The Season of Fate 五味人生

Title: The Season of Fate 五味人生 (Five Flavours of Life)

Cast: Roger Kwok Chun On (郭晉安)
Esther Kwan Wing Ho (關詠荷)
Michelle Yim (米 雪)
Ng Wai Kwok (伍衛國)
Derek Kwok Ching Hung (郭政鴻)
Kong Mei Yee (江美儀)
Leung Lit Wai (梁烈唯)
Law Man Chong (羅敏莊)

Episodes: 25 Episodes

Airing date (HK): 11 January 2010 (replacing The Beauty of the Game)

Producer: Cheung Kin Man

Scriptwriter: Wong Kwok Fai & Yip Sai Hong

Themesong: Michael Tse

Synopsis

Poor LIN SHEUNG CHUN (Esther Kwan) 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 (Roger Kwok) 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 (Derek Kwok). 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…

Synopsis Credits : Astro on Demand

[TVB] A chip off the Old Block 巴不得爸爸

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Cast:
Ron Ng Cheuk Hei
Sunny Chan Kam Hung
Myolie Wu
Shirley Yeung
John Chiang
Gigi Wong
Nancy Wu
Yuen Siu Cheung

Episodes: 20

Airring date (HK): 30th November 2009 (After Beyond the Realm of Conscience)

Producer: 监製：潘嘉德

Scriptwriter: 编审：陈金铃

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 (Yuen Siu Cheung), 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..

巴不得爸爸

俗谚虽有云「虎父无犬子」，但对於楚氏两父子来说的确有点牵强，因他俩不论性格、对人处事、甚至人生目标都是南辕北辙。父亲楚帆(陈锦鸿)由内到外尽是六十年代情怀、儿子楚慈(吴卓羲)则嫌自己活在廿一世纪步伐还太慢；一个跨时空、跨时代的时装喜剧，当中发生的情节不单使人百般回味，更让人悟思到「将相本无种，男儿当自强」的硬道理。

廿一世纪的楚慈阴差阳错回到父亲楚帆年少气盛时的六十年代，父子情摇身变了兄弟情，楚慈获楚帆好心收留后，因而结识 了麵档缩骨老闆高山泉(姜大伟)，泼辣包租婆谭兰青(黄淑仪) 、斗气小情人程兰芬(杨思琦)及千金小姐梁翩翩(胡定欣)。楚慈得罪人多，称呼人少，令同屋共住如敛财沙展牛正荣(阮兆祥)等人皆对他神憎鬼厌，只有楚帆一直处处维护他，又介绍他到百货公司工作，但好大喜功的楚慈一如过往，只懂埋怨父亲作风守旧、损己利人的性格，更不慎连累同屋共主几乎无家可归；楚慈又恶意破坏父亲与老千苏凤妮(胡杏儿)的感情关係，正当他悔悟过来时，才知道自己原来……。

Synopsis Credits : TVB.com.au

[TVB] A Watchdog’s Tale 老友狗狗

Title: A Watchdog’s Tale 老友狗狗

Cast:
Steven Ma (馬浚偉)
Linda Chung (鍾嘉欣)
Kent Cheng Jut Si (鄭則士)
Maggie Shiu Mei Ki (邵美琪)
Raymond Wong Ho Yin (黃浩然)
Natalie Tong Sze Wing (唐詩詠)
Koni Lui (呂慧儀)
Lee Kwok Lun (李國麟)

Episodes: 20

Airring date (HK): 28 December 2009, replacing A Chip Off The Old Block

Producer: Leung Choi Yuen

Scriptwriter: Choy Ting Ting & Leung Man Wah

Themesong: 老友狗狗 Good Dog Friend- Linda Chung & Steven Ma

Synopsis

A rich woman TSEUNG TIN NGOR (Maggie Shiu)’s beloved dog CANDY has got behaviour 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 carrying 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 YUE (Linda Chung), SING’s veterinarian daughter, is aware of her feeling towards him since then.

富家女蔣天娥(邵美琪)被綁架，其愛犬Candy情緒及行為出現异常，天娥获释后遍寻兽医也找不着病因，最終到围村找上刚开设犬舍的黎俊升(郑则 士)，天娥將Candy交予俊升训练，二人常有齟齬，但因俊升是退休警犬队教官，又令Candy情況逐步好转，天娥惟有收捡小姐脾氣，任由俊升指指点点。 天娥一直未能放下綁架案的疑团，希望自行找寻线索，其间更误会犬舍的包租公周用恭(马浚伟)，是綁匪之一，幸得俊升与退休警犬Bingo协助调查，用恭才 得以洗脫嫌疑。本与俊升狗咬狗骨的有恭決定改变自己，除了加入犬只训练班，更要做个愛狗的主人，他的突变令俊升當兽医的女儿黎羨如(钟嘉欣)也因而对他另 眼相看..

Synopsis Credits : Astro on Demand

Beyond the Realm of Conscience 宫心计

Title: Beyond the Realm of Conscience 宫心计

Cast: Charmaine Sheh (佘诗曼), Tavia Yeung (杨怡), Moses Chan (陈豪), Kevin Cheng (郑嘉颖), Michelle Yim (米雪), Susanna Kwan (关菊英), Selena Li (李诗韵), Mary Hon (韩马利)
Episodes: 30
Release date: 19 October 2009 ( HK)
Producer: Mui Siu Ching
Scriptwriter: Kar Wai Nam & Choi Ting Ting

Imperial Household Bureau is responsible for managing and directing all household services to the Emperor and the Imperial family in Tong Dynasty. It is comprised of four departments, namely Jewels, Attire, Food and Furnishings. LAU SAM HO (Charmaine Sheh) and YIU KAM LING (Tavia Yeung) are introduced into the bureau in their tender age and brought up in the disciplines of the palace. The two girls are diligent. YUEN TSUI WAN (Susanna Kwan), Head of the Jewels, and CHUNG SUET HA (Michelle Yim), Head of the Attire, are both very fond of HO for she is a kind-hearted young girl. Soon, they start fighting for the fellowship of HO.

HO always remembers her mother’s words left to her before she passed away, that she was told, ‘Doing good deeds, Speaking good words, Showing goodwill’. She lives her life of being gracious and kind-hearted in the palace. On the other hand, LING believes her survival in palace is achieved through cruel and calculating tactics. She cheats and schemes her way to the top and finally becomes the concubine. Though she realizes that HO has fallen in love with the chess master KO HIN YEUNG (Kevin Cheng), her jealousy still arouses by HO’s attraction to the Emperor LEE YI (Moses Chan). Fearing that she is losing power, she ruthlessly makes up a false allegation against HO for murdering the Empress (Mary Hon) and condemns her to death. No matter how clever she is to scheme, things do not go the way she planned. By using a strong comparison of the two distinctive characters, HO and LING, the message of the drama is that “benevolence” is the only way to gain final victory.

Synopsis Credits to : Astro on Demand

Huan Zhu Ge Ge/Princess of Returning Pearl to be remade

At first, we all thought it was a joke. Huan Zhu Ge Ge has been a stable of Hunan TV, and many look forward to the trilogy every summer for the past 12 years. And still, it has yet lost its appeal and remains a viewer-getter.

Yet as the official news stack up, it seems to be real. Hunan TV’s editor-in-chief Li Hao even gave an interview about it. Of course, that could be false or done for an alternate purpose, too. It also seems to make sense that the one of the reasons for the new drama is the fact that Hunan TV’s gone HD, which means that HZGG will look fairly weak compared to other dramas broadcasted.

According to ihunantv, the new HZGG will encompass all three seasons in a long, 80-episode-drama. The plot will also be changed by Qiong Yao* herself. Cast is yet undecided, and it’s still uncertain whether eeMedia or Nesound (or both) will be filming the drama.

*NOTE: Qiong Yao is the original author of HZGG.

Credit: Asianeu.net

*Rarely watch Mainland series, but Pearl Princess is one of the series from Mainland that I do like. Remade of this series is interesting. All three season will be made into one 80 episodes. I didn't know how they going to do it. Since the three seasons have a total of 112 episodes.

Kenix Kwok is 4 months pregnant

39 year-old Kenix Kwok officially announced she is 4 months pregnant, waiting joyfully with 41 year-old Frankie Lam for the arrival of the baby, which is due February, 2010.

"Thank you everyone for your blessings and concern!" (Did you think of a name for the baby yet?) "No. We don't know the gender yet. I didn't know I am pregnant until after the trip to Malaysia and Singapore with Frankie. The due date is February of next year." (Giving birth in Hong Kong?) "We didn't think that much yet. Let me enjoy this happiness first." Although Kenix is a mother-to-be, but she will still consider any appropriate job opportunities.

[on.cc & Mingpao/translated by K@PA]

Heaven & Earth costume tryout 《天與地》

Date: 21/09/2009 (Monday)

Time: 12:30 noon

Cast: Bowie Lam, Moses Chan, Kenny Wong, Charmaine Sheh, Maggie Shiu, Elaine Jin, Chan Hung Lit, Queenie Chu, Lau Dan, Astrid Chan, Cheung Kwok Keung, Catherine Chow, Rachel Kan, Cindy Lee, Yeung Ching Wah, Dai Yiu Ming, Ho Wai Yip, Bryant Mak, Joe Juniour, Angel Chiang, Peter Pang, Cheung Hon Ban, Fu Kim Hung, Chung Yuk Ching, Tsang Yuen Sa, Wong Lok Yi, Dai Chi Wai, Bond Chan, Summer Joe Ha and producer Chik Kei Yi.

HAE finally is going to have its costume tryout tomorrow, wonder how Charmaine's 'look' will turn out. Though I'm bummed that Nick is not going to take part, but I'm pleasantly surprised with KK (Cheung Kwok Keung) in the cast list. I hope he will be portraying an intriguing role!

Credit: sehseh's blog