The Crazed Spruce January 30, 2015 Share January 30, 2015 Find any reports about the new season? Talk about 'em here! Link to comment
Amarsir April 8, 2015 Share April 8, 2015 I should have posted this last week when it would have been early enough for interested people to actually get tickets. But ... taping starts next week! http://on-camera-audiences.com/shows/Penn__Teller_Fool_Us?sf8383795=1 Link to comment
SomethingClever May 29, 2015 Share May 29, 2015 The season 2 trailer has been posted. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZy5oPasn2I I'm really excited to see this return. I recognized 2 of the magicians, John Lovick (the bald guy) and Simon Pierro (the iPad guy). Pierro's stuff isn't my favorite style of magic, but he does some really clever stuff with technology, and you can see a performance of his from Ellen earlier this year: 1 Link to comment
opus July 5, 2015 Share July 5, 2015 So tomorrow's new season is new new, not previously aired somewhere else new? Link to comment
The Crazed Spruce July 6, 2015 Author Share July 6, 2015 Veteran TV and comic book writer Mark Evanier mentioned P&T:FU on his blog today. (And that's the first (and maybe last) time I've abbreviated the show.) :) Link to comment
Kromm July 28, 2015 Share July 28, 2015 This is about Episode 2, from a few weeks ago. Still if the show keeps this up, it's a shoe-in for a 3rd season. The CW's 'Penn & Teller: Fool Us' is the Most Watched Program in its Timeslot Since 2010 Last night's second episode of PENN & TELLER: FOOL US was The CW's most watched program (1.99M) in its time period in four and a half years (since 12/6/10). PENN & TELLER rose +20% over last week in total viewers, and also rose a tenth in A18-34 (0.5/2), while holding steady in A18-49 (0.5/2). Last night was PENN & TELLER's most watched episode since 9/3/14 (aired on Wednesday night), and its highest rated episode in A18-34 since 9/3/14. Link to comment
Amarsir August 3, 2015 Share August 3, 2015 (edited) --Wrong thread, please ignore-- Edited August 3, 2015 by Amarsir Link to comment
Actionmage August 13, 2015 Share August 13, 2015 Coming here with congratulations! http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/whose-line-is-it-anyway-penn-teller-fool-us-renewed-by-cw-37719/ August 11, 2015 (Beverly Hills, CA) – The CW has ordered new cycles of the hit improvisational comedy series WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? and the hit comedy magic series PENN & TELLER: FOOL US, it was announced today by Mark Pedowitz, President, The CW. The new episodes will debut in 2016. Yay! Summer Fun 2016 ( and a distraction from politics at that point, too)! 1 Link to comment
Amarsir August 13, 2015 Share August 13, 2015 Excellent on both counts! One of the things I'm mindful of about more episodes is how P&T need to keep coming up with new tricks since they finish every show with one. I know they can go deep with card tricks or taking classic stuff and giving it their own spin. But big stuff like Bullet Catch or detailed precision like Invisi-Ball Thread takes years of work. Even knowing they have a year I imagine it will be challenging to have enough for a new season. 2 Link to comment
SomethingClever August 14, 2015 Share August 14, 2015 They've still got a ton of unique material they've done over the years, even if we've already seen a lot of their more iconic stuff. I'm just hoping that at one point we see the shadow rose. 1 Link to comment
Kromm August 14, 2015 Share August 14, 2015 What asshole at the CW (or is it just the reporter?) decided that everything on Tyra's TV network is now measured in "cycles"? 1 Link to comment
The Crazed Spruce September 23, 2015 Author Share September 23, 2015 A Vanity Fair interview with Teller about the show. (Worth reading, 'cause Teller also reveals P&T's philosophy behind revealing tricks to the audience.) Link to comment
opus March 31, 2016 Share March 31, 2016 (edited) Johnathon Ross is out, Alyson Hannigan is in http://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/31/alyson-hannigan-penn-teller-fool-us-season-3 Edited March 31, 2016 by opus Link to comment
SomethingClever April 18, 2016 Share April 18, 2016 Oh man, I'm torn about that. On the one hand, Ross has been really great as the host, and it's hard to imagine anyone doing a better job. On the other hand, man, I love Alyson Hannigan so much. Link to comment
A Boston Gal April 20, 2016 Share April 20, 2016 According to "Penn's Sunday School" (Penn's weekly webcast), everyone tried to move heaven and earth to get Ross's schedule and the taping schedule to coincide, but it just didn't work out. Penn is happy with the second choice of Hannigan because not only is she good, but she's in such a different direction than Ross that hopefully no one will think they were only trying to replace him because they were unhappy with his work. Penn wants Ross back for the next season for sure, he says. Link to comment
Kromm August 20, 2016 Share August 20, 2016 So what do we think? Are these ratings good enough for a renewal (even on the CW and even considering how cheap the show is to make, since its even using Penn & Teller's existing theater)? Are 1.4m viewers and .3 to .4 demos "enough" for a summer show? http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/penn-teller-fool-us-season-three-ratings/ Link to comment
Amarsir August 20, 2016 Share August 20, 2016 It's right on the cusp. I'd suspect 1.4m is enough to warrant another season, but it depends on what else CW wants to do. Link to comment
Taeolas August 22, 2016 Share August 22, 2016 The show is pretty cheap to produce, so it can probably survive lowish numbers as long as the buzz is good and Magicians are happy to perform on it; I'm sure most don't care about the 'prize' so much as the chance to promote themselves on National TV with World famous P&T. Link to comment
Kromm September 18, 2016 Share September 18, 2016 The wallpaper that's on the Penn & Teller site right now is pretty amusing: 1 Link to comment
Charlesman October 24, 2016 Share October 24, 2016 Just announced CW is renewing for another summer run 4 Link to comment
Charlesman April 3, 2017 Share April 3, 2017 New season starts Monday July 10 at 8PM 2 Link to comment
dabbrusc July 5, 2017 Share July 5, 2017 Looks like they shifted it to Thursdays. New episodes start on 7/13 at 8PM Eastern. 1 Link to comment
Charlesman November 15, 2017 Share November 15, 2017 Just announced a renewal for another season, to air in summer of 2018 :) Link to comment
Charlesman March 10, 2018 Share March 10, 2018 According to this, there's a new episode airing on April 2: "Penn & Teller: April Fool Us Day" special. I assume the rest of season 6 will air in the summer. 2 Link to comment
dabbrusc June 14, 2018 Share June 14, 2018 Fool Us starts Monday 6/25 https://deadline.com/2018/04/the-cw-summer-premiere-dates-the-outpost-burden-of-truth-4-returning-series-1202361722/ Link to comment
marketdoctor August 4, 2018 Share August 4, 2018 (edited) It's on the CW app, if you are out of range/cable doesn't have a CW station or have a DVD fail. I thought it was before it aired, but I was looking at a rerun. Edited August 5, 2018 by marketdoctor Oops, had dates wrong! Link to comment
opus October 9, 2018 Share October 9, 2018 Renewed https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/line-is-it-burden-truth-4-more-cw-shows-renewed-1150641 1 Link to comment
rmontro June 10, 2020 Share June 10, 2020 I saw an ad saying season seven starts on June 22. The clips had full crowds too. They must have filmed those months ago. Unless those were just old clips of existing shows, I wasn't paying that close attention. Link to comment
lynxfx June 15, 2020 Share June 15, 2020 On 6/10/2020 at 3:23 PM, rmontro said: I saw an ad saying season seven starts on June 22. The clips had full crowds too. They must have filmed those months ago. Unless those were just old clips of existing shows, I wasn't paying that close attention. It was filmed back in feb and beginning of march. 2 1 Link to comment
The Crazed Spruce October 16, 2020 Author Share October 16, 2020 They're already filming Season 8. Link to comment
rmontro October 17, 2020 Share October 17, 2020 Hey, they'll have about five people in the audience. Link to comment
opus October 17, 2020 Share October 17, 2020 42 minutes ago, rmontro said: Hey, they'll have about five people in the audience. That’ll be fun for “Can I have a volunteer from the audience?” Link to comment
rmontro October 20, 2020 Share October 20, 2020 Anybody have any ideas on how Garrett Thomas did the ring trick, if it wasn't a gimmicked ring? I have a thought, but there were parts I can't explain. 1 Link to comment
rmontro October 22, 2020 Share October 22, 2020 On 10/20/2020 at 12:03 PM, rmontro said: Anybody have any ideas on how Garrett Thomas did the ring trick, if it wasn't a gimmicked ring? I have a thought, but there were parts I can't explain. Since no one answered, I've been reading about this a bit. Thomas sells this trick on a DVD, and there is no gimmick involved. So it really is sleight of hand apparently. Impressive, but I still find it surprising he got the ring off of Teller's finger without him noticing it. Also a little surprised he got a Fool Us trophy, because if he's selling it as a product I would have expected P&T to be aware of it. Link to comment
rmontro October 1, 2021 Share October 1, 2021 Watched the most recent "History's Greatest Mysteries" from the History Channel. It was about Houdini and his diary entries. Both Penn and Teller provided some talking head commentary throughout the program. It was especially interesting to hear Teller speak so openly. He even got choked up a few times talking about Houdini's relationship with his mother. He pointed out that a magician's first audience is usually his mother. 1 Link to comment
NoReally July 22, 2023 Share July 22, 2023 New Penn album on the way. https://bassmagazine.com/artists/magician-and-bassist-penn-jillette-announces-new-album-with-jeff-hamilton-and-mike-jones?fbclid=IwAR1i9WJm7rf6UBsFm-te-E9WnuWEhr_kzL6NrY8h5KxrSvv68Ber4-1ozU0 Link to comment
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