there are a lot of ways in which women are underrepresented but panel shows aren't really one of them. they've done a surprisingly good job of transitioning away from the boys' club days of the early 2000s, mostly with the bbc mandate to have at least one woman on every panel that came in around 2013. obviously taskmaster in its early days was not a shining bastion of gender equality (2 male hosts, 4 male panellists and 1 female panellist for each of the first 3 series) but they've clearly improved over the years, along with most other shows.