Charmaine Sheh’s New TVB Drama About Newscasters Criticised For Being “Too Absurd” By Actual Newscasters

TVB drama The Queen Of News marks Charmaine Sheh’s long awaited return to the Hong Kong broadcaster.

Her last TVB drama was Bet Hur, all the way back in 2017.

As expected The Queen of News, which has been touted as   Hong Kong’s version of Jennifer Aniston’s The Morning Show, is a runaway smash hit.

Since its first episode, the drama, which also stars Kenneth Ma, Selena Lee and Samantha Ko, has been rating very well and is expected to be the highest-rated TVB drama for the second half of 2023.

Charmaine, 48, plays cut-throat news anchor Man Wai Sam and she has received lots of praise from netizens for her performance.

One netizen was so impressed by Charmaine’s acting, she said even the actress’ “eyebrows were in character”.

It hasn’t been all compliments though.

Former newscaster Gloria Mak, for one, has criticised the show for being “too absurd”.

According to Gloria, the scene in the drama where a make-up artiste fusses over Charmaine and helps her put on her headphones in the newsroom is far from what actually happens in reality.

Also, during the scene where Charmaine had to report a piece of breaking news, it seemed illogical that the actress showed no sense of urgency and even had the luxury of time to put on make-up.

“She [also] stood up against her boss and threatened him 30 seconds before going live, that seems too much,” added Gloria.

Meanwhile, fellow news anchor Everest Yiu said: “She drives a BMW [in the show]. Which TV station’s news department is so rich? I only drive a Toyota Hiace.”

Netizens, however, seem to think the real-life newscasters are just making a mountain out of a molehill.

After all, it’s a drama and not a documentary, right?

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