“Triumph in the Skies 2” Ratings Dip Amid Viewer Complaints
Although TVB’s new summer series Triumph in the Skies 2 <衝上雲霄II> received generally positive reviews since its debut, the show’s more controversial scenes may have alienated some viewers. New ratings data revealed that the series’ viewership dropped slightly during its second week, averaging 30 points and peaking at 34 points.
While TVB may have expected high ratings from Triumph‘s many sexy scenes, fans were surprisingly more drawn to its sweeter moments. The most-watched scene during last week’s broadcast was when Sam (Francis Ng 吳鎮宇) finally sees Summer (Myolie Wu 胡杏兒) at the airport. Over 2.18 million viewers tuned in to witness the pivotal meeting.
The series’ many “heavy flavor” scenes last week continue to make headlines. Even though Jayden’s (Chilam Cheung 張智霖) numerous bed scenes were meant to set up his flirtatious, playboy personality, some found them too risque for television. The Office of the Communications Authority last week received 25 official complaints related to Triumph in the Skies 2. Many were displeased by the show’s inappropriate content, saying it damaged airline pilots and flight attendants’ professional image. TVB also received 17 complaints over the sexy scenes. Some also spoke out against Kenneth Ma (馬國明) and Elena Kong’s (江美儀) pairing, saying they are completely unsuitable for each other.
In addition to Triumph in the Skies 2, viewers also filed complaints about period drama Karma Rider <師父·明白了>. TVB received 7 complaints last week for the series, 5 of which were aimed at the lackluster performance of the show’s star Priscilla Wong (黃翠如). Karma Rider also saw a drop in its weekly ratings, down one point from the previous week, averaging 24 points. Popular singing competition show Voice of Stars <星夢傳奇> followed the downward trend as well. Despite the buzz generated by Fred Cheng’s (鄭俊弘) solid performance and the inclusion of strong competitors such as Becky Lee (李璧琦), the show has dropped two points, reaching an average rating of 23 points.
Source: Ming Pao
This article is written by Katrine for JayneStars.com.
Francis Ng is a great actor.
Agree Francis and totally be a pilot but lol at his english
yes..agreed. i prefer francis ng more than chilam
Chilam excels as the confident playboy but is not that convincing as a pilot, but Francis makes a true pilot.
absolutely! francis ng all the way! woot
francis and zoe all the way
Am I the only one that notice he mumbles and blurs out his lines like he is about to forget them all the time.
he might mumble at times but it’s not like to an extent where I struggled to figure out what he’s trying to say .. so that didn’t really bug me at all, that man can act brilliantly and that’s what matters most
There’s got to be personal stories involving relationships in tits2, or else what else is there to watch besides the professional parts of the job? And the Elena and Kenneth pairing hasn’t been shown yet!
Getting kinda draggy for episodes 9/10/11! Wonder when summer gonna swing back to life, mann!
psh. TVB think those sexy scenes would draw more viewers… they have to understand that many viewers don’t want to see sexy scenes, like boobs or topless scenes ALL the time. Sweet moments are the ones that drags viewers more attention…
Honestly the show hasn’t been interesting lately, I find Karma Rider to be more interesting. Honestly, I don’t see how it can damage pilot’s and flight attendants image. We all know the affairs that goes on up in the air, heck there is even a website dedicated to it where anonymous pilots, flight attendants and passengers write about their experience lol. Of course not everyone does it, but it’s not a secret either. The viewers are being too judgemental over the littlest things.
I think TVB doesn’t do well when they’re trying to promote sex appeal in the series, it’s just too cheesy and not sexy at all, it’s just embarrassing to watch. You can be sexy but still have some class which they can’t do and it just fails.
Karma Rider has a good story but wrong casting. One will wonder what Priscilla had paid to get the heroine role.
She may not be the ideal choice but she is def not the worst. I think she’s ok in there, the story itself is overshadowing her character anyways.
I wonder how those scenes made it through TV censorship board!
Agree with the audience! The heavy taste is just stupid for tvb to keep adding in! If we want to see those we’ll watch a movie… I’m more compelled to the sweet scenes too.
And Priscilla’s acting really isn’t up to par for someone leading a drama. Not surprised by the low ratings that drama is actually really boring. Reason why I’m watching is to see who is the reincarnation of Zhu Ying Tai since we already know Raymond is Liang Shan Bo.
Complaining about a pairing (Elena Kong and Kenneth Ma) that didn’t even happen yet? LOL
There’s nothing happening with Kenneth and Elena’s relationship yet..
30 is still really good, especially since this is only the 2nd week of a really long series. I have a feeling that the ratings will rise once Karma Rider is over since Always and Ever is a much more appealing lead in.
30 is good but considering how big the cast is and how many promotions were put into the series I think the series should get higher than this. Inbound Troubles didn’t get half of the promotions but still got 30 pts and it was aired at a bad slot too.
Priscilla Wong should know by herself that she is not qualified for leading role. Two of her three friends in the series acted better than her.
Haha, Elena kong is only 3 years older than Kenneth. How is that unsuitable? Kenneth doesn’t look that young either
People in HK should quit complaining about minor things and enjoy the show.
Yes, they are just nitpicking. I’m enjoying TITS 2. Although I must agree that Keneth Ma and Elena Kong is not a good match, in my opinion.
As for Karma Rider, it’s poor casting, poor costume and I’m just not into it.
I have found that many series are like that these days. They start out strong but then get draggy in the middle, and then end abruptly. I wonder if this series will be like that??
@HTS: Yup, that’s the typical TVB formula when it comes to their series.
I don’t know about you guys, but I’m already starting to lose patience with Triumph 2…episodes 10 and 11 were kind of boring and in reading the summaries for the remaining episodes (up to ep 15), the rest of the week sounds just as boring and draggy…
The only scenes that I kind of look forward to are the ones where Sam thinks back to his relationship with Zoe — I like those scenes not because I was a fan of their pairing (in fact, I wasn’t fond of any of the main pairings in the first installment), but because those are the scenes where we can truly see Francis’ inner emotional acting (the guy is absolutely a brilliant actor)…especially given the ‘bittersweet’ nature of the Sam/Zoe relationship (i.e. the fact that Zoe died alone and Sam wasn’t by her side).
I think TITS 2 overall is a good drama (funny and serious in a way). Francis is really good and Chilam too. I just get annoyed with Ron character. LOL
I don’t think Priscilla is a bad actress at all. Just a little boring and less captivating, but still fine.
i enjoyed TITS2 so far. I haven’t watch Karma Rider as non of the casts interest me.
30pts is still a great rating despite a drop!
Karma Rider is just wayyy too dark. Im like trying to watch it but I sit there and just stare at the dark..
I’m really disappointed in this drama, being a big fan of the first series, I had high hopes for this. Everyone’s acting seems so pretentious and unrealistic – trying too hard (except for Francis Ng of course – he’s still great). The story line so far seems predictable and uncreative. I do not like Fala’s character, I find her irritating. Being a big fan of Chi lam, I was disappointed because I dislike his role, again, it seems like he’s trying too hard and it’s lame. I genuinely preferred Joe Ma’s interpretation of a playboy in series 1. Am I only one who’s disappointed in all TVB’s new productions? The classic, older series did not need naked chicks and unnecessary bed scenes to boost their ratings. They had clever plots and good actings.
I agree with you! Fala’s character is a walking joke!Yeah all this nakedness and pushing boundaries is a bit tacky. There’s nothing wrong with a bit of sexy scenes but the way they do them makes it seem a bit juvenile.
Wow I totally agree with what you said. Honestly,tvb’s dramas have been deteriorating and the new actors are not as good as the previous ones. They look like they are trying too hard to portray their role. After watching a few episodes I stopped watching it as I find it quite disappointing with the presence of sex appeal inside. I don’t know if ppl have become more open minded or tvb’s production is getting worse each year.
And yes,fala chen’s role is super annoying -.-
I find the female lead’s voice in Karma Rider really shrill and annoying. That drama has a good theme song though. Veteran actress Helena Law Lan is always a joy to watch.
TITS 2 is losing steam because there is not much character development going on for the main characters, aside from Holly at the PPP training. There’s some potential there in the Summer-Isaac storyline though…I’m not too interested in the Roy and Heather relationship. Jayden is a suave and charming playboy – yeah okay, we know that already. No need to show similar scenes of Jayden flirting with the ladies in every single episode as he’s becoming a shallow stereotype character which I find boring. No depth to Jayden, Sam is by far a more interesting character because he does more than just smirk and look mighty pleased with himself after having scored with the ladies. Jayden only shows his vulnerable human side around Summer. Without Summer, Jayden is not a well-rounded character, only a wannabe comicbook hero…might as well call him the Batman of Skylette Airlines. Jayden will only get interesting once we see what lies beneath that cool facade he hides under.
Also.. Kenneth Ma’s character from the first series, was a timid , innocent guy, but in this series he’s turned into a cheater. I think this is completely unnecessary, along with his up coming affair with Elena Kong. Triumph in the skies isn’t meant to be about players and cheats and love affairs and sex scenes. The main theme of the drama was love, fate, friendship, ambitions. It just annoys me, it seems like TVB is trying to introduce more “outgoing” dramas, like giving the message to encourage us to explore our sexuality. E.g. in ep 11, when Elena encouraged her friend saying how it shouldn’t just be men who gets to have fun and sleep around. Idk, maybe I am old fashioned but I think this is bad influence to teenagers who are watching this and it’s unnecessary!
Haha: http://www.weibo.com/1854743504/A2grucGsZ
But recycling’s a good thing though, right?
Karma Rider has too many “high-pitch” actresses so it gets annoying esp when they are shouting or screaming.
As for TITS2, getting a bit draggy because the story doesn’t seem to go anywhere, not at the moment.
Karma Rider may not have the best cast and costumes but the story is solid/interesting.
TITS2 is too draggy.
agreed that karma rider has very interesting storyline and the opening and ending songs r very very nice unlike tits2. give me bk eason chen to sing instead. the reason i am watching tits2 is due to francis, myolie and ron the rest i am not interested. find them redundant lol…
some TVB viewers need to grow up if they think any of the scenes in TiTS2 are too risque…..TVB’s shows are very very censored compared to international TV programs.
People seem to forget that this is a show about adults…not preteens…adults do things like this.
I find Karma Rider is more interesting than Triumph 2. I do admit that Priscilla’s acting is not really good, but she is still okay to me. As a newcomer, she performed quite well. I like the chemistry between her and Raymond. Even though the cast are not as good as Triumph 2, this drama is still worth to watch because the story itself is very interesting. I hope the ratings can over 30 points in the finale episode.