Measure of Man

Measure of Man is a Singapore Chinese Language drama, telecast on Mediacorp TV Channel 8, 9pm. It made its debut on 7 August 2006 and ended its run on 8 September 2006.

It is exactly the opposite of another show, Beautiful Trio , also produced by Mediacorp. While Beautiful Trio examines the problems that Singaporean women face, Measure of Man deals with the problems men face instead, with Huang Wenyong, Ben Yeo and Zhang Yaodong as the lead actors. The 2 shows have the same director and executive produer. This show has a total of 25 episodes and it was the second most watched local drama serial for the year 2006 after Love Conceirge.

Veteran actor and actress Huang Wenyong and Aileen Tan were seen as potential Star Awards 2006 Best Actor and Best Actress nominees because of their excellent acting that the audience enjoyed. Unfortuantely, both were not nominated.

The show received mixed reviews. While Aileen Tan, Huang Wenyong and Li Yinzhu were praised for their acting, new artistes who had less than 2 years of experience in Mediacorp, such as Ben Yeo and Ezann Lee were heavily criticized both by critics and the general public.

Cast

*Huang Wenyong as Cai Lianwei, 43 years old
*Ben Yeo as Cai Shengen Root, 22 years old
*Zhang Yaodong as Norman, 30 years old
*Aileen Tan as Patricia , 40 years old
*Lynn Poh as Melissa , 29, later 30 years old
*Ezann Lee as Kate , 22 years old
*Constance Song as Hazel , 30 years old

Story

Despite having a bright five-year old son and a successful position at a bank, Lian Wei is hardly the man he once aspired to be.

Already, Lian Wei's relationship with his wife, Patricia, is breaking down due to the recent spade of major setbacks.

At work, Lian Wei is caught up with the problems of his close confidant and colleague, Norman, who is forced to choose between forsaking his carefree ways and committing to Melissa, his present love interest.

Still serving National Service, Lian Wei's nephew, Shen Gen, is already married to his girlfriend, Kate, because of an unexpected pregnancy.

Meanwhile, Patricia is constantly lashing out on Lian Wei for taking full responsibility of caring for his parents' expenses.

Amidst a failing marriage and the eventual loss of his job, Lian Wei finds solace and comfort with his ex-colleague, Hazel. Soon, an affair develops and Lian Wei's marriage took a turn for the worse when Patricia files for divorce.

Mars vs Venus

Mars vs Venus is a Singaporean drama which was telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp TV Channel 8. It made its debut on 1 May 2007 and ended its run on 28 May 2007. It was screened on every weekday night, 9pm. This drama serial consists of 20 episodes.

The theme of the drama is mainly to showcase the differences between the two sexes. The show consists of four different couples, each having relationship problems. They are played by, namely: Tay Ping Hui and Huang Biren, Pierre Png and Jesseca Liu, Cavin Soh and May Phua, Chen Tian Wen and Aileen Tan.

This show has been deemed by many Singaporeans as one of the best drama series produced by MediaCorp in Year 2007, mostly due to its good script and excellent acting of the cast. This show is the 3rd Highest Rated Drama Series for Year 2007.

Cast

Main Cast

*Tay Ping Hui（郑斌辉）as Steven
*Huang Biren（黄碧仁）as Xie Wen Jing
*Pierre Png（方展发）as William
*Jesseca Liu（刘芷绚）as Zi Ling

Supporting Cast

* May Phua（潘淑卿）as Carmen
* Cavin Soh（苏志成）as Hanns
* Aileen Tan（陈丽贞）as Li Yu Lian
* Li Yin Zhu（李茵珠）as Ya Yu
* Chen Tian Wen（陈天文）as Ni Kui Li
* Le Yao（乐瑶）as Ai Mei
* Ye Shi Pin as Ren Chun
* Damus Lim Jun Hao（林俊豪）as Wen Wen

Synopsis

Steven VS Wen Jing

They got married in a haste because Wenjing was pregnant. Because of that, they are forced to stay together. Lack of understanding for each other, they are constantly arguing. Though there was constant arguing, they managed to keep their marriage going for 8 years and they have 1 daughter named Fang Fang, and 1 son named Wen Wen. Their marriage ends up in a divorce with the constant interference from Steven's mother , who hopes to find a better wife for her son in his ex-girlfriend, Aimei . After knowing that Aimei is a bad woman who abused Wen Wen, Steven decided to break up with Aimei once again and begs Wenjing for forgiveness and he hopes to go back to her. Will Wenjing forgive him?

Willian VS Zi Ling

William and Ziling are Happy newly-weds who turned unhappy all too soon when reality sets in. A stay-home wife, Ziling became bored eventually while William refuses to let her go to work. Carmen, who is Ziling's best friend, then gets jealous of Ziling and decides to test their relationship by seducing William. Can their relationship withstand the test??

Hanns VS Carman

Carmen had a cheating rich husband who passed away, while Hanns' wife eloped with another man while they were on honeymoon. Because of that, both had great distrust for the opposite sex and are often at loggerheads with each other, but soon get along with each other and became friends. They unwittingly fell in love but can they ever trust each other?

Yu Lian VS Ah Wu

40 year old Yu Lian is the boss of a dessert shop, Yu Lian's Dessert Shop while Ah Wu is a big boss of the Pavi brand shoe company. Yu Lian has only had a single time of love life in her whole life. As such, Yu Lian is always envious of women who have plenty of boyfriends around them. Little did she know that Ah Wu is a secret admirer of her, until it was a little too late...

Trivia

*The name of this show refers to the book ''Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus'' by John Gray.
*Many executive producers of MediaCorp have hinted that the lead actress of this show, Huang Biren, is a potential ''Best Actress Award'' winner in the upcoming Star Awards 2007 for this show due to the interesting role she acted as. She acted as a fierce, naggy and fat housewife for the first time in her 20 year career.
* In the 12th episode, lead actor Tay Ping Hui stripped naked for a showering scene in the drama.
* In the 7th episode, Pierre Png accidentally exposed his black coloured underwear on screen while sitting down on a sofa filming. The bulge of his private areas were visibly clear.
* This drama is known for its many useful quotes and songs provided during its telecast.

Awards and Nominations

This drama had received the most number of nominations in the Star Awards 2007, which was a total of 6 nominations.

Star Awards 2007 Awards and Nominations

* Tay Ping Hui was nominated Best Actor
* Huang Biren was nominated Best Actress
* Cavin Soh was nominated Best Supporting Actor
* May Phua won Best Supporting Actress
* Nominated Best Drama Serial
* Lin Jun Hao was nominated Young Talent Award
* 3rd Highest Viewership Drama
* Best Screenplay Award
* Best Director Award

Asian Television Awards 2007 nomination

* Huang Biren was nominated Best Actress

Viewership Ratings

This drama series has recorded one of the highest viewership ratings of Year 2007 to date. Ranking at 3rd position for Year 2007.

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Man at Forty

Man At Forty is an intense drama which revolves around a pair of brothers, one born with a silver spoon and the other having to live in poverty almost all his life and how their lives are thrown into a roller-coaster ride by the sudden change in wealth and status. Things get more complicated as jealousy, complacency, resentment, hatred and disillusion steps in. This drama was broadcast in Year 2004.

Cast

*Zoe Tay - Jian Jie
*Edmund Chen - Chen Longwei
*Phyllis Quek - Xiao Tian Tian
*Chen Hanwei - Chen Longhui
*Andrew Seow - Tang Tang
*Carole Lin - Fried Chicken
*Chen Tianwen - Wang Shaoqi
*Liu Qianyi - Bao Qingtian
*Jin Yinji - Jian Jie's mother
*Li Yinzhu - Wang Bi-er
*Chen Shucheng - Chen Yaozu
*Joey Swee - Lucy
*Brandon Wong

Story

Edmund Chen plays Chen Long Wei, a typical rich man's son. As a result of his father's wealth, Long Wei is arrogant and does not see the need to work hard for his future. On the other hand, his brother, Long Hui is an illegitimate child who lives with his mother without all the privileges that Long Wei has since birth.

The Chen family has been running the famous 'Kang Ji' traditional bun business for three generation. Because of Long Wei's attitude in life, his father is worried that he will destroy the family business should he inherit it thus he bequeathed his business to Long Hui instead. Unable to deal with the fact that his father did not pass on the business to him, Long Wei sells his shares to the business and continues to lead a spendthrift and aimless life.

Fear of losing his girlfriend, Tian Tian , Long Wei decides to pull himself together and prove to her that he can he a man of achievements. However, the jealous Long Hui steps in to destroy Long Wei's confidence. Dejected, Long Wei reverts to his old ways. Fortunately, Long Wei has two good friends; Tang Tang and Jian Jie who never give up on him. In fact, it is Jian Jie, a simple woman with a sad past who eventually persuaded Long Wei to turn over a new leaf and learn the skill to make buns so that he can start afresh.

Long Hui with his newfound wealth begins to become obnoxious, arrogant and takes on the same path that Long Wei has gone through. Losing enthusiasm for work, his business suffers and the shop is taken over by the bank. How will Long Hui deal with his short-lived rags-to-riches fairytale? Will he give up on himself just like his brother? Will the Chen brothers reunite and help re-establish the family business?

Man Of The House

'''Man of the House'' is a Singaporean Chinese modern family drama which is being telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp TV Channel 8. It made its debut on 22 October 2007, screening at 1900 hours every weekday night.

Cast

* Li Wenhai as Zhen Shengli
* Jess Teong as Zhou Huijing
* Wang Yuqing as Li Hongru
* Vincent Ng as Zhen Jianyi
* Janelle Chin as Wang Shuxian
* Lynn Lim as Fang Wen
* Alan Tern as Zhen Jian'er
* Phyllis Sim as Li Lizhen
* Tifanny Leong as Joe
* Coby Chong as Zhen Jiansan
* Eelyn Kok as Tan Yimin

Synopsis

Shengli seems to have led a perfect and dilligent life retires from his job only to discover his wife is determined to divorce him and all his sons are facing relationship problems of their own. It's now up to the men to straighten things out!

Trivia

This is the third Chinese drama in Singapore to result from the signed three years collaboration for joint production of Chinese dramas and variety shows between Malaysia's Media Prima Berhad and Singapore's MediaCorp Studios Pte Ltd. This was to be Vincent Ng's last TV drama before he quit from MediaCorp in late November 2007.

Making Miracles

Making Miracles is a Singaporean drama which is telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp TV Channel 8. It made its debut on 6 March 2007. The show consists of a total of 20 episodes.

The whole theme of this drama is about the lives that doctors and nurses face currently.

This drama serial is said to be a drama with high expectations, as it the cast includes one of Singapore's prettiest actress Fann Wong having a disfigured face in this show, and Hong Kong veteran actor John Chiang would also be acting in this show. Other than the cast, the show shows audience many scenes of modernized medical equipment in hospitals.

Cast

Main Cast

*John Chiang as Dr. Chen Guanlin
*Fann Wong as Liu Shuyan
*Terence Cao as Wen Jieren
*Darren Lim as Gao Zhengbang
*Joanne Peh as Li Xiaoman
*Constance Song as Zhou Xiwen

Supporting Cast

*Zheng Geping as Zheng Yifan
*Vivian Lai as Xu Xiuyuan
*Carole Lin as Yang Zhihua
*Shaun Chen as Kelvin
*Ezzan Lee as Du Xiaoyuan
*Lynn Poh as Zhi Lin

Synopsis

Shuyan is an optimistic and passionate pediatrician who met with a traffic accident and is disfigured in the process. The accident is caused by plastic surgeon Jieren's jealous ex-girlfriend Zhilin , he then puts his heart and soul in treating Shuyan but was unsuccessful.

Dejected, Shuyan contemplates giving up but was consoled patiently by Jieren, who persuaded her to continue with the treatment. At the same time, Shuyan's boyfriend Zhengbang , who works in the same hospital was injured in a struggle and lost his memory of Shuyan and his love for her. She now faces the adversity of her own disfigured self and a seemingly nonchalant Zhengbang, at the same time struggles with her feelings for the affectionate Jieren.

A compelling modern drama set in a hospital with several heartwarming subplots to tug the heartstrings.

Madam White Snake (TV series)

Madam White Snake is a gongfu drama series jointly produced by MediaCorp and Taiwanese Yang Peipei's Workshop.

Starring a pan-Asian cast including celebrity couple Fann Wong and , as well as Zhang Yuyan and Jiao Enjun, this swordfighting serial deftly explored in comic and tragic ways the politics of revenge through a well-executed and performed script. The serial was filmed in , Zhejiang Province of China, which formed a beautiful backdrop for this serial.

The was based on a legendary , involving a snake spirit and her male human lover, but was adapted in this version to include the presence of a black snake who is the snake spirit's mentor and the White Snake Spirit being trapped under the pagoda for 20 years, when in the original tale she was trapped under the tower for centuries.

As for the green snake, the white snake imprisons her for a short time before releasing her, unlike the original where she imprisoned her for three centuries.

Xu Xian is also initially a good-for-nothing who, under the white snake's guidance, becomes an official.

The serial won high viewership ratings in Taiwan and China.

Cast

* Fann Wong - Madam White Snake, White Snake spirit, Bai Suzhen, Qin Xiaoxiao, Xi Shi
* - Xu Xian, Xu Shilin, Lord Wu
* Zhang Yuyan - Green Snake
* Jiao Enjun - Shi/Miao Junbao, Fahai

Love is All Around (TV series)

Love is All Around is a Chinese drama series which co-produce by Media Prima Berhad and MediaCorp. It was screened on every weekday night, 9.45 pm. It was also telecast earlier last year, on Malaysia's ntv7 channel. MediaCorp Channel 8 started screening the series in Singapore on August 18th, 2008.

Cast

*Wee Kheng Ming as Zhuang Jia Wei
*Apple Hong as Fu Xiao Yue
*William San as Fu Xing Han
*Eunice Ng as Mei Mei
*Yang Kai Qi
*Andrew Yap

Synopsis

Fu Xiao Yue is a tourist guide in a tourism company. She has been dating with Andrew Yap for almost a year. She always dreamed to marry with Andrew and hence she enter a competition and won a wedding package.

Zhuang Jia Wei is in love with Yang Kai Qi for seven years. On that day, Jia Wei's mom organise a birthday party for his girlfriend. Kai Qi celebrate her birthday and bought opera tickets for Jia Wei's mom.

She entered a peagant beauty contest but later disqualified because she lies about her age. After that, Jia Wei decided to go a vacation with her in Penang. Incidental, Xiao Yue is the tourist guide of the trip. His boyfriend is also there for work.

Xiao Yue is very happy and she want to have a romantic dinner with Andrew. But she is schocked to see Andrew and a girl in his room.

Kiai Qi left Jia Wei for her job and her boss, Mr.Ma. Her boss gave her another chance but in return, she must become a "prostitute" for him and she eventually agreed, causing a deep heartbreak to Jia Wei.

Trivia

This is the fifth Chinese drama in Singapore to result from the signed three years collaboration for joint production of Chinese dramas and variety shows between Media Prima Berhad and MediaCorp Studios Pte Ltd.