At the Threshold of An Era

At the Threshold of An Era was a drama series broadcast by Hong Kong's TVB Jade Channel from late 1999 to early 2000.

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Hong Kong - TVB

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The show was aired during a slump in TVB ratings (TVB is regularly viewed by more than 80% of Hong Kong's population). This led many to believe that this drama series was used to combat an resurgent ATV and to stave off a dramatic end to TVB's dominance of the Hong Kong TV industry.

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The show was billed as a millenial spectacular by TVB and some of its most popular artists of the time were drafted in to act , these included Ada Choi, Kenix Kwok, Flora Chan, Sunny Chan Kam Hung, Roger Kwok, Louis Koo and Gallen Lo.

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Ada Choi - Kenix Kwok - Sunny Chan Kam Hung - Roger Kwok - Louis Koo - Gallen Lo

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The show was shown as if it was two separate series, partly explained by the fact that TVB needed this drama so badly , to bolster its slumping ratings , that it released the show halfway into production, leaving a break in between to allow production crews to complete the shooting of the series and all post-production work.

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The show eventually served to get TVB out of its ratings slump and restore its dominance over the Hong Kong TV industry. A repeat of the second part of the series in the summer of 2005 drew impressive ratings, to the shock of many, since series re-runs never normally generate decent ratings, and only serve as fillers between programmes.

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