Tiger Cubs (TV series)

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Tiger Cubs
Tiger Cubs TV poster.jpg
Also known as
  • Special Duties Unit
  • The One
Genre
Created byLam Chi-wah
Written by
  • Lee Yee-wah (executive)
  • Leung Yan-tung
  • Ng Lap-kwong
  • and others
Directed by
  • Wong Kwok-fai
  • Hung Kam-fat
  • Chan San-hap
  • Lee Shu-fong
Starring
Theme music composerTige Hui
Opening theme"身邊的依據" ("Surrounding Basis") by Joe Ma
Country of originHong Kong
Original languageCantonese
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producerLam Chi-wah
Camera setup Single camera
Running time90 minutes
Production company TVB
Original release
Network
Release24 June (2012-06-24) 
12 August 2012 (2012-08-12)
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Main characters

Supporting characters

Special Duties Unit (SDU)

Tiger Cubs
Traditional Chinese 飛虎
Simplified Chinese 飞虎
Literal meaning"flying tiger"
CharacterActorDescription
SP Leung Yat-fung (梁日鋒) Dominic Lam SDU commander
SIP Chin Hon-to (展瀚韜) Joe Ma A Team leader
SSGT Yip Shu-fai (葉樹輝) Savio Tsang A Team sub-leader
WPI So Man-keung (蘇文強) Mandy Wong A Team administrative support technician
ASGT Chong Chuk-yuen (莊卓源) Oscar Leung A Team sniper leader
ASGT Hui Chi-yan (許志仁) Wu Kwing-lung A Team sniper
ASGT Yau Chun-hin (邱駿軒) Vincent Wong A Team sniper
ASGT Cheung Kai-kwong (張繼光) William Chak A Team assaulter
ASGT Tse Kar-sing (謝家星) Benjamin Yuen A Team assaulter
ASGT Kwok Yiu-cho (郭耀祖) Oscar Li A Team assaulter
ASGT Lung Kim-fai (龍劍飛) Raymond Tsang A Team Assaulter
ASGT Yu Hok-lai (俞學禮) Him Law A Team assaulter

Organized Crime and Triad Bureau (OCTB)

CharacterActorOccupation
WSIP Chong Chuk-wah (莊卓嬅) Jessica Hsuan Team inspector
SGT Ben Fong (方永杉) Patrick Tang Team sergeant
WPC May Fung (馮嘉美) Kayi Cheung Team constable
PC Lam Kwan (林坤) Tong Chun-ming Team constable
PC Law Siu-bor (羅小波) Jason Lam Team constable

Reception

Critical reception

The critical reception of Tiger Cubs has been generally positive. On Douban, the first series received a rating of 7.8 out of 10 based on over eleven thousand votes. [9] Based on 87 reviews from Mtime, the first series received an overall rating of 7.5, with the critical consensus "it's worth to take a look." [10]

Ratings

The following is a table that includes a list of the total ratings points based on television viewership. Tiger Cubs will be aired every Sunday for episode 1 - 3 and then twice a week on Saturday and Sunday afterwards.

WeekOriginally airedEpisodesAverage pointsPeaking pointsReference
124 June 201212930 [11]
21 July 2012228 [12]
38 July 2012330 [13]
414 July 2012432 [14]
515 July 2012531 [15]
621 July 2012626 [16]
722 July 2012731 [17]
828 July 2012825 [18]
929 July 2012929 [19]
104 August 20121023 [20]
115 August 20121126 [21]
1211 August 20121225 [22]
1312 August 2012133036 [23]

Episode list

Week#TitleDirected byWritten byHK viewers
(million)
RatingOriginal airing
11"Here Comes the King of Thieves (Part I)"--1.862924 June 2012 (2012-06-24)
22"Here Comes the King of Thieves (Part II)"--1.80281 July 2012 (2012-07-01)
33"Lai's Father Kidnapping Case"--1.93308 July 2012 (2012-07-08)
44"The Cop Who Stole a Gun"--1.672614 July 2012 (2012-07-14)
45"Cracking the Drug Den"--1.993115 July 2012 (2012-07-15)
56"Attacking the Fruit Market"--1.672621 July 2012 (2012-07-21)
57"Young Criminal"--1.993122 July 2012 (2012-07-22)
68"The 2G Kidnapping Case"--1.732728 July 2012 (2012-07-28)
69"Army Obsession"--1.862929 July 2012 (2012-07-29)
710"Flying Tiger, Loving Father, Husband"--1.73274 August 2012 (2012-08-04)
711"I Want to be a Cop"--1.67265 August 2012 (2012-08-05)
812"Bomber"--1.802811 August 2012 (2012-08-11)
813"Finale"--1.933012 August 2012 (2012-08-12)

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