The Family Link

The Family Link
Poster
師奶兵團
GenreModern Drama
StarringSheren Tang
Cecilia Yip
Kiki Sheung
Michael Tse
David Chiang
Kenneth Ma
Leila Tong
Fala Chen
Derek Kwok
Wilson Tsui
Country of originHong Kong
Original languageCantonese
No. of episodes21
Production
Running time45 minutes (approx.)
Original release
NetworkTVB
ReleaseMay 14 (2007-05-14) –
June 10, 2007 (2007-06-10)

The Family Link (Traditional Chinese: 師奶兵團) is a TVB modern drama series broadcast in May 2007.

Synopsis

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

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

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

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

  1. ^ Week 1 Ratings
  2. ^ Week 2 Ratings
  3. ^ Week 3 Ratings
  4. ^ Week 4 Ratings
  5. ^ Finale Ratings
  • TVB.com The Family Link - Official Website (in Chinese)
  • K for TVB.net The Family Link - Episodic Synopsis and Screen Captures (in English)