Crime Scene Kitchen

This combines two of my favorite things to watch! Investigations + baking! What a great concept. The bakers tend to be very likable and the guest judges add a nice dimension to the show. I enjoy the input of Joel as the host and the two standard judges. The show moves at a pretty quick pace so I also enjoy re-watching episodes to catch the tidbits I've missed. Please keep the episodes coming!

As someone who loves cooking shows, I thought that it there were no more new ideas for cooking and baking shows. Then this show premiered and as soon as I saw the title, I thought, "That's a fantastic idea. Omg. You're gonna get every single millennial and Gen-X True Crime and Cooking Show fiend!"

I was nervous this show would not be good at first, but then the show was explained and it's, to be honest, genius. Bakers have two minutes in a Crime Scene Kitchen to find clues and put the clues together to figure out what to bake. Viewers at home who like to bake get to sit and go, "Oh. They obviously have to make an Upside down cake." It's fun!

Joel McHale is a great host as always and he has effortless banter with the contestants. None of his interactions seem forced or awkward, which can be a huge problem with baking shows.

The chef judges (Yolanda and Curtis) don't really do much. They taste the food and say, "If the mystery bake was... you might be safe." But they're not THAT important in the grand scheme of things.

Love that this show got a second season. I hope it continues to gain momentum. This is a great concept and it's super fun to watch.

The only cooking show where the viewer can somewhat play along. We can't cook, but we can at least try to make a guess based on the clues. It is entertaining and the hosts are fine. The production certainly doesn't look cheap. It has a huge fancy unnecessarily expensive set. Lots of cakes, desserts, and pastries...I want to be judge on this show. Producers, give me a call.

FOX! Renew this series. It is refreshing to see an entertaining cooking/baking contest that allows your audience to be suspended until the reveal.

Haley Joel Osment is the perfect host. I had no idea that he had such a tremendous sense of humor. LOL.

I rolled my eyes when I saw the description, but I'm a baking show fan and figured it'd be fine as background noise. By the third episode I'd promoted it to a foreground show - it's great! The crime scene element I'd rolled my eyes at became my favorite part and even managed to rope in my baking show-hater husband. We enjoyed guessing along with the contestants, and they did a really good job of making that element fun and interesting, not kitschy. I hope they do a season 2!