War of the Genders | |
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男親女愛 | |
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Starring | |
Opening theme | "Blue Skies" (藍天) performed by Dayo Wong |
Composer | Wing Lo |
Country of origin | Hong Kong |
Original language | Cantonese |
No. of episodes | 100 (Hong Kong original TV broadcast edition) / 50 (official releasing) |
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Producer | Steven Tsui |
Production location | Hong Kong |
Running time | 20 minutes (per episode) / 45 minutes (official releasing) |
Production company | TVB |
Original release | |
Network | TVB Jade |
Release | 21 February – 7 July 2000 |
Related | |
Man and Woman in Love (stage play) |
War of the Genders is a Hong Kong television sitcom produced by TVB. It originally aired on TVB Jade from 21 February to 7 July 2000, totalling 100 episodes. It revolves around the office workers employed at C.K.Law Firm, a fictional law firm located in Central, Hong Kong. The series received critical acclaim and explosive success during its run. It achieved an average viewership rating of 35 points and a peak of 50 points, the highest-ever rating achieved by a TVB drama in the 2000s decade. This record was later broken by the 2005 Korean television drama Dae Jang Geum and the 2008 TVB drama Moonlight Resonance , both which also peaked at 50.
The series revolved around a solicitor Frances Mo (Carol Cheng) and her paralegal advisor Yu Lok-tin (Dayo Wong). The two characters go from loathing to loving each other by the end of the series, and eventually become a couple.
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Between avoiding the "spinster" label and creatively fighting trivial lawsuits, Frances uses her wit and class to outsmart her main rival, solicitor Alex Pao (Joseph Lee). In addition, Frances also has personal problems to deal with in the homefront such as getting used to her new younger stepmother, Yuen Yuen (Martha Yuan).
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