The Family Link
| The Family Link | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| 師奶兵團 | |
| Genre | Modern Drama |
| Starring | Sheren Tang Cecilia Yip Kiki Sheung Michael Tse David Chiang Kenneth Ma Leila Tong Fala Chen Derek Kwok Wilson Tsui |
| Country of origin | Hong Kong |
| Original language | Cantonese |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 45 minutes (approx.) |
| Original release | |
| Network | TVB |
| Release | May 14 – June 10, 2007 |
The Family Link (Traditional Chinese: 師奶兵團) is a TVB modern drama series broadcast in May 2007.
Synopsis[edit]
Mung Ka-Ka (Sheren Tang), Cho Mei-Ngoh (Kiki Sheung), and Hilary Ding Mui-Hong (Cecilia Yip) are good friends and they are experts on how to raise a family. They teach Ko Wing-Kuen (David Chiang) how to raise his daughter and show him that it takes more than words to care for a child.
Along the way, they find out that their husbands might be secretly doing things behind their backs:
- Ka-Ka suspects her husband Joe Fong Yin-Jo (Michael Tse) is secretly pretending to be a woman, while in reality he is trying to pursue his goal of becoming a cross-dressing pop star.
- Mei-Ngoh's husband Ma Dai-Hap (Wilson Tsui) might be cheating on her with another woman.
- Mui-Hong thinks her husband Bill Cheuk Kam-Biu (Derek Kwok) might be having an affair in which causes her to receive sexual diseases.
- Shu Siu-Man (Leila Tong) just came back from America and suspects all three of them to have caused the death of her best friend Yoyo who is also Gam Shing-Tsun's (Kenneth Ma) wife.
Cast[edit]
| Cast | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sheren Tang | Mung Ka-Ka 蒙嘉嘉 |
Homemaker Fong Yin-Jo's wife. |
| Michael Tse | Fong Yin-Jo (Joe) 方彥祖 |
Clerk Mung Ka-Ka's husband. |
| Cecilia Yip | Ding Mui-Heung 丁梅香 |
Homemaker Cheuk Kam-Biu's wife. |
| Derek Kwok | Cheuk Kam-Biu (Bill) 卓錦標 |
Manager Ding Mui-Hong's husband. |
| Kiki Sheung (商天娥) | Cho Mei-Ngoh 曹美娥 |
Homemaker Ma Dai-Hap's wife. |
| Wilson Tsui (艾威) | Ma Dai-Hap 馬大哈 |
Cho Mei-Ngo's husband. |
| Leila Tong | Shu Siu-Man 舒小曼 |
Ko Wing-Kuen's sister-in-law. Yoyo's best friend. |
| Kenneth Ma | Gam Shing-Tsun 甘誠俊 |
Cafe Owner Yoyo's husband. |
| David Chiang | Ko Wing-Kuen 高永權 |
Shu Siu-Man's brother-in-law. |
| Fala Chen | Angela | Cheuk Kam-Biu's boss and lover. |
Viewership ratings[edit]
| Week | Episode | Average Points | Peaking Points | References | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
|
May 14–18, 2007 | 1 — 5 | 31
|
33
|
[1] |
2
|
May 21–25, 2007 | 6 — 10 | 32
|
34
|
[2] |
3
|
May 29 - June 1, 2007 | 11 — 15 | 31
|
40
|
[3] |
4
|
June 4–8, 2007 | 16 — 20 | 33
|
36
|
[4] |
4
|
June 10, 2007 | 21 | 38
|
42
|
[5] |
Awards and nominations[edit]
40th TVB Anniversary Awards (2007)
- "Best Drama"
- "Best Actor in a Leading Role" (Michael Tse - Joe Fong Yin-Jo)
- "Best Actress in a Leading Role" (Sheren Tang - Mung Ka-Ka)
- "Best Actress in a Leading Role" (Kiki Sheung - Cho Mei-Ngoh)
- "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" (Kenneth Ma - Gam Sing-Tsun)
- "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" (Derek Kok - Bill Cheuk Kam-Biu)
- "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" (Wilson Tsui - Ma Dai-Hap)
- "Best Actress in a Supporting Role" (Leila Tong - Shu Siu-Man)
- "My Favourite Male Character" (Michael Tse - Joe Fong Yin-Jo)
- "My Favourite Male Character" (David Chiang - Ko Wing-Kuen)
- "My Favourite Female Character" (Sheren Tang - Mung Ka-Ka)
- "My Favourite Female Character" (Kiki Sheung - Cho Mei-Ngoh)
- "My Favourite Female Character" (Leila Tong - Shu Siu-Man)
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- TVB.com The Family Link - Official Website (in Chinese)
- K for TVB.net The Family Link - Episodic Synopsis and Screen Captures (in English)