Is The Chase coming on in 2022?

For season three, Victoria “The Queen” Groce, Buzzy “The Stunner” Cohen, and Brandon “The Lightning Bolt” Blackwell join as Chasers alongside returning veterans James “The High Roller” Holzhauer and Brad “The Buzzsaw” Rutter. Additionally, host Sara Haines does indeed return to play quizmaster and intermediary between the Chasers and the Chasees. Meanwhile, it seems that “The Professor” Ken Jennings is taking the season off (likely due to his continued guest hosting duties on Jeopardy) as is last year’s addition Mark “The Beast” Labbett.

Of course, new Chasers in the hot seat also means new Chasers chilling back in the lounge and offering their occasional commentary during the show. This has been one of my favorite aspects of the series since it began, so it’s nice to mix it up with even more perspectives as the game unfolds. That said, Holzhauer’s Vegas-minded predictions and bets continue to be standout insights.

To start the season off, viewers will get their introduction to The Lightning Bolt, Brandon Blackwell. I won’t spoil how he fared, but you can imagine that he definitely demonstrates how he earned his spot (and nickname for that matter). Naturally, Blackwell also shows a knack for those delightfully dismissive burns that his fellow Chasers have been known to issue to contestants after their Cash Builder rounds and while unveiling their offers.

While the rest of the game largely operates like it did last season, one minor update appears to be that contestants now choose whether they’d like to receive questions from Set A or B. I don’t recall this aspect of the game from previous seasons, but it doesn’t amount to much of a change overall. Basically, the Cash Builder denominations are the same, the steps to the Chase are the same, and the Final Chase format remains intact.

Although viewers might not be as familiar with some of these Chasers as they were the original three Jeopardy GOATs that this incarnation of the show premiered with, they’ll surely learn to love them — or hate them in a good way — as each makes their Chase debut. In all, The Chase is just as thrilling as ever and makes for some exciting television for game show lovers.

A weekday staple since 2009, it's rare not to see Bradley Walsh on the small screen to host The Chase. However, the quiz show will be missing from the TV schedules for the coming days.

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The hugely popular series has been removed for the foreseeable future to make way for the World Cup fixtures, which are showing both on ITV and BBC.
As a result, you can expect not to see Walsh and the Chasers on the small screen for a little while.

The last time the programme was cancelled it was due to a special news show amid concerns for the Queen's health.
Read on for everything you need to know about the programme's absence.

Why isn't The Chase on TV today?

Beat The Chasers season 5. ITV

The Chase, which usually airs at 5pm, is not on for the rest of this week, as the series has made way for the World Cup.

Matches are shown daily at 10am, 1pm, 4pm and 7pm, with both ITV and BBC broadcasting the clashes from this year's controversial host nation, Qatar.

When is The Chase next on TV?

The Chase is due to return to ITV1 on Wednesday 30th November, when the BBC has all of that day's World Cup coverage.

Read more:

• World Cup 2022 fixtures: Dates, kick-off times and results
• World Cup 2022 predictions: Winner, dark horses, flop and top scorer
• World Cup 2022 on TV: Schedule, TV channels and live stream
• Who will win the World Cup 2022? Every team ranked

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After dominating its timeslot in 2022 and winning every week, The Chase Australia returns in 2023. Quiz giants Goliath, The Governess, The Beast, The Shark, The Super Nerd, The Tiger Mum and The Smiling Assassin are standing by to take down a new crew of contestants – and they will be joined by a new chaser, The Professor. The Chase Australia is hosted by Larry Emdur and produced by ITV Studios Australia for the Seven Network, based on the original ITV quiz show. (Source: tvtonight.com.au)

Episodes

#NameAir Dates1Meet The Stunner, The Lightning Bolt & The Queen2What Color Is Uranus?3You Landed A Husband From Rock, Paper, Scissors?4Handsome, Intelligent, Charming...And Humble5Dressed To Kill, Here To Love6When They Go Low, She Goes Highness7Oprah, Please Forgive Me!8Gotta Risk It To Get The Brisket9Bring Back the Needles of Death10Guess They Don't Teach Math At Harvard11As RuPaul Says, The Library Is Open12A Lot of Neon, A Lot of Drinks, A Lot of Bellies

#NameAir Dates1He Loves His Wife A Nice, Medium Amount2I Can Smell Your Fear From Here3Let's See If You've Got The Guts4I Don't Think We've Seen Anything Like That Before5Let's See If This Beauty Can Handle This Beast6A Great Guess, or a Costly Mistake?7Rare to See a Baker Take Away That Little Dough8Let's See If It's Wrong Or Really Wrong9I Wanted to See What He Was Made Of, Now I Know10A Hell of A Competitor And A Gambler11Good Luck To You From One High Roller To Another12I Dabble In Drag13It's Ladies' Night!14Who's On the Menu?15We've Got A Swooner16You're Gonna Make The Beast Hungry17There Is A Time And A Place For A Hawaiian Shirt18This Is My Chair Of Disappointment

#NameAir Dates1The Chase is On!2To Be the Best, You Got to Beat the Best3I Heard You're a GOAT4You Should Have Stayed in Vegas5You Had Me Holding My Breath6Are You A Gambling Man?7A Smart Sandwich With Smart Bread On Both Sides8This Isn't Something We See Often9I'm Used to Men Chasing Me

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