SINGAPORE: Singapore broadcaster MediaCorp on Friday unveiled the list of most-watched television programmes over its main free-to-air channels.
School drama "Don't Stop Believin'", which features stars like Felicia Chin, Romeo Tan, Elvin Ng and Ian Fang, topped the list of popular Mandarin dramas on Channel 8, with an average viewership of 918,000.
Heartland drama "It Takes Two" trailed close behind, drawing 912,000 viewers each night, with the blockbuster period drama "Joys of Life" rounding out the top three, bringing in 875,000 viewers each episode.
Despite strong competition from imported dramas, locally-produced "Show Hand" emerged tops on Channel U, with 361,000 viewers tuning in for the moving drama series each night.
"Show Hand" beat out Korean drama "He's Beautiful" and Taiwan drama "Material Queen" which both drew 342,000 viewers each episode, and took the second as well as third spot respectively.
Light-hearted Singapore school drama "Jump!" managed to take the fourth spot, with an average viewership of 337,000.
"Crimewatch 2012" was tops on Channel 5, heading the list of most popular English drama and variety series with an average viewership of 382,000 , followed by "Sasuke Singapore", "Point of Entry 2" and its sequel "Point of Entry 3".
Other notable shows include "Food Source", which was named the most popular Mandarin variety show, attracting some 831,000 viewers per episode, as well as "Star Awards 2012 - Show 2", which drew over 1.5 million viewers.
This makes "Star Awards 2012 – Show 2" the most-watched television programme of last year, beating even the televised broadcast of the National Day Parade 2012.
In addition to the viewership figures of its most popular shows, MediaCorp also revealed in the same report that the average viewership of Channel 8, Channel U and Channel 5 has increased in 2012, as had the number of people who watched its programmes online, via xinmsn.com's Catch-up TV service.
-CNA/ha
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