The Kitchen Musical

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The Kitchen Musical
Genre Musical drama
Directed by Chee Kong Cheah (CheeK)
Starring Stephen Rahman Hughes
Karylle Tatlonghari
Christian Bautista
Arthur Acuña
Rosemary Vandenbroucke
Voices of Karylle Tatlonghari
Narrated byKarylle Tatlonghari
Theme music composerKarylle Tatlonghari
Opening theme"OMG", Karylle Tatlonghari
Ending theme"OMG", Karylle Tatlonghari
ComposerKarylle Tatlonghari
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes13 [1]
Production
Production location Singapore
Running time1 hour
Production companyThe Group Entertainment
Release
Original network AXN Asia/Sony Entertainment Television (Southeast Asia)
NTV7 (Malaysia)
Channel 5 (Thailand)
Studio 23 (Philippines)
MediaCorp TV Channel 5/HD5 (Singapore)
MetroTV (Indonesia)
International Channel Shanghai (China)
TVB Pearl (Hong Kong)
Formosa Television (Taiwan)
Australia Television International (Australia)
Original release7 October (2011-10-07) 
30 December 2011 (2011-12-30)

The Kitchen Musical is a Singaporean musical restaurant drama television series developed for NTV7 and co-produced by Media Prima Berhad.

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The series was premiered on Friday, 7 October 2011, and ceased transmission on Friday, 30 December 2011. It aired in 12 countries, three regions and two continents. These include East Asia, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Philippines, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Republic of China (Taiwan) and Australia (the only country from Oceania).

The show features a pool of actors, both veteran and new faces from around the region. There are 13 episodes, each lasting one hour long. The show centers on good food and wine, with each episode featuring re-arranged and re-recorded popular hits accompanied by dancing. Every episode features a different menu.

In Malaysia, it will be broadcast on NTV7 on Friday at 11:00 MST (UTC+07:00). It was telecasted on Malaysia's free-to-air terrestrial television channel form NTV7. In Malaysia, it will be broadcast on the NTV7 primetime drama slot at every Friday at 11:00 until 12:00 MST.

The show was filmed in Singapore.

The show began airing on Myx TV in the U.S. [2] but there are no reports if it will be available through the iTunes Store.

The show was renewed for a second season. [3] [4] Although it was said that the show was renewed for a second season, no new episode was aired since.

Plot

The story revolves around a rich young girl who goes to work at her father's famous restaurant, The Avilon, after graduating from the culinary school Le Cordon Bleu in Paris.

Characters

Main characters

Recurring characters

Filming

Some scenes in this drama were shot in Kuala Lumpur with co-production with NTV7. Some Kuala Lumpur scenes were also shot in Singapore.

Music

Criticism

This series was somewhat criticized when it was first aired in Singapore.[ citation needed ]

Ratings

The show received high viewership in Malaysia.[ citation needed ]

Reception

After the successful media launch of the series, Ben Silverman struck a deal with Singapore-based The Group Entertainment in association with Small World IFT to co-produce and bring the scripted musical drama to the United States. Silverman brought the BBC's The Office and Colombian telenovela Ugly Betty to the United States. [6] [7]

Awards

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References

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  2. https://www.facebook.com/myxtv/posts/510796832320727 [ user-generated source ]
  3. "Karylle to work just 12 hours a day in Singapore | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online". Manila Bulletin . Archived from the original on 4 June 2011.
  4. Season 2 of Kitchen Musical starts in May retrieved via www.abs-cbnnews.com 4 April 2012
  5. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : The Kitchen Musical : Boom Boom Pow. YouTube .
  6. "'Ugly Betty' producer plans to bring 'The Kitchen Musical' to the US | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online". Manila Bulletin . Archived from the original on 11 January 2012.
  7. "Ben Silverman in the 'Kitchen'". 18 August 2011.
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