With the holidays off, I got to catch up on three major TVB anniversary series for 2025 - The Queen of Castle, The Queen of News 2, and The Golden Forest. There is definitely worthwhile competition this year with a few strong series and candidates for nomination and starting to see younger people like Hera Chan, Matthew Ho, Celina Harto with strong acting performances starting to lead the way for TVB's future.
Best Drama - Though I haven't watched other series much (save for Anonymous Signal which I find to be good to watch/chase but not memorable) and dark horses like the Bowie Lam starred DID12, I think these are the top series of the year. I really enjoyed The Queen of Castle as I was chasing the episodes daily. There are a lot of emotional scenes and factors that pull the audience in. I find that The Queen of News 2 was dragging until the reason of Kenneth's death was 'revealed'. After that, the series had a better pace and more interesting story lines after. The Golden Forest had the usual standard TVB formula of rich family plotline, throwing in trust management which is somewhat new. Both The Queen of Castle and The Queen of News 2 were able to keep me mostly chasing the series.
Best Actor - I would pick Him Law or Bosco Wong. Him definitely can portray different characters well. He portrayed the suave, cool guy well in The Golden Forest. On the other hand, Bosco did portray a jerk character that he hadn't portrayed before The Queen of News 2. It's a hard pick, I would be happy if Bosco or Him won. Bosco seems like he got the popular vote with many celebs supporting him. Roger's a consistent actor and no doubt always give a good performance, but he left TVB so it is not likely they will reward him. If they do, then it's well deserved indeed.
Best Actress - For me, the strongest two would be between Jessica Hsuan or Charmaine Sheh. I am a Jessica fan since the beginning, and I think she portrayed the role well in The Queen of Castle. It's a consistence performance. On the other hand, Charmaine is fully immersed in her role as Man Wai Sum in The Queen of News 2. She has the ability to portray her character in such a way that doesn't remind you that it's Charmaine Sheh acting. Because both had won best actress before, I do wonder if dark horse Selena Li would win. I am also a fan of Selena Li and would be happy if she won though. She did have a few moments/scenes that showcase her character's downfall but did she lead the series like Charmaine or Jessica did? I think not as much but still a worthwhile contender that if she won, people would be ok with it. On a side note, also happy to see Kelly Fu nominated for Best Actress this year though I did not watch DID12. I just may have to watch it to see her performance.
Best Supporting Actor and Actress - My vote goes for Mimi Kung for best supporting actress. Consistent performances and portrayals as usual and deserves the recognition especially being in two out of three anniversary series. If Him Law doesn't get Best actor, it's a high chance he will get Best Supporting but really isn't he passed Best Supporting now? If have to choose, then I would support The Queen of News 2 guys - Eric Tang, Matthew Ho, and James Ng but I can't say they are breakthrough performances though.
Best Themesong- Not sure whether these songs are even nominated, but I like Windy Zhan's 序章·结局 from The Queen of Castle or Seeds of Truth from The Queen of News 2, or James Ng's 还剩一件未做的事 for The Golden Forest. The lyrics to James Ng's songs always have a lot of heart!!
Most Improved Actor- I like Telford Wong from The Queen of Castle and Andrew Chan in The Golden Forest. I also support Randal Tsang a lot, and I feel he has a lot of potential but he's not being cast in drama series to show it. I hope with his recent popularity that he will get more drama acting opportunities. A lot of the younger guys and girls from Come Home Love should be pulled out to start acting in more dramas. They already gain audience's favor/recognition from Come Home Love, so it's time they start getting more dramas to improve, or they will eventually leave or be forgotten. TVB needs the new younger supporting males that is from TVB in house to lead for the future, As for Andrew Chan, I think he still has room for improvement, but I am his fan so would be happy for him if he does win.
Most Improved Actress - My drama vote goes to Celina Harto. She portrays her characters well, and I can see her in her characters especially in the dramas this year. My favorite vote would go to Joey Thye as I'm her fan, so I would be happy if she won.
Best On Screen or Partnership - I guess this is best cast? I think the main 4 actresses in The Queen of News 2 had less emotional scenes than in Part 1, but their chemistry is still on point. The cast of The Golden Forest has consistently been on social media promoting the series so they have real life chemistry lol. The characters on The Queen of Castle should have more chemistry but didn't feel it as much compared to the others.
I think it would've been interesting to see Roger-Charmaine or Roger-Jessica pairing in the respective anniversary series. It is a missed opportunity since Roger Kwok has now left TVB. Anyway, those are my two cents. Can't wait to see what the results will be on 1/4/26!
In this day and age, you would think it is easy to find the list of nominees but it was actually difficult to find. Much thanks to newjustvb blogspot for listing the nominees!
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