What To Watch This Week: Oct 19-25, 2026

Keep It Down (mewatch, Channel 8, weekdays, from Oct 19, 9pm)

Medical jargon incoming! This 20-part drama stars Paige Chua as an urologist who shares her private clinic with a gynaecologist (Desmond Tan) and a psychotherapist (Romeo Tan). If you’ve seen Private Practice, you’ll know the arrangement is a recipe for trouble. Boundaries, personal and professional, will be crossed, friendships forged and ruined, and hearts broken. Who’s going to fixed those?

Ah Gong’s Talks (Channel 8, Oct 23, 12pm)

Time to brush up on your dialects! This eight-part series — brought to you by the Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI) — stars Marcus Chin as a retired TV scribe who teams up with his granddaughter (Ong Yi Ting) to help residents navigate everyday challenges, from caregiving to raising awareness about scams.  

King of Culinary: Woks Up (mewatch, Channel 8, Oct 21)

This week, it’s the ‘Local to Global’ challenge! Chefs Enoch, Dylan and Siang have to impress the judges — Chef Eric Neo, Yvonne Lim and content creator Nicholas Tan aka StormScape — their take on Hokkien Mee. But there’s a twist: they have to whip up not one, but two versions — one for the locals and another for the international crowd.

Moana (Disney+, Oct 21)

The animated Moana came out in 2016, followed by the sequel two years ago. Maybe that’s why audience reception to the live-action version was lukewarm: it’s toooo soon. A pity, because the cast is charming: newcomer Catherine Laga'aia as the eponymous teen who teams up with a shape-shifting demigod (Dwayne Johnson, who voiced the character in the original Moana) to save her island from an ancient evil,

The Terminal List, Season 2 (Prime Video, Oct 21)

Season 2 picks up where Season 1 and the Taylor Kitsch-led spin-off Dark Wolf left off, with NavySeal badass James Reece (Chris Pratt, still trying to make a name for himself after Guardians of the Galaxy and Jurassic World) hunting down his former friend and ally, Mo Farooq (Dar Salim), now one of the world’s most wanted criminals.

The One About Matthew Perry (Netflix, Oct 23)

Oct 28 marks the third anniversary of the Friends star’s death. Remember him with this Netflix documentary in which family, friends and collaborators share their fondest memories of Matthew Perry.

Final Table (Prime Video, Oct 24)

The 12-part K-drama stars Hong Hwa-yeon as a woman who inherits her struggling family restaurant after her father’s death. To save it from shuttering, she joins a culinary contest. Ahn Hyo-seop co-stars as a rival challenger who stands in her way of winning. Turns out, the two have a common enemy… another competitor. Hmmm, this sounds more exciting than MasterChef Asia. Just joking. Not really.

Forbidden Fruits (HBO Max, Oct 24)

What happens when Mean Girls and The Craft have a baby? That bundle of joy would Forbidden Fruits. This black comedy — which counts Diablo Cody as one of its producers — follows four young women (Lili Reinhart, Lola Tung, Alexandra Shipp, and Victoria Pedretti) who work in a clothing boutique in a mall. They aren’t just co-workers; they’re also part of a coven. The last people you want to piss off.