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Overview - The Witness
After a fatal shooting, plainclothes officer Him Law is assigned to protect the dull and thorny eyewitness Willie Wai. Initially they are resistant to each other, but the pair slowly learns to accept...
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Shadow of Justice Big White Duel II Children's Hospital Seven Princesses Life Exchange TruthSuperheroesPlan B Barrack O'Karma 2Legal Mavericks 2020 AI Rhapsody Beauty and the Boss Hong Kong Love...
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Historical Context: Mongol Empire
Genghis Khan family tree with characters from The Legend of Kublai Khan and Eternal HappinessGenghis Khan (成吉思汗) established the Mongol Empire after uniting the tribes on the Mongol steepe. He was...
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Overview - Legal Mavericks 2020
Nicknamed "Blind Hero", blind barrister Vincent Wong's four other senses are super strong. He teams up with paralegal Sisley Choi and private detective Owen Cheung to help vulnerable populations fight...
View ArticleTVB Anniversary Awards 2020 - Nomination List
The TVB Anniversary Awards 2020 will take place on January 10. Here's the nomination list:Best ActorLau Dan - Come Home Love: Lo and BeholdEddie Cheung - Of Greed and AntsEdwin Siu - Of Greed and...
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Year in Review
Escaping 2020Can we all agree to pretend that 2020 never happened? This year has been filled many untold tragedies for so many people. My family and I are one of the lucky ones who made it through...
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Overview - Armed Reaction 2021
Inspector Jessica Hsuan has always been comfortable with managing files behind the frontlines. By chance, she solves a case alongside the original gun-carrying female officer Joyce Tang and charming...
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Overview - The Forgotten Day
Cafe waiter Roger Kwok and interior designer Shaun Tam encounter each other and develop a friendship due to an abduction, a case of amnesia, a missing woman and a large sum of money. Shaun has amnesia...
View ArticleFILMART 2021
Promo clips featured at FILMART 2021 (excluding clips that are substantially similar to the TVB Sales Presentation 2021)Chinatown The Line Watchers The Kwoks and WhatShadow of Justice The Ringmaster...
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FILMART 2021 - TVB Series Briefs
AI Romantic To help four family members in an unexpected mission, AI robot Ali Lee activates the self-learning mode and experiences all the emotions and desires of the human world. She even falls in...
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Overview - Shadow of Justice
One transfer and a few complex cases leads Traffic Accident Investigation Unit Chief Inspector Bobby Au-Yeung to work closely with CID Superintendent Joey Meng. Both understand and appreciate each...
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April Variety Shows
With Eric Tsang at the helm, TVB released a full line-up of new variety shows in April. Here are my thoughts on them:Big Big Old World (尋人記): I watched two episodes of this and it was not as boring as...
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Overview - Final Destiny
According to legend, the Buddha's discipline, the Great Peng, travelled to the secular world and caused trouble. The Buddha sent an envoy to pursue him, who began a bitter battle against the Great...
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Overview - Plan “B”
Full-time mom Eliza Sam and husband Kenneth Ma have a two-year old daughter. The family feels pressure as they are living with Eliza’s father (Joseph Lee) and mother (Mimi Kung). Kenneth secretly plans...
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Overview - Sinister Beings
Ruco Chan is a stellar detective in the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau (OCTB). He is brave, competent, highly regarded by his superiors and admired by his colleagues. But his ultimate dream is to...
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Overview - Fraudstars
Because Best New Director Pierre Ngo stubbornly insisted on doing things his way, he and other crew members are blacklisted by the industry. Ten years later, Pierre, producer Lawrence Cheng,...
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Mean Talk Gossip
I love juicy gossip about the entertainment circle and Mean Talk has plenty of it! Mean Talk is a talk show hosted by Elena Kong and Bob Lam where they make guests share their juiciest, “meanest”...
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Overview - Murder Diary
Years ago, Kara Hui almost poisoned her son (Vincent Wong) and daughter (Joey Thye) because of her schizophrenia. Experiencing great change, Vincent develops an alter-ego who is physically weak but...
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TV Wars: Battle of the LARP
TVB and ViuTV recently had their first direct battle. Both stations produced a variety show that involves "live action role playing" (LARP), where players role play as characters in a scenario and...
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9th Anniversary
Casual TVB is 9 years old! Can you believe it? I missed the blog’s anniversary last year (because what was time in 2020?), so let’s see what I’ve done over the past two years. In our eighth year, I...
View ArticleMay-June Variety Shows
It’s time for another round-up of TVB’s variety shows under the direction of Eric Tsang and Wong Cho Lam. Through May and June, it felt like TVB was producing variety shows at a breakneck pace and...
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Artist Spotlight: Carman Kwan
This is a new feature where I will be highlighting some of the new and old faces at TVB. Carman Kwan (關嘉敏) is the captain of the girl group, Bingo. She first became known to audiences for looking like...
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TVB Olympic Team
The Tokyo Summer Olympics are finally upon us! If TVB had its own Olympic team, who would be on it?Swimming Alex Fong: Alex famously represented Hong Kong in swimming at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He...
View ArticleAeren x Steven - We Will Not Say Goodbye Again
過去那污點 成了優點終於都發現 感激可再見Stains from the past become a virtueFinally realize, we are grateful to see each other againRumoured couple Aeren and Steven from Stars Academy recently released a MV for their...
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Justin Lo - Next Time, No Next Time
Long time no see, Casual TVB readers! I am resurfacing just in time to say goodbye to 2022 and welcome 2023. Before we bid farewell to 2022, I wanted to share a song that deeply touched me in 2022. It...
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