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ALL THESE UPDATES ARE NOT 100% CONFIRMED UNLESS STATED. KEEP IN MIND: TVB LIKES TO CHANGE THEIR MIND AT ANY SECOND.
11/6/09: "Father" with Ron and Myolie is now officially called A Chip Off the Old Block
10/28/09: Only You will have its costume fitting on Monday, November 2. Yoyo will join the cast while Paul Chun will not film this any longer.
10/24/09: "The Truth of His Father" will air after Beyond on Nov. 30 and The Beauty of the Game will air after Born Rich on Dec. 14. Remember that TVB likes to change their minds even when it's confirmed early on. ---- "Beyond II" is now called "Arrival of the Princess" and will film in December. Kenneth Ma, Linda Chung, and Charmaine Sheh are said to film this series. ---- "Chau Heung" is now called the Flirting Scholar. ---- Roger Kwok and Derek Kwok will film a 30 episode series in January.
10/18/09: Upcoming Kevin/Louise series is tentatively called "Only You". Ada Choi has rejected to film this series. ---- Alex Fong Chun Sun is unconfirmed to film the Maggie Cheung series.
10/12/09: Chilam/Myo/Tavia series has its costume fitting today. ---- Roger Kwok will no longer film upcoming Amy Wong series. He will film a new series in January.
10/8/09: Sheren Tang, Wayne Lai, Raymond Wong, Fala Chen, Susan Tse, Kara Hui, Ngok Wah and Pierre Ngo will film pre-modern series "Righteous Sea of Heroic Love" in March. ----- Linda Chung and Kenneth Ma will film a series in December. ---- Roger/Kevin/Ada series will start filming on November 2. ---- Maggie Cheung's series will start filming by the end of this year.
9/25/09: Maggie Cheung will film 女人最痛 in 2010. A modern series focusing on women.
9/21/09: Interpol will have its costume fitting tomorrow the 22nd!
9/17/09: Safety First costume fitting today! ---- Ada Choi will film the Amy Wong series with Roger/Kevin. The series will film in November rather than September.
9/15/09: Kent Cheng, Lee Heung Kam, Sonija Kwok, Kate Tsui, Raymond Wong, Raymond Cho, and Elaine Yiu will film a news series called "Safety First". It will have its costume fitting on Sept. 17. ---- Tavia Yeung and Damien Lau are confirmed to film Chilam-Myolie series. ----- Heaven and Earth will have its costume fitting on Monday, September 21. ----- Born Rich is confirmed to air October 19 at the 9:30 timeslot.
9/01/09: Oh, My Darling's official title is now My Better Half. --- Krystal Tin will be in "Interpol". ---- Sunny Chan will a modern series in November. ---- Maggie Cheung will supposedly join Heaven and Earth and take Sheren's role in the sales presentation. Also, Chik's regulars have also joined the cast: Catherine Chau, Chan Hung Lit, Rachel Kan.
8/27/09: Natalie Tong will be in the Louise/Roger/Kevin series. ---- The Ha Yu/Sammul series will have its costume fitting on Monday the 31st. It is tentatively named "The Comeback Family". Christine Ng and Benz Hui has joined the cast as well. ---- Nancy Wu, Rebecca Chan and Vincent Wong has joined the cast of Michael-Felix series. Its directly translated title would be "Interpol".
8/21/09: Beyond the Realm of Conscience is confirmed to air on October 19. --- Born Rich is also confirmed to air sometime in October. ---- Michael Tse has joined the cast of the upcoming Chilam series. Tavia has yet to confirm her participation.
8/17/09: Shirley Yeung, Sammul Chan, Ha Yu and Toby Leung will film a series together in September. ---- Chilam Cheung, Myolie Wu and Tavia Yeung will film a series together in October. ---- In the Chamber of Bliss will air on Sept. 21 instead of "Watchdog. ----
7/26/09: Jessica Hsuan is confirmed to film the series with Michael/Felix in October. --- The Stew of Life will air on September 7 after You're Hired and A Watchdog's Tale is scheduled to air Sept 21. ---- Shirley Yeung, Selena Li and Edwin Siu will film a series in September, but whether it's the same series or not, it's still undetermined.
7/22/09: Felix Wong is confirmed to film a cop drama with Michael Miu in October.
7/21/09: Flora/Joe series will have its costume fitting tomorrow July 22. It is now called "Searching for Lasting Love". Sharon Chan and Him Law are part of the main cast. ---- Ha Yu will film a series in September.
7/19/09: Charmaine, Moses and Kenny are confirmed to join Bowie and Maggie Siu in filming Heaven and Earth. ---- Correction: Temptation will have its costume fitting tomorrow the 20th. Pix will be posted ASAP.
7/13/09: Michael Miu will film a series in September. His co-star could possibly be Felix Wong. ------ Flora Chan, Joe Ma and Shek Sau are confirmed to film a modern series with Producer Poon Ka Tak in August. ---- Bernice Liu is said to join Ray-Tavia series but more confirmation is needed. ---- You're Hired is 100% scheduled to air August 10 because AOD has released it's synopsis.
7/09/09: You're Hired is scheduled to air on August 10 after ABfaR and D.I.E. Again is set to air August 17 after BFIII. (Remember, TVB can change their minds at any second). --- Heaven and Earth will film in September. Further cast members are yet to be comfirmed.
7/06/09: Louise Lee, Jessica Hsuan, Roger Kwok, Kevin Cheng and Paul Chun will film a light-hearted 30 episode series in September. ----- Maggie Cheung will film a series in September.
7/02/09: Ray-Tavia series will have its costume fitting on July 16. ----- Bowie Lam and Maggie Siu are confirmed to film Heaven and Earth in August.
6/25/09: Kenny Wong has joined the cast of 'Connection'. ----- Shirley Yeung will film an ancient series in August. ----- BFIII synopsis is out on Astro on Demand website.
6/16/09: Ray-Tavia series is now tentatively called "Shall We State the Case". It is a cop series. ---- Maggie Siu is confirmed to film a Jonathan Chik series in September. Confirmation is needed on whether the September Chik series is Heaven and Earth or not. ---- Jessica/Louise series will be 30 episodes.
6/12/09: Kenneth Ma will only be a guest star on upcoming Ray-Tavia series. ---- Wayne and Sheren are said to film a series in February under Lee Tim Sing. ---- "Nutritional Housewives" is officially named The Stew of Life. ---- "Superwoman" is now named Fly with Me. ---- Sharon Chan will be in the Bernice series.
6/09/09: 'Beyond' is confirmed to air in Korea and mainland in September. Confirmation is still needed on if it will air in HK at the same time. ---- 'Reaching Star' official name is now Growing Through Life.
6/06/09: Steven Ma and Fala Chen will film the upcoming modern series with Yoyo Mung. It will be 20 episodes.
6/04/09: Kenneth Ma is confirmed to film the Ray-Tavia series. It is said that the series has been pushed back and will start filming in July. Bernice is not confirmed to join the series yet. ---- A Bride for a Ride is confirmed to air after Sweetness.
6/01/09: Bernice Liu is said to film a series in June. ----- Burning Flame III is stated to air after Persona and A Bride for a Ride is set to air after Sweetness (not 100%).
5/27/09: Jessica Hsuan will be filming the series with Louise Lee in Sept. --- Costume fitting for "Exploration" was held on the 26th. --- "Picking Star" is now called "The Adventure of Reaching Star". --- Beyond has wrapped up filming.
5/22/09: A Great Way to Care has been warehoused and will release overseas on June 8th. ---- "The Queen of the Office" costume fitting was today (view below). ----- Yoyo Mung will film "Turn of Induced Feelings" at the end of July.
5/15/09: Charmaine will film a series in September after she takes a break from filming. ---- Beyond will finish filming on May 27. --- "Heaven and Earth is back on but will film in 2010. --- Born Rich will be the other anniversary series. --- Unrelated to series, TVB decided to move the anniversary celebration to December instead of November.
5/13/09: TVB has decided to air Sweetness in the Salt after JLII instead of "Watchdog". ---- Wong Hei, Linda Chung, Raymond Wong, Chris Lai and Kaki Leung will be filming "Crossing the Boundary of Exploration" in early June. ---- Louise Lee will film a series in September. ---- Beyond the Realm of Conscience has been decided to be an anniversary series, which means it will air in October/November. ---- The Five Flavors of Love held its costume fitting today 5/13.
>5/12/09: Susanna Kwan, Kenneth Ma and Kate Tsui is said to film the series with Joe Ma in July. ---- Kiki Sheung will film a series in September.
5/09/09: Chilam Cheung will film a series in October.
5/05/09: Sonija Kwok is stated to film the series with Joe Ma in July. ---- Bosco Wong is said to join the Liza-Ron sitcom (either as a castmember or a guest - not confirmed). It will have its costume fitting on May 22.
5/04/09: Michelle Yim, Esther Kwan, Roger Kwok, Ng Wai Kwok and Derek Kwok will film a pre-modern series "Five Tastes of Love" in May. ----- It seems that the Bobby-Flora series may have been postponed or canceled. It could have been assigned a different producer too. News is yet to be revealed. --- A Watchdog's Tale is 100% confirmed to air after JLII.
4/27/09: Joe Ma will film a series in July.
4/26/09: Ron Ng, Denise Ho and Chapman To has joined the cast of "The Queen of the Office". It is an 80 episode sitcom that will air after Off Pedder. ----- Heung Joh is confirmed to film "Iron Horse".
4/24/09: Rosy Business official website is now open. View link in its profile (below post).
4/21/09: Heaven and Earth is now cancelled.
4/19/09: Michelle Yim will film a new series after she is done with "Beyond". --- "Iron Horse" will have its costume fitting on May 6th. ---- Maggie-Michael series has changed its name to "Oh, My Darling". ---- The Liza-Linda series will be referred to as "The Queen of the Office".
4/12/09: Raymond Lam, Tavia Yeung, and Joel Chan are confirmed to film a new series in June. Wong Hei is also said to be in this series. ---- Little Miss Unreasonable has already started filming with a mainland main actress alongside Roger Kwok. ----- The Beauty of the Game is stated to air after 'Rosy' on June 1. ---- The Threshold of a Persona is stated to air on June 8 after Just Love II.
4/04/09: "Medicine of Heaven" with Alex-Kate is officially named A Great Way to Care. ---- Michael Tse will not film with Liza in May for obvious reasons... ---- Angela Tong is said to film a series in May. ----- Go Here to view Program Highlights and certain series previews: http://idlemindsehseh.blogspot.com/2009/04/2009-tvb-programme-highlights.html
3/29/09: The Root of Evil has changed its name to Born Rich. ---- Dayo-Charmaine series is officially named You're Hired. ---- Myolie Wu will no londer be filming "Reasonable". ---- Liza Wang and Michael Tse will be filming a series in May. Linda Chung is also said to be in this series. ---- E.U. is confirmed to have a sequel to be filmed. Details are yet to be revealed.
3/21/09: Rosy Business is confirmed to air Apr. 27 after The King of Snookers. --- Just Love II is scheduled to air after Man in Charge on May 4. ---Yoyo Mung will be filming a series in May. ---- Sammul Chan will be also filming a series in May.
3/16/09: Costume fitting for The Pride of My Husband was today (view below). ---- "Tiger Wong" is officially named A Bride for a Ride. ---- Upcoming Roger-Myolie series is now called "Little Miss Unreasonable" and Aimee Chan has joined the cast. ---- Leila Tong is said to film a new series in May. ---- There's a chance Linda Chung's May series is the one with Bobby-Flora. ---- Man in Charge synopsis is out on AOD website: http://www.astro.com.my/premiumchannels/aod/program.asp?id=56
3/11/09: The Pride for My Husband will have its costume fitting on March 16th. ---- Linda Chung stated that she will film a new series in May, other information has yet to be revealed. ---- Written to Life is now called "The Legend of Pu Songling". It will have its costume fitting on Mar. 13 and Matthew Ko and Elaine Yiu are added to the cast.
3/10/09: Yoyo Mung, Kenny Wong and Raymond Cho are added to the cast of Heaven and Earth but the series as a whole is still yet to be comfirmed due to Nick Cheung's schedule. --- "Beautiful HD" is now officially named The Beauty of the Game.
3/1/09: Sonija Kwok has joined the cast of "The Pride for My Husband" while Ella Koon is no longer casted. ----- Linda Chung is said to join the cast of "Heaven and Earth"(NOT 100% CONFIRMED!!).
2/19/09: The King of Snooker is scheduled to air on March 30 after E.U. --- Man in Charge is scheduled to air after The Winter Melon Tale on April 6. ----- Cecilia Yip has joined the cast of "Picking Star of Adventure". ---- "Conscience" will actually be done filming in June instead of August (this makes more sense since Kevin and Selena's new series starts filming May-ish).
2/17/09: "Picking Star of Adventure" has started filming already two days ago, there wasn't a costume fitting. --- Costume fitting for "Conscience" was yesterday while the one for "Pearl" was held today (View Below). ----- A new comedy series (Mischevious Wife and Little Sister) with Roger Kwok, Myolie Wu, Eddie Kwan and Kingdom Yuen will start filming in April. ---- Moses Chan and Sheren Tang will film "Heaven and Earth".
2/2/09: Teresa Lee and Ella Koon are confirmed to join upcoming Michael-Maggie series. ----- Niki Chow, Vivien Yeo and Kenny Kwan will join Ken Hung to film a series this year.
1/29/09: "D.I.E. II" is now named "D.I.E. Again". --- "King of Pool" official name is "The King of Snooker". ---- Michael Tse is stated to be in upcoming "The Pride for My Husband". ---- Beyond the Realm of Conscience will being filming on Feb. 22. ---- Ken Hung will supposedly film a new series this year.
1/25/09: "The Grand Entrepeneur" is officially named Root of Evil. -- "The Rouge Merchant" is now named Rosy Business. -- "Dogs on the Beat" is now named The Watchdog's Tale. -- "General Chai and Lady Balsam" official name is In the Chamber of Bliss -- Upcoming "Palace Scheme" is now called Beyond the Realm of Conscience. -- "Business Doctor" has changed its name to The Entrepreneurial Beauties (unofficial). -- Sonija Kwok will be in upcoming Yoyo Mung mystery series. --- "Iron Horse" will start filming in April instead of May.
1/21/09: "Nutritional Housewives" costume fitting was today (view below). ------ Derek Kwok will be in upcoming Yoyo Mung series. ----- The mainland stars of "Picking Star" such as William Feng, Yu Hao Ming and Yang Xue are now not officially confirmed, wait for more news. ----- "Big White Gourd" is officially named The Winter Melon Tale and it will air on March 9th following Royal Tramp.
1/12/09: "Truth Father" held its costume fitting/blessing ceremony today. View post below. ----- Upcoming series with Chung King Fai and Louise Lee will have its costume fitting on Jan 22nd. ------ The upcoming Bobby-Flora series will have 25 episodes.
1/10/09: The Greatness of a Hero is scheduled to be released overseas on Feb 9th after SitS.
12/31/08: Yoyo Mung will film a modern series in March. ----- 'True Father' costume fitting will be on Monday, Jan. 5.
12/23/08: Sweetness in the Salt will be officially released overseas on January 5. ----- Ron Ng will not be participating in "Written to Life". ----- BOTH Kevin Cheng and Kenneth Ma will be in "Iron Horse". They will play brothers along with Stephen Wong. ----- William Feng (in Drive of Life) will film "Picking Star". This series will be 30 episodes. ----- Elaine Yiu and Tracy Ip are added to the cast of "Palace Scheme" and this series will be 30 episodes as well. ----- Timmy Hung has been added to the upcoming "Grandpa" series.
12/17/08: Damien Lau, Candice Yu and (Ham) Yu Hao Ming are confirmed to join "Picking Star of Adeventure". ------ Bowie Lam is confirmed to film "Heaven and Earth" with Nick Cheung. The specific filming date has not been officially decided. ------- "Grandpa" with Chung King Fai has moved up filming to the end of January. ------ "Written to Life" has moved up filming to March-April. ----- The upcoming Bobby-Flora series is now called "The Youth Grows Again".
12/10/08: Mainland's "Royal Tramp" with Huang Xiao Ming is scheduled to air after Pages of Treasrues on Jan. 5. ----- E.U. is scheduled to air after TGOL on Feb. 9. ------ Nancy Wu and Louis Yuen are added to the cast of "Father". ------ Patrick Tang will be in the upcoming Michael-Maggie series.
12/08/08: Superwoman costume fitting was today (view below). ------ The Hatred of Love has changed its name to "Medicine of Heaven". ------- Pages of Treasures website is now open (view its profile below for link).
12/05/08: "Horoscope" is now called The Stars of Love. It had its costume fitting today (view below). -------- Sweetness in the Salt is planned to air after "Pages" on Jan. 5. ----- Nancy Wu, Natalie Tong and Stephen Wong will join "Iron Horse" (not 100%). ------- Yang Xue (a mainland actress) will lead in with Raymond Lam in the upcoming mainland collab series.
12/03/08: Kevin Cheng is confirmed to film "Iron Horse" in May (hmm...wouldn't he still be filming Lau Sam Ho? wonder how that's gonna work..). Kenneth Ma is not 100% confirmed to be in this. ------- Enterprise Doctor will wrap up filming in these next few weeks.
12/01/08: Kenneth Ma, Selena Li, Shirley Yeung have joined the cast of "Iron Horse" and will film in May. Raymond Lam will not film this. A replacement for Ray (supposedly not from TVB) is yet to be determined (Kenneth is not his replacement). ------ In May, Ray will film a new series with Bobby Au Yeung and Flora Chan. ------ Jessica Hsuan, Bowie Lam, Joyce Tang, & Kiki Sheung will join Michael Tao in "Pearl in Palm". ------ Christine Ng will film the upcoming Chung King Fai series. ------ The upcoming Michael-Maggie series will be called The Pride for My Husband.
11/27/08: Jack Wu is confirmed to join "Horoscope".
11/17/08: "Click" changed its name to Pages of Treasures. ----- The earlier announced Fala Chen series is the same one featured on the sales presentation that include Chung King Fai and Lee Sze Kei. It is also supposedly a sequel of "My Family". ------ The extended cast of "Horoscope" has Mando Cho, Benny Chan Chin Pang, Lau Dan and Law Lok Lam. ------ Flora Chan, Christine Ng, and Winnie Yeung are added to the Michael Tao series (not 100%! there could still be many changes since its awhile away).
11/16/08: The Grand Entrepeneur will have its costume fitting on Nov. 24. Bernice Liu is no longer part of the cast due to other opportunities. Sharon Chan will take on Bernice's role instead. Kenneth Ma will playing an evil role. -------- Fala Chen will be filming a series in February for Producer Amy Wong(UTCOL,TSD,LOS,TUCF). ------ "Click to Enter Gold House" (with Paul, Wayne, Sonija, Shirley, Eric Suen) will air after WESFotSW instead of The Greatness of a Hero.
11/15/08: Ada Choi confirmed to film "The Story of a Stunt Woman" in December. ------ Nick Cheung is confirmed to film "Heaven and Earth" next year (other cast unconfirmed). ------ Michael Tao is confirmed to film "Grabbing of the Precious Jewel" in March. ------- Shirley Yeung, John Chiang and Gigi Wong has joined the cast of "The True Father of His"(the Ron-Sunny-Myolie series) and will begin filming in January. ------ Charmaine and Moses have confirmed to film Lau Sam Ho, unsure about other cast members. ------- E.N.I. is now called E.U. ----- More minor updates under "Series to be filmed".
11/07/08: The Steven-Tavia series will now be referred to as "The Horoscope of the Prince". Chilam will no longer be in this series and Mchael Tse will join the cast. ------ Michael Tao is confirmed to film a series in March next year.
10/26/08: The Greatness of a Hero will air on December 8 after WESFotSW. ------- Costume fitting for D.I.E. II is tomorrow Oct 27. ------ The Maggie-Michael series will film in March if negotiations are successful. ------ Lau Sam Ho will be filmed (confirmed by certain artists) but the official casts are yet to be decided. ------ "The Academy 3" is apparently named "E.N.I." now.
10/19/08: If negotiations are successful, MAGGIE CHEUNG(LOVE HER SO MUCH) and Michael Miu will film a series together soon (BEST NEWS IN AWHILE =D). ----- The updated cast of D.I.E II is Roger, Sonija, Derek, Kitty Yuen, Nancy Wu, Him Law, Edwin Siu, Stephen Huynh, Benjamin Yuen, Stephen Wong, Rabee'a Yeung. ----- Bernice Liu, Benz Hui, Angelina Lo & Vincent Wong(i forgot to mention last time) are added to the cast of "Money". ------- Toby Leung, Yvonne Lam, Mimi Lo, Power Chan & Lam Ka Wah is added to the upcoming Raymond-Bosco series. (Linda is still not confirmed). ------ The Gem of Life official website is now available: http://drama.tvb.com/thegemoflife/ . ------- The Sunny-Ron-Myolie series will begin filming in January.
10/15/08: "The Hatred of Love" costume fitting was today (view below). ------ "Cordial Heroes" is now renamed as The Threshold of a Person. ------ "Easterly Showers" synopsis is available on AOD.
10/14/08: Chau Heung Angers Tong Bak Fu costume fitting was today (view post below). ------ Alex Fong-Kate Tsui series costume fitting is tomorrow. Also includes Raymond Wong, Natalie Tong, Timmy Hung, Charles Szeto, Suki Chui & Vivien Yeo. -------- The official cast of "Money" is Ray Lui, Gallen Lo, Kenix Kwok, Anita Yuen, Joe Ma, Nancy Sit, Jaimie Chik, Krystal Tin, Kenneth Ma, Toby Leung. -------- Steven Ma, Tavia Yeung and Kingdom Yuen will join the Julian Cheung series in November. ------- Sunny Chan, Myolie Wu and Ron Ng will film a series together after Myolie is done with her current series. -------- Raymond Lam and Bosco Wong will have a series in collaboration with mainland stars. Linda Chung might also be in this series. -------- Unconfirmed date but plans to film in 2009: a series with Ada Choi, Moses Chan, Kenny Wong & Raymond Cho. ------- Btw, I'm not mentioning the series that are only made for sales presentation purposes until there is confirmation.
10/10/08: The Gem of Life themevideo is now available (view it below). ------- Anita Yuen is confirmed to be in the "The Crime-Inducing Effect of Money". Gallen will play a extremely evil role. ------- Shirley will be in D.I.E. II. ------- Lau Sam Ho: New Series(HK version of Jewel in the Palace) in February: Susanna Kwan, Michelle Yim, Charmaine Sheh, Kevin Cheng, Moses Chan, Tavia Yeung, Selena Li. -------- The series with Susanna, Linda, Tavia and Bosco is not going to happen for now. ------ Chilam Cheung will film a series in November as promised previously.
10/1/08: The upcoming Gallen Lo grand production's chinese title is 金裝豪門 which translates to "Gold Wardrobe, Rich Family". Vincent Wong has also joined the cast. ------ New upcoming modern series: Alex Fong, Kate Tsui, Ngok Wah, Ram Tseung. ------- Upcoming Moses-Myolie series will have its costume fitting on Oct 14.
9/24/08: Elaine Yiu and Johnson Lee has confirmed to be part of upcoming Mose-Myolie series. -------- Kate Tsui has now joined the upcoming Yoyo-Fala production but male leads have yet to be determined.
9/19/08: The Charmaine-Joe-Liza series is now officially named "When Easterly Showers Fall on the Sunny West" and is scheduled to air on Oct 27 after The Four. ------- Ha Yu and Chris Lai will be in the upcoming Moses-Myolie comedy series. Kate Tsui is no longer said to be part of the cast. ------- New upcoming series that will film in November includes Susanna Kwan, Tavia Yeung, Linda Chung and Bosco Wong. (Hopefully i got everything. =D)
9/12/08: Michael Tse is confirmed to be in "Business Doctor". ------ It is said that Kate Tsui will be in the upcoming Moses-Myolie series. -------- A series with Tavia Yeung will start filming by the end of this year. ------- Nancy Sit has joined the cast of Gallen Lo grand production and will play Ray Lui's mom. ------- Raymond Lam might film a new series this year. (THANKS TO ALL THE PEEPS IN THE CBOX. THANKS SO MUCH!)
9/08/08: Sammul Chan and Gigi Wong are to be casted along with Selena Li in an upcoming series (wu gei). ----- Michael Tse will film a new series in October(jse).
9/04/08: Costume fitting for "General Chai" is posted below. ------- Bosco Wong is said to film an ancient series in November (jse).
9/03/08: The Damien-Kathy-Kenneth-Toby series costume fitting will be tomorrow 9/04/08. It will also include Krystal Tin and will be Man Chor genre. It will tentatively be called "General Chai & Lady Balsam". ------- Kate Tsui may be in a series in October (jse). ------- Moses-Myolie series will film in October, not Septemeber...for now.
9/01/08: Selena Li will be in a series in December (Lizzy). -------- Louisa So is confirmed to film a series in November (Insider).
8/28/08: (There hasn't been any major news to update on but here's some tidbits to prevent a dryspell). ------ Nancy Wu has joined the cast of "Red Powder Merchant". ------ Astro On Demand has made a section for the upcoming Last One Standing but it only has the "plot quote" and no synopsis yet.
8/24/08: Jessica Hsuan is expected to be in the upcoming Ada Choi-Nick Cheung series, not 100%.
8/23/08: Moses Chan and Myolie Wu will film a ancient comedy series soon (September-ish) and this is confirmed by Myolie herself. Vivien Yeo is supposed to be casted as well. --------- The Gem of Life will air on October 20 at 9:30 after Last One Standing. The Turbulence of East and West will air Oct 27 @ 8:30 after The Four. Man in Charge will air on December 8 at 8:30 after "Turbulence" (Insider).
8/22/08: The final four series of the 2008 TVB Year(anniversary to anniversary) are Last One Standing, The Four, The Gem of Life and "The Turbulence of East and West". Last One Standing will succeed Moonlight Resonance at 9:30 on Sept 22 and The Four will air when Your Class or Mine is done, also on Sept 22. "Gem" and "Turbulence" will then air after those series are finished in October.
8/21/08: Kenix Kwok, Anita Yuen and Lee Heung Kam are to be in upcoming Gallen Lo grand production in November (jse, Kevin & cx839).
8/20/08: Legend of Demigods will be airing at 8:00 next week, not 10:30. --------- Moses Chan will filming an ancient series soon, date unknown. Patrick Tang is rumored to be also part of the cast. ------- Business Doctor will film in October (randomness).
8/16/08: Your Class or Mine AND Legend of the Demigods official sites are now open. Please refer to the appropriate series' profile below for the links.
8/15/08: Your Class or Mine themevideo is out and can be viewed below. ------- "Dogs on the Beat" is said to have started filming today.
8/12/08: Dogs on the Beat costume fitting was today. ------ The Good, the Bad and the Ugly has changed its name to "Click to Enter Gold House" (randomness).
8/11/08: Last One Standing will air after MR on Sept 22 (jse). --------- Dogs on the Beat costume fitting is tomorrow 8/12 with cast: Steven Ma, Kent Cheng, Linda Chung, Maggie Siu, Raymond Wong, Natalie Tong, Koni Lui, Shermon Tang. Kayi+Sharon+Stephen will not be in the series (Insider).
8/10/08: Your Class or Mine airs on the 25th not the 18th. -------- No series will be airing during the 8:30 timeslot Aug 18 - Aug 24. The olympics will be airing during that time.
8/08/08: The Gem of Life is now confirmed to air on September 22. --------- Your Class or Mine synopsis can now be viewed here: http://www.astro.com.my/premiumchannels/aod/program.asp?id=38 --------- Looks like Kayi Cheung will be in the Gallen grand production.
8/05/08: Costume fitting for Dogs on the Beat will be in two weeks with Kent Cheng, Maggie Siu, Steven Ma, Linda Chung, Stephen Wong, Sharon Luk, and Kayi Cheung (Insider).
8/02/08: Maggie Siu will be in "Dogs on the Beat" (jse). ----------- This Last One Standing, The Gem of Life and The Turbulence of East and West fiasco about the airing dates is so confusing. Let's just stick with knowing that they WILL be airing in the next month or two.
8/01/08: Edwin Siu will be D.I.E. II and may pair with Nancy Wu. --------- Last One Standing and The Gem of Life are confirmed to air in September. The timeslots of each series has yet to be confirmed. High chance that LOS will be after Your Class or Mine (8:30) and TGOL after Moonlight Resonance(9:30). -------- The news of Turbulence of East and West airing in late September is most likely false for now... -------- I just found out now that Kenneth Ma will be a guest star on Your Class or Mine (wow i never knew that). Hey it's news to me so it could be news to some of you.
7/29/08: Legend of Demigods synopsis is now available here: http://www.astro.com.my/premiumchannels/aod/program.asp?id=37
7/28/08: A Pillowcase of Mystery II costume fitting today. Scroll down for pix.
7/26/08: I forgot to announce this for awhile now but "Sharp Plans" is now "Your Class or Mine" .
7/25/08: "Wives and Concubines" will now be referred to as "Red Powder Merchant". The costume fitting was today, scroll down for pix. ------------- Nancy Wu is planning to be in D.I.E. II. ----------- Moses Chan stated in his blog that he will be filming a series soon but no more info has been released; side note: OMG YAY!!!
7/24/08: Costume Fitting for "Wives and Concubines" is tomorrow or today if we're going by HK time (Insider). -------- Moonlight Resonance's profile is complete, scroll down to posts to view.
7/22/08: Flora Chan was supposed to return and film the Gallen Lo grand production in September, but TVB pushed filming to November. Now Flora cannot participate because she is going on vacation. The good thing is that she is definitely returning but she has to wait til after her vacation. So expect to see her in a series in the future! ---------- Tentative air dates: Last One Standing: Sept 15. The Gem of Life: Sept 22 (Hayden).
7/21/08: New upcoming series "King of Pool" had its costume fitting today. Scroll down to view the pix.
7/15/08: Last One Standing is confirmed to air after the Olympics (cx839).
7/17/08:Moonlight Resonance themevideo is available and can be viewed/DLed below. ------- "King of Pool" will start filming in August (cx839).
7/15/08: D.I.E. II has moved its filming schedule to November. Kenneth Ma will most likely be part of the cast now.
7/14/08: New upcoming series starring: Bowie Lam, Yoyo Mung, Tavia Yeung, Fala Chen & Natalie Tong will film in September (tentative date). --------- When a Dog Loves a Cat's synopsis can now be viewed on Astro On Demand website or here, below, in the appropiate post.
7/13/08: Pillowcase of Mystery II's costume fitting will be on July 28 (cx839). -------- Krystal Tin will be in the upcoming grand production with Gallen (wu gei). --------- Steven Ma is removed from the cast list of the upcoming Ada-Nick series for now.
7/11/08: D.I.E. II has moved out of "still in consideration" and will start filming in August. Kenneth Ma is unlikely to be a primary cast member. --------- "Dogs on the Beat" has pushed back its filming date to late August. ---------- "Turbulence of the East and West" is rumored to be this year's anniversary series. (thanks to jse, herbie and wu gei!)
7/10/08: 100% confirmed that we will indeed have another Steven-Linda-Kent pairing for the upcoming cop series. The series is called 有狗出更 which is "Dogs on the Beat".
7/09/08: The upcoming Dayo-Charmaine series will now be referred to as "Business Doctor". ------- This is old but o well: Salt Traders will broadcast this year and the themesong is by Steven and Tavia.
7/06/08: TVB veterans Ray Lui and Jamie Chik (Michael Miu's wife) are returning and confirmed to be in the upcoming grand production with Gallen Lo. A female lead has yet to be chosen.
7/01/08: When a Dog Loves a Cat is back to its original airing date of July 21 (100%). Meanwhile, The Greatness of a Hero's air date is now unknown. ----------- Upcoming "The God of Pool", "The King of Billiards", "The Champion of Snooker" or whatever you want to call will be 20 episodes. Niki will be Adam's daughter and will be paired with Patrick Tang. --------- "Sharp Plans" with Bobby and Sheren may air August 18.
6/29/08: According to Linda, The Gem of Life will air in November. (thanks to herbie)----- Other sources say that Gem is one of the anniversary series this year so the Oct-Nov airing date should be correct.
6/28/08: Linda Chung will be in the upcoming "Steven-Kent" series instead of Bernice Liu. (thanks to jse)
6/27/08: clear up: Legend of Demigods will air on August 25 at a new timeslot of 10:30-11:00 (first series to air at that time). It is originally 22 episodes but will be doubled because of the shorter time frame.
6/26/08: "The Greatness of a Hero" is scheduled to air on July 21 while "When a Dog Loves a Cat" has moved its airing date to August 18.
6/24/08: new series 美麗高解像 costume fitting was today with cast members Kate Tsui, Christine Ng, Sharon Chan, Kingdom Yuen, Chris Lai etc. (pix below)
6/23/08: Damien Lau, Kathy Chow and Toby Leung are to be in upcoming Kenneth Ma series as well (confirmed, looks like Kenneth isnt solely leading afterall). --------- Kathy Chow is also rumored to be in the Gallen grand production. ---------- Raymond Cho, Kingdom Yuen and Mimi Lo added to the cast of upcoming "Kate-Christine series".
ALL THESE UPDATES ARE NOT 100% CONFIRMED UNLESS STATED. KEEP IN MIND: TVB LIKES TO CHANGE THEIR MIND AT ANY SECOND.
11/6/09: "Father" with Ron and Myolie is now officially called A Chip Off the Old Block
10/28/09: Only You will have its costume fitting on Monday, November 2. Yoyo will join the cast while Paul Chun will not film this any longer.
10/24/09: "The Truth of His Father" will air after Beyond on Nov. 30 and The Beauty of the Game will air after Born Rich on Dec. 14. Remember that TVB likes to change their minds even when it's confirmed early on. ---- "Beyond II" is now called "Arrival of the Princess" and will film in December. Kenneth Ma, Linda Chung, and Charmaine Sheh are said to film this series. ---- "Chau Heung" is now called the Flirting Scholar. ---- Roger Kwok and Derek Kwok will film a 30 episode series in January.
10/18/09: Upcoming Kevin/Louise series is tentatively called "Only You". Ada Choi has rejected to film this series. ---- Alex Fong Chun Sun is unconfirmed to film the Maggie Cheung series.
10/12/09: Chilam/Myo/Tavia series has its costume fitting today. ---- Roger Kwok will no longer film upcoming Amy Wong series. He will film a new series in January.
10/8/09: Sheren Tang, Wayne Lai, Raymond Wong, Fala Chen, Susan Tse, Kara Hui, Ngok Wah and Pierre Ngo will film pre-modern series "Righteous Sea of Heroic Love" in March. ----- Linda Chung and Kenneth Ma will film a series in December. ---- Roger/Kevin/Ada series will start filming on November 2. ---- Maggie Cheung's series will start filming by the end of this year.
9/25/09: Maggie Cheung will film 女人最痛 in 2010. A modern series focusing on women.
9/21/09: Interpol will have its costume fitting tomorrow the 22nd!
9/17/09: Safety First costume fitting today! ---- Ada Choi will film the Amy Wong series with Roger/Kevin. The series will film in November rather than September.
9/15/09: Kent Cheng, Lee Heung Kam, Sonija Kwok, Kate Tsui, Raymond Wong, Raymond Cho, and Elaine Yiu will film a news series called "Safety First". It will have its costume fitting on Sept. 17. ---- Tavia Yeung and Damien Lau are confirmed to film Chilam-Myolie series. ----- Heaven and Earth will have its costume fitting on Monday, September 21. ----- Born Rich is confirmed to air October 19 at the 9:30 timeslot.
9/01/09: Oh, My Darling's official title is now My Better Half. --- Krystal Tin will be in "Interpol". ---- Sunny Chan will a modern series in November. ---- Maggie Cheung will supposedly join Heaven and Earth and take Sheren's role in the sales presentation. Also, Chik's regulars have also joined the cast: Catherine Chau, Chan Hung Lit, Rachel Kan.
8/27/09: Natalie Tong will be in the Louise/Roger/Kevin series. ---- The Ha Yu/Sammul series will have its costume fitting on Monday the 31st. It is tentatively named "The Comeback Family". Christine Ng and Benz Hui has joined the cast as well. ---- Nancy Wu, Rebecca Chan and Vincent Wong has joined the cast of Michael-Felix series. Its directly translated title would be "Interpol".
8/21/09: Beyond the Realm of Conscience is confirmed to air on October 19. --- Born Rich is also confirmed to air sometime in October. ---- Michael Tse has joined the cast of the upcoming Chilam series. Tavia has yet to confirm her participation.
8/17/09: Shirley Yeung, Sammul Chan, Ha Yu and Toby Leung will film a series together in September. ---- Chilam Cheung, Myolie Wu and Tavia Yeung will film a series together in October. ---- In the Chamber of Bliss will air on Sept. 21 instead of "Watchdog. ----
7/26/09: Jessica Hsuan is confirmed to film the series with Michael/Felix in October. --- The Stew of Life will air on September 7 after You're Hired and A Watchdog's Tale is scheduled to air Sept 21. ---- Shirley Yeung, Selena Li and Edwin Siu will film a series in September, but whether it's the same series or not, it's still undetermined.
7/22/09: Felix Wong is confirmed to film a cop drama with Michael Miu in October.
7/21/09: Flora/Joe series will have its costume fitting tomorrow July 22. It is now called "Searching for Lasting Love". Sharon Chan and Him Law are part of the main cast. ---- Ha Yu will film a series in September.
7/19/09: Charmaine, Moses and Kenny are confirmed to join Bowie and Maggie Siu in filming Heaven and Earth. ---- Correction: Temptation will have its costume fitting tomorrow the 20th. Pix will be posted ASAP.
7/13/09: Michael Miu will film a series in September. His co-star could possibly be Felix Wong. ------ Flora Chan, Joe Ma and Shek Sau are confirmed to film a modern series with Producer Poon Ka Tak in August. ---- Bernice Liu is said to join Ray-Tavia series but more confirmation is needed. ---- You're Hired is 100% scheduled to air August 10 because AOD has released it's synopsis.
7/09/09: You're Hired is scheduled to air on August 10 after ABfaR and D.I.E. Again is set to air August 17 after BFIII. (Remember, TVB can change their minds at any second). --- Heaven and Earth will film in September. Further cast members are yet to be comfirmed.
7/06/09: Louise Lee, Jessica Hsuan, Roger Kwok, Kevin Cheng and Paul Chun will film a light-hearted 30 episode series in September. ----- Maggie Cheung will film a series in September.
7/02/09: Ray-Tavia series will have its costume fitting on July 16. ----- Bowie Lam and Maggie Siu are confirmed to film Heaven and Earth in August.
6/25/09: Kenny Wong has joined the cast of 'Connection'. ----- Shirley Yeung will film an ancient series in August. ----- BFIII synopsis is out on Astro on Demand website.
6/16/09: Ray-Tavia series is now tentatively called "Shall We State the Case". It is a cop series. ---- Maggie Siu is confirmed to film a Jonathan Chik series in September. Confirmation is needed on whether the September Chik series is Heaven and Earth or not. ---- Jessica/Louise series will be 30 episodes.
6/12/09: Kenneth Ma will only be a guest star on upcoming Ray-Tavia series. ---- Wayne and Sheren are said to film a series in February under Lee Tim Sing. ---- "Nutritional Housewives" is officially named The Stew of Life. ---- "Superwoman" is now named Fly with Me. ---- Sharon Chan will be in the Bernice series.
6/09/09: 'Beyond' is confirmed to air in Korea and mainland in September. Confirmation is still needed on if it will air in HK at the same time. ---- 'Reaching Star' official name is now Growing Through Life.
6/06/09: Steven Ma and Fala Chen will film the upcoming modern series with Yoyo Mung. It will be 20 episodes.
6/04/09: Kenneth Ma is confirmed to film the Ray-Tavia series. It is said that the series has been pushed back and will start filming in July. Bernice is not confirmed to join the series yet. ---- A Bride for a Ride is confirmed to air after Sweetness.
6/01/09: Bernice Liu is said to film a series in June. ----- Burning Flame III is stated to air after Persona and A Bride for a Ride is set to air after Sweetness (not 100%).
5/27/09: Jessica Hsuan will be filming the series with Louise Lee in Sept. --- Costume fitting for "Exploration" was held on the 26th. --- "Picking Star" is now called "The Adventure of Reaching Star". --- Beyond has wrapped up filming.
5/22/09: A Great Way to Care has been warehoused and will release overseas on June 8th. ---- "The Queen of the Office" costume fitting was today (view below). ----- Yoyo Mung will film "Turn of Induced Feelings" at the end of July.
5/15/09: Charmaine will film a series in September after she takes a break from filming. ---- Beyond will finish filming on May 27. --- "Heaven and Earth is back on but will film in 2010. --- Born Rich will be the other anniversary series. --- Unrelated to series, TVB decided to move the anniversary celebration to December instead of November.
5/13/09: TVB has decided to air Sweetness in the Salt after JLII instead of "Watchdog". ---- Wong Hei, Linda Chung, Raymond Wong, Chris Lai and Kaki Leung will be filming "Crossing the Boundary of Exploration" in early June. ---- Louise Lee will film a series in September. ---- Beyond the Realm of Conscience has been decided to be an anniversary series, which means it will air in October/November. ---- The Five Flavors of Love held its costume fitting today 5/13.
>5/12/09: Susanna Kwan, Kenneth Ma and Kate Tsui is said to film the series with Joe Ma in July. ---- Kiki Sheung will film a series in September.
5/09/09: Chilam Cheung will film a series in October.
5/05/09: Sonija Kwok is stated to film the series with Joe Ma in July. ---- Bosco Wong is said to join the Liza-Ron sitcom (either as a castmember or a guest - not confirmed). It will have its costume fitting on May 22.
5/04/09: Michelle Yim, Esther Kwan, Roger Kwok, Ng Wai Kwok and Derek Kwok will film a pre-modern series "Five Tastes of Love" in May. ----- It seems that the Bobby-Flora series may have been postponed or canceled. It could have been assigned a different producer too. News is yet to be revealed. --- A Watchdog's Tale is 100% confirmed to air after JLII.
4/27/09: Joe Ma will film a series in July.
4/26/09: Ron Ng, Denise Ho and Chapman To has joined the cast of "The Queen of the Office". It is an 80 episode sitcom that will air after Off Pedder. ----- Heung Joh is confirmed to film "Iron Horse".
4/24/09: Rosy Business official website is now open. View link in its profile (below post).
4/21/09: Heaven and Earth is now cancelled.
4/19/09: Michelle Yim will film a new series after she is done with "Beyond". --- "Iron Horse" will have its costume fitting on May 6th. ---- Maggie-Michael series has changed its name to "Oh, My Darling". ---- The Liza-Linda series will be referred to as "The Queen of the Office".
4/12/09: Raymond Lam, Tavia Yeung, and Joel Chan are confirmed to film a new series in June. Wong Hei is also said to be in this series. ---- Little Miss Unreasonable has already started filming with a mainland main actress alongside Roger Kwok. ----- The Beauty of the Game is stated to air after 'Rosy' on June 1. ---- The Threshold of a Persona is stated to air on June 8 after Just Love II.
4/04/09: "Medicine of Heaven" with Alex-Kate is officially named A Great Way to Care. ---- Michael Tse will not film with Liza in May for obvious reasons... ---- Angela Tong is said to film a series in May. ----- Go Here to view Program Highlights and certain series previews: http://idlemindsehseh.blogspot.com/2009/04/2009-tvb-programme-highlights.html
3/29/09: The Root of Evil has changed its name to Born Rich. ---- Dayo-Charmaine series is officially named You're Hired. ---- Myolie Wu will no londer be filming "Reasonable". ---- Liza Wang and Michael Tse will be filming a series in May. Linda Chung is also said to be in this series. ---- E.U. is confirmed to have a sequel to be filmed. Details are yet to be revealed.
3/21/09: Rosy Business is confirmed to air Apr. 27 after The King of Snookers. --- Just Love II is scheduled to air after Man in Charge on May 4. ---Yoyo Mung will be filming a series in May. ---- Sammul Chan will be also filming a series in May.
3/16/09: Costume fitting for The Pride of My Husband was today (view below). ---- "Tiger Wong" is officially named A Bride for a Ride. ---- Upcoming Roger-Myolie series is now called "Little Miss Unreasonable" and Aimee Chan has joined the cast. ---- Leila Tong is said to film a new series in May. ---- There's a chance Linda Chung's May series is the one with Bobby-Flora. ---- Man in Charge synopsis is out on AOD website: http://www.astro.com.my/premiumchannels/aod/program.asp?id=56
3/11/09: The Pride for My Husband will have its costume fitting on March 16th. ---- Linda Chung stated that she will film a new series in May, other information has yet to be revealed. ---- Written to Life is now called "The Legend of Pu Songling". It will have its costume fitting on Mar. 13 and Matthew Ko and Elaine Yiu are added to the cast.
3/10/09: Yoyo Mung, Kenny Wong and Raymond Cho are added to the cast of Heaven and Earth but the series as a whole is still yet to be comfirmed due to Nick Cheung's schedule. --- "Beautiful HD" is now officially named The Beauty of the Game.
3/1/09: Sonija Kwok has joined the cast of "The Pride for My Husband" while Ella Koon is no longer casted. ----- Linda Chung is said to join the cast of "Heaven and Earth"(NOT 100% CONFIRMED!!).
2/19/09: The King of Snooker is scheduled to air on March 30 after E.U. --- Man in Charge is scheduled to air after The Winter Melon Tale on April 6. ----- Cecilia Yip has joined the cast of "Picking Star of Adventure". ---- "Conscience" will actually be done filming in June instead of August (this makes more sense since Kevin and Selena's new series starts filming May-ish).
2/17/09: "Picking Star of Adventure" has started filming already two days ago, there wasn't a costume fitting. --- Costume fitting for "Conscience" was yesterday while the one for "Pearl" was held today (View Below). ----- A new comedy series (Mischevious Wife and Little Sister) with Roger Kwok, Myolie Wu, Eddie Kwan and Kingdom Yuen will start filming in April. ---- Moses Chan and Sheren Tang will film "Heaven and Earth".
2/2/09: Teresa Lee and Ella Koon are confirmed to join upcoming Michael-Maggie series. ----- Niki Chow, Vivien Yeo and Kenny Kwan will join Ken Hung to film a series this year.
1/29/09: "D.I.E. II" is now named "D.I.E. Again". --- "King of Pool" official name is "The King of Snooker". ---- Michael Tse is stated to be in upcoming "The Pride for My Husband". ---- Beyond the Realm of Conscience will being filming on Feb. 22. ---- Ken Hung will supposedly film a new series this year.
1/25/09: "The Grand Entrepeneur" is officially named Root of Evil. -- "The Rouge Merchant" is now named Rosy Business. -- "Dogs on the Beat" is now named The Watchdog's Tale. -- "General Chai and Lady Balsam" official name is In the Chamber of Bliss -- Upcoming "Palace Scheme" is now called Beyond the Realm of Conscience. -- "Business Doctor" has changed its name to The Entrepreneurial Beauties (unofficial). -- Sonija Kwok will be in upcoming Yoyo Mung mystery series. --- "Iron Horse" will start filming in April instead of May.
1/21/09: "Nutritional Housewives" costume fitting was today (view below). ------ Derek Kwok will be in upcoming Yoyo Mung series. ----- The mainland stars of "Picking Star" such as William Feng, Yu Hao Ming and Yang Xue are now not officially confirmed, wait for more news. ----- "Big White Gourd" is officially named The Winter Melon Tale and it will air on March 9th following Royal Tramp.
1/12/09: "Truth Father" held its costume fitting/blessing ceremony today. View post below. ----- Upcoming series with Chung King Fai and Louise Lee will have its costume fitting on Jan 22nd. ------ The upcoming Bobby-Flora series will have 25 episodes.
1/10/09: The Greatness of a Hero is scheduled to be released overseas on Feb 9th after SitS.
12/31/08: Yoyo Mung will film a modern series in March. ----- 'True Father' costume fitting will be on Monday, Jan. 5.
12/23/08: Sweetness in the Salt will be officially released overseas on January 5. ----- Ron Ng will not be participating in "Written to Life". ----- BOTH Kevin Cheng and Kenneth Ma will be in "Iron Horse". They will play brothers along with Stephen Wong. ----- William Feng (in Drive of Life) will film "Picking Star". This series will be 30 episodes. ----- Elaine Yiu and Tracy Ip are added to the cast of "Palace Scheme" and this series will be 30 episodes as well. ----- Timmy Hung has been added to the upcoming "Grandpa" series.
12/17/08: Damien Lau, Candice Yu and (Ham) Yu Hao Ming are confirmed to join "Picking Star of Adeventure". ------ Bowie Lam is confirmed to film "Heaven and Earth" with Nick Cheung. The specific filming date has not been officially decided. ------- "Grandpa" with Chung King Fai has moved up filming to the end of January. ------ "Written to Life" has moved up filming to March-April. ----- The upcoming Bobby-Flora series is now called "The Youth Grows Again".
12/10/08: Mainland's "Royal Tramp" with Huang Xiao Ming is scheduled to air after Pages of Treasrues on Jan. 5. ----- E.U. is scheduled to air after TGOL on Feb. 9. ------ Nancy Wu and Louis Yuen are added to the cast of "Father". ------ Patrick Tang will be in the upcoming Michael-Maggie series.
12/08/08: Superwoman costume fitting was today (view below). ------ The Hatred of Love has changed its name to "Medicine of Heaven". ------- Pages of Treasures website is now open (view its profile below for link).
12/05/08: "Horoscope" is now called The Stars of Love. It had its costume fitting today (view below). -------- Sweetness in the Salt is planned to air after "Pages" on Jan. 5. ----- Nancy Wu, Natalie Tong and Stephen Wong will join "Iron Horse" (not 100%). ------- Yang Xue (a mainland actress) will lead in with Raymond Lam in the upcoming mainland collab series.
12/03/08: Kevin Cheng is confirmed to film "Iron Horse" in May (hmm...wouldn't he still be filming Lau Sam Ho? wonder how that's gonna work..). Kenneth Ma is not 100% confirmed to be in this. ------- Enterprise Doctor will wrap up filming in these next few weeks.
12/01/08: Kenneth Ma, Selena Li, Shirley Yeung have joined the cast of "Iron Horse" and will film in May. Raymond Lam will not film this. A replacement for Ray (supposedly not from TVB) is yet to be determined (Kenneth is not his replacement). ------ In May, Ray will film a new series with Bobby Au Yeung and Flora Chan. ------ Jessica Hsuan, Bowie Lam, Joyce Tang, & Kiki Sheung will join Michael Tao in "Pearl in Palm". ------ Christine Ng will film the upcoming Chung King Fai series. ------ The upcoming Michael-Maggie series will be called The Pride for My Husband.
11/27/08: Jack Wu is confirmed to join "Horoscope".
11/17/08: "Click" changed its name to Pages of Treasures. ----- The earlier announced Fala Chen series is the same one featured on the sales presentation that include Chung King Fai and Lee Sze Kei. It is also supposedly a sequel of "My Family". ------ The extended cast of "Horoscope" has Mando Cho, Benny Chan Chin Pang, Lau Dan and Law Lok Lam. ------ Flora Chan, Christine Ng, and Winnie Yeung are added to the Michael Tao series (not 100%! there could still be many changes since its awhile away).
11/16/08: The Grand Entrepeneur will have its costume fitting on Nov. 24. Bernice Liu is no longer part of the cast due to other opportunities. Sharon Chan will take on Bernice's role instead. Kenneth Ma will playing an evil role. -------- Fala Chen will be filming a series in February for Producer Amy Wong(UTCOL,TSD,LOS,TUCF). ------ "Click to Enter Gold House" (with Paul, Wayne, Sonija, Shirley, Eric Suen) will air after WESFotSW instead of The Greatness of a Hero.
11/15/08: Ada Choi confirmed to film "The Story of a Stunt Woman" in December. ------ Nick Cheung is confirmed to film "Heaven and Earth" next year (other cast unconfirmed). ------ Michael Tao is confirmed to film "Grabbing of the Precious Jewel" in March. ------- Shirley Yeung, John Chiang and Gigi Wong has joined the cast of "The True Father of His"(the Ron-Sunny-Myolie series) and will begin filming in January. ------ Charmaine and Moses have confirmed to film Lau Sam Ho, unsure about other cast members. ------- E.N.I. is now called E.U. ----- More minor updates under "Series to be filmed".
11/07/08: The Steven-Tavia series will now be referred to as "The Horoscope of the Prince". Chilam will no longer be in this series and Mchael Tse will join the cast. ------ Michael Tao is confirmed to film a series in March next year.
10/26/08: The Greatness of a Hero will air on December 8 after WESFotSW. ------- Costume fitting for D.I.E. II is tomorrow Oct 27. ------ The Maggie-Michael series will film in March if negotiations are successful. ------ Lau Sam Ho will be filmed (confirmed by certain artists) but the official casts are yet to be decided. ------ "The Academy 3" is apparently named "E.N.I." now.
10/19/08: If negotiations are successful, MAGGIE CHEUNG(LOVE HER SO MUCH) and Michael Miu will film a series together soon (BEST NEWS IN AWHILE =D). ----- The updated cast of D.I.E II is Roger, Sonija, Derek, Kitty Yuen, Nancy Wu, Him Law, Edwin Siu, Stephen Huynh, Benjamin Yuen, Stephen Wong, Rabee'a Yeung. ----- Bernice Liu, Benz Hui, Angelina Lo & Vincent Wong(i forgot to mention last time) are added to the cast of "Money". ------- Toby Leung, Yvonne Lam, Mimi Lo, Power Chan & Lam Ka Wah is added to the upcoming Raymond-Bosco series. (Linda is still not confirmed). ------ The Gem of Life official website is now available: http://drama.tvb.com/thegemoflife/ . ------- The Sunny-Ron-Myolie series will begin filming in January.
10/15/08: "The Hatred of Love" costume fitting was today (view below). ------ "Cordial Heroes" is now renamed as The Threshold of a Person. ------ "Easterly Showers" synopsis is available on AOD.
10/14/08: Chau Heung Angers Tong Bak Fu costume fitting was today (view post below). ------ Alex Fong-Kate Tsui series costume fitting is tomorrow. Also includes Raymond Wong, Natalie Tong, Timmy Hung, Charles Szeto, Suki Chui & Vivien Yeo. -------- The official cast of "Money" is Ray Lui, Gallen Lo, Kenix Kwok, Anita Yuen, Joe Ma, Nancy Sit, Jaimie Chik, Krystal Tin, Kenneth Ma, Toby Leung. -------- Steven Ma, Tavia Yeung and Kingdom Yuen will join the Julian Cheung series in November. ------- Sunny Chan, Myolie Wu and Ron Ng will film a series together after Myolie is done with her current series. -------- Raymond Lam and Bosco Wong will have a series in collaboration with mainland stars. Linda Chung might also be in this series. -------- Unconfirmed date but plans to film in 2009: a series with Ada Choi, Moses Chan, Kenny Wong & Raymond Cho. ------- Btw, I'm not mentioning the series that are only made for sales presentation purposes until there is confirmation.
10/10/08: The Gem of Life themevideo is now available (view it below). ------- Anita Yuen is confirmed to be in the "The Crime-Inducing Effect of Money". Gallen will play a extremely evil role. ------- Shirley will be in D.I.E. II. ------- Lau Sam Ho: New Series(HK version of Jewel in the Palace) in February: Susanna Kwan, Michelle Yim, Charmaine Sheh, Kevin Cheng, Moses Chan, Tavia Yeung, Selena Li. -------- The series with Susanna, Linda, Tavia and Bosco is not going to happen for now. ------ Chilam Cheung will film a series in November as promised previously.
10/1/08: The upcoming Gallen Lo grand production's chinese title is 金裝豪門 which translates to "Gold Wardrobe, Rich Family". Vincent Wong has also joined the cast. ------ New upcoming modern series: Alex Fong, Kate Tsui, Ngok Wah, Ram Tseung. ------- Upcoming Moses-Myolie series will have its costume fitting on Oct 14.
9/24/08: Elaine Yiu and Johnson Lee has confirmed to be part of upcoming Mose-Myolie series. -------- Kate Tsui has now joined the upcoming Yoyo-Fala production but male leads have yet to be determined.
9/19/08: The Charmaine-Joe-Liza series is now officially named "When Easterly Showers Fall on the Sunny West" and is scheduled to air on Oct 27 after The Four. ------- Ha Yu and Chris Lai will be in the upcoming Moses-Myolie comedy series. Kate Tsui is no longer said to be part of the cast. ------- New upcoming series that will film in November includes Susanna Kwan, Tavia Yeung, Linda Chung and Bosco Wong. (Hopefully i got everything. =D)
9/12/08: Michael Tse is confirmed to be in "Business Doctor". ------ It is said that Kate Tsui will be in the upcoming Moses-Myolie series. -------- A series with Tavia Yeung will start filming by the end of this year. ------- Nancy Sit has joined the cast of Gallen Lo grand production and will play Ray Lui's mom. ------- Raymond Lam might film a new series this year. (THANKS TO ALL THE PEEPS IN THE CBOX. THANKS SO MUCH!)
9/08/08: Sammul Chan and Gigi Wong are to be casted along with Selena Li in an upcoming series (wu gei). ----- Michael Tse will film a new series in October(jse).
9/04/08: Costume fitting for "General Chai" is posted below. ------- Bosco Wong is said to film an ancient series in November (jse).
9/03/08: The Damien-Kathy-Kenneth-Toby series costume fitting will be tomorrow 9/04/08. It will also include Krystal Tin and will be Man Chor genre. It will tentatively be called "General Chai & Lady Balsam". ------- Kate Tsui may be in a series in October (jse). ------- Moses-Myolie series will film in October, not Septemeber...for now.
9/01/08: Selena Li will be in a series in December (Lizzy). -------- Louisa So is confirmed to film a series in November (Insider).
8/28/08: (There hasn't been any major news to update on but here's some tidbits to prevent a dryspell). ------ Nancy Wu has joined the cast of "Red Powder Merchant". ------ Astro On Demand has made a section for the upcoming Last One Standing but it only has the "plot quote" and no synopsis yet.
8/24/08: Jessica Hsuan is expected to be in the upcoming Ada Choi-Nick Cheung series, not 100%.
8/23/08: Moses Chan and Myolie Wu will film a ancient comedy series soon (September-ish) and this is confirmed by Myolie herself. Vivien Yeo is supposed to be casted as well. --------- The Gem of Life will air on October 20 at 9:30 after Last One Standing. The Turbulence of East and West will air Oct 27 @ 8:30 after The Four. Man in Charge will air on December 8 at 8:30 after "Turbulence" (Insider).
8/22/08: The final four series of the 2008 TVB Year(anniversary to anniversary) are Last One Standing, The Four, The Gem of Life and "The Turbulence of East and West". Last One Standing will succeed Moonlight Resonance at 9:30 on Sept 22 and The Four will air when Your Class or Mine is done, also on Sept 22. "Gem" and "Turbulence" will then air after those series are finished in October.
8/21/08: Kenix Kwok, Anita Yuen and Lee Heung Kam are to be in upcoming Gallen Lo grand production in November (jse, Kevin & cx839).
8/20/08: Legend of Demigods will be airing at 8:00 next week, not 10:30. --------- Moses Chan will filming an ancient series soon, date unknown. Patrick Tang is rumored to be also part of the cast. ------- Business Doctor will film in October (randomness).
8/16/08: Your Class or Mine AND Legend of the Demigods official sites are now open. Please refer to the appropriate series' profile below for the links.
8/15/08: Your Class or Mine themevideo is out and can be viewed below. ------- "Dogs on the Beat" is said to have started filming today.
8/12/08: Dogs on the Beat costume fitting was today. ------ The Good, the Bad and the Ugly has changed its name to "Click to Enter Gold House" (randomness).
8/11/08: Last One Standing will air after MR on Sept 22 (jse). --------- Dogs on the Beat costume fitting is tomorrow 8/12 with cast: Steven Ma, Kent Cheng, Linda Chung, Maggie Siu, Raymond Wong, Natalie Tong, Koni Lui, Shermon Tang. Kayi+Sharon+Stephen will not be in the series (Insider).
8/10/08: Your Class or Mine airs on the 25th not the 18th. -------- No series will be airing during the 8:30 timeslot Aug 18 - Aug 24. The olympics will be airing during that time.
8/08/08: The Gem of Life is now confirmed to air on September 22. --------- Your Class or Mine synopsis can now be viewed here: http://www.astro.com.my/premiumchannels/aod/program.asp?id=38 --------- Looks like Kayi Cheung will be in the Gallen grand production.
8/05/08: Costume fitting for Dogs on the Beat will be in two weeks with Kent Cheng, Maggie Siu, Steven Ma, Linda Chung, Stephen Wong, Sharon Luk, and Kayi Cheung (Insider).
8/02/08: Maggie Siu will be in "Dogs on the Beat" (jse). ----------- This Last One Standing, The Gem of Life and The Turbulence of East and West fiasco about the airing dates is so confusing. Let's just stick with knowing that they WILL be airing in the next month or two.
8/01/08: Edwin Siu will be D.I.E. II and may pair with Nancy Wu. --------- Last One Standing and The Gem of Life are confirmed to air in September. The timeslots of each series has yet to be confirmed. High chance that LOS will be after Your Class or Mine (8:30) and TGOL after Moonlight Resonance(9:30). -------- The news of Turbulence of East and West airing in late September is most likely false for now... -------- I just found out now that Kenneth Ma will be a guest star on Your Class or Mine (wow i never knew that). Hey it's news to me so it could be news to some of you.
7/29/08: Legend of Demigods synopsis is now available here: http://www.astro.com.my/premiumchannels/aod/program.asp?id=37
7/28/08: A Pillowcase of Mystery II costume fitting today. Scroll down for pix.
7/26/08: I forgot to announce this for awhile now but "Sharp Plans" is now "Your Class or Mine" .
7/25/08: "Wives and Concubines" will now be referred to as "Red Powder Merchant". The costume fitting was today, scroll down for pix. ------------- Nancy Wu is planning to be in D.I.E. II. ----------- Moses Chan stated in his blog that he will be filming a series soon but no more info has been released; side note: OMG YAY!!!
7/24/08: Costume Fitting for "Wives and Concubines" is tomorrow or today if we're going by HK time (Insider). -------- Moonlight Resonance's profile is complete, scroll down to posts to view.
7/22/08: Flora Chan was supposed to return and film the Gallen Lo grand production in September, but TVB pushed filming to November. Now Flora cannot participate because she is going on vacation. The good thing is that she is definitely returning but she has to wait til after her vacation. So expect to see her in a series in the future! ---------- Tentative air dates: Last One Standing: Sept 15. The Gem of Life: Sept 22 (Hayden).
7/21/08: New upcoming series "King of Pool" had its costume fitting today. Scroll down to view the pix.
7/15/08: Last One Standing is confirmed to air after the Olympics (cx839).
7/17/08:Moonlight Resonance themevideo is available and can be viewed/DLed below. ------- "King of Pool" will start filming in August (cx839).
7/15/08: D.I.E. II has moved its filming schedule to November. Kenneth Ma will most likely be part of the cast now.
7/14/08: New upcoming series starring: Bowie Lam, Yoyo Mung, Tavia Yeung, Fala Chen & Natalie Tong will film in September (tentative date). --------- When a Dog Loves a Cat's synopsis can now be viewed on Astro On Demand website or here, below, in the appropiate post.
7/13/08: Pillowcase of Mystery II's costume fitting will be on July 28 (cx839). -------- Krystal Tin will be in the upcoming grand production with Gallen (wu gei). --------- Steven Ma is removed from the cast list of the upcoming Ada-Nick series for now.
7/11/08: D.I.E. II has moved out of "still in consideration" and will start filming in August. Kenneth Ma is unlikely to be a primary cast member. --------- "Dogs on the Beat" has pushed back its filming date to late August. ---------- "Turbulence of the East and West" is rumored to be this year's anniversary series. (thanks to jse, herbie and wu gei!)
7/10/08: 100% confirmed that we will indeed have another Steven-Linda-Kent pairing for the upcoming cop series. The series is called 有狗出更 which is "Dogs on the Beat".
7/09/08: The upcoming Dayo-Charmaine series will now be referred to as "Business Doctor". ------- This is old but o well: Salt Traders will broadcast this year and the themesong is by Steven and Tavia.
7/06/08: TVB veterans Ray Lui and Jamie Chik (Michael Miu's wife) are returning and confirmed to be in the upcoming grand production with Gallen Lo. A female lead has yet to be chosen.
7/01/08: When a Dog Loves a Cat is back to its original airing date of July 21 (100%). Meanwhile, The Greatness of a Hero's air date is now unknown. ----------- Upcoming "The God of Pool", "The King of Billiards", "The Champion of Snooker" or whatever you want to call will be 20 episodes. Niki will be Adam's daughter and will be paired with Patrick Tang. --------- "Sharp Plans" with Bobby and Sheren may air August 18.
6/29/08: According to Linda, The Gem of Life will air in November. (thanks to herbie)----- Other sources say that Gem is one of the anniversary series this year so the Oct-Nov airing date should be correct.
6/28/08: Linda Chung will be in the upcoming "Steven-Kent" series instead of Bernice Liu. (thanks to jse)
6/27/08: clear up: Legend of Demigods will air on August 25 at a new timeslot of 10:30-11:00 (first series to air at that time). It is originally 22 episodes but will be doubled because of the shorter time frame.
6/26/08: "The Greatness of a Hero" is scheduled to air on July 21 while "When a Dog Loves a Cat" has moved its airing date to August 18.
6/24/08: new series 美麗高解像 costume fitting was today with cast members Kate Tsui, Christine Ng, Sharon Chan, Kingdom Yuen, Chris Lai etc. (pix below)
6/23/08: Damien Lau, Kathy Chow and Toby Leung are to be in upcoming Kenneth Ma series as well (confirmed, looks like Kenneth isnt solely leading afterall). --------- Kathy Chow is also rumored to be in the Gallen grand production. ---------- Raymond Cho, Kingdom Yuen and Mimi Lo added to the cast of upcoming "Kate-Christine series".