The Taskmaster YouTube channel has been posting non-geoblocked videos from past series and, as someone who knows about 60% of the contestants on any given series, I think it does lose something when you don't know the competitors by reputation.
That said, the British-style panel game where the game is secondary to the comedy doesn't seem to do so well here. But we are willing to watch celebrities be silly if it's in the service of playing a game (see To Tell the Truth, Match Game, and Hollywood Game Night, which are all pretty game-forward.) On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 7:29 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > > Adam Bowie, to David Risner and M-D November, in part, July 16th: >> >> *I see that they're showing the original Taskmaster which is one of my >> favourite shows full stop.* I never saw the short-lived US version, but >> for throwaway fun, Taskmaster is great. How it'll work in the US, where I >> don't think many will recognise any of the comedians, I don't know. But >> then I didn't have a clue who Dave Chappelle was until I saw him on >> Netflix, so, I wouldn't let it worry you. >> >>> >>> > Not anymore. It and "Fridge Wars" stunk in the ratings. > > > https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/taskmaster-fridge-wars-cw-debut-tv-ratings-1234723652/ > (link) > > Sources told Variety the net is discussing options with its producers, > "one of which could be to move the series to its CW Seed streaming service." > > > https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/taskmaster-dropped-cw-schedule-only-one-episode-1234726719/ > (link) > > B > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6f1ea904-d3b3-41cd-b5b2-b91eec968378o%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6f1ea904-d3b3-41cd-b5b2-b91eec968378o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- David J. Lynch [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKNcpKgSR4Sjqi1%3DzOV3dCnFQVKkGB2zJzsNMH%3DxOeLT2aD_Aw%40mail.gmail.com.
