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The new 8-week season of GREAT BRITISH MENU began airing January 28, 2025.

The new season of SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP premieres Monday March 10 at 8|7c with judges Duff Goldman, Nancy Fuller and Kardea Brown and host Jesse Palmer.

The new season of TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS premieres Sunday March 2, 2025. KEY AIR DATES Qualifiers air February 16 at 8|7c Bracket reveal airs February 23 at 10|9c Season premieres March 2 at 8|7c Finale battle airs Sunday, April 20 at 8|7c

The GREAT CANADIAN POTTERY THROW DOWN has been cancelled.

Rose Schmits Leaves Great Pottery Throw Down on Her Own Terms

The new season of LANDSCAPE ARTIST OF THE YEAR will begin Wednesday January 22, 2025.

Series 2024: Review of Final I agree with what the author of the blog post stated but here are my observations. Interestingly, the curator of the Portrait Gallery of Edinborough, where the commission portrait will be housed, was one of the judges instead of Kate. In my opinion, the winner was Jennifer Anderson, second place was Paul Lee, and Brogan Bertie was a poor third. Jennifer captured their likeness and her work was selected by the sitters. Brogan's rendering of Lorraine was poor, which Tai specifically mentioned. And, during one of the talking heads, Brogan said capturing likeness was nice if it happened but it was more important to him that he captured the attitude. All three of the commission paintings demonstrated the artists' capabilities but, Jennifer's painting was the one that spoke to me. When one of the judges (I think it was Kathleen) during deliberations, said they were looking for something they had never seen before, I knew the judges chose Brogan to do the commission. The decision was unanimous and the curator lobbied for Brogan. The Commission and the Reveal Commission Sitter: Lorraine Kelly Again, I agree with the author of the blog post observations. The finished commission was OK but didn't speak to me. Because Brogan did a full figure painting, I thought the body dominated to the detriment of face - poor compisition, again. The face lacked detail for a portrait. However, Lorraine liked it, so there's that. From this blog post, they are preparing for the next season of the series <yah!>

Olympic champion diver and knitting enthusiast Tom Daley will host a new competition series, Game of Wool (w/t), on Channel 4 UK. I use to knit and I can't imagine how this is going to work. How interesting will it be to watch a group of people knitting under a time limit? I'm curious enough to watch, at least the first few episodes.

Ali Vitali is replacing Jonathan Lemire as host of Way Too Early starting January 6, 2025. I gather J. Lemire is relieved to be able to sleep an extra hour. I assume he will still be called upon for Morning Joe.

I agree TVBitch. Review: Semi Finals of Portrait Artist of the Year 2024 Sitter: Joely Richardson Of the three chosen finalists, I much preferred Jennifer Anderson's painting. I didn't like Paul Lee's painting because of the eyes. Paul depicted the sitter facing to the right but her eyes were angled to the left, away from the viewer. I found that distracting. Brogan Bertie's painting came in a very distant third. The grandmother's face overpowered Joely's face. In my opinion, that was poor composition since the painting was suppose to be a portrait of Joely. Based on the semi-final paintings, I hope Jennifer Anderson is awarded the commission.

I thought Jessie wore a pretty ugly sweater. For me, Nancy conducting when she likes the dessert is way past its expiration date. I do not remember her using that gesture when Lorraine was the third judge. I'm wondering if Carla's "duude" caused Nancy to stay up nights in the off season trying to come up with an equivalent signature mannerism.

Ina Garten gives a masterclass on the art of hosting Thanksgiving dinner. This audio-only. Ina sounded pretty relaxed.

THE GREAT AMERICAN BAKING SHOW 2024: CELEBRITY HOLIDAY is now streaming on the ROKU CHANNEL with judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith and hosts Casey Wilson and Zach Cherry.

Comcast Says It May Spin Off Cable Networks

HANDMADE: Britain's Best Woodworker will not be returning for a third series, with the door open for Channel 4 to return to the show in the future. Although I enjoyed the show, I wondered what they did with the finished products. Trees gave their life for the show and many of the creations were unstable or poorly finished.