Stuff To Watch This Week (Sept 6-12, 2021)

Oon Shu An plays Vanessa, a heartbroken app developer who creates a dating algorithm that can predict users who are likely to commit infidelity. But what happens when the man of her dreams failed app’s the loyalty test? Should she trust the science and dump the potential jerk or go with her gut instinct and continue to see him? Decisions, decisions. This 13-part, half-hour rom-com series also stars Rachel Wan, James Kumar, Joel Choo and Alan Wan.

Watch it on: meWATCH & Channel 5, Tue, 10pm

Twelve aspiring tunesmiths (shortlisted from 200-plus submissions) will be duking out over the course of 10 weeks for the top prize of S$20,000 in cash in this Malay songwriting competition. But first, they must impress judges Ramli Sarip, Mayuni Omar and Daly Filsuf. The viewers have a say who wins as well: 30 per cent of the score is decided by public voting. With Fadli Kamsani, Fatin Amira and Lydia Asyiqin as hosts.

Watch it on: meWATCH, Suria, Tue, 8.30pm; show performances and additional behind-the-scenes highlights on meWATCH, meLISTEN, Suria’s IGTV, Mediacorp’s Entertainment YouTube Channel

The end is here! Guess who’s going to be the new God? Give up? It’s none other than Lucifer Morningstar (Tom Ellis)! But not everyone is happy with his promotion. By the way, if you thought Season 5’s musical special was nuts, wait till you see this season’s animated episode, ‘Yabba Dabba Do Me’.

Photo: Netflix

This Hawaii-set reboot of the Neil Patrick Harris-led ’90s hit medical series Doogie Howser, MD, stars Peyton Elizabeth Lee as the titular character who’s trying to balance her medical career and life as a teenager. This 10-part series also stars Jason Scott Lee, Kathleen Rose Perkins and Chew Chor Meng fanboy Ronny Chieng.

Photo: Disney+

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Five-part thriller — based on Ian McGuire’s 2016 novel — about the crew of an 1850s whaling ship stranded in the Arctic waters. But Mother Nature is the last thing they are worried about, especially when there’s a psychotic killer among them. Stars Colin Farrell, Jack O’Connell and Stephen Graham.

Photo: BBC Studios

From the creators of Fyre Fraud comes this four-part docu-series about LulaRoe, the billion-dollar clothing empire accused of cheating thousands of women with their multi-level marketing platform (aka pyramid scheme).

Inspired by true events, this six-part thriller from the Philippines looks at the unholy alliance between politicians and gangsters as seen through the eyes of a journalist and a hit-man. Written and directed by Erick Matti (Food Lore, BuyBust).

Photo: HBO Go