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I was bummed when I heard the final season would only be six episodes, but after watching what they've come up with this season, I'm fine with it now.

Two more episodes will air on Fridays May 2 & 9 to wrap up the first season. This is not quite true. They are given the correct answer and a wrong answer to choose from, but they're not told which one to use. * It is true, however. that jokes are provided, though the comedians may well be improving some as well. *-current version only. In previous versions of the show, they were only given a wrong answer to use in case they didn't know the right answer and couldn't hazard a believable guess.

Ah, guess I didn’t pay attention. Thank you!

This episode is on Hulu but didn't air on the East Coast due to NASCAR running very, very, very long. Did it air on the West?

So...anything you can tell us? :)

Okay, so I guess it's on me to have not watched Calypso. But... exactly how do they know that they need to abandon Discovery for that future story to take place? And also, why is it so important that the rather insignificant story that is Calypso happens?

Was this plot built around a real-life injury to Cedric?

Back tonight at 8 on ABC. Four more episodes are available and three are scheduled (503, 507 and 402-which got preempted back in ‘22. Air date for 509 still tbd.)

I’ve noticed tubi now has all of series 10-18 *except* for series 12 (2016). I don’t recall any massive scandal from that year, do any of you? :) (currently catching up on the most recent Professionals, six eps left!)

Source?

That was the good thing about it - Alyssa and Flex were there pre-injuries that kept them out of this past season and the next one.

Fifth season is scheduled! Starts Tuesday, October 10th at 10/9c.

Who just happens to have an album coming out this week.

No such thing!

I skipped the auditions and just started watching with the live shows. (Anything I really need to go back and see? I assume not :) ) Woof, this season is just dire. Both the acts and the overall production values have really declined (and they weren't exactly great the last two years, either). Even ditching the old theme song is a miss (it was no "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" but it's hella better than what they're doing now out of breaks). They've even made me sick of Light Balance. What the hell was that with Terry and Craig Robinson singing along with a full (and overpowering) vocal track of Vanessa Carlton last week? Like seriously, who greenlit that? Murmuration was pretty good and clearly the class of the night, but even they feel like a poor man's Mayyas. Every kid act has been a really tough watch. I felt my soul leave my body during the ventriloquist and magician kids' acts.

FOX is insane. Why in blazes would we have the first episode of the actual competition tonight, then follow it up with two weeks of reruns of the auditions we all just suffered through (assuming thefutoncritic's info is right, which it usually is)?!

Just got caught up! Hooray Charyia! Such a good cook and such a delightful character. I would've thoroughly understood an Anurag win as well. Also, Clare Smyth's dessert looks amaaazing. Out of my budget, though :D

BTW, Michel Roux has a new series called “Five Star Kitchen: Britain’s Next Great Chef” that just started on C4. The story I read says it’ll be on Netflix in the States later this year, so no need to do anything… sketchy :)

Was supposed to be 8 this year, but it’s definitely not showing as such on the schedule.

Same here! Saw it April 20th. Silly in parts, twee in others and extremely British in the little asides they threw into the dialogue. It was great fun. I had also seen The Mousetrap earlier in the day, so it was the most British day ever haha.

The whole original series is available for free on-demand viewing on Pluto, Freevee and Tubi.

Spoiler space for off-topic. And for the record, it was my wife's birthday, but mine was in March so I'll accept it too! :) Mere was an experience. I hadn't ever done a fine dining tasting menu like that before, but I totally loved it. The staff was amazingly attentive, and the wine was also quite nice. And although it was definitely pricy, every bite tasted worth it. (And for the record, still half as much as a similar experience at Le Gavroche would've been, haha.) I'll definitely watch the new season of Civilian MasterChef (well, the final three weeks, as the heats do get repetitive. I don't mind that so much on Professionals.) Although I did watch an ep in the hotel room.

Monica was not there, but oh my goodness, the food was incredible! We did the tasting menu and here’s what most of it looked like :) https://instagram.com/p/CrO5KkXICOCYwZvycvPAlgj3ttxPTRpYe1iJjI0/

Still the old stuff. There's another ep like this this Friday, then back to full episodes from specific old sessions on the 14th (w/KMKey) and 21st (w/Penn & Teller, who appeared in '15). No ep details have been released for 4/28 or May. I am guessing that the 2023 taping episodes might be held back for Fall at this point, with a looming writers' strike threatening to leave some big holes in the sked...but we shall see.

Going to London next month and have booked dinner at Monica’s restaurant. Doubt she’ll be there on a Wednesday night but that’s fine, the tasting menu looks incredible :)