The Great American Baking Show been cancelled after four series
Roku has cancelled the American version of Bake Off after four series, Broadcast understands.
The move comes a year after the US media giant and UK producer Love Productions agreed a content deal to expand the Baking Show universe, with a commission for the most recent run of The Great American Baking Show, which aired this year, and some spin-offs.
The US version is presented by Andrew Rannells and Casey Wilson alongside judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith.
Roku and Love declined to comment.
Prior to the four series on Roku’s US ad-supported streamer, The Roku Channel, The Great American Baking Show ran for five series on ABC. It mirrors the UK version, with bakers competing through the signature bake, the technical bake and the showstopper challenge in each episode.
Under the expanded 2025 agreement, Roku greenlit and renewed original spin-offs including Celebrity Summer, Celebrity Holiday Special, Celebrity Halloween Special and the Big Game, which have also aired.
At the same time, the streamer made older series of the UK original available to US viewers alongside other Love-produced UK formats The Great Pottery Throwdown and The Great British Sewing Bee.
News of Roku’s cancellation comes shortly after allegations of mismanagement of the brand, by former Love managing director Letty Kavanagh, surfaced. Last week, it emerged Kavanagh is suing Sky, which owns Love, over wrongful dismissal.
She claims she was fired after raising concerns about the management of the long-running brand, including alleged plans to cancel spin-offs Junior Bake Off and The Great Celebrity Bake Off: Stand Up To Cancer, putting hundreds of jobs at risk.
Sky has denied wrongdoing and said it will defend the legal claims.
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