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Blue Ribbon Baking Championship

Blue Ribbon Baking Championship TV show poster: image of half a pie, half of a Ferris wheel

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age 8+

Cute state fair-inspired baking show has host innuendo.

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As a folksy and colorful baking competition that runs with the small-town tradition of baking for state fairs, this competition sticks to a formula. Though the production flows smoothly and the hosts and judges are showbiz ready, there's not the intimacy or skill in Blue Ribbon Baking Championship that its inspiration, The Great British Baking Show, touts.

Families who bake together can enjoy this show, but be aware that one of the hosts starred in a sexually raunchy movie series about dirty things done to pies. Was that intentional casting? Co-host Jason Biggs exudes circus-tent charm in his candy-colored suits, and mostly shrugs off references to the smutty hit movies, but for those in the know, it can be an elephant in the room. For those who don't know -- or don't care -- this show can pass as a standard baking competition.

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