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Taskmaster Sets First U.S.–U.K. Day-and-Date Release With Season 20’s Sept. 11 YouTube Drop

The shift prioritizes the show's growing North American audience on YouTube.

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Overview

  • Episode one airs on Channel 4 at 9 p.m. BST, then posts to the official YouTube channel at 10 p.m. BST (5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT) on Thursday, September 11.
  • Greg Davies returns as host with creator Alex Horne as assistant, joining contestants Maisie Adam, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Phil Ellis, Ania Magliano and Reece Shearsmith.
  • This marks the first time the British series is available in the U.S. the same day as the U.K., with a worldwide YouTube release one hour after broadcast.
  • Taskmaster’s YouTube channel has surpassed 1.2 billion views and nearly two million subscribers, with Season 19 drawing 19 million North American views and adding about 200,000 subscriptions this year.
  • The digital-first rollout follows uneven U.S. linear exposure, including a one-season Comedy Central adaptation in 2018 and the U.K. series being pulled from The CW in 2020, with the franchise also supported by the SuperMax+ streamer since 2022.