Stuff To Watch This Week (Oct 4-10, 2021)
It's the President's Star Charity this Sunday; Gil Grissom returns in the all-new 'CSI: Vegas'.
Do your part and help raise funds for the 96 charities under the President’s Challenge. This year’s edition is hosted by Rebecca Lim and Nurul Aini, with performances by Stefanie Sun, Taufik Batisah, Zoe Tay, Stephen Zechariah, Benjamin Kheng, Callum Scott. Click here for donation details.
Watch it on: meWATCH, Channel 5, Mediacorp Entertainment YouTube, Sun, 7.30pm; encore on Oct 17, Channel 5, 1pm
Mediacorp and the Ministry of Communications and Information team up for this variety show aimed at promoting lifelong learning and empowering seniors to stay healthy and active. The 10-part series include three segments: the first-ever dialect sitcom, Comb Together; a lifestyle section called Happy Academy; and a culinary component, I Can Cook, So Can You!
Watch it on: meWATCH, Channel 8, 11.30am
Scarlett Johansson’s final tour as Russian assassin-turned-earth defender Natasha Romanov is now available for ‘free’ for all Disney+ subscribers. Watch this before Hawkeye, starring Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld, drops on Nov 24.
Watch it on: Disney+, Wed
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Welcome back to Sin City! William Petersen and Jorja Fox reprise their classic roles of Gil Grissom and Sara Sidle in this sequel to the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The limited series is premiering on the same day as the original CSI 21 years ago (yikes!). That show went on to run for 15 seasons and spawn three spin-offs. Same day telecast as the US.
Watch it: AXN (Singtel TV Ch 304 & StarHub Ch 511), Thur, 9.45pm
Photo: AXN
The long-running sketch show returns with Owen Wilson as hosting. Highlights include a tribute to Norm MacDonald (“I stood down!”) and new cast member James Austin Johnson as President Joe Biden. Catch Owen’s opening monologue here:
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Halloween arrives early on Netflix with this interactive film starring WWE icon The Undertaker and tag team trio The New Day. Viewers get to decide The New Day’s fate as they wander into the Undertaker’s booby trap-rigged spooky mansion. Good luck, fellas!
Photo: Netflix
The Big Bang Theory prequel kicks off with Sheldon (Iain Armitage) and Missy (Raegan Revord) running away from home, while Mary (Zoe Perry) receives upsetting news about her husband. Same day telecast as the US.
Watch it on: WarnerTV (Singtel TV Ch 306 & StarHub Ch 515), Fri, 8.35pm
Photo: WarnerTV