Express review: "The Great American Joke-Off"*

[Brad Beam]

*Because apparently Nexstar couldn’t afford the Beeb’s asking price to use “Mock The Week” – complete with Ed Gamble.

[M-D November]

So, it's the same format with enough fundamental differences to shield it from a lawsuit?

[Brad Beam]

Pretty much. Based on the DVR listings, the episodes are airing out of production order - so no news-of-the-week segment.

However, they do have one comedian from each side of the hostess perform a bit of topic-specific stand-up. And one team wins each episode. #EtAl

But if it means more Milton Jones (air date: 4/14), fine by me.

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On Apr 3, 2023, at 12:08, M-D November <mdnov...@gmail.com> wrote:

So, it's the same format with enough fundamental differences to shield it from a lawsuit?

On Friday, March 31, 2023 at 10:25:08 PM UTC-4 Brad Beam wrote:

*Because apparently Nexstar couldn’t afford the Beeb’s asking price to use “Mock The Week” – complete with Ed Gamble.

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[Mark Jeffries]

Actually, creator/producer Dan Patterson (the same co-"devisor and compiler" of "Whose Line") is involved with this show, so this is an actual license of the format from Patterson's Angry TV, if not the Beeb.

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[James Dinan]

Speaking of "Mock the Week" ...

https://deadline.com/2023/05/mock-the-week-greenlit-u-s-remake-amazon-freevee-trevor-noah-1235351427/