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Comedy Central appoints Taskmaster

Greg Davies and Alex in Horne in Dave’s Taskmaster

Comedy Central in the US has commissioned a local version of a UK format from Avalon Television.

Taskmaster, which debuted on UKTV entertainment channel Dave, sees five unwitting comedians competing against each other in a series of challenges.

The US version will be hosted by comedian Reggie Watts and will be produced by Avalon Television, with Watts, Alex Horne, Richard Allen-Turner, Rob Aslett, Kara Baker, David Martin, James Taylor, Jon Thoday and Andy Devonshire attached as exec producers.

The format has already been licensed in five territories, including Belgium, Sweden and Germany, while the original UK show has been sold to BBC Worldwide in Australia and TVNZ’s Duke.

Avalon’s slate includes Last Week Tonight with John Oliver for HBO, Catastrophe for Amazon in the US and the UK’s Channel 4, and Not Going Out for BBC1.

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