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''The Noose'' is an Emmy-nominated Singapore comedy television series produced by MediaCorp Channel 5. It is currently in its eighth season. Although the name of the show plays on the word ''The News'', the literal gallows humor of the program's name is unlikely to be missed by viewers in a country which executes people by hanging, and the use of "neck-cuffs". The third season began airing on June 1, 2010. The fourth season began airing on March 8, 2011. The fifth season began airing on December 27, 2011 and features topics such as the Mayan Calendar and doomsday and other relevant current issues. A sixth season began airing on April 2, 2013, aligned with the renumbering of MediaCorp news programmes.〔(First look at "The Noose" Season 6 - Channel NewsAsia ) Link updated 20 April 2013.〕 Michelle Chong will not return to the cast for the sixth season.〔( First look at "The Noose 6" - Channel NewsAsia )〕 A seventh season began airing on 1 April 2014 (April Fools' Day),〔(Theatre actress Siti K. joins The Noose and makes Channel 5 debut ) Link updated 5 February 2014.〕 with Chong set to return to the show. ''The Noose'' is a parody of local news programmes such as ''News 5 Tonight'', with fictional news reports and a presentation mimicking that of the actual news bulletin. For example, every episode of ''News 5 Tonight'' begins with a CGI clock indicating the time, while every episode of the first two seasons of ''The Noose'' would spoof it by displaying the time using something more mundane, such as a plastic clock hanging on a wall or an alarm clock. At the beginning of every episode, there is a candid disclaimer (voiced by Alaric Tay) telling the viewers that the stories are not true, most notably by using the line 'Believing us is like believing that...' (Eg, believing that drinking a certain energy drink (Red Bull) makes you fly). Each episode stars Michelle Chong, Chua En Lai, Alaric Tay and Suhaimi Yusof, with various actors and actresses as newscasters, field reporters and interviewees, often with parodic mannerisms and names. The show has received recognition both locally and internationally. It earned a nomination at the International Emmy Awards 2011 in the comedy category.〔(International Emmys Nominations )〕 The cast has also been nominated and won awards and commendations at the Asian Television Awards. ==Cast and characters== *Chua En Lai (seasons 1- ) *Michelle Chong (seasons 1-5, 7- ) *Alaric Tay (seasons 1- ) *Suhaimi Yusof (seasons 1- ) *Judee Tan (seasons 1- ) *Siti Khalijah (seasons 7- ) *Gurmit Singh (season 1) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Noose (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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