Barbecue Showdown, Netflix’s new name for season two of The American Barbecue Showdown, has a wonderful new host in Michelle Buteau, though its editing is quite scattered.
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ABC’s current prime-time Jeopardy tournament, Jeopardy! Masters, is the game show at its best right now, with six dynamic players competing against each other again and again.
The American version of The Great British Bake-Off moves to The Roku Channel, and does an excellent job of reproducing what the British version currently offers.
Clutter is cleared and tears are shed on Peacock’s attractive adaptation of The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, but it’s more Queer Eye than Marie Kondo or Hoarders.
My interview with Top Chef winner and Iron Chef co-host Kristen Kish about Restaurants at the End of the World, her new NatGeo show.
The Traitors UK recaps are here, now that the show is available in the US on Peacock. How does it compare to The Traitors US? What did you think of this wild and wonderful season, and all of its emotions?
MTV’s The Exhibit: Finding the Next Great Artist is a great competition between modern artists competing for an exhibit at the Smithsonian’s Hirschhorn.