3 Million Viewers Watch 'Lau Sing' Dies in 'No Regrets' Finale

TVB's anniversary series "No Regrets" aired its 2-hour finale last night. Average rating is 44 points, peaking 47 points. The part where 'Lau Sing' (Wayne Lai) dies on 'Cheng Gau Mui' (Sheren Tang)'s shoulder received the highest peaking point (about 99%/2.996 million viewers stay tuned), making ATV's program received 0 point at one moment.

Although the finale did not break the record Korean drama "Dae Jang Geum" made (50 points), but it did win over its competitor "Can't Buy Me Love"---finale of "Can't Buy Me Love" scored average rating of 42 points, peaking 45 points.

However, "Can't Buy Me Love" did slightly better in overall average rating, where it received 34 points in average compared to 33 points of "No Regrets."

As for online viewing, finale of "No Regrets" has been viewed over 1 million times already. Its official website has been viewed more than 30 million times.

Producer of "No Regrets" Lee Tim Sing received 6 phone calls praising the series and actors' acting. But also 6 complaints at the same time, including 2 complaints about Fala Chen's death drags too much.

Leads of the series Wayne Lai and Sheren Tang are very satisfied with last night's ratings. Wayne expressed they might not able to break the record of "Dae Jang Geum" ever; it is already good with 47 points.

Sheren, who said she will write 'Cheng Gau Mui's name backwards if last night's rating does not break that of "Dae Jang Geum," sighed: "Not that I'm very disappointed. In the past everyone couldn't watch it again online. That's how I can comfort myself."

TVB's drama rating (overall average) in 2010 (so far, 11/28)

1. Can't Buy Me Love - 34 points
2. No Regrets - 33 points
3. Mysteries of Love - 32 points
4. A Pillowcase of Mystery II - 31 points
5. A Watchdog's Tale - 31 points
6. When Lanes Merge - 31 points
7. Every Move You Make - 30 points
8. Gun Metal Grey - 30 points
9. Ghost Writer - 30 points
10. A Fistful of Stances - 29 points

Source: Mingpao / By: KAY @ Kay's Entertainment

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Charmaine Sheh Plans to Return HK For TV Queen

Seems like Charmaine Sheh does not want to give this year's TV Queen away.

Originally thought she does not have a chance in winning this year's TV Queen, now knowing average rating of "No Regrets" is not as good as her series "Can't Buy Me Love," she has hope again in winning the award.

The actress is currently in Mainland filming and is scheduling a few days off just to attend to the awards ceremony. She confirms the plan on the phone: "My manager is negotiating with the crew. I do want to participate since I'm nominated. But I won't have time to try on jewelries and dresses, that will be my manager's job!"

The 2006 TV Queen expresses she is calm about the awards ceremony and would like "Can't Buy Me Love" to win "Best Series."

Her competitor Sheren Tang is confirmed to attend this year's TVB Anniversary Awards. It seems if she does not appear, Sheren will have a higher chance in winning.

Source: Oriental Daily / By: KAY @ Kay's Entertainment

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'Zhong Wu Yen' & 'Endless Love' End With No Breakthrough and Criticism on Wedding Attire

Two Taiwanese drams (Sundays) aired its finales last night---"Zhong Wu Yen" and "Endless Love"---and their average ratings remain mediocre, where the former stays in its usual 2s and the latter jumps a little to the 1s.

Both dramas ended with a happy ending where both couples tied the knot in the end. However, some netizens criticized that they failed to end perfectly. Some think ending of "Zhong Wu Yen" is like that of "My Queen"; some think the episode did not account everyone in the drama.

As for "Endless Love," some viewers complain the last episode keeps on flashing back, joking the audience can finish the drama by watching only episode 15.

Not only the ending plot is criticized, the brides' wedding attire in the finale are disliked by netizens, too. Some netizens make fun of Cheryl Yang's headgear, saying it looks like she is wearing a shower cap.

Although Sandrine Pinna is not criticized for her headgear, but some netizens express the second wedding gown she wears is not as pretty as the first one.

Source: NowNews / By: KAY @ Kay's Entertainment

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Taiwanese Idol Drama Ratings (Sundays 11/28/2010)

Zhong Wu Yen and Endless Love both ended last night---no breakthrough numbers, just 2s and 1s.

1. Zhong Wu Yen 鐘無艷 (TTV) - 2.54
2. Endless Love 愛∞無限(CTS) - 1.15 
   
3. Personal Taste 個人取向 (FTV) - 1.06
4. 4 Gifts 女王不下班 (CTV) - 0.79

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Sheren Tang: 'Write Cheng Gau Mui's Name Backwards!'

TVB held a joint promotion event for series "Some Day" and "No Regrets" last night in TV city, promoting the ending of both series. Actors from both series Sheren Tang, Wayne Lai, Fala Chen, Teresa Mo, Wong He, King Kong, Johnson Lee, Louise Lee, etc attended to the big event. TVB also arranged 500 viewers to watch the finale with these actors.

"No Regrets" actors all hope ratings of their series can break Korean drama "Dae Jang Geum"s (50 points).  Sheren, who plays Cheng Gau Mui in the series, even expressed to write her character's name backward if it cannot break the record: "Hope 'No Regrets' can break 'Dae Jang Geum's record. If not, write Cheng Gau Mui's name backwards!"

Sheren's partner Wayne Lai, who plays Lau Sing, also said to write Lau Sing's name backward if rating did not break the record: "Tonight it's all over. You can write anything backwards the way you like. I'll do that with Lau Sing's name, too!"


Talking about the Anniversary Awards, it is said TVB is promoting "No Regrets" to win awards at the awards ceremony, Sheren joked: "Not bad. I need to ask Dong Tai's 3000 followers to do that, too!" Asked whether she greets high executives in TVB, trying to persuade them vote for her, she said: "I said hi to Stephen Chan, haven't seen him for a long time." She expressed she plans to attend to the awards ceremony: "I'm scheduled to attend to the ceremony because I think I'll mke into the top 5. It's Hong Kong television's big event, have to support it."

TV King Wayne is confident in winning: "I do have confidence, but still have to look at tonight's ratings. Tonight is a guide." The actor also disclosed he twisted his left leg last night while filming "I Love Hong Kong" but he is alright now.

Source: Mingpao & Oriental Daily / Translation: KAY @ Kay's Entertainment

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Wong He & Linda Chung Team Up As On-screen Couple

Wong He and Linda Chung attended to the promotion event for new series "Twilight Investigation" (囧探查過界).  Wong even said he wants to team up with Linda as a new unofficial on-screen couple, and Linda generously agreed.

Wong said: "This time I want to pair with Linda as the end-of-the-year on-screen couple. Never tried that the 16 years I'm in showbiz. Hope everyone give us a chance. (Must face strong competitors like Raymond Lam and Ron Ng?) We are unofficial on-screen couple. I'll replace them when they're busy, trying to make Linda stand out. She really wants to buy a house. If she has more work, then she can buy one more quickly. (She already owns one?) Then I'll give this opportunity to another one. Oceane Zhu is not bad." Wong also worried about the series because it is aired after anniversary series "No Regrets." But he is confident because first episode is already very funny.

Linda said: "I also want to pair with Wong He. Always rumor with Raymond and Ron, Wong He rarely has rumors. It would be happy if we can take stage jobs together. He is a very good partner." She admitted wanting to buy another house because there is not enough rooms when her parents stay in Hong Kong.

Source: Mingpao / Translation: KAY @ Kay's Entertainment

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Stephy Tang Knows Alex Fong Has a Fat Butt

Stephy Tang attended to a Christmas event. Two big crowns were displayed at the event for charity auction and profit will be donated to Children's Cancer Foundation. Stephy was wearing a crown that she designed with others. She expressed she likes to design but does not have much time to do so though.

As for rumored boyfriend Alex Fong might have to expose his butt in the new version of <大唐雙龍傳> (TVB's version is called "Twin Brothers", starring Ron Ng and Raymond Lam), Stephy noted she remembers the same scene with Raymond Lam in it the most. She absolutely does not mind Alex filming such scene, and even said: "It's him who has to expose not me. But he has to lose some weight first! Don't expose a fat butt!"

Source: HKHeadline / Translation: KAY @ Kay's Entertainment

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