Polygon.com / 28.04.25

It was real cat wrangling': Alex Horne and Greg Davies on Taskmaster's chaotic' series 19

A new series of Taskmaster is always an event worth celebrating, but series 19 is a special occasion for the rapidly growing American fan base of the British comedy panel game show: American comedian and nexus of chaos Jason Mantzoukas is officially joining the action.  The show has had North American contestants before (Desiree Burch, Katherine Ryan, Mae Martin), but Mantzoukas is the first contestant to be based professionally in the U.S. Mantzoukas, a big fan of Taskmaster, directly reached out to be on the show, series creator Alex Horne told Polygon, and the Channel 4 program was more than happy to add the Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The League star. The first episode of series 19 was screened to a private audience in New York January 21, marking the second straight year Taskmaster has visited the Big Apple ahead of a series drop, as the shows American audience continues to grow. Shortly after the event, Polygon caught up with Horne and the Taskmaster himself, Greg Davies, about deali...
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