Courageous Singapore kids are back by popular demand! Mediacorp is pleased to premiere season two of the local adaptation of Nippon TV’s highly successful unscripted format Old Enough! on National Day, with a one-hour special starring celebrity parents and their children.
Old Enough!’s concept centres on children running errands on their own for the very first time – all the while being shadowed by an incognito camera crew. In Singapore, the family-friendly franchise has been adapted for On The Red Dot, a current affairs programme investigating issues near and dear to home.
Since its launch in January 2019, season one of Mediacorp’s Old Enough! has scored an integrated reach exceeding 405,000 across over-the-top streaming services and free-to-air channels CNA and Channel 5, according to SG-TAM*. Snippets of the series on CNA’s YouTube channel have also shown substantial traction, with a standout clip of five-year-old Nathanael navigating a crowded commute obtaining over 2.5 million views.
Surfing this success, the second season will showcase an adorable assembly of Singaporean youngsters, starting with an extended one-hour National Day episode featuring three famous families: Celebrity couple Andie Chen and Kate Pang and their preschool kids Aden and Avery’s solo shopping sojourn; national swimming star Joscelin Yeo and her four-year-old son Mikey, who is tasked with purchasing provisions for his pet pooch Bucky; plus Vasantham artiste Jay Nesh Isuran and his three-year-old son Om Jay’s first foray into the outside world.
This announcement arrives following the formalisation of a format deal in December 2018 for the hit Japanese reality series between Mediacorp, Singapore’s largest content creator and national media network, and Nippon TV, the leading commercial broadcaster network in Japan. By bridging the best of both entertainment ecosystems, this alliance is aligned with Mediacorp’s commitment to creating content with the creative community beyond the shores of Singapore.
Catch the one-hour premiere of Old Enough! Season 2 at 9.30pm on 9 August 2019 via Channel 5, with subsequent half-hour episodes airing every Friday at 9.30pm. The series will also air on CNA every Sunday from 11 August 2019 at 10.30pm.
