Louis Cheung (張繼聰) and Eliza Sam (岑麗香) are confirmed to be the lead stars in TVB’s upcoming sitcom, which will be airing after the series finale of Come Home Love <愛·回家>. Come Home Love, which premiered on May 14, 2012, is one of TVB’s longest-running sitcoms in history. Originally slated to air for only 120 episodes, it was extended multiple times due to its popularity. The final episode of Come Home Love will air on July 3, 2015, ending its three year run at 804 episodes. It was said that TVB wanted to make an alternate version of Come Home Love, and planned to call back some of series’ original cast members to star in the follow-up sitcom. However, after the good reception of Raising the Bar <四個女仔三個BAR>, a law drama led by rookie actors, TVB decided to scrap the original plan and attempt something new. As most TVB dramas in past catered to housewife viewers, various sources say that TVB will attempt to attract much younger audiences for their follow-up sitcom. Casting Louis and Eliza as the leads, the new sitcom will also promote young stars such as Quinn Ho (何君誠) and James Ng (吳業坤). Brian Tse (謝東閔), Owen Cheung (張振朗), Tse Ho Yat (謝可逸), and Otto Chan (陳志健), who have appeared in Come Home Love, will also star in main supporting roles. An insider said that the ratings success of Raising the Bar led TVB to have more confidence in featuring younger, newer faces as lead stars. “Raising the Bar was completely led by young actresses, and because they were fresh faces, the audience liked it. That prompted TVB’s decision to do the same for this sitcom,” said the source. However, many netizens did not embrace the proposed project, commenting that the cast is too weak and that TVB may end up losing both its housewife and young viewers. Creds: ihktv
Pretty nice leads (Eliza ), i'm ok with it. Supporting cast should be fine too. But definitely not as strong as the Ma Family cast. Still hope TVB will revisit the CHL spinoff.
I like the new sitcom to be CHL spinoff. I like the idea of bringing back the cast of CHL, plus of couple of new faces.
Ma Family + Louis + Eliza would be great. In other words replace Koo Ming Wah (nothing against him) with Louis, and Go Ling with Eliza for new sitcom.
