Struggling with mediocre viewership ratings this year, TVB decided to broadcast Fan Bingbing’s (范冰冰) Mainland Chinese blockbuster The Empress of China <武則天>. It did not take long for the drama to become a household hit. After debuting at a 23 points, The Empress of China peaked at 30 points during its second week of broadcast. Topping ratings over other TVB dramas this year, The Empress of China averaged 27 points, attracting 1.72 million viewers. The ratings increased three points compared to the prior week, as Hong Kong viewers were attracted by the suspenseful storyline. Although dramas airing before and after The Empress of China’s timeslot happily yielded higher ratings as well. Limelight Years <華麗轉身> had a 1-point increase from its debut week, and drew in 1.77 million viewers when it peaked at 27.3 points. TVB relayed the good news to Fan Bingbing and extended an invitation for her to promote the series in Hong Kong with rumored boyfriend, Li Chen (李晨). Thrilled about the excellent reception, Fan Bingbing thanked everyone for the support, but has yet to make travel arrangements to Hong Kong due to her tight schedule. Bingbing said, “Hearing these news makes me very happy. This drama viewership ratings came in first in Mainland China and Taiwan – I hope it can achieve the same results in Hong Kong. I watched the Hong Kong version with the voice dubs and I think it has a great Hong Kong feel to it. I hope my Hong Kong friends will love the drama. Thank you.” Extremely pleased about the positive reception, TVB Deputy Director of External Affairs Tsang Sing Ming (曾醒明) expressed, “The debut of The Empress of China is not bad – the storyline is exciting and is worth following. I’m confident that the ratings would continue to go up.” Creds: Oncc
The ratings could have skyrocketed more if TVB didnt use CGI to cover up all the controversial cleavage scenes.-bigsmile-drool-
This movie really portrays culture and history really well, especially in an artistic sense. In it, you see hierarchy, social structure, customs, and ideologies of the past. The costumes are very nice, but it's too bad the original director was a bit too provocative. I wanna marry fan bing bing.
I love all the art creation walls, floors, clothing, everything in it, was so beautiful, colourful, bizarre. Can't take my eyes off it, splendid
i wanna marry fan bing bing and her BFF.. lolz.. that girl too who plays the bad roll going against fan bing bing. she has great expressions. lolz what's her name?
I like Fan Bing Bing when I first saw her in Princess Returning Pearl. However, I don't think she really stands out for me.
even with the censors? the original uncut version must of had record breaking ratings Lol :trollface2:
