Stuff To Watch This Week (Apr 18-24, 2022)

Star Awards 2022

This year’s show will take place at The Theatre at Mediacorp, with Chen Hanwei on MC duties. Overseas guests attending via “life-sized, three-dimensional” holograms (like the one R2-D2 projected in Return of the Jedi?) include Aaron Kwok, Carol Cheng, Moses Chan, Jacky Wu, Mickey Huang, Pets Tseng (no relations to this writer) and Austin Lin. Another highlight: all 18 awards will be handed out to the winners by — wait for it — a robot called LeoBot. It’s going to be a very Black Mirror evening.

Watch it on: meWATCH, Mediacorp Entertainment YouTube Channel, Sun, 3.30pm-10.30pm (Backstage Live); meWATCH, Channel 8, Channel U, Mediacorp Entertainment YouTube Channel, Sun, 5pm-6.30pm (Walk of Fame); meWATCH, Channel 8, Channel U, Mediacorp Entertainment YouTube Channel, 7pm-10pm (Award Ceremony)

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Lion Mums: One For The Fans

The title of this 11-ep special pretty much sums it all. Diehard viewers reflect on how their parenting skills are influenced by the award-winning drama series. Watch the first ep here:

Watch it on: meWATCH

The Batman

So soon? I know, right? Why do I even bother catching it in the cinemas in the first place? Anyhoo, you can now watch Robert Pattinson’s Dark Knight kick ass and take names over and over and not worry about when to go for a pee break. Downside? Hope you’re viewing this on the biggest TV screen possible.Watch it on: HBO Go, from Mon

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Star Trek: Prodigy

The latest animated offshoot resolves around a group of alien teens taking an abandoned Starfleet spaceship for a spin. So far so Ferris Bueller’s Day Off until the vessel’s owner returns.

Watch it on: Nickelodeon (Singtel TV Ch 240, StarHub Ch 314), Mon , 5pm

Better Call Saul, Season 6

Final season! Kick off the concluding stages of Jimmy McGill’s (Bob Odenkirk) transformation to Saul Goodman with a double-ep premiere. Will Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) survive unscathed? Elsewhere, Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul will return as Walt and Jesse.

Watch it on: Netflix, from Tue; new episodes every Tue

The Flight Attendant, Season 2

Cassie Bowden (Kaley Cuoco) is back, clean and sober, and still flying the friendly skies. She has a new boyfriend and a side gig as a civilian asset for the CIA. Naturally, she mucks up a mission, forcing her alcoholic past to resurface. Sharon Stone joins the cast as Cassie’s estranged mother.

Photo: HBO Go

7 of 9Explorer: The Last Tepui

Mark Earth Day with this hour-long National Geographic docu following an elite climbing team – including Alex Honnold (of Free Solo fame) — as they accompany biologist Bruce Means to the top of a Guyanese tepui (an “island in the clouds”) to search for an undiscovered animal species. Like The Batman, this is best watched on the biggest TV screen possible. If you’re an acrophobe, skip this.​​​​​​​

Watch it on: Disney+, Fri

Photo: National Geographic Channel

They Call Me Magic

Basketball icon Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson’s life story receives The Last Dance treatment in this four-part docu-series that offers a deep-dive look at his career, on and off the courts — from his glory days with the Los Angeles Lakers to the fallout of his HIV diagnosis to how he overcame the stigma of his medical condition.

Watch it on: Apple TV+, Fri

Photo: Apple TV+

Selling Sunset, Season 5

The real estate reality soap returns with more explosive bitchary, more pricey listings and more official romance… hey, we looking at you, Chrishell Strause and Jason Oppenheim. Alas, their hook-up didn’t last long — and we’ll find out why.

Photo: Netflix