website: tvb.com

Trailers
Trailer 1
Trailer 2

Promotions
Promotional Clips 1-5
Promotional Clip 6

Preview Clips
AOD Preview Clip 1a
AOD Preview Clip 2a

Image Gallery
Official Photos from TVB Guide
Character Images

Soundtrack
Don’t Say That I Didn’t Indulge You (Ron Ng and Myolie Wu)

Special Write Ups
At the Edge of Tears from TVB Horizon

Reviews
Annisa from Ever Star
foreverlovetvb from ForeverloveTVB
Iris from TVB Interaction
Liling from TVB Sensations

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Categories: Comedy, Period

Feb
06

A Watchdog’s Tale

Written by F.B.I.

Cast: Steven Ma, Linda Chung, Kent Cheng, Maggie Siu, Natalie Tong, Koni Lui
Length: 20 episodes
Genre: Modern Comedy
Producer: Leung Choi Yuen
Scriptwriters: Choy Ting Ting & Leung Man Wah

Synopsis:

A rich woman Tseung Tin Ngor’s (Maggie Siu) beloved dog Candy has got behavior problems since Ngor is being kidnapped. After released, Ngor takes Candy for various medical treatments but none of them is helpful to cure its illness. Desperate, Ngor finally finds Lai Tsun Sing (Kent Cheng), a retired police canine officer, who has just opened a kennel in the walled village. Ngor asks Sing to give Candy training but it creates discord between both of them. When Candy’s condition is getting better and better, Ngor is pleased and shows deference toward Sing. Ngor feels obscured of the kidnapping and she misconceives that the landlord of the kennel, Chow Yung Kung (Steven Ma), is one of the kidnappers. Sing gets his trained dog Bingo to carry out an investigation. They finally prove that Kung is innocent. Kung appreciates Sing’s efforts and he starts joining the course for learning how to be a dog lover. Lai Sin Yeu (Linda Chung), Sing’s veterinarian daughter, is aware of her feeling towards him since then.

Credits: Astro On Demand

Weekly Ratings:
Episodes 01-05: 30 points
Episodes 06-08: 31 points
Episodes 09-13: 32 points
Episodes 14-18: 31 points
Episodes 19-20: 32 points

Official Website: tvb.com

Trailers
AOD
Linda Chung and Steven Ma Narrating
Ram Tseung Narrating
TVBI
7 Unbelievable Events