Stuff To Watch This Week (Nov 28-Dec 4, 2022)
2022 MAMA Awards
It’s that time of the year when K-pop fans go ballistic. The two-day event will be held at the Kyocera Dome Osaka and hosted by Jeon So-Mi and Park Bo-Gum. Click here for the nominees (BTS is among them) and performers’ line-up.
Also catch MAMA Awards 2022 Live Highlights on Channel U each night at 7.30pm, with former SKarf member Ferlyn G and YES 933 DJ Ze Liang on the first night, and GBB member Cheris Lee and YES 933 DJ Qi Jia on the second.
Watch it on: meWATCH, Tue & Wed, 3pm-8.30pm; available on demand Nov 29-Dec 13; scripted segments will be subtitled in English.
King of Culinary: Final Showdown
Season finale! Who’s going to be the champ – Gopica ‘Rasathi’ Rasiah aka The Global Gastronome or Tran Thi Ngoc Anh Hue aka The Neighbourhood Gourmet Cook? The winner takes home a S$10,000 cash prize and a coveted laser-etched King of Culinary Grand Champion knife! One more thing: shouldn’t the producers consider changing the title to a gender-neutral one? Just saying.
Watch it on: meWATCH & Channel 5, Sun, 9.30pm
Willow
The long-awaited follow-up to George Lucas/Ron Howard's 1988 fantasy-adventure sees Warwick Davis back as the titular pint-sized wizard to guide a group of wise-cracking youngsters — including the adult version of the infant he rescued in the original movie — to save their world from an evil force.
Watch it on: Disney+, Wed
Snack vs Chef
Comedians Megan Stalter and Hari Kondabolu host this new competition show where 12 chefs vie to make the tastiest snacks, with the winner taking home US$50,000 (S$69,000).
Watch it on: Netflix, Wed
Photo: Netflix
Gossip Girl 2.0
New school term! More scandals! More gorgeous outfits! We hear one Georgina Sparks (played by Michelle Trachtenberg) will return to raise hell for the Manhattan’s elite. This should be fun.
Watch it on: HBO Go, Thur
Photo: HBO Go
Slow Horses, Season 2
Apple TV+ is the home of Ted Lasso. It’s also the home of many, many shows no one has heard of… and Slow Horses is one of them. Gary Oldman is back to lead his team of has-been MI15 agents, this time to track down a sleeper cell of Russian spies in London that has been reactivated.
Watch it on: Apple TV+, Fri
Photo: Apple TV+
Sr.
Get to know Robert Downey Jr’s father, Robert Downey Sr (hence the title), the iconoclastic 1960s actor and filmmaker (who passed away last year) in this heartfelt documentary from Chris Smith (American Movie). Features interviews with RDJ, friends and collaborators Alan Arkin and Norman Lear, and filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson who cast Downey Sr in Magnolia and Boogie Nights.
Watch it on: Netflix, Fri
Photo: Netflix
