There aren't that many Singapore channels for the US $6/month, and they're further divided by needing to split focus between the four primary languages. As it is there are two and a half English-language stations (Central, closer to PBS than anything else here, divides its time, but is mostly English with Mandarin subtitles), and a fairly number of radio stations I never listen to.
There's not so much original programming, though I've talked a bit about the sitcoms produced locally. There are also quite a few depressing dramas. The only science fiction I recall them making is a half-hour drama called Chemistry, about a man and a woman -- not dating, not enemies, just faint acquaintances -- who swap bodies. It sounds like a fun premise, but honestly, it was depressing. Both did a lousy job trying to fit into the others' life, or to slide somehow back into their own.
I don't know if they'll ever show Doctor Who: The Next Generation here, although it'd fit pretty smoothly into Central, I think, and maybe even Channel 5.
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Date: 2005-01-29 01:08 pm (UTC)There aren't that many Singapore channels for the US $6/month, and they're further divided by needing to split focus between the four primary languages. As it is there are two and a half English-language stations (Central, closer to PBS than anything else here, divides its time, but is mostly English with Mandarin subtitles), and a fairly number of radio stations I never listen to.
There's not so much original programming, though I've talked a bit about the sitcoms produced locally. There are also quite a few depressing dramas. The only science fiction I recall them making is a half-hour drama called Chemistry, about a man and a woman -- not dating, not enemies, just faint acquaintances -- who swap bodies. It sounds like a fun premise, but honestly, it was depressing. Both did a lousy job trying to fit into the others' life, or to slide somehow back into their own.
I don't know if they'll ever show Doctor Who: The Next Generation here, although it'd fit pretty smoothly into Central, I think, and maybe even Channel 5.