EPISODE
SEASON
Nailed It - Season 1
Home bakers with a terrible track record take a crack at re- creating edible masterpieces for a $10,000 prize. It's part reality contest, part hot mess.
13 October 1964, Chicago, Illinois, USA
July 24, 2019
The celebration of the ugly, the wrong, the disastrous, that here become something valuable. [Full Review in Spanish]
June 28, 2018
The setup isn't particularly cruel like so many other cooking competitions -- though the replications are surely difficult, chances to succeed are baked into the formula.
January 03, 2019
It's a cooking snuff series for the worst angels in all of our natures, as if we don't get plenty of that in real life.
March 25, 2020
Thankfully, comic host Nicole Byer is no Paul Hollywood from The Great British Bake-Off. She's not channeling the Julia Child of impressive beef bourguignon, but the Julia who dropped a potato pancake and scooped it back into the pan.
February 07, 2019
I instantly fell in love with the tone of the show and how fun it was - I loved that all of the contestants had a genuine passion for baking but none of the skill that came with it.
March 25, 2020
For fans of The Great British Baking Show, consider this the unkempt, rowdy but still very delightful cousin.
November 26, 2019
Nailed It is the perfect baking competition for these United States of America: a country that's one giant experiment that is sometimes f****d up beyond all recognition, and has no hope of perfection. But we go out there and try anyway.
March 25, 2020
Keep watching and you'll see what sets Nailed It apart: the subtle, near brilliant way it pokes fun at cooking competitions -- and itself.
November 04, 2020
If you need a good hearty laugh, you will be addicted to Nailed It! Byers has some fantastic quips for all of the travesties she sees in the kitchen.
March 25, 2020
It's the type of harmless fun many viewers are craving these days. The judges are kind, not cruel, and the glory in Nailed It! is in the effort, not necessarily the achievement. Definitely not the achievement.
March 25, 2020
Absurdist, hilarious, occasionally incoherent.
March 25, 2020
By refusing to take its competition, challenges, or contestants too seriously, Nailed It! created a sweet and stupendously fun show that'll lift even the darkest mood. It's wonderful, weird and warm.
