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January 2019 to December 2019 – Top 10 Local Programmes on Channel 5 among People 4+

Rank Programme Genre Synopsis 2019’s “National Day Parade” tells the story of our Lion City from past to present, and calls on all Singaporeans National Day Parade 1 Variety to come together and be pioneers of our nation’s 2019 future.

Hosted by Fiza O and Sonia Chew, “Let’s Celebrate 2020” is a concert to count down to the new year with 2 Let's Celebrate 2020 Variety performances by electronic music star Jasmine Sokko and rock icon Ramli Sarip.

The programme showcases crimes solved by the Singapore Police Force, features appeals for unsolved 3 Crimewatch 2019 Information cases and dispenses crime prevention advice to promote public awareness towards trending crimes.

2019’s annual charity show was hosted by news President’s Star Variety presenter Glenda Chong and actor Chua Enlai, with 4 Charity 2019 performances by local and international artistes.

Source of Viewership Ranking: SG-TAM Source of Photo and Synopsis: Toggle.sg (copyright by Mediacorp)  Viewership figures are based on first telecast only (i.e. repeated series/ episodes are excluded), across 3 key genres – (1) Information, (2) Variety and (3) Drama.  Titles were ranked based on Average Daily Ratings according to each channel’s target demography.  “Average Daily Ratings’ is the average number of viewers tuned in at any one point during the programme’s telecast across all episodes on a daily basis.  *Subject to the availability of on-demand viewing options.

January 2019 to December 2019 – Top 10 Local Programmes on Channel 5 among People 4+

Rank Programme Genre Synopsis Sir David Attenborough narrates the award-winning Wild City series that explores the wild side of

Wild City: Forest Life Information Singapore. This edition explores Singapore’s forests –

home to one of the least known primates in the world, 5 flying dragons, mating snakes, and many more.

Four returning contestants from the first season will mentor four new contestants from disadvantaged MasterChef Singapore backgrounds for a chance to win an internship in the 6 Variety Specials food industry..

Hosted by Belinda Lee, the 8th season of “RenovAID” reaches out to six needy families with varying 7 RenovAID 8 Information challenges and backgrounds who are in dire need for a boost of hope with a complete home makeover.

“128 Circle” tells the stories of hawkers at a Food

Centre in Singapore that has been at the heart of the

128 Circle Information community’s lives for almost four decades.

January 2019 to December 2019 – Top 10 Local Programmes on Channel 5 among People 4+

Rank Programme Genre Synopsis “Kin” is a drama about the complexities of life, love and Kin (and KinShip) family relationships affecting the Lohs, Shelleys, Hassans Drama and the Balas. A special recap episode – “KinShip” - features

behind-the-scenes interviews with the “Kin” cast, as they take you through all the high points, twists and turns of the past 243 episodes.

“Talking Point” investigates a current issue or event, 10 Talking Point 2019 Information offering different perspectives to local stories.

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January 2019 to December 2019 – Top 10 Local Programmes on Channel 8 among People 4+

Rank Programme Genre Synopsis The 25th anniversary of the “Star Awards” will be

Star Awards 2019 – honouring some of Singapore’s biggest talents through a 1 Variety Award Ceremony showcase of defining moments in local entertainment.

红星大奖 2019

A variety show to usher in the Year of the Pig, includes Lunar New Year's Eve zodiac analyses, exciting martial arts, lion dance and 2 Special 2019 sand art performance. There will also be special Variety 猪饱饱欢乐迎肥年 segments featuring how Singaporeans welcome the Year of the Pig at our festive markets.

Star Search 2019 6 talents compete to be crowned as Champion of “Star

(Grand Final) Search 2019”. They will be tested based on charisma, 3 才华横溢出新秀2019 Variety talents, eloquence and acting. 总决赛 A special tribute to remember the late actor Aloysius

Remembering Aloysius Pang - a kind-hearted, filial, and hard-working man who 4 天使，谢谢你来过- 缅 Variety loved his parents and was dedicated to his career. 怀冯伟衷

January 2019 to December 2019 – Top 10 Local Programmes on Channel 8 among People 4+

Rank Programme Genre Synopsis The “Star Awards 2019” kicks off the annual awards

Star Awards 2019 – show with a glitzy red carpet show in the “Walk of Fame” 5 Walk of Fame Variety segment.

红星大奖 2019

An inaugural TV charity show by Sian Chay Medical Sian Chay Bonding Institution. Featuring local celebrities such as Fish Leong, 6 With Love Charity Ricky Hsiao, Daniel Loa and many more. Variety Show 2019 善济全民爱心夜

2019’s “National Day Parade” tells the story of our Lion National Day Parade City from past to present, and calls on all Singaporeans 7 2019 Variety to come together and be pioneers of our nation’s future. 国庆庆典2019

Chen Xi always thought that she was her father’s only Hello Miss Driver child, until his death did she realise she actually has a 8 Drama step-sister Yu Lin and an intellectually disabled older 下㇐站，遇见 brother, Yu Xing.

January 2019 to December 2019 – Top 10 Local Programmes on Channel 8 among People 4+

Rank Programme Genre Synopsis Coast guard Wang Man Ting watches over border

C.L.I.F. Sr 5 security and is an efficient leader. With a new batch of 9 Drama recruits, will she be able to gain their allegiance with her 警徽天职之海岸卫队 no-nonsense approach?

How do you watch a drama series with two parallel

Making of All is Well plots? Casts from Singapore and Taiwan lets you in on

你那边怎样.我这边OK Drama the drama, based on a true story of Taiwan’s infamous 10 ATM-hacking crimes in 2016. - 台湾篇

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January 2019 to December 2019 – Top 10 Local Programmes on Channel U among People 15+

Rank Programme Genre Synopsis National Day Parade 2019’s “National Day Parade” tells the story of our Lion 1 City from past to present, and calls on all Singaporeans to 2019 Variety come together and be pioneers of our nation’s future. 国庆庆典2019

Eric Loke, an intelligent bank staff who has faked his university degree, is embroiled in an ATM hacking case in 2 All Is Well – Taiwan Taiwan. Together with his childhood friend Ye Dong Drama 你那边怎样.我这边OK Huang, they run into more trouble while hiding away from the police, while Eric tries to prove his innocence.

This investigative documentary travels across the 3 Get Rea! Sr 15 continent taking a fresh look at old issues, highlighting Information 实况追击 trends and triggering debate.

Local celebrities, Guo Liang, Axian and Pornsak discuss 4 World Food about noodles and pastas' history, specialty, evolution, Information production and ways of eating in China, Japan, Italy, 吃。东西 Singapore and Malaysia.

January 2019 to December 2019 – Top 10 Local Programmes on Channel U among People 15+

Rank Programme Genre Synopsis A travelogue that explores the original source of

ingredients of local cuisines we are familiar with in our 5 Our Daily Food Information daily life. 食材地图

“Fixer” is a group of righteous people wo help to uphold 6 social justice, exposing the truth and create social Fixer Sr 3 awareness. Through their reporting power and Information 线人 3 intervention, the people and issues involved can get the right attention and assistance.

Unravel the mystery and mastery of techniques from cooking the perfect rice to slicing the perfect sashimi. 7 Food Secrets Information 料理的秘密

The food show that is a carnivore’s delight! The series 8 Meat and Greed Sr 2 explores and hunts down the best and tastiest meat Variety dishes Singapore has to offer – from sizzling barbeques to 无肉不欢 2 juicy handmade burgers.

January 2019 to December 2019 – Top 10 Local Programmes on Channel U among People 15+

Rank Programme Genre Synopsis This documentary series takes a hard look at some of the

Twilight Years issues facing our elderly in pockets of Asia and other parts 9 Information of the world. These issues include elderly suicide, frauds 边缘老人 and old folks putting themselves up for adoption.

The series takes us to ‘inaccessible’ countries such as Iran,

10 Forbidding No More Cuba and North Korea to explore what culture and Information attractions these locations have to offer. 极境之旅

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January 2019 to December 2019 – Top 10 Local Programmes on among People 15+ CNA Rank Programme Genre Synopsis This 2-part documentary series examines the parallel history between Singapore's development, and the 1 Hawkers In Our Centre Information emergence of our hawker culture, with hawkers feeding Singaporeans for over a century to date.

This series uncovers shocking stories, surprising factors

2 and unlikely events behind the price hikes of some of our For Food's Sake! 2 Information most loved common food items.

From Queensway Shopping Centre to Golden Mile

On The Red Dot 2019 - Complex to Sim Lim Square, “On The Red Dot – Our Last 3 Our Last Strata Malls Information Strata Malls” features malls which were part of

Singapore’s bygone era.

Filmed over more than 2 years, this documentary goes

4 Raffles: An Icon past the hoardings to show the sheer magnitude, Reborn Information unanticipated obstacles, and careful deliberation needed in restoring the 132-year-old heritage hotel.

January 2019 to December 2019 – Top 10 Local Programmes on CNA among People 15+

Rank Programme Genre Synopsis The series reveals how Paul LeRoux ran a criminal empire

The Big Boss: A 21st Information spanning the globe from his penthouse in the Philippines, 5 Century Criminal and became the world’s most prolific yet least known crime boss.

Sir David Attenborough narrates the award-winning series that explores Singapore’s forests – home to one of 6 Wild City: Forest Life Information the least known primates in the world, flying dragons, mating snakes, and many more.

Narrated by naturalist Nick Baker, this is another

Wild City: Secret Information exhilarating documentary of Singapore’s surprising 7 World wildlife.

As Singapore celebrates her bicentennial, we look at four 8 such communities – the Arabs, Parsis, Jews and Singapore Mosaic Information Armenians – and how they have integrated into the Singapore society while still preserving their own cultural identity.

January 2019 to December 2019 – Top 10 Local Programmes on CNA among People 15+

Rank Programme Genre Synopsis “Singapore on Film” explores the earliest footage of

Singapore, dating back to 1900. Much of the archive has Singapore on Film Information never been seen before, and has been specially restored and digitised by the British Film Institute.

A special series from “On The Red Dot” that gives a perspective on dog handlers from K9 units, recognized 10 On The Red Dot 2019 - Information therapy dogs and even a focus on the trap-neuter-return Our Lives With Dogs programme by volunteers to save Singapore’s stray dog population.

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January 2019 to December 2019 – Top 10 Local Programmes on okto among People 4-12

Rank Programme Genre Synopsis “Backward Race” is a fast-paced children’s TV game 1 show that pits two teams against each other in their Backward Race Information knowledge and stamina around some of Singapore’s best loved heritage sites.

The mysterious Dr Slime is kidnapping children 2 Word Whiz or Slime Information andturning them into his mindless thralls! And the only Pit way to escape his slimy clutches is to solve all his puzzles and beat him at his own game!

Nine brave kids find out what it takes to undergo

national service when they enlist for Basic Mini-tary 3 Basic Mini-tary Information Training. Together with a parent and a buddy, the

Training recruits are trained in combat, survival, fitness and

discipline.

Time-travelling historian and explorer extraordinaire,

4 Captain Mer Lai En, is on a quest to recruit crew Museum Mysteries Information members to join him on his artefact collecting.

January 2019 to December 2019 – Top 10 Local Programmes on okto among People 4-12

Rank Programme Genre Synopsis “Totally Totto” is a live action series with an adorable

puppet and animation-filled segments that brings Totally Totto Drama science to your fingertips.

Daryl, Clandestino, Mundi and Janice are the undisputed 6 losers in school. But there is a catch - each one of them Exlosers 2 Drama holds special powers that they are not supposed to reveal.

In a world where stickers are alive, Stick, a playful wolf, 7 Paste, a curious fox, and Digi, a forgetful tablet, embark Stickers Together Information on a quest you will never forget! Join them as they hunt for magical stickers that put knowledge back into the world.

The English-Tamil version of “Junction Tree” is a

8 preschool bilingual series targeted at pre-schoolers who Junction Tree Sr 5 - Information come from a predominantly English-speaking home Eng/Tamil environment.

January 2019 to December 2019 – Top 10 Local Programmes on okto among People 4-12

Rank Programme Genre Synopsis The English-Chinese version of “Junction Tree” is a Junction Tree Sr 5 - preschool bilingual series targeted at pre-schoolers who Eng/Chinese Information come from a predominantly English-speaking home environment.

10 The English-Malay version of “Junction Tree” is a Junction Tree Sr 5 - Information preschool bilingual series targeted at pre-schoolers who Eng/Malay come from a predominantly English-speaking home environment.

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January 2019 to December 2019 – Top 10 Local Programmes on Suria among Malays 4+

Rank Programme Genre Synopsis “Sinar Lebaran 2019” celebrates ties that are never 1 broken, gratefulness for the opportunity to spend it Sinar Lebaran 2019 with the ones who matter and cultural roots that Variety (Hari Raya Special) remain strong despite the changing times. The variety concert is hosted by Najib Ali and Fiza O.

When Alias's granddaughters asked why he has never

Lap Lip put up lap-lip for Hari Raya - his response is simple; their Drama 2 (Festive Lights) grandmother got electrocuted by lap-lip and that's why he does not want history to repeat itself.

Hosted by multi-talented actor, director and host, Khairudin Samsudin, the 15th edition of the biennial 3 Pesta Perdana 2019 Variety awards show will see talents competing in performance and creative categories.

A Hari Raya variety show with song performances that include both duets and group numbers by child talents 4 Hari Raya Joey Variety and dancers.

January 2019 to December 2019 – Top 10 Local Programmes on Suria among Malays 4+

Rank Programme Genre Synopsis The programme highlights crimes solved by the Singapore Police Force and dispenses crime prevention Jejak Jenayah 2019 5 Information advice to promote public awareness. (Crimewatch 2019)

A special programme for Hari Raya lucky draw

sponsored by Sheng Siong supermarket. Sheng Siong LIVE! 6 Variety 2019

A group of middle-aged women face issues and conflicts among themselves as a choir group to stay relevant 7 Sri Bella Drama within the industry.

Fazli and Fitri live with their uncle whose wife Suzanna, ill-treats them. Fazli is chased out by Suzanna who Rintihan Hati 8 accuses him of stealing. Years later, Fitri is hopeful that (Echoes of the Heart) Drama they will be reunited one day.

January 2019 to December 2019 – Top 10 Local Programmes on Suria among Malays 4+

Rank Programme Genre Synopsis Featuring Hari Raya performances from local and Malaysian artistes and interviews with invited guests Rayakustika 2019 Variety where they share personal stories that revolve around the theme of ‘sacrifice’.

Hosted by Khairudin Samsudin, Huda Ali and Fadli Kamsani, with a crossover link on radio Warna 942 - the star studded event features performances by local Sinaran Hati 2019 Variety 10 talents to give hope to the needy and unfortunate.

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January 2019 to December 2019 – Top 10 Local Programmes on Vasantham among Indians 4+

Rank Programme Genre Synopsis “Amarkala Deepavali” is Vasantham’s annual Deepavali countdown how comprising of star- 1 Amarkala Deepavali 2019 Variety studded performances by Vasantham artistes.

This year’s “National Day Parade” tells the story of our Dhaesiya Dhina Lion City from past to present, and calls on all 2 Anivaguppu 2019 Singaporeans to come together and be pioneers of our Variety (National Day Parade nation’s future. 2019)

“Hello Vasantham Deepavali Special” brings the

Hello Vasantham excitement and festive mood with lots of Kollywood 3 Deepavali Special Variety and Bollywood entertainment!

“Ms V Supreme” is a reality-based beauty pageant aimed at finding the next cohort of female artistes to 4 Ms V Supreme 2019 Variety carry forth the legacy of Vasantham.

January 2019 to December 2019 – Top 10 Local Programmes on Vasantham among Indians 4+

Rank Programme Genre Synopsis Featuring our very own Singapore talents Shabir, Suthasini, Elamaran, and special performances by 5 Vasantham LIVE Swasam Anthony Daasan from India and Malaysian singing Variety 2019 sensation Santesh. The musical extravaganza features live renditions of popular songs.

The programme showcases crimes solved by the

Singapore Police Force and dispenses crime 6 Kutra Kannaanippu 2019 Information prevention advice to promote public awareness. (Crimewatch 2019)

“Thamizhae Vanakkam 2019”is a 2-hr variety show to launch the annual Tamil Language Festival. 7 Thamizhae Vanakkam

2019 Variety

(Greetings to Tamil)

18 couples vie to be this season's grand champion in a battle of tastes as they outdo and impress resident Suvai Sr 5 judge, Chef Bala and a guest judge of the week. 8 Information (Delicious Sr 5)

January 2019 to December 2019 – Top 10 Local Programmes on Vasantham among Indians 4+

Rank Programme Genre Synopsis Widower, Ravindran hopes to keep his promise to his

late wife, Parvathy, by getting his daughters to marry Kaadhal Galatta 9 Drama in a chronological order. This starts off a chain of (Love Mayhem) hilarious events.

12 contestants will live in the midst of a jungle in Sri Lanka for 21 days while competing in challenging tasks 10 Acham Yenbathu against each other to win the title and prize money. Madamaiyada Sr 2 Information (Fear Is Stupidity)

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