@seared.show: Greg Davies and Alex Horne on why Taskmaster isn't a panel show 📺 #taskmaster Series 21 Don't call it a panel show. The director will lose his mind. Alex digs into the genre debate that's haunted Taskmaster since day one. The classic UK panel show is two teams of comedians sitting behind desks, reading off scripts, taking turns. Taskmaster was deliberately built to do the opposite... get people on their feet, no script, no clue what's coming. Which might also be why this kind of show basically only works in Britain. Watch more from SEARED... link in the bio. #alexhorne #gregdavies #taskmasteruk #britishcomedy
Dropout with Game Changer is probably the closest to Taskmaster we have.
2026-05-27 23:59:22
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thumpas1 :
The us definitely doesn’t have an entire genre of panel shows, that’s fairly uniquely British. But we did have ‘whose line is it anyway’ which I think is absolutely a panel show without that terminology. It’s essentially mock the week sans current events.
2026-05-28 00:40:37
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greenmeemee :
I mean, Hollywood Squares is kind of close. So was the old Password.
2026-05-28 00:51:08
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Darrah :
It’s an improv reality competition show.
2026-05-28 07:37:20
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cgbrannigan :
Taskmaster is not a panel show. It is a contest of heroes. A modern agon. A proving ground where reputations are won and lost, where glory is eternal and humiliation lives forever. Every point matters. Every task matters. And I shall hear no further discussion on the subject.
2026-06-07 23:55:06
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Kate isme :
so like never mind the buzzcocks 😭😂
2026-06-07 16:21:16
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chrisstuart161 :
Panel shows are great and I would love them to come to America, but I have no idea what type of US celebrities would be on panel shows. There’s a kind of willingness to be humiliated that we struggle with.
2026-05-28 01:14:05
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kab0b 🇨🇦 :
there is a USA version of "Have I got news for you". CW also tried would I lie to you. and I think moke the week? neither lasted long. tough format in USA.
2026-05-28 03:24:59
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nemesis :
whose line is it anyway? is very close
2026-06-11 00:23:00
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Ben's Brick Designs :
Light entertainment
2026-05-28 00:43:38
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sexybattery42 :
I still think of it broadly as a panel show. It's a show with a structured competition where winning doesn't really matter because the comedy is the point. It's a half pre-recorded/half on-stage unscripted panel show. With a game show, the game is the entertainment. With a panel show, the comedy/banter is the entertainment.
2026-05-28 20:38:52
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the.alchemy.studios :
Have I Got News For You has a US version, but that’s the only example I can think of off the top of my head and it’s based on a UK show anyway
2026-06-06 20:18:57
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Vroomped 🏳️⚧️ :
Funny reminder to the uninitiated. Alex Horn is the executive producer although he says director as though the verbage has been handed down to him.
2026-05-28 14:20:22
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Luna :
It’s a comedy chaos show
2026-06-06 20:21:45
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Lisa Hockings :
And didn’t they nail it.
2026-05-28 04:54:51
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Chay :
I have only seen this interview in clips but the questions have all been excellent. Love this interviewer
2026-05-27 19:45:09
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DSpeaker1 :
I call it a reality comedy competition
2026-05-28 13:59:12
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Rich :
I still consider Taskmaster a panel show, it’s just an incredibly innovative one.
2026-06-07 22:44:57
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Redcap Milk :
im from the New England , and absolutely love U.K panel shows.
2026-05-28 02:22:23
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Taco Adventure :
I love panel shows. QI, Would I lie to you, and Big Fat Quiz are my favs. I honestly wish they were better at using YouTube because I have to find places to watch them because their YouTube channels just post clips or old episodes.
2026-06-09 02:14:05
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highdecibels :
Family fortune is panel show
2026-07-03 13:19:36
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MDJD :
DropoutTV, GameChanger
2026-06-11 15:50:06
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BetterOffAutistic :
"Nothing like it" and literally describes Game changer 😂
2026-06-22 04:26:32
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Dani :
We used to have panel shows. To Tell the Truth, What’s My Line. Nothing I can think of now though
2026-06-10 04:27:18
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KSweets :
why i personally say i DO count TM as a panel show, is because i think it shows us the potential that panel shows can have, they don’t have to all be boring nonsense talking about who can spell the longest word with a bunch of random letters, we can talk about nonsense that was previously shenaniganed and make even new jokes from said shenanigans
2026-06-13 12:19:55
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