A Decade of TVB Series: 1998 - 2008 (4)

Politics

The Year: 2005
Keyword: Liza Wong vs. Kenix Kwok

No one will ever forget the long battle between Liza Wong and Kenix Kwok in the 2005 Best Actress race. This race taught us a valuable lesson, don't ever mess up with TVB's politics.

The Classic Series: Revolving Doors of Vengeance
Forgettable Series: Food for Life / Fantasy Hotel
Rising Star: Niki Chow - The Gentle Crackdown
Most Surprising Act: Angela Tong - Life Made Simple
Coming Back Stars: Michael Miu, Michelle Yim, Ekin Cheng (Ekin did not stay long, he only filmed Always Ready and left)
Leaving Star: Kenix Kwok, after loosing her Best Actress battle with Liza Wong, Kenix left TVB with lots of disappointments.


The Year: 2006
Keyword: Charmaine Sheh vs. Kevin Cheng

In 2008, we heard lots of rumors about Charmaine Sheh and Kevin Cheng, but did you know TVB is actually "planning" this way back in 2006? In 2006, Charmaine and Kevin won the Best Actress and Best Actor awards, is that the plot that triggers their rumors today? Again, politics...

The Classic Series: Safe Guards
Forgettable Series: Vagabond Vigilante
Rising Star: Linda Chung - Forensic Heroes
Most Surprising Act: Ada Choi - The Dance of Passion
Coming Back Star: Ada Choi
Leaving Stars: Nadia Chan, Lawrenence Ng

A Decade of TVB Series: 1998 - 2008 (3)

The Rise of the New Generation

The Year: 2002
Keyword: Golden Faith

This is the year marks the true beginning of the new generation. We saw Myolie Wu shinning in Doomed to Oblivion, Michelle Yip and Raymond Lam taking the main roles almost everywhere. Tavia Yeung also become to be popular in Whatever It Takes. Ah, don't forget Moses Chan, who was considered as the most improved star of that year in Family Man.

The Classic Series: Where the Legends Begin
Forgettable Series: Good Against Evil
Rising Stars: Myolie Wu - Doomed to Oblivion
Most Uprising Act: Sonija Kwok - Where the Legend Begin
Coming Back Star: Deric Wan - Golden Faith
Leaving Star: Felix Wong left TVB with many disappointments and started to film more movies.

The Year: 2003
Keyword: Ah Wong

This is THE best year of TVB in the new millennium. The new generation continued to shine in Triumph in the Skies. The old generation started to come back to TVB and help the new kids on the block.

The Classic series: Square Pegs
Forgettable Series: The W Files
Rising Stars: The S4 in Triumph in the Skies (Ron, Sammul, Bosco, Kenneth)
Most Surprising Act: Wayne Lai - Greed Mask
Coming Back star: Francis Ng - Triumph in the Skies, unfortunately, he only filmed one series and left
Leaving Star: Gallen Lo, after filming The W Files

The Year: 2004
Keyword: War and Beauty

This is the year, when the new generation truly matures. Not only mature, they became famous. More and more changes begin to happen, lots stars coming back, and lots of them leaving. TVB seems to get used to the constant changing...

The Classic series: Twin of Brothers
Forgettable Series: The Vigilante in the Mask
Rising Stars: Shirley Yeung - Angels of Mission
Most Surprising Act: Nancy Wu - Twins of Brothers
Coming back star: Dayo Wong - To Catch the Uncatchable
Leaving Stars: Nick Cheng, who only wants to film one series per year, however, that did not really happen...