Penn & Teller: Fool Us: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Penn & Teller: Fool Us is a British-American television show. Hosted by Jonathan Ross its first two seasons and Alyson Hannigan starting its third, Fool Us was filmed at Fountain Studios in London, England (Seasons 1) and the Rio All-Suites Hotel in Las Vegas (Season 2 onward). Fool Us is a magic competition in which magicians perform tricks in front of American magician-comedian duo Penn & Teller. If Penn & Teller cannot figure out how a trick was done, the magician or magicians who performed it win a five-star trip to Las Vegas to perform as the opening act in Penn & Teller's world-famous show, also at the Rio Hotel & Casino.

Series details

• Title: Penn & Teller: Fool Us
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2011-06-18
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: The CW
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7/10
• TVMaze ID: 2370

Cast and credited roles

• Teller — Presenter
• Penn — Presenter
• Alyson Hannigan — Host
• Brooke Burke — Host
• Jonathan Ross — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2011-06-18; final listed air date 2011-08-28; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2015-07-06; final listed air date 2015-10-05; episode order: 13.
• Season 3: premiered 2016-07-13; final listed air date 2016-09-16; episode order: 13.
• Season 4: premiered 2017-07-13; final listed air date 2017-11-30; episode order: 13.
• Season 5: premiered 2018-06-25; final listed air date 2018-10-01; episode order: 13.
• Season 6: premiered 2019-06-17; final listed air date 2019-09-30; episode order: 13.
• Season 7: premiered 2020-06-22; final listed air date 2021-04-16; episode order: 28.
• Season 8: premiered 2021-10-01; final listed air date 2022-03-04; episode order: 14.
• Season 9: premiered 2022-10-14; final listed air date 2023-04-14; episode order: 14.
• Season 10: premiered 2023-10-27; final listed air date 2024-04-26; episode order: 20.
• Season 11: premiered 2025-01-24; final listed air date 2025-12-05; episode order: 20.

Source and licence

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