The Family Link

The Family Link (Traditional Chinese: 師奶兵團) is a TVB modern drama series broadcast in May 2007.

The Family Link 師奶兵團
The Family Link poster
Genre	Modern Drama
Starring	Sheren Tang Cecilia Yip Kiki Sheung Michael Tse David Chiang Kenneth Ma Leila Tong Fala Chen Derek Kwok Wilson Tsui
Country of origin	Hong Kong
Original language(s)	Cantonese
No. of episodes	21
Production
Running time	45 minutes (approx.)
Release
Original network	TVB
Original release	May 14 – June 10, 2007
External links
Website

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
1	May 14–18, 2007	1 — 5	31	33	[1]
2	May 21–25, 2007	6 — 10	32	34	[2]
3	May 29 - June 1, 2007	11 — 15	31	40	[3]
4	June 4–8, 2007	16 — 20	33	36	[4]
4	June 10, 2007	21	38	42	[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)

References

1. Week 1 Ratings
2. Week 2 Ratings
3. Week 3 Ratings
4. Week 4 Ratings
5. Finale Ratings

External links

• TVB.com The Family Link - Official Website (in Chinese)
• K for TVB.net The Family Link - Episodic Synopsis and Screen Captures (in English)