What To Watch This Week: Mar 30-Apr 5, 2026

King of Culinary: The Comeback (mewatch, Channel 8, Apr 1, 8pm)

This will be Season 5, in case you’ve lost count. This time, contestants from the previous  seasons — aka The Culinary Avengers (wah lau eh) —  return to take on their respective mentors, professional chefs Eric Teo (Western cuisine), Eric Neo (Asian cuisine), and Pung Lu Tin (Chinese cuisine). If they succeed, they move to the next level. After four rounds, the last challenger standing walks away with S$4,000 and the three mentor chefs’ knives. Cavin Soh hosts.

Secrets of the Bees (Disney+, Apr 1)

Learn about the vital role bees play in the ecosystem in this two-part National Geographic docu led by wildlife filmmaker and National Geographic Explorer Bertie Gregory. Over three years, cameras follow a single hive, revealing its inner workings and how bees pollinate one-third of the world’s food crops — from fruits and vegetables to nuts. So respect the bees… or Jason Statham will tear you a new one.

Agent From Above (Netflix, Apr 2)

At US$5.5 mil (or S$7.02 mil), this six-part supernatural thriller — with Singapore’s mm2 among its backers —  is billed as the most expensive Taiwanese TV series ever produced. Kai Ko stars as a former druggie turned medium who runs interference for the deity Third Crown Prince (Wang Po-chieh), resolving unearthly disturbances in the human realm, John Constantine-style. Buffy Chen and Johnny Yang co-star as his sidekicks.

Sins of Kujo (Netflix, Apr 2)

From one underworld to another, but this time on Earth, in Tokyo. Yuya Yagira (Gannibal) plays a lawyer who specialises in defending thugs, yakuza, and ex-convicts — you know, forkin’ scum of the universe. How does the guy sleep at night working for bad people? What does this say about his moral fibre? Maybe it’s just good money — if he doesn’t take the case, someone else will. Or is he playing a long game? This 10-part series is adapted from Manabe Shohei’s best-selling manga.

Your Friends & Neighbours, Season 2 (Apple TV, Apr 2)

Red Sonja (HBO Max, Apr 3)

Sword-and-sorcery adventure starring Matilda Lutz (Revenge) as a warrior out for blood against ruthless warlords who destroyed her childhood. This marks the second screen outing for  Robert E Howard’s cult character — the first one was 1985’s Red Sonja, with Brigitte Nielsen in the title role. Getting there, however, was its own saga. Robert Rodriguez developed the project for years before Bryan Singer took over, only to exit. By the time it finally landed with MJ Bassette (Solomon Kane),  it slipped into existence so quietly most people didn’t realise it had been made… until now.