Friday December 29, 2006 Hong Kong After playing the role of 'Ngo Jer' in the "Armed Reaction" series, it has been six years now since Esther Kwan left TVB. Recently, under the persuasion of TVB executive Catherine Tsang, Esther has agreed to return to TVB once again after her maternity break and will join 'Ratings Lucky star' Angela Tong in a new sitcom that will follow "Welcome to the House" in a bid to rescue the dwindling ratings in TVB's evening sitcom slot. Once one of TVB's lucky stars, Esther left TVB in 2000 after filming "Armed Reaction II", which gained ratings points of 37 and "The Legendary Four Aces". She headed into the mainland to further her career there. Since her departure, the producer of "Armed Reaction" had invited her on several occasions to reprise her role in the series, which continued for another two installments, but she declined the offer at the time. Recently, there have been reports that Ms Tsang has been in negotiations with Esther again and successfully persuaded her to return to TVB for a year to film a sitcom. Reports suggest that because the ratings for "Welcome to the House" have fallen, TVB is looking for emergency measures, so they have given their sincerity to inviting Esther to return and anchor their new production. This show will take over from "Welcome" when its run ends in March. In the year since the birth of her daughter, Esther has been putting all her attentions into being a mother. To take her time away from her family, Esther has been won over by the respect given to her by Ms Tsang and also the attractive cast planned for the new series, including veteran actress Elaine Jin and recent up and coming starlet Angela Tong. The show will centre around female life and TVB is pinning its hopes on this to give the ratings a much needed boost. When Angela was asked about this news and the return of Esther to TVB, she said: "I have heard about this, but I have not received an official notification yet. If it is true, then I will be very happy. A long time ago, I worked with Esther in 'A Loving Spirit' and 'The Taming of the Princess' and I have not seen her for a long time. I'd like to see what her daughter looks like too!" Esther was unavailable for comment at the time of going to press. credits: tvbspace, asianfanatics.
i was so happy when i heard about this!! Seems like 2007 is gonna be a better year cuz it seems like some more people are coming back. such as flora chan, sammi cheung ..and now esther kwan...hopefully there will be more and more..cuz tvb ratings tend to suck nowadays and the music quality is okay..
i misses Esther Kwan so much....cant wait to see her acting again!! honestly, i think her acting skill is better than other actress in tvb
OMG...i miss her soo much...my fave series is wif her and her husband...The Four Aces....lol im so happy shes back....
i only watched 1 of her series and that was Lady Flower Fist. really liked her character. glad she's coming back!! can't wait to see the next series.
her series were pretty humourous...would like to see more of her. But her current sitcom best selling secrets is not doing very well, is it?
