I love The Great British Baking show and so I was shocked to discover (4 months after the air date!) that there was an America version with Prue and Paul! I only happen to discover American Baking Show accidentally when Googling this week about Netflix's new, 2023 episodes of the British series!
I'm delighted by the quality, story, cast, and especially love Elie Kemper. Her co-host is super cute but if I could make one change, it would be pair her with someone high-energy to bring out her comedy like Jonathan Van Ness. I've seen her do improv here in LA with other more edgy comics and she's insanely funny as a contrast to them. How next level would someone like JVN and Ellie be?
Re: Roku : I worry that if the show does not make it, it will be because of distribution/ platform problems as very few people have Roku devices or even know that Roku has picked up this series. I could not get my Roku app to get the show to play on any of my Apple devices (I guess because I don't own a Roku) so I watched it at my mom's friend's house (yeah you got to be a real, dedicated fan to put in that kind of effort). I work in digital marketing for one of the competing studios and can say for sure that this is bad news for the shows viewership numbers. If Roku wants real data on who is actually watching the show, they should make it easier for us all to watch it and do some heavier marketing to get the word out.
I'm delighted by the quality, story, cast, and especially love Elie Kemper. Her co-host is super cute but if I could make one change, it would be pair her with someone high-energy to bring out her comedy like Jonathan Van Ness. I've seen her do improv here in LA with other more edgy comics and she's insanely funny as a contrast to them. How next level would someone like JVN and Ellie be?
Re: Roku : I worry that if the show does not make it, it will be because of distribution/ platform problems as very few people have Roku devices or even know that Roku has picked up this series. I could not get my Roku app to get the show to play on any of my Apple devices (I guess because I don't own a Roku) so I watched it at my mom's friend's house (yeah you got to be a real, dedicated fan to put in that kind of effort). I work in digital marketing for one of the competing studios and can say for sure that this is bad news for the shows viewership numbers. If Roku wants real data on who is actually watching the show, they should make it easier for us all to watch it and do some heavier marketing to get the word out.