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| The Little Nyonya | |
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| 小娘惹 | |
| Genre | Period drama |
| Written by | Ang Eng Tee (洪荣狄) |
| Directed by | Chong Liung Man (张龙敏) Tay Peck Choo (郑碧珠) Chia Mien Yang (谢敏洋) Loo Yin Kam (卢燕金) |
| Starring | Jeanette Aw Qi Yuwu Dai Xiangyu Pierre Png Joanne Peh Xiang Yun Ng Hui |
| Opening theme | 如燕 by Olivia Ong |
| Ending theme | 保温 by Bevlyn Khoo 需要 by JS |
| Country of origin | Singapore China |
| Original languages | Mandarin (with partial English, Malay, Japanese and Hokkien) |
| No. of episodes | 34 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Chia Mien Yang (谢敏洋) |
| Running time | approx. 45 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | MediaCorp TV Channel 8 |
| Release | 25 November 2008 – 5 January 2009 |
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The Little Nyonya (Chinese: 小娘惹) is a 2008 drama serial on Singapore's free-to-air MediaCorp TV Channel 8. It stars Jeanette Aw, Qi Yuwu, Dai Xiangyu, Pierre Png, Joanne Peh, Ng Hui and Xiang Yun as the casts of the series. The storyline, which circles around the biographical flashback of an extended Peranakan family in Malacca, is set in the 1930s and spans to over 70 years and several generations of three families.
It debuted on 25 November 2008 and concluded its run on 5 January 2009. It was shown on weekdays at 9 pm. The series was partly sponsored by the Media Development Authority of Singapore.
Produced by MediaCorp in commemoration of the channel's 45th anniversary, The Little Nyonya is widely regarded as one of the greatest television series on Channel 8. It has been acclaimed by viewers and critics, and ranked the highest viewership in the country in 14 years. The success of The Little Nyonya has led to the show being broadcast internationally. The series became the first ever Singaporean Chinese drama to be dubbed in Malay and aired on Malay-language channel Suria. In December 2016, the subscription-based streaming service Netflix acquired broadcasting rights for the series.[1] The series spawned a Chinese remake of the same name broadcasting on CCTV, which aired for 45 episodes beginning 28 June 2020 and ended on 20 July. Singapore aired the remake from 5 January 2021 until 10 March 2021.
- ^ "The Little Nyonya goes global in local TV tie-up with Netflix". 7 December 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.