Masters of the Sea (TV series)

Masters of the Sea was a 1994 Singapore English's very first television drama series produced by the Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS) (now Mediacorp) based on The Bold and the Beautiful series from United States.[2] It was the first full-length Singapore English drama series to produced in Singapore officially opened on Wednesday, 12 October 1994 to officially closed Wednesday, 5 April 1995. This drama serial consists of 26 episodes. The drama began production on 1 March 1994 and completed on 30 June 1994 durated 4 months. This drama was aired on Singapore's national free-to-air terrestrial channel by Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS) (now Mediacorp) Channel 5 every Wednesday from 10:00pm to 10:30pm SST duration time 30 minutes before News 5 Tonight with audio language localised into Singapore English/Singlish dubbed.[3] The series starred Wong Li-Lin, Ng Chin Han, Irene Ng, Bryan Wong, Lim Kay Tong and Donald Li.

Masters of the Sea was derided by some as "fairly disastrous" One of the criticisms was that it portrayed an elderly Chinese Singaporean and Malay Singaporean woman wearing the wrong costumes and ornaments and speaking the wrong phrases. The soap opera was officially full accused of plagiarizing American television soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.

In Indonesia, Masters of the Sea was aired on Indonesian commercial free-to-air terrestrial television by RCTI was officially opened on Wednesday, 12 October 1994 to officially closed Wednesday, 5 April 1995 every Wednesday from 9.00pm to 9.30pm WIB before delayed programme of Dunia Dalam Berita (simulcast on TVRI) with dual audio language localised into Singapore English/Singlish and Singaporean Mandarin/Singdarin dubbed and no commercial based in all Batam Islands/Batam and surrounding areas due to Indonesia–Singapore relations, Indonesia–Malaysia relations, Malaysia–Singapore relations, Indonesia–Singapore border, Indonesia–Malaysia border and Malaysia–Singapore border.

In Malaysia, Masters of the Sea was aired on Malaysian commercial free-to-air terrestrial television by TV3 was officially opened on Wednesday, 12 October 1994 to officially closed Wednesday, 5 April 1995 every Wednesday from 10.00pm to 10.30pm MST before TV3 Evening News with dual audio language localised into Singapore English/Singlish and Singaporean Mandarin/Singdarin dubbed and no commercial based in all Johor Bahru/Johor Bahru District/Southern Johor and surrounding areas due to Indonesia–Singapore relations, Indonesia–Malaysia relations, Malaysia–Singapore relations, Indonesia–Singapore border, Indonesia–Malaysia border and Malaysia–Singapore border.