Stuff To Watch This Week (Nov 22-28, 2021)
Rebecca Lim runs a vintage shop in a new infotainment series; Simu Liu takes over ‘Saturday Night Live’. Cats and dogs living together — it's mass hysteria!
Join Cardi B live from the Microsoft Theatre in LA as she hosts this year’s event, with performances by BTS, Coldplay, Silk Sonic, Olivia Rodrigo and many more. Rodriguo has the most nominations of seven, followed by The Weeknd with six. Bad Bunny, Doja Cat and Giveon each received five nods, while BTS is vying in three categories. Watch it here:Watch it on: meWATCH, Mon, 9am; VOD on meWATCH and Mediacorp Entertainment Channel on YouTube.
Photos: Cardi B: TPG News/Click Photos, BTS: American Music Awards/Instagram
Peter Jackson first started out putting together the story of the Fab Four's recording of their final 1970 album as an epic documentary feature, but because of the wealth of archival footage (more than 57 hours!), it snowballed into an even more epic three two-hour docu-series, rolling out over three days, from Thursday to Saturday.Watch it on: Disney+, Thur
Photo: TPG News/Click Photos
New drama about the rivalry of two pawnbrokers, one played by Li Nanxing, the other, Romeo Tan. The 20-parter also stars Carrie Wong, Brandon Wong, Pang. Lingling and Aileen Tan.
Watch it on: meWATCH, Mon; Channel 8 from Tue, 9pm
It's going to be a while before Adele tours the world (or at least this part of Asia), so we'll just have to make do with this concert special (first streamed in the US on Nov 14) recorded at the Griffith Observatory. Includes a one-to-one with Oprah Winfrey. Adele One Night Only is be available for free on meWATCH exclusively from now to Feb 28, 2022.Watch it on: meWATCH
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Rebecca Lim hosts this eight-part info-series where she and a guest celeb learn what it’s like to run a vintage shop for three days. Her guests include Chen Hanwei, Elvin Ng, Zhang Zetong, Ayden Sng, James Seah and Herman Keh.
Watch it on: meWATCH & Channel 8, Thur, 8pm
Featuring an AI sidekick named BzBot), Channel NewsAsia’s first kids current affairs show examines the perplexing myths, misconceptions, and mysteries about the environment and other curious topics youths are fascinated with… like bubble tea?
Watch it on: meWATCH & okto on 5, Sat, 10.30am
Jeremy Renner returns as Clint Barton aka Hawkeye in his Disney+ spin-off, with Hailee Steinfeld as his protege Kate Bishop. If you've seen the end-credits stinger in Black Widow, you would know Florence Pugh's Yelena will pop up somewhere in this X'mas-set six-parter.Watch it on: Disney+, Wed
Photo: Disney+
Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ Simu Liu gives action a break and returns to comedy for his SNL host debut. FYI, he's the fourth Chinese to ever host the long-running variety show.; he was preceded by Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, and Awkwafina (who's Chinese-Korean-American). When is Ronny Chieng going to host? Asking for a friend. Elsewhere, Saweetie is the musical guest (performance available in encores). Watch his opening monologue here:
Photos: TPG News/Click Photos, Saturday Night Live/Instagram
And speaking of Liu, he makes an appearance in the realtor-reality soap! He enlists Chrishell Strause (who’s now dating her boss Jason Oppenheim) to help him buy a hot property in LA. Elsewhere, expect new levels of bitchary (bitching rivalry, geddit?) when two new agents, Emma Hernan and Vanessa Villela, join the firm.Watch it on: Netflix, Wed
Photo: Patrick Wymore/Netflix
Do you miss The Amazing Race? Then check out this six-part 15-minute (what?) travelogue-cum-reality competition wehere a group of Indonesian celebs — including Afgan, Isyana Sarasvati, Reza Chandika and Rara Sekar — vie in assorted challenges across Indonesia, from Labuan Bajo to Mandalika to Bali. Hosted by Richard Kyle.
Watch it on: AXN (Singtel TV Ch 304 & StarHub Ch 511), 8.30pm, Thur & Fri; AXN Asia YouTube Channel, Sat, 9pm
Photo: AXN Asia