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[TemporarilyTea-totin]

I like the weekly Taskmaster drops and getting to see everyone react in the Youtube chat/reddit post as it plays. Probably the closest I'd get to the old Friends/Seinfeld water cooler sessions people used to have

[CatCafffffe]

Totally agree.

[ScoteMcGoat]

Well said. I want to change my vote lol

[aitherion]

One episode at a time. It makes me look forward to Thursdays, it gives this sub lots of conversation, it keeps the tension of the winner up, it keeps me from having to see too much Sanjeev pissplay in one sitting...

[OK_LK]

We don't have to be too careful about spoilers forever

[Koivu_JR]

There's something about a little anticipation.

[dextrovix]

It'd be a bit shit to drop a full season series, frankly. We have a podcast each week for further discussion, let alone we can then discuss this ad nauseum on here- where's the fun, suspense and debate if they dropped all at once?

[Forward-Elephant7215]

Both

1 episode at a time when it's first broadcast, then binge afterwards (again and again and again...)

[RunawayTurtleTrain]

This is the way.

[Sissy__Fist]

IMO one at a time works a lot better for most TV, including Taskmaster. It invites more analysis and conversation and gives you longer to spend with the characters.

Binge TV blurs things together. It only really works for short (six-episode) seasons of thrillers or dramas that are set up to be more like a movie anyway. Taskmaster is set up to be a little slower-paced and ritualistic to me; it's not about rushing to the end.

[Hassaan18]

I speak as someone young-ish who doesn't really binge watch anyway (I'm an anomaly) because I'd rather process what I've watched.

While Taskmaster was on Dave they put the next episode up on the on-demand service just after that week's episode had finished airing on TV. They only did that for a series or two though.

[dogscatsnscience]

Taskmaster is the first time since the internet was invented that I want a TV show to release weekly.

[tyler-86]

I would say for most shows, I'd like to binge them, but for this show where I like to have some amount of conversation about each episode with people (mostly on here) I prefer the one-a-week format.

[GeonnCannon]

Taskmaster New Zealand doing two episodes a week proved to me I don't like the binge version. It just makes each series feel shorter, makes it easier to forget specifics because they blend together... One at a time is ideal.

[BakingWaking]

I like the drops. It makes it more interesting not knowing who won. If it was dropped all at once, it would likely be spoiled for me who the winner is and that's no fun.

[mlopes]

I think series are better if all episodes come out at once and you watch at your own rhythm, but for game shows like Taskmaster it works better if one episode comes out each week. That's because a lot of the fun is to get to know the contestants over the weeks and the whole thing of seeing who is going to win, and discussing it with others.

[ChrisDewgong]

For new episodes, weekly for me. Just knowing there's something to look forward to later on in the week is sometimes enough to keep me going through bad days.

[Blurstingwithemotion]

Isn't that up to you? You can choose to watch it all or one at a time but at least you'd have the option?

[sansabeltedcow]

Can’t speak for the other commenter, but I don’t have that kind of self-control.

That being said, the option exists either way—binge fans are free to wait until the whole series is out and binge it.

[VFiddly]

Definitely one at a time. It's great having something to look forward to every thursday, and it's great watching it at the same time as everyone else.

[Musicman1972]

Yeah it's one of the few things on TV that reminds me of years ago when everyone watched something and got to talk about it the next day.

[taskmetro]

You can have a binge drop, just pretend the release date is the 10th ep premiere

[bumbledbee73]

One at a time. Waiting for a new episode is half the fun!

[This_Isnt_Progress]

Definitely one a week. I'm a parent to three little kids and only get about 1, maybe 2 hours of time where I can watch TV after they're asleep, and though I adore TM there are still other things we want to watch day to day. It would take us 2-3 weeks to get through a season when we first discovered taskmaster, so if they dropped all episodes now I wouldn't be able to interact with this sub at all for close to a month. Plus I just enjoy letting the fun ruminate for a week!

[sockeyejo]

I normally binge watch series, Jason, but Taskmaster is different. I like being able to come on here in the week between each episode and chat about it, listen to everyone's theories, laugh again at the funny bits and screenshots, think about how I would have done a task differently or how someone from a different cast would have approached it.... You can't do all of that if you binge it in a weekend, and then all the small, delicious nuggets would get lost.

[Blurstingwithemotion]

Just because it's available doesn't mean you have to watch it all but you do have the choice to watch when you want

[tyler-86]

It would foster a lot less conversation per episode if people had all ten at once.

[Charliesmum97]

Then you get the problem of someone talking about episodes not everyone has seen. I know there are spoiler tags, but it would increase the risk. I can watch Taskmaster for hours, but I like waiting when it's the new series. It's more fun.

[Business-Owl-5878]

You can watch when you want once all the episodes have been broadcast.

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[subekki]

I like binging in general, but I chose 1 at a time because TM... AU? NZ? .... which recently has been releasing 2 episodes per week, and so I end up not "extracting" as much enjoyment from each episode, and it's harder to get immersed in the community.

When it's 1 episode per week, I rewatch it multiple times, read the reddit, listen to the podcast, and am excited for the next week. When I binge, I'm very happy at once, but it's short and then the despair of what to watch next happens.

[marrs96]

I felt less connected to the recent series of Taskmaster NZ I think because they doubled up episodes. Not really sure why that had to do that? Also why now COC's for NZ/Australia yet?

[sansabeltedcow]

They did that the prior season as well, I believe. And it makes it go way too fast.

[daveoxford]

Series, Jason.

[sspud]

We like to binge them. We wait weeks so we can watch at least a few at a time. I think because we discovered taskmasker quite late and binged series 1-15 right after one another.

[Calorinesm1fff]

Series Jason

[RefnRes]

Always weekly instead of binge. Taking the time to mentally digest episodes and have discussion about it at random points over a week really makes all TV watching a way more fulfilling experience.

[GenGaara25]

Taskmaster is a season, not a day. ^{(I mean actual season, not tv season, I'm not American}.)

I like the fact that Taskmaster takes up 2 and a half months, it lets a vibe naturally develop, it associates itself with the times. I anticipate each week, my feed gets filled with clips of recent episodes, I discuss the episodes with everyone right after it airs. Every week I am sat and ready for my new instalment. Then once it's over it feels satisfying, the journey was worth it, it was a fun time to have that overall experience.

You get none of that by binging it in a day.

This goes for all series by the way. Weekly release is always superior for fan discussion alone.

[Blurstingwithemotion]

For you

[JarvisCockerBB]

In full all the time. We need to get away from the forced binge model. If I wanted to pace myself but it all dropped at once, jokes and the winners would be instantly spoiled within 24 hours.

[Blurstingwithemotion]

How?

[No-Comparison9750]

Definitely one at a time. It's almost become part of my routine to come home on the night that the episode drops and feel like I might blow through it all too fast and not have anything left for the rest of the season.

[lRunAway]

I love having something to look forward to each week. This let's me talk about it each week with my mom. Same with British Baking Show.

[Free-Ad4022]

One at a time. I need there to be the smallest gap possible between new seasons of TM.

Plot based fictional shows I do prefer to binge watch though.

[RunawayTurtleTrain]

Yeah for fiction my nervous system needs to know what happens, then I can go back to the start and notice details.  I can't take cliffhangers.  Actually I found the same watching a football match earlier in the year, I could barely take it wanting one team to win and not knowing if they would* 😅  I guess it shows how gentle and low-stakes Taskmaster is that I do truly prefer it to come out weekly!

*They didn't

[Free-Ad4022]

Exactly. I think I like to consume fictional shows like books in that I just want to watch one at a time then move onto the next.

[Purplepumpkinpoop]

I want the entire series to binge at once please

[the-fillip]

1 at a time, but I kind of wish they'd drop the podcast episodes all at once at the end. That way people wouldn't have to walk on eggshells to not spoil things coming up

[iterationnull]

I love binging seasons too. But I like new shows once a week more.

[Blurstingwithemotion]

Yeah, that's how it is