America, “The Great British Baking Show” Is The Best British Show You Will Watch This Year

#1 There’s a contestant called Norman, and oh my god he is absolutely everything you want in life.

I don't want to reveal too much before the start of the season, but he's Scottish and he spends his days walking his dog in the Highlands wearing a flat cap.

#2 You can’t avoid it.

#3 Mary has made the same criticism so many times that these two words have become an unintentional catchphrase.

When you hear them, you can't help giving out some sort of cheer. There's also been an awful lot of attention given to how she pronounces "layers." Look out for it.

#4 They show drawings of what each contestant is about to bake, and they’re orgasmic to look at too.

You'll also hear the words "you have four hours" to bake for some challenges, which is unusual for TV; on many other cooking shows, contestants have just minutes to cook.

#5 The show is full of sexual innuendo

There's so much in this show. I've counted and there are 11 sexual innuendos in the first episode of the new season alone. That's one nearly every five minutes.

#6 The Great British Baking Show is debuting on PBS.

Called Bake Off in the U.K., it features 12 amateur bakers competing to bake the most amazing cakes, biscuits, breads, and desserts, to be then judged by a woman who everyone wishes were their grandmother (Mary Berry) and a man with amazing sex eyes (Paul Hollywood). It's one of the biggest shows in the U.K., with 12.3 million people watching this year's finale. And also, quite frankly, it's one of the best.

#7 This is edge-of-your-seat stuff.

So what else should you look out for in this season?

#8 The contestants can’t open the oven to check on their bake in case it isn’t ready, so instead they stare.

Something like 30% of the show consists of this and it is amazing.

#9 Many people just watch for the sexual innuendo.

#10 The show’s highest moment of tension comes when the contestants check that their bake is ready in the oven.

#11 You start to think that it’s done on purpose.

#12 Even though everyone is nice, it doesn’t mean that both Mary and Paul don’t dish out criticism.

You convince yourself that a cake being presented to the judges is perfect. You whisper to your friend sitting next to you that it is quite simply the best cake. Then Paul scrapes the side with a fork, criticizes the structure, laments the topping, and then shakes his head. "I KNEW IT," you then lie.

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#14 You convince yourself that a cake being presented to the judges is perfect. You whisper to your friend sitting next to you that it is quite simply the best cake. Then Paul scrapes the side with a fork, criticizes the structure, laments the topping, and then shakes his head. “I KNEW IT,” you then lie.

Unlike other reality shows where judges and contestants bend over backward to be mean to one another, here contestants praise and even help one another's bakes if they need a hand. There's also no prize for the eventual winner, just glory.