The sleeper hit, International Emmy nominated, and BAFTA winning British TV show Taskmaster, which has three billion impressions on YouTube in the USA and Canada, has launched its own SVOD channel: Taskmaster SuperMax +, targeting the North American market.
Alex Horne, creator and star of Taskmaster said: “Hello there. I’ve been told quite a few times that not everyone everywhere can watch Taskmaster. This is far from ideal and I’m sorry. However, there’s now something called Taskmaster SuperMax+, which is a worldwide streaming service with a great name where you’ll soon be able to watch all episodes ad-free; the complete global home for all things Taskmaster. Season 9 will premier here, for instance, so people in North America can finally see me dressed up as a mermaid etc. If you’re a fan of adverts, don’t worry, the old YouTube episodes will stay there completely free. But you can now download Taskmaster SuperMax+ here. Your time starts now!”.
Available starting Friday, March 4th globally, and launching with seasons one, two, and three, new seasons will drop weekly on Taskmaster SuperMax+ before Season 9 of the hit show, previously unseen by US audiences, premieres on Friday, April 15th.
Release schedule details:
March 4th – Seasons 1 – 3 drop
March 11th – Season 4 drop
March 18th – Season[BR1] [BR2] 5 drop
March 25th – Season 6 drop
April 1st [BR3] – Season 7 drop
April 8th – Season 8 drop
April 15th – Season 9 launch with episodes dropped weekly on Fridays, making its U.S. premiere.
Additional content to be announced.
Set to host every season of the hit British show, all international versions, and new unseen specials, Taskmaster SuperMax+ will become the global home of the most hard-fought and ridiculous comedy entertainment format on TV.
Having seen huge success internationally, the original Taskmaster broadcasts in 94 countries, while the format has been made into local versions broadcast outside the UK, where it has become a hit across the globe. The Swedish version Bast I Test, now in its fifth season for SVT, reached ratings of over a 50% market share in a primetime weekend slot beating Dancing With The Stars. Norway’s original version of Taskmaster, Kongen Befaler, has been commissioned for a fourth season by Discovery. Two new seasons of Suurmestari have been ordered for MTV in Finland after its first episode ranked in the top ten most watched shows in the country, and a fifth season of Stormester for TV2 in Denmark. Further local versions of the show have been produced for VTM in Belgium, TVE in Spain, and two seasons for TVNZ in New Zealand where it became an instant hit and was the highest rated program in its prime-time slot with its premiere in October 2020, while season two grew both in ratings and share, with both season one and two winning their slots in TVNZ’s target demographic of all people aged 18 – 49. While the original show starring Greg Davis as the all-powerful ‘Taskmaster’ alongside his assistant (and show creator)Alex Horne has had 117 episodes produced in the UK so far, with a further 21 ordered by Channel 4 as part of a landmark six season deal in 2020, following nine record-breaking series on UKTV’s Dave.
Its YouTube channel has reached just under 3 billion impressions since it first launched in October 2019, and just under half of the channel’s views and over a third of its subscribers originate from the U.S.
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS:
WINNER OF:
2021 National Comedy Award for Best Comedy Entertainment Show
2020 BAFTA for Best Entertainment
2019 Bäst i Test (Swedish Taskmaster) Swedish TV Academy Award for Programme of the Year
2018 Broadcast Award for Best Entertainment Programme
NOMINATIONS RECEIVED:
2021 Rose d’Or for the Studio Entertainment category
2021 RTS Award for the Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award
2021 Broadcasting Press Guild Award 2021 for Best Entertainment
2021 Edinburgh TV Award for Best Entertainment Series
2020 Broadcast Award for Best Entertainment
2020 International Format Award for Best Returning Format
2019 Broadcast Award for Best Entertainment Programme
2019 Broadcast Award for Best Multichannel Programme
2019 Broadcast Digital Award for Best Entertainment Programme
2019 Broadcast Digital Award for Gamechanger Programme
2018 BAFTA for Best Comedy Entertainment Programme
2018 Broadcasting Press Guild for Best Entertainment/Factual Programme
2017 International Emmy for Best Non-scripted Entertainment
2017 BAFTA for Best Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Programme
2017 RTS Nomination for Best Entertainment Show
2016 Broadcast Award Nomination for Best Entertainment Programme
LISTINGS INFO:
Season 1
Drops March 4th
Starring: Greg Davies as the Taskmaster, Alex Horne as the Taskmaster’s Assistant, and Frank Skinner, Josh Widdicombe, Roisin Conaty, Romesh Ranganathan, and Tim Key as contestants.
Season 2
Drops March 4th
Starring: Greg Davies as the Taskmaster, Alex Horne as the Taskmaster’s Assistant, and Doc Brown, Joe Wilkinson, Jon Richardson, Katherine Ryan, and Richard Osman as contestants.
Season 3
Drops March 4th
Starring: Greg Davies as the Taskmaster, Alex Horne as the Taskmaster’s Assistant, and Al Murray, Dave Gorman, Paul Chowdhry, Rob Beckett, and Sara Pascoe as contestants.
Season 4
Drops March 11th
Starring: Greg Davies as the Taskmaster, Alex Horne as the Taskmaster’s Assistant, and Hugh Dennis, Joe Lycett, Lolly Adefope, Mel Giedroyc, Noel Fielding as contestants.
Season 5
Drops March 18th
Starring: Greg Davies as the Taskmaster, Alex Horne as the Taskmaster’s Assistant, and Aisling Bea, Bob Mortimer, Mark Watson, Nish Kumar, and Sally Phillips as contestants.
Season 6
Drops March 25th
Starring: Greg Davies as the Taskmaster, Alex Horne as the Taskmaster’s Assistant, and Alice Levine, Asim Chaudhry, Liza Tarbuck, Russell Howard, and Tim Vine as contestants.
Season 7
Drops April 1st
Starring: Greg Davies as the Taskmaster, Alex Horne as the Taskmaster’s Assistant, and James Acaster, Jessica Knappett, Kerry Godliman, Phil Wang, and Rhod Gilbert as contestants.
Season 8
Drops April 8th
Starring: Greg Davies as the Taskmaster, Alex Horne as the Taskmaster’s Assistant, and Iain Stirling, Joe Thomas, Lou Sanders, Paul Sinha, and Sian Gibson as contestants.
Season 9
Drops April 15th
Starring: Greg Davies as the Taskmaster, Alex Horne as the Taskmaster’s Assistant, and David Baddiel, Ed Gamble, Jo Brand, Katy Wix, and Rose Matafeo as contestants.
All seasons can also be viewed on the Taskmaster YouTube channel –https://www.youtube.com/