TODAY’S PICKS
Man Who Sets The Table
Oh! K, Astro Ch 394, 7:50pm
Lee Roo-ri tries to get a job at a big company, but she gives up. She doesn’t have a good relationship with her strict father. So, she decides to travel to a foreign country to get away. There, she meets Jung Tae-yang, who goes by the carefree motto. He wanders around the world and places priority on his happiness, but he also carries an emotional wound. What a dish! No wonder Roo-Ri is bowl-ed over, a men-u is affected by his feelings sounds really sweet. Will Tae-yang able to overcome his meal-ancholy? Stars Sooyoung and On Joo-wan.
Roast Battle UK S1
Comedy Central Asia, Astro Go Exclusive, 9:25pm Episode 5 – No, there are no fights with cooked pieces of meat here. This show prefers roasting people mentally and emotionally! On Roast Battle, host Jimmy Carr is joined by judges Russell Brand and Katherine Ryan for a war of words between the country’s finest comic performers. Two roasters enter an arena filled with bloodthirsty comedy fans with just one simple mission – to bring their opponent to their knees with five of the most ferocious jokes their minds can muster. These gags won’t be for the faint of heart. Whose well-done roasts will make them prime rib, and who will be dead meat?
Keep Watching
Fox Movies, Astro Ch 413, 10pm
A family becomes imprisoned in their home by intruders, who force them to play a life-and-death game, where the mysterious rules become clear as the night unfolds. Will they survive? Well ... keep watching. Stars Chandler Riggs, Bella Thorne and Ioan Gruffudd.
Cikgu Dina Pakai Prada
TV9, Astro Ch 109/unifi TV 119, 8.30pm
No, despite her wearing Prada, we don’t think Cikgu Dina is a devil. Instead, she is a girl who is sent by her mother to teach in a rural area in Perlis. Her reward for going along with this plan is a Prada handbag. Dina, who does not have any teaching experience at all, ends up using some very new approaches in her classrooms. In the beginning, her colleague, Cikgu Hakim, does not approve of her methods, but changes his mind once they get results.
Alice: Boy From Wonderland
Red by HBO, unifi TV Ch 221, 8.45am
Hye-joong can’t remember anything before the age of four. Every night she experiences terrible nightmares. Unable to cope with the nightmares anymore, she heeds the advice of a shaman and goes back to the villa where her family stayed 24 years ago. The villa is now known as “Wonderland.” There, she meets Hwan, Soo-ryun and a white rabbit. During the next 15 days, Hye-joong has to find something that is missing. If she succeeds her nightmares will stop. It all gets curiouser and curiouser. Stars Jung So-min, Hong Jong-hyun and Jung Yeon-joo.
Glamorosa
TV3, Astro Ch 103/unifi TV Ch 103, 3pm
Claudia is convinced that Adriana is not Natalia’s real daughter, but Adriana continues to prey on Natalia’s sympathy. Calvin tries to tell Giselle how he really feels for her, but she pushes him away because she knows Giorgio is against it. When an incident with Adriana causes a rift between Miranda and Giselle, Paulina draws Giselle in further to use her as a pawn against Natalia.
Lethal Weapon 4
Warner TV, Astro Ch 719/unifi Ch 451, 11.45am Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover), each now feeling too old to be doing what they’re doing, try to stop the Chinese triads from doing their illegal business in the United States. Uncle Benny, Chinatown’s mob boss, has imported Chinese slaves to pay an artist to create counterfeit Chinese currency which the triads (led by Jet Li) will use to buy the Four Fathers (heads of the Triads) back from the Chinese military.
Power Rangers Dino Charge
ntv7, Astro Ch 107/unifi TV Ch 107, 6pm Sixty-five million years ago, the legendary Energems were given to 10 dinosaurs for safekeeping. But when Sledge – an intergalactic bounty hunter – attempted to acquire the Energems, his ship was blasted into space, leading to the Energems being lost. Now, in the present day, Sledge is back and starts sniffing around Earth looking for the Energems. A team of Power Rangers must find the Energems first and fight the bounty hunter. In this episode, Shelby must use her advanced dino knowledge to tame the Ankylo Zord after it is stung by Sledge’s monster.