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.[ 1] Desmond Tan , Julie Tan , Tay Ping Hui , Romeo Tan , Chris Tong 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
Cast
Character
Description
Webisodes appeared
Episodes appeared
Desmond Tan Xu Liqiao 徐立乔
Boss of 96 °C Café, Xi Jie's husband. Ruo Lin's younger brother. In love with Yu Chen after Xi Jie's death. (Age 28)
1-8
1-20
Julie Tan Tang Yu Chen 唐雨晨
Staff of 96 °C Café. Wei Da's younger sister. (Age 21)
1-8
1-20
Tay Ping Hui Lao Jing Feng 劳敬丰
Godbrother of Wei Da and Yu Chen, Pei Fen's ex-boyfriend (Age 37)
1-20
Romeo Tan Tang Wei Da 唐伟大
Yu Chen's elder brother, in love with Ruo Lin. (Age 29)
2-20
Chris Tong Xu Ruo Lin 徐若琳
Li Qiao's elder sister, Bill's ex-girlfriend. (Age 35)
1-20
Ian Fang Liu Chuan Zhi 刘传之
Staff at 96 °C Café, Liu Hao Ren's son, in love with Yuchen. (Age 25)
1-20
Cynthia Koh Ann
Mistress of Liu Hao Ren (Age 32)
1-19
Jin Yinji Grandma Xu 徐奶奶
Ruo Lin and Li Qiao's grandmother (Age 70)
1-19
Zhu Houren Ren Tang San 仁唐三
Wei Da and Yu Chen's father (Age 57)
1-20
Lim Peifen
Herself
YES 93.3 FM DJ, a regular customer of 96 °C Café. Jing Feng's ex-girlfriend. (Age 26)
1, 4-6
3, 5-10
Wang Yuqing Liu Hao Ren 刘浩仁
Chuan Zhi's father (Age 53)
2-20
Adam Chen Bill
Ex-boyfriend of Ruolin (Age 36)
1, 2, 3, 4, 17, 18
Tracy Lee Tara
Lao Jinfeng's patient, ex-singer. (Age 27)
2-20
Jayley Woo Luo Wen Jie 洛文洁
Xi Jie's younger sister (Age 20)
11-20
Zhang Zhenhuan Wei Da 威达
A deliveryman. (Age 24)
4, 5, 7, 8
Paige Chua Luo Xi Jie 洛曦洁
Li Qiao's wife who died in a car accident. Wen Jie's elder sister. (Age 27)
1, 3-4, 6, 8
1, 16
Chantalle Ng Lin Shuting 林舒亭
Yuchen's friend. Suffers arrhenphobia (fear of men) (Age 21)
1-3, 6-8
James Seah Ziwei 子维
A regular patron of 96 °C Café, Shu Ting's senior. (Age 23)
2, 3, 8
Overseas broadcast
This would be the third Singaporean drama after the Unriddle series to be telecast on ntv7 's primetime slot.
Country of Broadcast
Broadcasting Network
Premiere
Finale
Preceded by
Followed by
Malaysia
ntv7
26 August 2013 at 9.30 pm, Mondays to Thursdays
26 September 2013
The Undercover
TBA
Indonesia
MediaCorp 8i
21 August 2013 at 7.00 pm, Mondays to Fridays
17 September 2013
I'm in Charge
Thailand
Thairath TV
28 April 2014 at 9.00 am, Mondays to Wednesdays
- 2014
TBA
Awards and nominations
Star Awards 2014
96 °C Café garnered 4 nominations for 3 awards in the Star Awards 2014 , 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 , C.L.I.F. 2 , Beyond (2012 TV series) & The Journey: A Voyage
The Star Awards are presented by Mediacorp .
See also
References
