Super Trio series

The Super Trio Series is a Hong Kong variety show series produced by TVB. It debuted in 1995, and remained in production for eighteen years due to its popularity. The show was hosted by Eric Tsang and his two assistants - Jerry Lamb and Chin Kar-lok.

The show initially ended its run with the airing of the final episode on July 16, 2005. However, on March 9, 2008, the first episode of the show's spin-off series Super Trio Wonder Trip was aired; its main purpose was to introduce a series of new games that are to be imported from various game shows all over the world and would appear in series 8, Super Trio Supreme. On May 26, 2013, the tenth series, Super Trio Maximus, was aired, its final episode airing on January 12, 2014.

Eight years later, in 2022, the show was revived with the new series, Super Trio Returns. Eric Tsang, Chin Ka-Lok, Louis Yuen from series 8 and Mayanne Mak from I Heart HK hosted the program as prizemaster and prize elders respectively. Additionally, Hellston Ching and Amisha Ng joined the program as new prize elders.

Format
The show is presented by Eric Tsang, the "Prize Master" (獎門人), and the "prize elders" (獎老), Jerry Lamb and Chin Ka-lok. Each episode features several popular Hong Kong celebrities as guest stars. Sometimes contestants from Miss Hong Kong pageants and other international pageants are invited. They participate in different party games devised by the producers, usually ridiculous or sexually provocative. At the end of each round, attractive (or sometimes bizarre) prizes would be awarded to the winners. Audiences are often included as part of the show.

Series titles
Over the course of its run, the series uses different names to identify its different shows.

Series 1: Movie Buff Championship
Airdates: December 20, 1995 - July 17, 1996

Timeslots: Wednesday evenings

Hosts: Eric Tsang, Chin Kar-lok, Jerry Lamb, Jordan Chan (later in the series replacing Jordan Chan - EPS.21)

Episodes: 31

Series 2: Movie Buff Championship (Sr.2)
Airdates: May 28, 1997 - November 5, 1997

Timeslots: Wednesday evenings

Hosts: Eric Tsang, Jerry Lamb, Chin Kar-lok

Episodes: 23

One episode was a drama-type episode instead of the usual game show episode.

Series 3: The Super Trio Show
Airdates: October 17, 1998 - April 10, 1999

Timeslots: Saturday evenings

Hosts: Eric Tsang（曾志偉） Jerry Lamb（林曉峰）, Chin Kar-lok（錢嘉樂）

Episodes: 26

Series 4: The Super Trio Mega Show
Airdates: August 30, 1999 - October 1, 1999

Timeslots: Weekday evenings from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm Hong Kong time

Hosts: Eric Tsang（曾志偉）, Jerry Lamb（林曉峰）, Chin Kar-lok（錢嘉樂）, Nancy Kan (蘭茜), Cindy Au(歐倩怡）

At the time, My Fair Princess played on ATV, creating competition between the networks. Therefore, TVB decided to air the episodes on weekdays.

Episodes: 26 In certain episodes, previous winners were invited back to compete against each other in a series of games to determine a grand champion.

Series 5: The Super Trio Show (Sr.2)
Airdates: October 28, 2000 - February 24, 2001

Timeslots: Saturday evenings

Hosts: Eric Tsang（曾志偉）, Jerry Lamb（林曉峰）, Chin Kar-lok（錢嘉樂）, Amen Au (區焯文), Bean Lau(劉蜀永), Josephine Shum Po-yee (岑寶兒)

Episodes: 17

Series 6: A Trio Delights
Airdates: August 10, 2002 - December 7, 2002

Timeslots: Saturday evenings from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm, with the exception of episodes 14 and 16, which played from 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm

Hosts: Eric Tsang（曾志偉）, Jerry Lamb（林曉峰）, Chin Kar-lok（錢嘉樂）

In the last episode, the first six contestants (Alex To, Shirley Kwan, Natalis Chan, Nicola Cheung, Victor Chen and Kelly Chen) played against each other in a series of individual and sometimes team games. After that, other contestants showed up and competed against the first six contestants as teams. The others won over the original six contestants.

Series 7: The Super Trio Continues
Airdates: September 26, 2004 - July 17, 2005

Hosts: Eric Tsang（曾志偉）, Jerry Lamb（林曉峰）, Chin Kar-lok（錢嘉樂）

Timeslots: Sunday evenings from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm with the exceptions of:


 * Ep 37 was the 10th anniversary episode: 8:30 to 10:00 pm
 * Ep 38 was played in 2 parts:
 * Part 1: 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm
 * Part 2: 10:30 pm to 11:00 pm

Post-Series 7: The Super Trio - Total Recall
Timeslot: Saturday, July 16, 2005 from 10:30 pm to 11:00 pm

Hosts: Jerry Lamb（林曉峰） and Chin Kar-lok（錢嘉樂）

This final special featured clips from past series, and parts of the final ceremony in the 37th episode of The Super Trio Continues.

Pre-Series 8: Super Trio Wonder Trip
Airdates: March 9, 2008 - March 23, 2008

Episodes: 3

Hosts: Eric Tsang（曾志偉）, Louis Yuen（阮兆祥）, Chin Kar-lok（錢嘉樂） and Wong Cho Lam（王祖藍）

Featured Guests: Ella Koon（官恩娜）, Timmy Hung（洪天明）, Angela Tong（湯盈盈）, Fiona Yuen（袁彩雲）, Jeanette Leung Ching Kok（梁政鈺）, Toby Leung（梁靖琪）

The series is the spin-off series before the upcoming eighth series of the Super Trio. The spin-off series follows the cancelling of the show in 2005 and the rebuilding the show Jerry Lamb (林曉峰）left TVB for ATV)（亞洲電視）, as Eric Tsang(曾志偉）, Louis Yuen（阮兆祥）, Chin Kar-lok（錢嘉樂） and Wong Cho Lam（王祖藍） and their guests travel the world to find new games to bring back to Hong Kong for the upcoming eight series.

Series 8: Super Trio Supreme
Airdates: March 30, 2008 - March 22, 2009

Hosts: Eric Tsang（曾志偉）, Louis Yuen（阮兆祥）, Chin Kar-lok（錢嘉樂）, Wong Cho Lam（王祖藍）

Timeslots: Sunday evenings from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm, after changing to Sunday evenings from 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Originally, the broadcast length was 26 episodes but due to very strong viewership from this series, the number of episodes was increased first to 39, then to 43.

Pre-Series 9: Super Trio Game Master Pre-show
Airdate: April 18, 2010

Episodes: 1

Hosts: Eric Tsang, Chin Kar-lok, King Kong (金剛), Elvina Kong (江欣燕), Otto Wong (王志安)

Featured Guests: Carlo Ng, Timmy Hung, Angela Tong, Toby Leung, Sammy Leung, Kitty Yuen, Eddie Pang, HotCha

Series 9: Super Trio Game Master
Airdates: April 25, 2010 - November 21, 2010

Hosts: Eric Tsang(曾志偉）, Chin Kar-lok（錢嘉樂）, King Kong (金剛), Elvina Kong(江欣燕）, Otto（王志安） @EO2

Timeslots: Sunday evenings from 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Series 10: Super Trio Maximus
Airdates: May 26, 2013 - January 12, 2014

Timeslots: Sunday evenings

Hosts: Eric Tsang（曾志偉）, Jordan Chan（陳小春）, Jerry Lamb（林曉峰）, Chin Ka-lok（錢嘉樂）, Louis Yuen（阮兆祥）, Wong Cho-lam（王祖藍）, King Kong (金剛),Elvina Kong（江欣燕）, Nancy Kan （蘭茜)，Otto （王志安）@EO2, Lindsey Ellingson

Series 11: Super Trio Returns
Airdates: July 31, 2022 - January 1, 2023

Timeslots: Sunday evenings from 8:30-9:30 PM

Hosts: Eric Tsang, Louis Yuen, Mayenne Mak, Chin Ka-lok, Louis Yuen, Amisha Ng, Hellston Ching, Wong Cho-lam (Special guest host), Nancy Lan Sai (Guest host (Prize Master Representative))

*- indicates that they are a prize elder, but played as a guest due to the lack of players on one team

Note: Episode 6 was umbrellaed under the special "THE SHOW MUST GO ON" timeslot, due to the rescheduling of the Miss Hong Kong Pageant and also the fact that Tsang was noticeably absent for this episode.