TVB’s The Unholy Alliance <同盟> premiered last week with high ratings, scoring 26.2 viewership rating points across all platforms when it aired its first episode on Monday, August 7. The Jazz Boon (文偉鴻) drama, regarded as the modern version of A Fist Within Four Walls <城寨英雄>, is an action-crime drama that centers on an influential Hong Kong family. Thursday’s episode (August 10) peaked up to 27.4 points, averaging 1.77 million viewers. The show stars Ruco Chan (陳展鵬), Nancy Wu (胡定欣), and Nina Paw (鮑起靜) in her first TVB drama. The hilarious A General, a Scholar, and a Eunuch <超時空男臣> averaged 26.5 points on its third week of broadcast, and Wednesday’s episode (August 9) peaked to 27.6, averaging 1.79 million viewers. The time traveling comedy stars Edwin Siu (蕭正楠), Raymond Cho (曹永廉), Matthew Ho (何廣沛), and Kristal Tin (田蕊妮). A special reality episode of the series, titled big big channel’s Mahjong Challenge, averaged 27.1 points. The weekend drama Legal Mavericks <踩過界>, a crime drama starring Vincent Wong (王浩信) as a blind lawyer, averaged 19.5 points on Saturday and 19.9 points on Sunday, drawing 1.29 million viewers. Creds: Oncc
TVB has to make their action scenes and stunts better. They‘ve kept camera angles and directing the same for so many years!! I liked Legal Mavericks because of Sisley and Vince, although the plot was only slightly on par with TVB‘s past standards.
