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Mediacorp is all been losing money

lower budget --> low quality

low quality --> low viewership

low viewership --> less advertisement

less advertisement --> low budget

and so the cycle continued....:s13::s13::s13:

Guess who started the first loop?:s8:
 

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Hard truth. Local drama viewership are dropping. Other than 最强岳母, the rest of the local dramas all had low viewership. Even the recently concluded 卫国先锋 had poor viewership.

Ch 8 put korean drama in the 9pm slot is to test market

http://www.zaobao.com.sg/zentertainment/movies-and-tv/story20170922-797206

They need to ask themselves why the viewership is declining over the years.

Limiting themes, this one cannot that one cannot, same old story, almost all are modern setting, tight budgets, unwilling to listen to us common folks for advice, poor scriptwriting (not all, but mostly). Even if you get Andy Lau to act in our dramas it isn't gonna work if they continue controlling what we want to watch.

I am not saying we don't need any family-themed dramas but the controlling is too excessive.

Even HK dramas are doing something about it.
 
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They need to ask themselves why are they viewership is declining over the years.

Limiting themes, this one cannot that one cannot, same old story, almost all are modern setting, tight budgets, unwilling to listen to us common folks for advice, poor scriptwriting (not all, but mostly). Even you get Andy Lau to act in our dramas it isn't gonna work if they continue controlling what we want to watch.

I am not saying we don't need any family-themed dramas but the controlling is too excessive.

Even HK dramas are doing something about it.

last time they doa ghost drama theme, Zero To Hero 阴差阳错, very successful

end up got 1 boy suicide, ask his mum burn him offerings after life, many Sinkies blame the drama for "promoting" superstitious belief to the public

as the TV station shld have "social responsibility"

and around that time 2002-2004, a lot of stars left the Mediacorp

mediacorp recover a bit during 2009 little Nyona drama

after that drama, they try to make a comeback, end up WORSE than before, and nvr recover since...:s13::s13::s13:
 

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They need to ask themselves why the viewership is declining over the years.

Limiting themes, this one cannot that one cannot, same old story, almost all are modern setting, tight budgets, unwilling to listen to us common folks for advice, poor scriptwriting (not all, but mostly). Even if you get Andy Lau to act in our dramas it isn't gonna work if they continue controlling what we want to watch.

I am not saying we don't need any family-themed dramas but the controlling is too excessive.

Even HK dramas are doing something about it.

No gambling, wuxia, no ghost theme, no poltical...

aiya...no need to make liao lor

and all drama police doesn't smoke or scold bad word, police man like so typical good guy, that is so laughable if u watch Korea and Hk police drama

their police is like paikia :s13::s13:
 

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last time they doa ghost drama theme, Zero To Hero 阴差阳错, very successful

end up got 1 boy suicide, ask his mum burn him offerings after life, many Sinkies blame the drama for "promoting" superstitious belief to the public

as the TV station shld have "social responsibility"

and around that time 2002-2004, a lot of stars left the Mediacorp

mediacorp recover a bit during 2009 little Nyona drama

after that drama, they try to make a comeback, end up WORSE than before, and nvr recover since...:s13::s13::s13:

The Little Nyonya drama was a good one, one of the rare exceptions, but ever since the airing of the drama ended, they kept leveraging on the success of the drama even till today, like still boasting something that was made in 2008 and shot in SD.

I mean, TLN is history, while it was a good one, the company cannot keep on 'leeching' on it's legacy for life.
 

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No gambling, wuxia, no ghost theme, no poltical...

aiya...no need to make liao lor

and all drama police doesn't smoke or scold bad word, police man like so typical good guy, that is so laughable if u watch Korea and Hk police drama

their police is like paikia :s13::s13:

I don't know, really. I watched too many dramas to know this. Many people have been sounding out but there was no improvement done. Our 1990s standards of making dramas were long gone.
 

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The Little Nyonya drama was a good one, one of the rare exceptions, but ever since the airing of the drama ended, they kept leveraging on the success of the drama even till today, like still boasting something that was made in 2008 and shot in SD.

I mean, TLN is history, while it was a good one, the company cannot keep on 'leeching' on it's legacy for life.

It is really horrible move, they keep selling the drama to oversea viewer, for example, they try to "sell" the little nyona drama to china (probably this is the only success they have in last 10 years), even till 2011/2012, they ask Jeanette aw and 715 to dress in the nyona show costume and go around and promote that drama in chance:s13:

2008 golden path also very successful, and after the little nyona, everyone is yaya liao

After the golden 2009 mediacorp era, they make a some ping pong show, The Ultimatum

one of the most promising drama at that time and also....one of the biggest mistake made by mediacorp
http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/drama/images/2/2b/The_ultimatum.jpg/revision/latest?**=20100610023733&path-prefix=es


ever since this ridiculous drama, they maybe feel maybe is not the script problem, maybe is the cast problem...

so they churn out another nonsense "mega production"

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This drama is so bad that dai yang tian have to change name to dai xiang yu and leave for China :s13::s13:
 

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It is really horrible move, they keep selling the drama to oversea viewer, for example, they try to "sell" the little nyona drama to china (probably this is the only success they have in last 10 years), even till 2011/2012, they ask Jeanette aw and 715 to dress in the nyona show costume and go around and promote that drama in chance:s13:

2008 golden path also very successful, and after the little nyona, everyone is yaya liao

After the golden 2009 mediacorp era, they make a some ping pong show, The Ultimatum

one of the most promising drama at that time and also....one of the biggest mistake made by mediacorp
http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/drama/images/2/2b/The_ultimatum.jpg/revision/latest?**=20100610023733&path-prefix=es


ever since this ridiculous drama, they maybe feel maybe is not the script problem, maybe is the cast problem...

so they churn out another nonsense "mega production"

540x303.jpg


This drama is so bad that dai yang tian have to change name to dai xiang yu and leave for China :s13::s13:

Last picture broken cannot see, what drama was that?
 

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The last drama i watch is the army show cause is about army :s13:

But the local productions too restrictive liao la, this cannot that cannot
Even with good themes or script when we watch on TV must do until like a bit wayang/fake

People watch drama is to see the real life aspects of the real world, or to watch some drama with some imagination to explore ... Local productions always shoot household films but even then, the story see liao look so forced/fake :s22:
 

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po tian wang 2011

That was not billed a big production if I remember correctly but LMS won award for that role I think

Edit: It was big production... but Jeanette spoiled it

Edit 2: Elvin Ng's performance was an exception in that drama also... Zou Jieming
 

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The overuse of Jeanette aw start to have side effect on them from 2011 onward

all Jeanette aw become very sucky and lose the little nyona suck

and her role getting more and more lame, until u see now in 118 :o...

Joanne Peh know it is coming so faster change her image to be aunties, at least can take auntie/ mummy role in the future
 

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This is one of the most suck "mega production"

as u can see, in 2016 they still use Ou xuan and Rui en as main lead

which mean for the past 10 year, 2006 to 2016

mediacorp never groom anyone (young people) to take over the bacon

they immediately saw this as BIG mistake, and start to pum heavily on Julie Tan, Bonnie, Jayley, Carrie

but it is a bit too late....they need time to slowly take over, cannot one shot give them so BIG ROLE:s22:
 

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This is one of the most suck "mega production"

as u can see, in 2016 they still use Ou xuan and Rui en as main lead

which mean for the past 10 year, 2006 to 2016

mediacorp never groom anyone (young people) to take over the bacon

they immediately saw this as BIG mistake, and start to pum heavily on Julie Tan, Bonnie, Jayley, Carrie

but it is a bit too late....they need time to slowly take over, cannot one shot give them so BIG ROLE:s22:

Julie left Mediacorp but dunno why they still giving her coverage

Now only left Jayley, Carrie, Hong Ling, Bonnie, Yingying (the 3 were on this week's i-weekly cover)

Upcoming got the 2nd gen stars as they dubbed them
 
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