MediaCorp

MediaCorp (Chinese: 新传媒; Xīn Chuán Méi) is a group of commercial media companies in Singapore.

Shows for MediaCorp

TV drama and sitcom series

• Always On My Mind (2003) (Starring Fann Wong, this serial was made to commemorate the sacrifices of the brave members of the Singapore medical profession during the SARS crisis.)
• Holland V (2003) (The second longest Chinese drama in Singapore history with 125 episodes).
• Double Happiness (2004) (The longest Chinese drama, it has 130 episodes in two parts. The first part will be shown from May to August, while the second part begins in October).
• Return of the Condor Heroes (1998) (The most expensive blockbuster period drama ever produced by MediaCorp. The serial made waves in the Taiwan and China markets and was repeated due to overwhelming audience demand. It also made screen idols out of Fann Wong and Christopher Lee, who were the charismatic leads.)
• The Awakening (1984) (The first blockbuster drama)
• Unbeatables (First drama series in Singapore about gambling. Its three seasons were released in 1993, 1996 and 2002 respectively.)
• Seletar Robbery (1982) (First Singapore telemovie)
• Spring of Life (2002) (About life in Singapore between the 1950s to the 1970s)
• Don't Worry, Be Happy (1996) (A local Chinese sitcom)
• Under One Roof (1994) (The first local English sitcom)
• Phua Chu Kang (The local English sitcom, starred by Gurmit Singh. It used many Singlish in this series.)
• Living with Lydia (The local English sitcom, starred by Lydia Sum.)
• Oh Carol (The local English sitcom, starred by Dodo Cheng.)
• The Champion (2004) (The drama series about swimming starred Singaporean and Taiwanese artistes.)

TV variety shows

• Comedy Night (The longest variety show in Singapore history, it started from 1990 to 2000. It returns in 2003 to celebrate MediaCorp TV 40 anniversary, for a brief period.)
• PSC Nite (The variety show which held in June and end of the year holiday, it has talent contest and prize giving for lucky draws winner.)
• Top Fun (It has 7 series and created by jteam.)
• Super TV Champion (The gameshow for celebrate 20 years of MediaCorp drama in 2002.)
• Everyone Wins (The Singapore's very 1st own formatted gameshow after Who Wants to be a Millionaire, The Weakest Link, Wheel of Fortune, Russian Roulette and Hollywood Squares, the creator of this game show is Robert Chua.)
• Russian Roulette (The U.S. gameshow produced by Game Show Network, only Singapore had the Chinese version.)
• Celebrities Squares (The Singapore version of Hollywood Squares.)
• The Weakest Link (The British gameshow, there are two version in Singapore; English language and Chinese language).
• Who Wants to be a Millionaire (The British gameshow, the English version of the show hosted by The Flying Dutchman.)

TV charity shows

• NKF Charity Show (The biggest charity show in Singapore every year organised by National Kidney Foundation, it has two shows in total. The event held in April.)
• NKF Children's Medical Fund Charity Show (The charity show for raise fund to aid sick children. Same as NKF Charity Show it has two shows. The event was held in July.)
• Affairs of the heart (The charity show organised by Singapore Heart Foundation. It was held once of the two year.)
• President Star Charity (The charity show for the President Challenge. The event held in September.)
• True Heart (The first outdoor charity show in Singapore, organised by Community Chest. The event held in every year in November.)

Major shows

• Singapore Idol - The Singapore version of American Idol on Channel 5 in the English language.
• Star Search - The talent quest event is held once per the two year; the programme is broadcast in Channel 8, in the Chinese language.
• Star Awards - The annual award cermony, rewarding the achievements of the artistes who contributes to Channel 8, mostly in the Chinese language.
• Talentime - The first talent quest event in Singapore history, on Channel 5.
• Miss Singapore Universe - A pageant contest choosing the a people becomes Miss Singapore. The winner will represent Singapore for Miss Universe and offered MediaCorp contracts, on Channel 5.
• Project Superstar - A Chinese equivalent of Singapore Idol, but with Mediacorp's own contest rules rather than following the lines of Singapore Idol.

News and current affairs

• Talking Point
• Get Real! (The Current Affairs Show in Singapore, hosted by Diana Ser)
• The Frontline (The Chinese Current Affairs Show, investigative programme shown every Friday night.)

Others shows

• Crime Watch (The programme is talk about the crime prevention.)
• True Files (The programme shows that the cases of mudering of the yesteryears.)
• True Courage (The programme shows about being courage of some Singaporeans.)