Despite there being a lot more pay television available, TVB and ATV still provide the bulk of television entertainment to Hong Kong citizens. The series broadcasted on prime time from Monday to Friday are supported by over 2 million viewers daily. Rating at first place, this year, is TVB’s “La Femme Desperado” (女人唔易做). The drama on single mothers received an average rating of 33 points (2.1 million viewers) and reached a high of 41 points. In second place comes Hong Kong’s version of “CSI”, “Forensic Heroes” (法證先鋒), which had average ratings of 32.7 points and received the highest ratings of 43 points for its ending episode. Mainland’s “The Saviour of the Soul” (神鵰俠侶) came 3rd place, receiving an average of 32.1 points and reached a high of 41 points. The leads of the drama, Huang Xiaoming and Liu Yifei’s popularity soared and their Hong Kong fan bases grew during the broadcasting of this series. In fourth and fifth place are “Love Guaranteed” (愛情全保) and “Bar Bender” (潮爆大狀), both small and under promoted productions. TVB’s best female actress, Charmaine Sheh’s “Maidens Vow” came sixth place despite being one of the most promoted series of the year. TVB’s grand productions rated quite lowly compared to the smaller productions. Both “Dance of Passion” (火舞黃沙) and “To Grow with Love” (肥田囍事) rated lower than “Pain of Men” (男人之苦) and came eighth and ninth. “Safe Guards” (鐵血保鏢) came tenth. As for the two lowest rating programs broadcasted during prime time, were “Hail the Judge” (棟篤狀王) and “Weapons of Love and Passion” (覆雨翻雲). The popular Dayo Wong failed to entertain and his series only received an average rating of 21.86 points. While the star studded “Weapons of Love and Passion” featuring Charmaine Sheh, Sonijia Kwok, Raymond Lam and Bosco Wong came second last.
