Stuff To Watch This Week (May 17-23, 2021)

Finale! No spoilers here (pssst, the butler did it!) but we have one question: can Sivakumar Palakrishnan get his own Reunion spin-off? Devan P.I., anyone?

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Also known as the game show where 987 jock Kimberly Wang and Night Owl Cinematics’ Rao Zi Jie figure out who among their guests are the biggest BS artists.

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Watch e-athletes wage virtual war at one another at Laugardalshöll Sports Centre in Reykjavík, Iceland. The semis will be streamed on Friday and Saturday, 8pm, and the finals on Sunday at the same time.

Watch it on: meWATCH, weekend

Zack Snyder leaves the comic book world behind for this heist thriller starring Dave Bautista as the leader of a group of mercenaries hired to recover US$200 million in zombie-infested Las Vegas.​​​​​​​ Lock and load, people — we have zombies to slay!

Watch it on: Netflix, Fri

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Steven Soderbergh directs this HBO Max Original dramedy starring Meryl Streep as a famous author reflecting on her career and personal life while on a cruise trip with her pals (Candice Bergen and Dianne Wiest) and nephew (Lucas Hedges). Gemma Chan is onboard as well, as the novelist’s agent.

Watch it on: HBO (Singtel TV Ch 420 & StarHub Ch 601), Sat, 9pm; HBO Go

Who among the 74 contestants — including Singapore’s Bernadette Belle Ong — will be crowned the 69th Miss Universe? Catch the event live from Florida’s Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, with Mario Lopez and Miss Universe 2012 Olivia Culpo as hosts.

Watch it on: Fox Life (Singtel TV Ch 301), Mon, 8am

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Key & Peele’s Keegan-Michael Key makes his hosting debut in the season’s penultimate episode, with High School Music: The Musical: The Series’ Olivia Rodrigo as musical guest (only in encore on Saturday, 10pm). Catch Key’s opening monologue here:

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The irreverent awards show returns with Leslie Jones as host. WandaVision, Emily in Paris and The Boys dominate the nominations while Scarlett Johansson and Sacha Baron Cohen are set to receive the Generation Award and Comedic Genius Award, respectively. On the following day, MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted will air at the same time. Hosted by Nikki Glaser, the event is described as “a first-of-its-kind celebration of all things reality television”.

Watch it on: MTV Asia (Singtel TV Ch 350, StarHub Ch 533), Mon, 8pm

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Season 3 of the docu-series — subtitled The World of Energy — explores the spiritual world as seen through the eyes of a modern witch, a paranormal investigator, a psychological astrologer, an amulet seller, and a metaphysician psychic.

Watch it on: Viddsee, Wed

Grylls takes the newly-minted Captain America (congrats!) Anthony Mackie to the highest peaks of the Italian Dolomite mountains. (Don’t have cable? Fret not, Season 6 will stream on Disney+ from June 11.)

Watch it on: National Geographic Channel (Singtel TV Ch 201, StarHub Ch 411), Fri, 9pm

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Oprah Winfrey teams up with Prince Harry on this docu-series exploring mental health and emotional well-being. Participants include Lady Gaga, Glenn Close, celeb chef Rashad Armstead and Olympic boxer Virginia 'Ginny' Fuchs.

Watch it on: Apple TV+, Fri

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3D animated series — based on a character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby — starring the voice of Patton Oswalt as the titular supervillain trying to save his evil organisation from a business takeover, as well as his broken marriage.Watch it on: Disney+, Fri

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Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang's Emmy-winning dramedy returns but this time the season — subtitled Moment in Love — focuses on Dev’s (Ansari) BFF Denise (Lena Waithe) as she reflects on her love life in the countryside.

Watch it on: Netflix, Sun

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