

TVB’s The Dripping Sauce, Life After Death, and Airport Strikers all scored only 6.3 stars. TVB’s Death By Zero has 7.3 stars, Viu TV’s Who Sells Bricks in Hong Kong has 7.2 stars, and TVB’s Of Greed and Ants -another drama selling nostalgia-has 7.1 stars.

Viu TV sci-fi romance drama Leap Day closely follows with 7.9 stars, putting TVB in tough competition.

The drama is well-received for its characterization. It starred Shaun Tam ( 譚俊彥) as standard middle class accountant whose life is turned upside down when an 18-year-old murder case resurfaces. TVB thriller Brutally Young earned an 8 out of 10 stars, putting it third on the highest-rated list. Many of the angels and demons in the show are based on Buddhism and traditional Chinese mythology.
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A supernatural drama about a taxi driver who kills demons, The Exorcist’s 2nd Meter is a breath of fresh air in the television scene. The Gutter’s strength comes from its success in blending nostalgic Hong Kong family drama into a modern format, in which different characters retell the same story in their own perspective.įollowing The Gutter is TVB’s The Exorcist’s 2nd Meter, which also happens to be a top favorite among Hong Kong audiences as well.
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In terms of limited drama series of 2020, Viu TV’s The Gutter, produced by and starring Bowie Lam ( 林保怡), has topped the list, earning a rating of 8.9 out of 10 stars on Douban. The beloved sitcom is one of Hong Kong’s longest-running television series, with over 1,000 episodes. With ViuTV dramas rising in prominence, TVB’s monopoly on Hong Kong TV is being shaken.Īs reported on Douban, China’s premier entertainment rating website, TVB sitcom Lo and Behold -the fourth series of the long-running Come Home Love sitcom-is the highest-rated Hong Kong television drama series of 2020, achieving a solid 9 out of 10 stars on Douban. On the other hand, mainland China still has strong nostalgia for a solid Hong Kong piece. With the exception of Story of Yanxi Palace, Chinese dramas aren’t exactly the most well-received genre-type in Hong Kong.
