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Cast: Frankie Lam, Raymond Lam, Tavia Yeung, Selena Li, David Chiang, Derek Kwok, Nancy Wu, Anne Heung, Felix Lok, Chun Wong, Wong Ching, Savio Tsang
Length: 30 episodes
Genre: Period Wuxia
Producer: Kwan Wing Chun
Scriptwriters: Choi Suk Yin & Yip Sai Hong

Synopsis:

According to the practice in the martial world, a duel between the virtuous sects and the evil cults is to be arranged every five years, in which five representatives from each side are involved and the winning party will be appointed the leader of the martial world for the coming five years. A number of kung-fu masters from the virtuous sects have been mysteriously assassinated before the upcoming duel. Li Bo Yee (Frankie Lam Man Lung), who is an expert in martial arts and physiognomy reading, is to look for some other potential representatives.

Lai Yeuk Yee (Raymond Lam Fung), a gifted physician hired by the evil cults, has been trying to put a spoke in Bo Yee’s wheel. As instructed by his master, Ko Shu Tin (Felix Lok Ying Kwan), he attempts to kill Bo Yee. Tin is actually Bo Yee’s long-lost apprentice brother. When he was younger, Tin believed that the evil side would prevail as prophesied and therefore went over to the Heavenly Desired Palace. For the sake of Peace and the virtuous sects, Bo Yee is already gearing up for a fight with Yeuk Yee!

Credits: TVFE Drama Warehouse (which doesn’t exist anymore)
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Weekly Ratings:
Unavailable as this series was only released on TVB Pay Vision.

Official Website:
Unavailable as this series was only released on TVB Pay Vision.

Trailers
Trailer 1
Trailer 2

News, Interviews, Behind the Scenes
TVB8
K-100
On-set: K-100
On-set: TVB8 Part 1 | Part 2

Image Gallery
SPCNET TV
TVBFANSQUARE
Opening/Closing Screencaps from K for TVB
Episodes 1 & 2 Screencaps from K for TVB
Episodes 3 & 4 Screencaps from K for TVB
Episode 5 Screencaps from K for TVB

Soundtrack
Cleaving Chaste and Chopping Thorns (Raymond Lam)
To Be Near (Frankie Lam & Tavia Yeung)

Episodic Summaries & Episodic Thoughts

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Episode 30: KTVB | djfrostbite

Special Write Ups
An essay from TVB focus
Same Cast, Mixing Characters from K for TVB
Awaiting… from djfrostbite
Initial thoughts and facts from djfrostbite

Reviews
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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
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Iris from TVB Interaction
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Cast: Steven Ma, Benny Chan, Shirley Yeung, Selena Li, Yuen Wah, Mimi Lo, Lau Kong, Kwok Fung, Rebecca Chan, Joel Chan
Length: 20 episodes
Genre: Ancient
Producer: Tsui Yu On
Scriptwriter: Ng Siu Tung

Synopsis:

Wind and Clouds Change
Mountains and Rivers are Chaotic
Secretly, the Heavens Control Destiny
After all Chance has been Calculated
Why not Return to the Way of the Righteous

Yip Yeung (Benny Chan Ho Man) is very interested in the “Back Pushing Diagrams” (The Book of Destiny), which according to folk legend can foretell the future and help people to find luck and avoid tragedy. Yuen Hei (Steven Ma Chun Wai) capitalizes on this opportunity and tries to make money from him with a fake set of diagrams, but he is discovered by Lee Sing Tin, who has changed his name to Wan Chung Hok (Yuen Wah).

It turns out that he once presented the diagrams to the Emperor Zhao Kuangyin (Kwok Fung), helping him gain his throne. With a deep understanding in foretelling destinies, he accepts Yeung and Hei as his students and hopes to pass on his lifelong knowledge. Yeung later also becomes the student of another master Nam Fong Man (Lau Kong). Man uses Yeung in hopes of seizing back the imperial throne.

Yeung finds out from Man that he is a descendant from the last dynasty’s royal family. As a result, he uses his prediction skills in a pledge to turn back the Sung emperor and take back his own right to the throne; however, no matter how much he tries to calculate his destiny, he only meets with a tragic ending…

Credits: Em from TVBspace

Adjustments to the synopsis given by TVB (from K for TVB):
Yuen Wah did not take Benny as his student. Benny wanted him to but this did not end up happening. Benny also does not become the student of the evil fortunte teller guy (Nam Fong Man).

Weekly Ratings:
Episodes 01-05: 29 points
Episodes 06-10: 29 points
Episodes 11-15: 30 points
Episodes 16-20: 30 points

Official Website: tvb.com

Trailers
Trailer 1
Trailer 2
Trailer 3
Trailer 4
Trailer 5

News, Interviews, Behind the Scenes
Blessing Ceremony
Series Preview & Character Introductions

Episodic Summaries & Episodic Thoughts
Episode 1: KTVB
Episode 2: KTVB
Episode 3: KTVB
Episode 4: KTVB
Episode 5: KTVB
Episode 6: KTVB
Episode 7: KTVB
Episode 8: KTVB
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Episode 14: KTVB
Episode 15: KTVB
Episode 16: KTVB
Episode 17: KTVB
Episode 18: KTVB
Episode 19: KTVB
Episode 20: KTVB

Image Gallery
Official TVB Images
Hong Kong Cinemagic
Opening/Closing Screencaps from K for TVB

Soundtrack
Counting Destiny (Steven Ma & Joel Chan)

Reviews
Overview from K for TVB
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Cast: Roger Kwok, Esther Kwan, Michelle Yim, Ng Wai Kwok, Derek Kwok, Oscar Leung, Vivien Yeo
Length: 25 episodes
Genre: Period drama
Producer: Nelson Cheung Kin Man
Scriptwriters: Wong Kwok Fai & Yip Sai Hong

Synopsis:

Poor Lin Sheung Chun (Kwan Wing Ho, Esther) is sold to Kwan’s family as a concubine but her husband passes away accidentally. Losing husband has caused the first wife Wong Yeuk Lam (Michelle Yim) erratic behaviour. Chun has no choice but to take up all family responsibilities including operation of the family’s bistro. During the time, Ma Wing Ching (Kwok Chun On) and Lei Shi Mui (Regen Cheung) are swindling around, their schemes get unveiled by Chun. However, Lam mistakenly recognizes Ching as her senior apprentice and she runs after him all the time. Ching seizes the chance to swindle money by working at the bistro. After a series of incidents, Chun and Ching unexpectedly have crush on each other. Chun feels caught in the middle between Ching and her childhood friend Leung Gau Mui (Kok Ching Hung). All of a sudden, Lam’s second senior apprentice Yam Fei Yeung (Ng Wai Kwok) returns home with his foster son Yam Shing Tin (Leung Lit Wai). Yeung hopes to get Lam’s heart back to him but Chun believes that he has intentions behind it. Coming as a surprise, she discovers the secret of Ching…

Credits: Astro on Demand

Weekly Ratings:
Episodes 01-05: 28 points
Episodes 06-08: 28 points
Episodes 09-13: 27 points
Episodes 14-18: 26 points
Episodes 19-20: 26 points

Official Website: tvb.com

Trailers:
Trailer 1
Trailer 2
Trailer 3
Trailer 4
Trailer 5

Promotion/News Clips/Interviews
Michelle Yim and Lawrence Ng Wai Kwok
Oscar Leung and Vivien Yeo
Roger Kwok and Esther Kwan
Ratings report
TVB8 – Esther Kwan @ Studio

News Articles
Netizens criticize “The Season of Fate” storyline

Image Gallery
Official Photos from TVB Guide
Costume Fitting from TVB: A Way of Thinking
Opening Screencaptures from K for TVB
TVB Weekly Issue 655 from Ever Star

Soundtrack
Savor (Michael Tse) CrimsonRain | Hyn5’s blog | Ever Star

Reviews
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Cast: Michael Miu, Bosco Wong, Shirley Yeung, Anne Heung, Power Chan, Ko Hung, Felix Lok, Derek Kwok
Length: 20 episodes
Genre: Pre-modern Action
Producer: Nelson Cheung Kin Man
Scriptwriters: Lau Chi Wah, Li Yee Wah, Leung Yun Dung

Synopsis:

Nip Jun (Michael Miu) was the right-hand man of prominent mafia leader Koo Cheung Seng (Ko Hung) in Old Shanghai. Under the influence of his wife (Sonija Kwok in a cameo), who had been married to Jun by Cheung Seng, Jun decided to retire from the fighting for a normal life with his wife and daughter. Just when the family was about to leave Shanghai, Jun’s wife died of a car accident. The tragedy struck Jun very hard, and although he remained in Shanghai, he successfully retired from a life of bloodshed to manage a restaurant with his daughter Man Wa (Shirley Yeung), his follower Kow Jai (Bosco Wong), along with several other servants and disciples.

After several years, Jun figured out by chance that his wife’s death had been caused by Koo Cheung Seng in an attempt to keep him from retirement. This discovery began a series of clashes between the two former partners, costing more lives and relationships along the way. At the end of the day, Jun killed Cheung Seng with a gunshot and finally managed to utterly leave bloodshed behind him.

In the meantime, Jun had met A Siu (Anne Heung), the widow of a man Jun had formerly killed. Jun treated Siu generously out of guilt, and romantic attractions ensued between the two as Siu became a helper in Jun’s business. When Siu realized that Jun was her husband’s killer, however, she found it impossible to accept him, no matter how many incidents and years elapsed.

The story is also complicated by the character of Kow Jai, an orphan mentored by Jun. Unlike Jun, Kow Jai had chosen to enter the service of Koo Cheung Seng and his son Sam (Power Chan). After seeing through the corruption and cruelty of his masters’ ways, Kow Jai had decided to work as a spy, secretly protecting Jun against Cheung Seng’s evil intentions. His undercover work cost him dearly, and he was nearly murdered by Cheung Seng. At the end, Kow Jai recovered from his wounds to find love with Man Wa, who had ultimately chosen him over Sam in their love triangle.

Credits: purpleprose from SPCNET TV

Weekly Ratings:
Unavailable as this series was only released on TVB Pay Vision.

Official Website:
Unavailable as this series was only released on TVB Pay Vision.

News Clips/Interviews
Costume Fitting
Learning to Make ‘Xiao Long Bao’ for the Show

Soundtrack
Nobody Loves (Bosco Wong)
Lyrics in .rtf Format

Reviews
3 reviews from spcnet tv
Yinyi from TVFanSquare