New Episodes of Hong Kong TV Series Are Broadcast Every Night So You Don't Need to Wait All Week
I don't remember watching this Hong Kong TV series. But I was fortunate enough to find this on YouTube to show you the typical introduction of every episode. There is always a theme song to start. Sometimes, there may be a recap of the previous episode.
HK TV series are definitely different from those in the US that I know.
Most HK TV Series have 20 episodes. Each series is broadcast every night from Monday to Friday for an hour a night.
Hong Kong people
don't have the patience to wait for a week for the next episode.
In other words, a TV series will be over in a month.
Sometimes, the NO. 1 Hong Kong TV station, TVB, celebrates the anniversary. There will be some special series. Those TV series may have 100 episodes. And, of course, they broadcast it every night during the week.
These TV series have brought a lot of attention to some Hong Kong actors and actresses that have became Hollywood Stars, such as Chow Yun Fat.
Not all Hong Kong TV series are broadcast in Hong Kong (we only found this out after moving to Canada in 1995). Some are sold overseas. People in "Chinatown" anywhere in the world see more than what we see in Hong Kong.
What I really like about Hong Kong TV series is that they can cover many different stories at different times in the history. They could be drama, comedy, horror, detective and so forth.
The stories they cover could be based on true stories that have happened in Hong Kong. The MUST for me, are usually those HK TV series based on some well-known Chinese novels and classics. To read the series of those novels and/or classics, it may take up to a few months. Plus, it needs your imagination of the costumes, manner, environment and so forth in the past which is hundreds and years ago. With these TV series, it helps you easily to visualize how each character would have looked like and more.
For instance, if it is about a story in the Qing dynasty, the costumes will be of the same period as in the Qing dynasty as well as the background and everything.
Also, with the special effects and Kung Fu performance, you can't beat it.
Other than locally produced TV series, there were also American dramas with the Chinese translation. It was very popular in the mid 1980s. I still remember sitting in the living room with my family watching Charlie's Angels and Dallas. Yep! They spoke in Cantonese.
Then, in the 1990s, Hong Kong started to import some Japanese TV dramas. Since last decade, you can watch Korean, Mainland China and Japanese produced TV series. Some of them were so popular that it led to a lot of sales of books and DVDs.
But local TV stations still actively produce HK TV series and broadcast them during prime time. But, now, you have more varieties to choose from.
Some TV series can switch to Mandarin and/or English versions. You will know before the show comes on. All TV's in Hong Kong have this function set up for switching the language. It is similar to the "SAP" button in the States.
To learn more about the Hong Kong TV series, click on the links below to check out the top 2 Hong Kong TV stations:
1.
TVB
This is the number 1 Hong Kong TV Station. All TVs in Hong Kong are pre-set to switch to this channel once the TV is turned on. Many famous
Hong Kong movie stars
started their careers with this TV station.
It owns an English channel as well. It is called Pearl. But there are a lot of re-runs. And most of the shows came from the U.S. and are at least a season behind.
2.
HKATV
This TV station has changed ownership countless times. On many occasions, if there are some good actors and actresses, they are hired by their competitor, TVB, pretty quick. It also has an English channel.
