Three Debuts on Channel 8
by Mervyn Lim
M Hotel glittered with plenty of stars, stars from MediaCorp's Channel 8 that is, on Sept 17. It was, after all, venue for a press conference to plug Channel 8's 3 new shows, Beautiful People 2, Split Ends on 8 and the drama series Baby Boom. Cast from all 3 shows, including MediaCorp's Ah Ge and Ah Jie [Mandarin for big brother and sister] Li Nanxing and Zoe Tay, appeared in their finery and candid smiles, all ready to dazzle the media.

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Singapore's Brainiest Kid
by Michelle Tan
Who hasn't thought of this earlier? We know our country's stressful and competitive education system produces (via torture or otherwise) brilliant young minds and that makes good television. Just ask Jack Neo with his I Not Stupid movie, a social commentary on the demands of the education system.

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The Dummy goes to the Emmy
by Ronald Wan
TV critic Ronald Wan decides to hop on a no-frills airplane and travel to the City of Angels for the Emmy Awards.

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Br4thers
by Michelle Tan
The producers and scriptwriters at Channel 5 must have thought they created a foolproof sitcom starring 4 men - hunky (Tay Ping Hui), crass (Gurmit Singh), boyish (Soo Kui Jien) and mature (Richard Ng) in comic situations. Somebody please remind them there're already flops such as Happy Belly and Boarding in the annals of bad local TV history.

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