Come Home Love

Come Home Love
Official poster
愛·回家
GenreModern Sitcom
Created byHong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited
Written byShiu Lai King, Sin Chiu Ching, Kwan Bing Hung, Liu Cheng Ching, Tsang Hon, Leung Chi Yin, Ma Chuan Ying, Lau Wai Kit, Yip Gwong Yam, Koo Yi Lai, Lo Yuan Ha, Lee Bak Wai, Wong Chi Yan, Liu Sau Lin, Ho Sai Kit, Yeung Cung Bak, Yuan Bo Wai, Chan Ho Yee, Man Yue Han
Directed byChan Chi Gwong, Wong Yu Lok, Cheng Wing Ciu, Sin Yin Fong, Chan Siu Ling, Wong Wai Yip, Cheung Wing Ho
StarringLau Dan, Tsui Wing, Lai Lok-yi, Yvonne Lam, Florence Kwok, Carlo Ng, Angel Chiang, Joey Law, Queenie Chu, Geoffrey Wong, Glen Lee, Max Cheung, Steve Lee, Lisa Chong
Griselda Yeung, Yeewan Ho, Raymond Chiu, Celine Ma, William Chu, Auston Lam, Samantha Ko, Jimmy Au
Theme music composerJoyce Cheng
Opening themeEmbrace Love (擁抱愛) by Joyce Cheng
Country of originHong Kong
Original languageCantonese
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes804
Production
Executive producerCatherine Tsang
ProducerTsui Yu On
Production locationsHong Kong
Macao
Shantou. China
EditorsSandy Shaw
Hum Chui Chen
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time22 minutes (without commercial)
Production companyTVB
Original release
NetworkTVB Jade, HD Jade
Release14 May 2012 (2012-05-14) –
3 July 2015 (2015-07-03)
Related
Come Home Love 2 (Ep. 805-995)
Come Home Love: Dinner at 8
Come Home Love: Lo and Behold
Come Home Love
Chinese愛·回家
Literal meaning"Love, Return Home"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinÀi·Huí Jiā
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingOi3 Wui4 Gaa1

Come Home Love (Chinese: 愛·回家; Jyutping: Oi3 Wui4 Gaa1; literally "Love, Return Home") is a Hong Kong sitcom created and produced by TVB.[1] Premiering on TVB Jade on May 14, 2012, the series was originally intended for 180 episodes but extended multiple times, before finally concluding in July 2015 with a total of 804 episodes.[2][3] The sitcom was broadcast on TVB Jade and HD Jade every Monday through Friday during its 8:00-8:30 pm timeslot.

In February 2015, TVB announced plans to end the series so the cast and production team could move on to other projects.[4] However, the series' positive ratings led to a spin-off series with a whole new cast and production team. The spinoff series was first broadcast on July 6, 2015, with the only returning cast members being Lai Lok-yi, Max Cheung, Griselda Yeung and Geoffrey Wong, who play minor roles in the second series.

In 2020, the cast received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2020 TVB Anniversary Awards.[5]

Synopsis

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The series revolves around the Ma family, an extended Chinese family living together in modern Hong Kong. The story also extends to the law firm youngest son John (Ma Chaung) works at.

Ma Fu (Lau Dan), is a retired Hong Kong Correctional Services officer. He is the patriarch of the Ma family and his traditional and disciplinarian approach to life creates both friction and solutions. The other members of the family are his much younger sister Ma Yau (Florence Kwok); second son and daughter-in-law, Ma Keung (Tsui Wing) and Lo Lai Sheung (Yvonne Lam); the deceased eldest son's Ma Gin's, children Ma Tse Yan (Joey Law) and Ma Tse Nei (Angel Chiang); and youngest son Ma Chuang (Lai Lok-yi).

Cast

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Main cast

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Head of the Ma family
  • Tsui Wing as Ma Keung (馬強) & Ma Gin (馬健)
Fu's second son, married to Lai Sheung. Also adopted his deceased older brother's two kids, "Leslie" Tse Yan and "Tracy" Tse Nei.
Keung's wife and adopted mother to Tse Yan and Tse Nei, and a wedding planner.
Fu's youngest son, a legal executive, later lawyer.
Fu's much younger sister, a coffee brewer and secret shopper.
  • Carlo Ng as Jacky Leung Yin Fun (梁彥芬)
A Ma family friend and bakery manager in Macao, childhood friend of Angel.
Fu's granddaughter by his eldest son, a college student; she eventually works as a clerk at a law firm and as an amateur jewelry maker.
  • Joey Law as Leslie Ma Tse Yan (馬子仁)
Fu's grandson by his eldest son, a fashion designer.
A barrister and John’s superior, later his girlfriend.
John's boss. He owns his own law firm.
  • Glen Lee as Anthony Lau Sheung Yau (樓尚友)
Alex’s colleague and protege, Amanda's younger brother.
A barrister. Eventually marries Fung Yin Ha.
A barrister. Has a son from a previous marriage. Eventually marries Richard.
Ma Keung's employee at the store.
A legal clerk at the law firm
Damon Cha's personal secretary at the law firm.
Ma Keung's former classmate.
A bartender at PushUp Bar.
A legal executive and John's co-worker at the law firm. Si-Si's older brother.
Ma Keung's employee at the store and a street performer who wants to be a singer.

Main recurring cast

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Extended cast

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Music

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Opening theme

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No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Embrace Love" (擁抱愛)Sandy ChangJoyce ChengJoyce Cheng3:13

Sub themes

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No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."The Puppet Said" (小木偶的話)Sydney SungAuston LamAuston Lam3:26
2."Betray" (騙徒)Sydney SungAuston LamAuston Lam3:31
3."Runaway" (逃出地球)Sydney SungAuston LamAuston Lam2:58
4."The Angel Said" (小天使的話)Sydney SungAuston LamAuston Lam3:59
5."No More Lies No More Tears" (不再說謊)Sandy ChangAuston LamAuston Lam3:42
6."The Song of Puppet" (木偶歌)Sydney SungAuston LamAuston Lam4:21

Development

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TVB 2015 calendar, February. From left to right: Chris Lai, Joey Law, Tsui Wing, Lau Dan, Yvonne Lam, Florence Kwok, Kenny Wong
  • The costume fitting ceremony was held on March 7, 2012, at 12:30 pm Tseung Kwan O TVB City Studio One. Original cast attendance included Lau Dan, Tsui Wing, Lai Lok Yi, Florence Kwok, Yvonne Lam, Joey Law, Angel Chiang, Queenie Chu, Carlo Ng, Yvonne Ho, Max Cheung, William Chu, Griselda Yeung, Lisa Ch'ng, Wong Chun Tong, Raymond Chiu, Lee Ka Ting, Auston Lam, Celine Ma, Jenny Lau, Apple Chan, Cheung Yin Chak, Hero Yuen, William Chak, and Hebe Chan.[7][8]
  • The series was originally intended to have 180 episodes. Due to solid ratings, TVB extended the series to 300 episodes in January 2013.[9]
  • Also in January 2013, Oceane Zhu whose character was originally a cameo was promoted to main cast due to her character being well received by audiences.[10]
  • With continued solid ratings and urging by audiences, TVB ordered an additional 200 episodes in May 2013. Totaling 500 episodes, the cast and crew held a banquet to celebrate the milestone.[11][12]
  • After extended the series multiple times because of solid ratings, TVB announced in February 2015 that they are planning to finally conclude the series even though the series is still doing well in the ratings.[13]
  • TVB originally planned to have certain cast members and the production crew collaborate again in a new sitcom series.[14] Plans were scrapped, Instead a spin-off series with a whole new cast and crew was created. The second series retains the Come Home Love title, but will not have any major connections to the first series.[15] Chris Lai, Max Cheung, Griselda Yeung and Geoffrey Wong are the only cast members to resume their characters in the second series. They will be playing minor roles in the new series.
  • A promo image of Come Home Love was one of twelve series featured in TVB's 2015 calendar for the month of February.[16]

Viewership ratings

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2012 Episode Ratings (Episode 1 — 166) (Week 1 — 34)
# Timeslot (HKT) Week Episode(s) Average points Peaking points
1 Mon – Fri
20:00－20:30 		14–18 May 2012 1 — 5 25 29
2 21–25 May 2012 6 — 10 24
3 28 May–1 Jun 2012 7 — 15 24
4 4–8 Jun 2012 16 — 20 24
5 11–15 Jun 2012 21 — 25 26
6 18–22 Jun 2012 26 — 30 25
7 25–29 Jun 2012 31 — 35 25
8 2–6 Jul 2012 36 — 40 25
9 9–13 Jul 2012 41 — 45 25
10 16–20 Jul 2012 46 — 50 26
11 23–27 Jul 2012 51 — 55 28 38 1
12 30 Jul–3 Aug 2012 56 — 60 23
13 6–10 Aug 2012 61 — 65 23
14 13–17 Aug 2012 66 — 70 25
15 20–24 Aug 2012 71 — 75 24
16 27–31 Aug 2012 76 — 80 25
17 3–7 Sep 2012 81 — 85 26
18 10–14 Sep 2012 86 — 90 26
19 17–21 Sep 2012 91 — 95 26
20 24–28 Sep 2012 96 — 100 24
21 2–5 Oct 2012 101 — 104 26
22 9–12 Oct 2012 105 — 108 26
23 15–19 Oct 2012 109 — 113 26
24 22–26 Oct 2012 114 — 118 25
25 29 Oct–2 Nov 2012 119 — 123 27
26 5–9 Nov 2012 124 — 128 25
27 12–16 Nov 2012 129 — 133 25
28 20–23 Nov 2012 134 — 137 25
29 27-30 Nov 2012 138 — 142 25
30 3-7 Dec 2012 143 — 147 25
31 10-14 Dec 2012 148 — 152 26
32 18-21 Dec 2012 153 — 156 24
33 24-28 Dec 2012 157 — 161 23
34 31 Dec 2012-4 Jan 2013 162 — 166 23

^Note 1 : Episode 51 (July 23, 2012) peaked at 38 points as a result of Typhoon Vicente.[17]

*' Episodes were not broadcast on:
*2012 - October 1, October 8, November 19, December 17
*2013 - February 11, October 4, November 19, December 16,December 20
*2014 - January 17, January 31, October 20, November 19, December 15
*2015 - February 19, February 20

International broadcast

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Network Country Airing Date Timeslot
Astro Wah Lai Toi
Astro Wah Lai Toi HD
(Formerly Astro Zhi Zun HD)		  Malaysia December 25, 2012 (2012-12-25)－July 10, 2014 (2014-07-10) Monday-Friday 9:00－9:30 pm
July 11, 2014 (2014-07-11)－February 11, 2016 (2016-02-11) Monday-Friday 8:00－8:30 pm
StarHub TV  Singapore April 25, 2013 (2013-04-25)－May 25, 2016 (2016-05-25) Monday-Friday 8:00－8:30 pm
Fairchild TV  Canada May 26, 2013 (2013-05-26)－Present Saturday 6:00-7:30 am,11:00 am–12:30 pm, 7:00-8:30 pm, 10:30-11:00 pm (Eastern Time Zone)
Sunday 6:00-7:00 am, 11:00 am–12:00 pm, 7:00-8:00 pm, 10:30-11:30 pm (Pacific Time Zone)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ [1] Come Home Love TVBI page. Retrieved July 14, 2015
  2. ^ [2] TVB Orders 200 More Episodes for “Come Home Love”. Retrieved July 14, 2015
  3. ^ [3] “Come Home Love” to Conclude with Episode 804. Retrieved July 14, 2015
  4. ^ [4] “Come Home Love” Coming to an End. Retrieved July 14, 2015
  5. ^ "2020 TVB anniversary awards show winner list". 10 January 2021. 38jiejie. 2021-01-10
  6. ^ [5][usurped] cast info. Retrieved 7-5-2014
  7. ^ [6] 《愛．回家》 "Love, Return Home" Costume Fitting. Retrieved July 15, 2015
  8. ^ [7] 《愛．回家》 "Love, Return Home" Costume Fitting Pictures. Retrieved July 15, 2015
  9. ^ [8] Oceane Zhu Promoted to Lead Role in “Come Home Love”. Retrieved July 15, 2015
  10. ^ [9] 《愛·回家》客串變主角 朱璇拜蔣志光為師 (in Chinese). Retrieved July 15, 2015
  11. ^ [10] TVB Orders 200 More Episodes for “Come Home Love”. Retrieved July 15, 2015
  12. ^ [11] 《爱·回家》宣布添食至500集 (in Chinese). Retrieved July 15, 2015
  13. ^ [12] “Come Home Love” Coming to an End. Retrieved July 15, 2015
  14. ^ [13] “Come Home Love” Cast to Reunite for New Series. Retrieved July 15, 2015
  15. ^ [14] Louis Cheung, Priscilla Wong Join “Come Home Love” Spinoff. Retrieved July 15, 2015
  16. ^ [15] TVB Calendar 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2015
  17. ^ [16] TVB Reaps Ratings Bonanza. Retrieved July 14, 2015
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