Halloween Baking Championship

I've watched this show every season for countless years. But if they stick with this new format, it will be my last! I just want to watch creative baking, NOT manufactured drama that is beyond cringe. I don't care about the wackadoodle contestants lives and wish I could edit out every tantrum, tear, lame joke, and the literal peanut gallery that plagues this once simple, unfussy show. I think John Henson is a hoot, but even he seems to be internally embarrassed to be on this season. It's like his personality had to take a back seat so the contestants could stand out, but no one is worthy of the spotlight. Everything I've enjoyed about this show is just... gone. Even the judges seem to be going easy on critiques and overboard on the compliments. I hope and pray someone at Food Network is regretting this decision and returns this show to it's former silly glory.

By far the worst of the holiday / seasonal baking shows. I've watched all the seasons. I get through them but there's too much expected of them in too little time so there is awkward fail after awkward fail that just isn't enjoyable to watch. The tacky judges costumes are so annoying. Seems the new season the judges are dressed normally so I'm glad about that.

It's a TV baking show. I am watching it to be wowed. Not to watch people struggle and make a mess.

I hate all the CRAZY costumes. It's too much for me! Some of them are so hideous-looking, and I'm just a person who is very "particular," so looking at the judges' costumes makes me cringe and my skin crawl. I can't even bear the sight of people who are covered in tattoos. Ugh! It's my little "tic."

I don't mind Halloween costumes, but do they have to be so extreme? Why can't they just create some of the regular types of characters Halloween is associated with, like a really spectacular witch costume... or a great ghost?

My favorite of these types of competitive shows were always the ones featuring Jesse, Duff, Nancy and Carla.

I'm halfway through episode 2 and I just want to turn it off.

Used to be watching this show made me want to head to the kitchen and bake something because of all the new techniques and flavors I was l seeing.

No more. It's just chit chat. I know more about these bakers' families than I know about what they're baking. Very little actual baking. No creativity...just talking and then mistakes and then freak outs and then...it's over.

And the new format is confusing. So...they all bake in the first round and some wins $1,000. Then the bottom 3 have a bake for your life round. Meanwhile everyone not presenting their food stands up in a gallery where we get all their expressions and reactions.

That's it...this show is all about stories and tales and 'why I baked this!' Go back to actual...you know...baking...

My wife and I loved watching this show, until the latest season (11). The constant crying, whining and temper tantrums by the blonde lady is like nails on a chalkboard. I don't know what else is going on in the show because she is constantly taking all the attention! And it seems the judges always take it easy on her, they had to bake a scary cake and she made a happy toaster, they said nothing to her about that, the rest of the people they pinged them on that.