96 °C Café (Chinese: 96 °C 咖啡) is MediaCorp's first transmedia project related to coffee and romance. It was broadcast from 29 April to 24 May 2013 on free-to-air channel
MediaCorp Channel 8 and consists of 20 episodes.
It stars
Desmond Tan,
Julie Tan,
Tay Ping Hui,
Romeo Tan,
Chris Tong
Tong Bing Yu (formerly known as Chris Tong; born ; born on 14 June 1983) is a Malaysian actress, host, singer, and producer. She was the champion of Miss Malaysia Chinese Cosmos International 2006, later representing Malaysia in Switzerland a ...
and
Ian Fang as the main casts of the series. Prior to the drama serial, prequels of two webisodes each week were released on xinfirst's portal progressively, for a period of four weeks, Mondays from 18 February to 11 March 2013.
It was one of the two lowest-rated drama series at 9pm, with the other being ''
Sudden''.
Cast
Overseas broadcast
This would be the third Singaporean drama after the
Unriddle series to be telecast on
ntv7's primetime slot.
Awards and nominations
Star Awards 2014
96 °C Café garnered 4 nominations for 3 awards in the
Star Awards 2014
Star Awards 20 (also SA20, Chinese: 红星大奖 20) was a double television award ceremony which was held in Singapore. It is part of the annual Star Awards organised by MediaCorp for the two free-to-air channels, MediaCorp Channels 8 and U. Th ...
, for Best Theme Song, Best Drama Serial and London Choco Roll Happiness Award. The other dramas nominated for Best Drama Series and Best Theme Songs are
The Dream Makers
''The Dream Makers'' is a 1975 American made-for-television drama film starring James Franciscus, Diane Baker, John Astin, Ron Thompson, Kenny Rogers and directed by Boris Sagal. It aired on January 7, 1975 on the NBC television network.
Plot
A ...
,
C.L.I.F. 2 ,
Beyond (2012 TV series) &
The Journey: A Voyage
See also
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List of 96°C Café episodes
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List of MediaCorp Channel 8 Chinese Drama Series (2010s)
This is a list of Chinese-language television programme broadcast on Mediacorp Channel 8, a television channel in Singapore.
The years stated in the list are the years in which the programmes were first aired on the channel.
Current programmin ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ninety-six degrees C Cafe
2013 Singaporean television series debuts
2013 Singaporean television series endings
Channel 8 (Singapore) original programming