The Family Link Explained

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
	May 14–18, 2007	1 — 5			[1]
	May 21–25, 2007	6 — 10			[2]
	May 29 - June 1, 2007	11 — 15			[3]
	June 4–8, 2007	16 — 20			[4]
	June 10, 2007	21			[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)

External links

• TVB.com The Family Link - Official Website
• K for TVB.net The Family Link - Episodic Synopsis and Screen Captures

Notes and References

1. http://tvbchinesenews.blogspot.com/2007/05/ratings-report-14042007-20052007.html Week 1 Ratings
2. http://tvbchinesenews.blogspot.com/2007/05/ratings-report-21042007-27052007.html Week 2 Ratings
3. http://tvbchinesenews.blogspot.com/2007/06/ratings-report-28052007-03062007.html Week 3 Ratings
4. http://tvbchinesenews.blogspot.com/2007/06/ratings-report-04062007-10062007.html Week 4 Ratings
5. http://tvbchinesenews.blogspot.com/2007/06/ratings-report-04062007-10062007.html Finale Ratings