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Switch to high gear this May with Paramount Network’s stacked slate

Get ready for a rollicking ride with Action Fridays, Benedict Cumberbatch on SNL and S2 of The Neighborhood

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 30 Apr 2022 3:00PM

Switch to high gear this May with Paramount Network’s stacked slate
Benedict Cumberbatch will host Saturday Night Live for the second time this May. Arcade Fire will be performing. – Facebook pic, April 30, 2022

OUR Need for Speed stunt will have your heart pumping and keep you on the edge of your seat with all things action and aviation. Things get strange for Saturday Night Live’s grand return with Benedict Cumberbatch as host, and The Neighborhood makes its Season 2 premiere.


Special Need for Speed

As Top Gun: Maverick takes to the skies and cinemas in May, get your adrenaline pumping with Paramount Network’s Need for Speed stunt, beginning on May 6. Gear up for non-stop thrills and spills on our Action Fridays, Fly High Weekend Marathon of the Catch-22 series, and Take My Breath Away, Tom triple bill of Mission: Impossible movies. Peek at the titles in the trailer above!

Action Fridays: Fridays from May 6, 8pm TH | 9pm SG, PH  | 10pm MY

Fly High Weekend Marathon: May 21 & 22, 3.30pm TH | 4.30pm SG, PH  | 5.30pm MY

Take My Breath Away, Tom: May 22, 6pm TH | 7pm SG, PH  | 8pm MY 

Exclusive: Saturday Night Live

– NBC pic
– NBC pic

Live from New York, it's Saturday Night! This famous phrase has signalled the start of one of the greatest and most innovative sketch comedy shows of all time. Things will get a little Strange on SNL, with Benedict Cumberbatch named as the host for the next episode, airing in Asia on May 10. Canadian rock band Arcade Fire joins Cumberbatch's episode as the musical guest. Cumberbatch last hosted SNL in 2016, and made a cameo in 2018. Keep your eyes peeled for who else will be joining the May lineup! 

SNL returns to air in Asia on May 10

New episodes on following Tuesdays from US premiere at 7pm TH | 8pm SG, PH | 9pm MY

Encores with musical performers on Saturdays the week after the US premiere.

New Season The Neighborhood

– Paramount pic
– Paramount pic

The Neighborhood stars Cedric the Entertainer and Max Greenfield in a comedy about what happens when the friendliest guy in the Midwest moves his family to a neighbourhood in Los Angeles where not everyone looks like him or appreciates his extreme neighbourliness.

Dave Johnson (Max Greenfield) realises that fitting into their new community is more complex than he expected, but if he can find a way to connect with their opinionated next-door neighbour, Calvin (Cedric the Entertainer), they have an excellent chance of making their new neighbourhood their home.

One year after the Johnsons moved next door to the Butlers, Dave is eager to take on a bigger role in Calvin’s annual Yardecue and prove how much a part of the community he’s become. But Calvin’s reaction makes it clear that, while the relationship between the two families has grown, the friendship between Calvin and Dave still has a way to go, in the second season premiere of The Neighborhood. 

Premieres May 24, 9pm

New Episodes: Tuesdays to Thursdays, 8pm TH | 9pm SG, PH  | 10pm MY 

Where to watch Paramount Network

  • Singapore: Singtel TV Channel 418 and Starhub TV Channel 620 Philippines: Cignal TV Channel 53
  • Malaysia: Astro Channel 713 and unifi Channel 408
  • Thailand: AIS Channel 111, TrueVisions Channel 232 (SD) and 134 (HD)

For other markets and local operator information, please check local listings. – The Vibes, April 30, 2022

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