Baking It

Baking It is an American baking reality competition television series that premiered on Peacock on December 2, 2021.

Baking It
Genre	Baking Reality competition
Presented by	Maya Rudolph Andy Samberg Amy Poehler
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	11
Production
Executive producers	Amy Poehler Nicolle Yaron Pip Wells Kate Arend Dave Becky Andy Samberg Maya Rudolph
Running time	41–49 minutes
Production companies	Paper Kite Productions 3 Arts Entertainment Universal Television Alternative Studio Open 4 Business Productions
Original release
Network	Peacock
Release	December 2, 2021 (2021-12-02) – January 9, 2023 (2023-01-09)
Related
Making It

Cast

• Maya Rudolph
• Andy Samberg (season 1)
• Amy Poehler (season 2)

Production

On May 13, 2021, it was announced that Peacock had ordered a six-part cooking spin-off of Making It.^[1] On August 24, 2021, it was announced that Maya Rudolph and Andy Samberg would host the series.^[2][3] On October 28, 2021, it was announced that the series would premiere on December 2, 2021.^[4]

On October 25, 2022, it was announced that the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on December 12, 2022. Additionally, Amy Poehler replaced Samberg as co-host.^[5]

Contestant progress

SEASON 2
Contestants	1	2	3	4	5
Reema and Ravi	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WINNERS
Keith and Corey	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	RUNNER-UPS
Yuki and Omonivie	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	RUNNER-UPS
Sevn and Kandyy	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	RUNNER-UPS
Maddie and April	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
Agnes and George	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
Allen and Matthew	SAFE	OUT
Sydney and Jenna	OUT

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	6		December 2, 2021 (2021-12-02)
2	5		December 12, 2022 (2022-12-12)	January 9, 2023 (2023-01-09)

Season 1 (2021)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date [6]
1	1	"Holidays Your Way"	December 2, 2021 (2021-12-02)
2	2	"Baking Memories"	December 2, 2021 (2021-12-02)
3	3	"Gifts and Games"	December 2, 2021 (2021-12-02)
4	4	"Gingerbread Hopes and Dreams"	December 2, 2021 (2021-12-02)
5	5	"Holiday Hacks and Pies"	December 2, 2021 (2021-12-02)
6	6	"Christmas Fest"	December 2, 2021 (2021-12-02)

Season 2 (2022–23)

No. overall	No. in season	Title [6]	Original release date [6]
7	1	"Bake, Bake, BOOM!"	December 12, 2022 (2022-12-12)
8	2	"Bake Your Fears"	December 19, 2022 (2022-12-19)
9	3	"Granny's Got a Brand-New Bake"	December 26, 2022 (2022-12-26)
10	4	"2 Sweet 2 Savory: Crustastrophe"	January 2, 2023 (2023-01-02)
11	5	"Explosive Master Bakes"	January 9, 2023 (2023-01-09)

Special (2022)

Title [6]	Original release date [6]	U.S. viewers (millions)
"Maya Rudolph and Amy Poehler's Celebrity Holiday Special"	December 12, 2022 (2022-12-12)	2.48[7]
Celebrities include: Kristen Bell, J.B. Smoove, Fred Armisen and Nicole Richie

Reception

In 2022, the writers of the series (Neil Casey, Jessica McKenna, Zach Reino, and Niccole Thurman) won the Writers Guild of America Award in the category "Quiz and Audience Participation".^[8]