What to Watch This Week: Feb 17-23, 2025
It's Budget time!
Singapore Budget 2025 (mewatch, Channel 5, Feb 18, 3.30pm, live)
What kind of fiscal policies will Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong unveil to address Singaporeans’ key concerns (cost of living, job security, AI) in this election year? The complete Budget statement will be made available on the Singapore Budget website after it’s been delivered. It will be streamed on CAN’s website, YouTube, Facebook and TikTok accounts, and 8 World’s website, YouTube and Facebook pages. It will also be carried on the PM’s own YouTube channel.
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I Believe I Can Fly (mewatch, Feb 17; Channel 8, Feb 19, 9pm)
A tragedy during a class reunion forces five middle-aged buddies (Thomas Ong, Chen Hanwei, Brandon Wong, Cavin Soh, and Yao Wenlong) to take stock of their lives. This 20-part drama also stars Michelle Saram, Kate Pang, Cynthia Koh, Gina Tan and Joey Swee.
The White Lotus, Season 3 (Max, Feb 17)
Another dysfunctional batch of guests get in all sorts of trouble as they check into the titular resort, this time in Thailand (Four Seasons Koh Samui standing in as the vacay hotspot). The cast includes Parker Posey, Carrie Coon, Leslie Bibb, Patrick Schwarzenegger (yes, his dad is Ah-nuld), Walton Goggins, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, and one Lalisa Manobal, aka Blackpink’s Lisa.
Photo: Max
Win or Lose (Disney+, Feb 19)
Pixar’s first original series follows a co-ed middle school softball team named the Pickles in the week leading up to their championship game, with each of the episodes focusing on one character (the kids, their parents, the coach or the umpire). The show was supposed to drop in December but was delayed after a contentious transgender storyline was pulled.
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Reacher, Season 3 (Prime Video, Feb 20)
Alan Ritchson returns to kick ass and take names as Jack Reacher, and not necessarily in that order. Season 3 is reportedly based on Persuader, the seventh book in Lee Child’s Reacher series, which involves the vigilante going “undercover to rescue an informant held by a haunting foe from his past”. I hate to be the guy at the receiving end of his fist...or his stare.
Photo: Prime Video
Zero Day (Netflix, Feb 20)
A former US President is recalled from retirement to investigate a calamity, only to discover a vast of web of lies and conspiracies. But, hey, enough with the 2024 election. Robert De Niro — in his first starring TV series —plays the one-time POTUS handed the task of finding the perpetrators of a cyberattack (the title refers to a vulnerability in a system that has been disclosed but is not yet patched), while battling his own demons. The six-part series also stars Angela Bassett, Jesse Plemons and Lizzy Caplan.
Photo: Netflix
Buried Hearts (Disney+, Feb 21)
This 16-part political revenge thriller pits an ambitious exec (Soundtrack #1’s Park Hyung-sik) against a powerbroker (Bloodhounds’ Huh Joon-ho) as they vie for the control of a scandal-hit MNC. New episodes every Friday and Saturday.
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