Star Awards 2003 - The Return of the Shameless King
by Ronald Wan
Just when you thought his career ended after the disastrous Emmy predictions, TV critic Ronald Wan is back - ego 2 times larger and sans any shame.

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Holiday Cheers from Channel 8
by Ronald Wan
Channel 8 is bringing glad tidings this holiday season. 6 new programmes were unveiled at a media conference at Suntec City Convention Hall on Nov 11. UrbanWire plays the numbers game and suggests reasons, facts and gossip to tune in to the 6 new programmes.

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Sex and the City - Sex in the Lion City?
by Cheryl Chia
Recently, a word has been going around in the media industry and getting every Singaporean excited – sex. Before you conjure images of rumpled blankets, lighted candles, soft music, handcuffs and censored, censored, censored (this is a school entertainment website after all), stop.

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Survivor Season 7 - Lucky 7
by Michelle Tan
The world loves the number 7. Consider the evidence - there're 7 wonders in the world, 7 deadly sins to commit (if you're not sure what they are, check out the movie (starring Brad Pitt), 7 oceans, 7 dwarves in a Disney fairytale and 7 strands of hair left on Mahathir's head (or maybe not). Even God joins in the fun by creating the world in - bingo - 7 days.

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PSC Nite & My Love, My Home - Starry Starry Nights
by Mervyn Lim
A new drama series, My Love, My Home, was unveiled, along with the returning season of popular Saturday night variety show, PSC Nite, at a press conference held at the Orchard Hotel on Oct 7. UrbanWire takes a look at both shows.

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A Toast of Love - Love is in the Air
by Ronald Wan
With the exodus of Lobang King that cracked viewers up on Saturday nights, a new sitcom arrives to fill the Ch 8 prime time slot amid high expectations. A Toast of Love, a spin off from the drama series Vive La Famille shown last year, stars popular veteran artistes Liu Qianyi, Hong Huifang, Lin Meijiao and Chen Huihui.

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The Bachelor - Desperados
by Michelle Tan
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. So you can imagine what good television you'll get with 25 women back on the 3rd season of The Bachelor to whine, bitch, groan, moan on losing "the love of their life" and dig the eyes out of the eventual bride-to-be.

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True Files - Truth Hurts
by Michelle Tan
Do we really want to watch a TV show with gruesome images of death and murder? According to my prime time TV listing, it seems so, and I'm not talking about the nightly news bulletin.

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Extreme Makeover - The Really Ugly Show
by Michelle Tan
From bitching to backstabbing, infidelity to idiocy, we've sure seen the ugly side of humans in almost all the reality shows. But just when you thought you've seen it all, here comes another reality show that literally focuses on the ugly side of humans. Extreme Makeover plays glamour God and tries to bestow physical beauty on its participants.

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That 70's Show - Season 5
by Amanda Tay
Suddenly, your Monday night television’s filled with bright colours, loud prints, polka-dotted dresses and striped bell-bottoms. There’re even ultra cool dream and fantasy sequences, popular pot sessions and hippies proclaiming “Free Love!” No, local drama Growing Up isn’t returning to screen but instead, the 5th season of That ‘70s Show is.

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