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SnatchingTrophies Apr 2, 2026 +251

That would take us to Series 27 (2023s renewal took us to 21).

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DanS1993 Apr 2, 2026 +169

And assuming we get at least one more champion of champions then there’s the possibility of having a champion of champions champion. Which would be champion!

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indianajoes Apr 2, 2026 +58

And Kiell takes someone's place again

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KneeHighMischief Apr 2, 2026 +17

Maybe we'll finally find out how heavy that water is.

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DemoBytom Apr 2, 2026 +29

Ed Gamble watching Richard Herring win it again, as he has to sit in the trailer waiting to interview him for a podcast afterwards xD

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Zealousideal-Cut4232 Apr 2, 2026 +25

I want a Taskmaster Champions League with all the global champions.

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Arctic_Wolf_lol Apr 2, 2026 +12

That's awesome! I would also love to see a "Taskmaster's Assistants" series (or even special) where Alex would compete against other assistants like Paul, Tom, and some of the other regional assistants, and they would be judged by all of their taskmasters as a panel

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Urge_Reddit Apr 2, 2026 +1

That's a really good idea, I've never seen anyone suggest that before.

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R3dbeardLFC Apr 2, 2026 +2

Junior Champs too? Just one kid versus four adults. lol

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run-on_sentience Apr 2, 2026 +2

I want a taskmaster season where all of the contestants are the assistants from other versions of the show.

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AdditionalSample Apr 2, 2026 +3

Oh that’s a great idea I haven’t seen put forward before. Sign me up, multiple episodes with different taskmaster/assistants, culminating in Greg and Alex where the points are x10 so none of the rest matters and it’s all Greg whims to choose a champion

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americangame Apr 2, 2026 +5

Since we hit series 25, we should get a champion of champion of champions.

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bugluvr65 Apr 2, 2026 +6

haven’t they already started filming up to s23?

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SnatchingTrophies Apr 2, 2026 +10

Yes but that would be ahead of the renewal.

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bugluvr65 Apr 2, 2026 +3

interesting that they’d film a season before it’s picked up

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SnatchingTrophies Apr 2, 2026 +14

Just the way that Channel 4 batch renews, I guess. The renewal 3 years ago took us up to the series that’s about to air; it makes sense that they’d announce the renewal before that. Like a series renewal announcement happening before the current series starts airing.

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Jackski Apr 2, 2026 +9

They probably were already told it's being renewed and this is just the news announcement. Either that or the production company knew someone else would pick it up. Taskmaster is c**** to make and insanely popular. If Channel 4 didn't renew then someone else would definitely pick it up.

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Bumhug360 Apr 2, 2026 +9

If Channel 4 didn't want it someone else would

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DGSmith2 Apr 2, 2026 +3

Like it was on Dave before.

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Sherringdom Apr 2, 2026 +2

They’ll often soft recommission shows, so pay them month by month to keep things running but without the commitment of a full run

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AssassinSnail33 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Can't wait til Taskmaster 9000

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shaggersonofdolf Apr 2, 2026 +124

Does that mean we're getting a champion of champion of champions?

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KneeHighMischief Apr 2, 2026 +36

You know Josh is going to win.

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meadeb Apr 2, 2026 +17

By tattooing Greg’s face over his own.

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NamityName Apr 2, 2026 +15

I want a Taskmaster: Second Chance series. Bring back contestants that lost, but were still extremely entertaining

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DaveShadow Apr 2, 2026 +12

While I do love the idea, and know I've love some people back, I also feel the show has so many people to give a first shot too as well. The show has introduced me to so many amazing new comedians, and it feels a Second Chance series could sandbag that in a way.

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NamityName Apr 2, 2026 +2

Champion of champions doesn't detract from the new contestants

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DaveShadow Apr 2, 2026 +2

Cause it's an episode that's a special. Not a series.

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NamityName Apr 2, 2026 +1

Tell that to TVDB https://thetvdb.com/series/taskmaster-champion-of-champions

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345tom Apr 2, 2026 +5

I don't want it to necessarily be people who did bad, but people who might have changed a lot, or would be different since it's a more known quantity now. Like it's funny watching Nish Kumar nowadays vs his taskmaster days. That was before the world destroyed him.

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richards2kreider Apr 2, 2026 +2

give me a series with the most hopeless contestants. John Kearns, David Baddiel, Nish Kumar

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dl064 Apr 2, 2026 +2

Me watching every trailer: > Well I don't know most of these Taskmaster > We know.

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MissTambourineWoman Apr 3, 2026 +1

I’d like to see this for contestants who never won a single episode

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kazamm Apr 2, 2026 +2

I think a 5 episode special of CoCoC would be a great end of the series.

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TussalDimon Apr 2, 2026 +1

That should be a whole separate series, TBH

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Joy-Bundle Apr 2, 2026 +1

Now that’s a great idea, although I don’t think that I could handle a whole series of Herring prioritising efficiency over entertainment again.

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abetscreticot79 Apr 2, 2026 +125

Six more series? Bless you, Channel 4, for guaranteeing my future procrastination schedule. Only tiny request: bring back more one-off live specials, they’re always absolute chaos in the best way.

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KneeHighMischief Apr 2, 2026 +25

>Only tiny request: bring back more one-off live specials Yes, with that somehow resulting in Joe Wilkinson coming back.

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redsyrus Apr 2, 2026 +29

They should have a ‘loser of losers’ special.

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Anandya Apr 2, 2026 +7

Do they win a foot?

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ImNobodyInteresting Apr 2, 2026 +3

This feels far more in the spirit than champion of champions does. Would anyone less lazy than me care to nominate some candidates (among last places finishers, presumably)?

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Comic_Book_Reader Apr 2, 2026 +2

Sweden and I think Denmark have actually had that.

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vo0do0child Apr 2, 2026 +8

And more Sam Campbell.

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Dry_Bit_1412 Apr 2, 2026 +3

He crushed it on Last One Laughing

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ejcore Apr 2, 2026 +3

I will never get the image of Sam asking David Mitchell "Do you like me?" while hand feeding him an eclair out of my head.

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Dry_Bit_1412 Apr 2, 2026 +2

I honestly think Sam would’ve won if the game was longer. He hadn’t laughed at all before the Sudden Death round. But I’m a huge David Mitchell fan, so I’ll take it

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richard1177 Apr 2, 2026 +45

Awesome, this show has been amazing. You can watch all episodes of the show for free on youtube, plus they also have some of the international ones like Australia, New Zealand or Denmark.

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KneeHighMischief Apr 2, 2026 +13

It's been disappointing to see the app give up on updating the non-English versions. It's been almost two years since they've released one. I'm losing hope they'll pick back up on it.

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aappiinna Apr 2, 2026 +3

Can you really? Or is it country dependent. Last I checked (in Finland) i couldnt find them.

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Toloc42 Apr 2, 2026 +5

FWIW, I'm keeping up with UK, AUS and NZ from Germany. https://youtube.com/@taskmaster

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VSENSES Apr 2, 2026 +3

You can just use a vpn and watch it that way.

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CanadianErk Apr 2, 2026 +2

if it's licensed in your country it's licensed in your country

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redditingtonviking Apr 2, 2026 +1

In Norway series 8-19 are on HBO. No clue where the first 7 are, but the last two are probably coming eventually. Think series 19 came like a month ago. It’s possible to find mirrors on YouTube and other less famous sites if you just search for them.

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Comic_Book_Reader Apr 2, 2026 +2

Pretty sure season 20 also just arrived.

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bluehawk232 Apr 2, 2026 +14

Never let this series end

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Vironic Apr 2, 2026 +9

Give me a Champion of Runner-Ups special

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SynnerSaint Apr 2, 2026 +10

I want a Loser of Losers special

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MetaTrombonist Apr 2, 2026 +4

Contestants for such an episode could be done by popular vote to avoid the "playing badly on purpose" problem.

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SynnerSaint Apr 2, 2026 +1

Or the unpopular vote, where (like sex) the person who comes first, loses

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Comic_Book_Reader Apr 2, 2026 +2

I think Sweden might have had that at one point.

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FutureEditor Apr 2, 2026 +7

I can't wait to show 30+ seasons of this show to my kids one day.

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Neil_Salmon Apr 2, 2026 +14

Maybe a silly thought but I always wonder if the show is big enough that they could go independent. Seems most people watch it on YouTube and the show makes money through licensing international versions etc. If Channel 4, for whatever reason, decided not to renew, maybe they could continue anyway, online. I actually only watch Channel 4 for Taskmaster (and repeats of The Simpsons and Frasier). I wonder if Channel 4 needs Taskmaster more than Taskmaster needs Channel 4. It is an expensive show to produce (If I remember correctly, the cost of renting the house is 1 million per year. There's also the fee for the contestants etc.) but the core of the show (the tasks) can be done cheaply.

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duckwantbread Apr 2, 2026 +6

> Seems most people watch it on YouTube It seems to be about 50/50, Taskmaster's Wikipedia page gives viewing figures for most episodes and it hovers around 2 million on Channel 4 (which is similar to YouTube). The big difference though is that on Channel 4 you know the majority of people watching are British, and that makes it more appealing to advertisers.

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Jackski Apr 2, 2026 +14

1 million for the house. They pay each guest 50,000 each for the show. They record multiple shows a year. It's not that expensive.

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OxWithABox Apr 2, 2026 +24

And it's only £1 million for the house if you take a joke Greg made in a TV interview as 100% true. Panel shows like Taskmaster became a popular format precisely because of how c**** they are to produce.

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Von_Baron Apr 2, 2026 +6

Little Alex Horne has also said in interviews that it costs them £1 million to rent the house per year. Partly because the owners know how important the house is to the show now.

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_egirlisto_ Apr 2, 2026

That's daft, who gives a fck about which location is used?

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Von_Baron Apr 2, 2026 +3

Though I agree, the setting is kind of iconic now. It would be weird to be in a different house.

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Rather_Unfortunate Apr 2, 2026 +4

The property owners presumably saw big pound signs in their eyes when the show became big, but it's probably not quite *that* much in rent. At that price, it'd be cheaper in the long run to just buy it outright and sell it again a decade or two down the line. Probably worth about £3-4 million, given its insanely good location and the amount of land it has.

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VoraciousChallenge Apr 2, 2026 +4

IIRC the property owners offered to sell it to production early on, but they declined because they didn't know if the show would last. That turned out to be a mistake and you're probably right that those owners know what they have now.

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FionHS Apr 2, 2026 +2

If that number is close to true, surely they could have just bought the house outright instead, no?

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istasber Apr 2, 2026 +3

If they had gotten to the point where they realize they should probably buy it outright, the owners probably did as well.

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Neil_Salmon Apr 2, 2026 +1

That's true. I guess it just depends on how it would actually be paid for, were they independent and online. Not sure if YouTube ad revenue would stretch that far.

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Llama_Wrangler Apr 2, 2026 +3

I’m shocked to hear it’s expensive. Part of what makes the show great is that the tasks typically use commonly available props, so I have to imagine the tasks themselves aren’t that costly. It seems like a combination of liability and paying 5 semi-famous actors each series may be the most expensive part?

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_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ Apr 2, 2026 +2

There’s also a production team to pay, and studio recording.

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AKAkorm Apr 2, 2026 +3

They record two regular series and the New Year’s Treat each year plus occasionally a CoC. Spread out the costs of house to the seasons and specials and bear in mind that they don’t pay contestants much and it’s not very expensive at all IMO.

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ahumblecardamompod Apr 2, 2026 +11

Alex Horne's shoulders continue to be crushed from the weight of my mental well-being for several more years.

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Hot_Selection7679 Apr 2, 2026 +4

six series is basically enough time for alex horne to eventually run out of ways to make comedians suffer in a caravan. it is pretty impressive how they keep the quality so high when most shows would have completely phoned it in and entered their flop era by now.

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rukioish Apr 2, 2026 +3

Yeah early seasons have a lot of soul, but I think seasons 19 and 20 have been some of the best the show has to offer. The quality has not dropped much.

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Kermit-Batman Apr 2, 2026 +1

I am binging after finding out they're on youtube if I "travel to America." Honestly, if anything, it's gotten funnier. The fact they haven't had a shit contestant (I mean a bad person)... I dunno, whole thing is remarkable really.

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KneeHighMischief Apr 2, 2026 +6

Almost every episode of *Taskmaster* NZ Series 6 is up on YouTube. Episode 9 is dropping soon. It's the best series of NZ so far IMO & I highly recommend it.

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melmn2002 Apr 2, 2026 +6

Paul's disappointment at Jack's party trick is honestly the best moment I've *ever* seen on TM

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AKAkorm Apr 2, 2026 +1

I’ve enjoyed what I’ve seen so far but I liked both 2 and 5 better (at least based on the 8 episodes I’ve seen of 6). The cast just hasn’t meshed as well as the best seasons IMO. And I really haven’t enjoyed Pax at all, feels like he’s both putting in low effort and not very funny.

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StasRutt Apr 2, 2026 +1

The first series of AUS had a task around alphabetical order passwords and I randomly stumbled upon and had tears from laughing so hard

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Gobias_Industries Apr 2, 2026 +1

Paul is perhaps even more unhinged than Alex.

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samspopguy Apr 2, 2026 +3

has this been their longest renewal?

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Frosty_Group2594 Apr 2, 2026 +4

Happy Birthday to me. Best gift ever!!

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hart37 Apr 2, 2026 +2

You love to see it

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okdriverr Apr 2, 2026 +2

I would love to be on Taskmaster, but until then more for me to watch lol.

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Competitive-Tea-6141 Apr 2, 2026 +1

I still want a champions of champions of champions with the winners of the championships. Id also like a special where they bring back the contestants with the lowest scores recorded as I feel like that would be chaotic

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Zenshinn Apr 2, 2026 +1

One of the best shows on TV right now.

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dinan101 Apr 2, 2026 +1

This show has become my favorite thing in existence. I only happened upon it a couple of months ago and am now running taskmaster parties at home and work. So happy it’s going to continue. Still, it’s such a rewatchable show

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ugly_convention Apr 3, 2026 +1

I wish they’d come to Canada!

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gregarioussparrow Apr 3, 2026 +1

Season

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Monkeyboogaloo Apr 2, 2026 +2

I’m starting to question if I have a sense of humour. I just dont find Taskmaster funny, nor Last one laughing. I understand that I am in a minority! B

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MikeGalactic Apr 2, 2026 +1

Same, it's the least funny thing I've ever seen.

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WinterSavior Apr 2, 2026

Oh.. for a sec I wondered how a DC series about Taskmaster took off without me noticing.

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Varnigma Apr 2, 2026 -6

I'm actually shocked that the US has yet made a horrible version of this.

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Potential-Feline Apr 2, 2026 +16

Oh they did, it was awful.

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Varnigma Apr 2, 2026

Glad I never saw it then.

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Difficult_Fill6387 Apr 2, 2026 +4

It had Reggie Watts as the taskmaster and Alex Horne was in the same role. Alex even admitted it was terrible. Really the only reason it didn't work was that Reggie doesn't really have the same comedic sensibilities as Greg, if they got someone like Conan to be taskmaster it probably would have worked.

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Mr_The_Captain Apr 2, 2026 +3

The bigger issues were that it was edited down to fit into a 30-minute s*** (which means it was like 22 minutes) so there was way less banter and fewer tasks, and also the panel just wasn't very good. The only one who really got what the show was supposed to be was (naturally) Freddie Highmore, the lone brit among the group. The rest were just kind of taking everything at face value and not really trying to get creative with the tasks. It basically felt like a bunch of late night talk show games one after another, as opposed to a vehicle for comedy expression

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Timmeh7 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Panel shows are a strange thing, they obviously mostly fell out of favour in the US, so a lot of comedians there likely don’t fully understand the format, not having had constant exposure to it in most cases. For Taskmaster specifically, that you do have to commit to doing your best at the tasks, but the real currency is laughs, and that you have to be comfortable being the punchline. Being very competitive can sometimes be funny, but contestants do still need to be broadly likeable. Iain Stirling is a good example of someone who was overly competitive to the point of obnoxious in the tasks, realised it, and had to work to be likeable overall in the studio record, to temper the VTs. Obviously it’s worked as a format in tons of countries, the US has tons of great comedians, many of whom would get the format, it can work. But hopefully if they try it again (as I’m sure they will one day) it’ll be carefully managed to - as you say, follow the established, working formula, and to be extra careful to select comedians, for the first few seasons especially, who really understand the premise and who’ll set the tone. Potentially bringing in some of the Dropout cast would be a sensible route.

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KilledTheCar Apr 2, 2026 +3

Oh Conan would actually crush it, I feel like.

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TraditionalClick992 Apr 2, 2026 +1

I would also love to see Conan as a contestant.

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ArchDucky Apr 2, 2026 +2

You need someone that can throw it back at the contestants and be funny. Thats 100% Conan. F*** thats so perfect it will never happen.

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APiousCultist Apr 2, 2026 +1

Well that and the only brit on that cast (Freddie Highmore) was the only one that seemed to get the correct energy.

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somebodysbuddy Apr 2, 2026 +2

Are you trying to imply that Ron Funches wasn't a good contestant?

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DaveShadow Apr 2, 2026 +1

Obligatory "Let Dropout produce a series!" comment. I genuinely think they'd nail the vibe of comedians not necessarily working against each other, but competing in a friendly banter competition where winning doesn't matter.

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istasber Apr 2, 2026 +1

I think it was a mix of problems. Alex shouldn't have been involved on screen, they should have gotten a local taskmaster/assistant. Alex should have found a local producer who understands better the LA comedy scene to help select cast. Alex should have found a local producer who understands US network/cable TV and loves/understands the show format well enough to fight for the elements that are important to it's success. All of those things were hard to do when the original show was still in it's infancy, especially since there wasn't really a US audience then. It would be much easier to do right now, but it sounds like it's not a high priority for them and they (Greg and Alex) want to be involved if it does happen. Which feels like it would be a mistake to me, as much as I love them both in their roles, the other adaptations of the show work because the TM/TMA are local.

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ArchDucky Apr 2, 2026 +3

Alex talked about it in a video once. Basically Comedy Central had a lot of compromises and he basically agreed to all of them. He didn't have the same type of chemistry with the American Taskmaster Host as he does with Greg. They also really fucked around with the formula to shrink it into 22min which is far too short. Edit : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnNPcUeL9Mc

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BaTz-und-b0nze Apr 2, 2026 -2

I quit

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Jackbuddy78 Apr 2, 2026 -16

What about Naked Attraction? We need to satisfy the gooner market.

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BugmoonGhost Apr 2, 2026 -14

They will run out of new talent.

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IllMaintenance145142 Apr 2, 2026 -22

this show really has outstayed its welcome. It was a breath of fresh air when new but now its just repetitive

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DaveShadow Apr 2, 2026 +4

Then you can choose not to watch, and the millions of people who still enjoy it can continue to enjoy it 👍

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