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Five seasons, one crowded calendar.
Season 37 doesn't run a tournament or lose an episode — its case against it is purely the calendar, touching more other seasons than any standard season this canon has ranked.
A rhythm worth tracking.
Thirteen episodes stretch from March 2018 into June 2019, the widest overlap footprint the format has produced. Season 37 catches Season 36's tail, contains nearly the whole of Seasons 38 and 39 inside its own window, and brushes Season 40 and Season 41 at its far end — five other seasons touched. The locked basket, three-round structure, and Ted Allen's hosting run exactly as designed underneath all of it.
The #53 slot.
Slot #53 of 62 in the Chopped Editor's Canon. Season 37 is where this stretch's overlap problem peaks among the standard, non-tournament seasons. It opens catching Season 36's last few months, then becomes the host season for both Season 38 and Season 39's near-total containment, and stretches long enough to brush Season 40 and Season 41 at its far end — five other seasons touched, more than any other standard entry in this run. None of that changes what airs week to week: the locked basket, three-round elimination, and Ted Allen's hosting run exactly as they always have. But a canon that rewards clean scheduling has to rank the hub of a five-season tangle below every other full-baseline season it's ranked so far, save one.
4 moments, no spoilers.
- Every episode · the widest touch yet
Season 37 catches Season 36's tail, contains nearly all of Season 38 and Season 39, and brushes Season 40 and Season 41 at its far end. Watch it as the broadest overlap footprint any standard season here has produced.
- Basket reveal · steady under the crowding
The four-ingredient basket holds exactly as it has since Season 4, whatever else is airing at the same time. Watch the reveal for that same steady constraint.
- Judges' table · sharp across fifteen months
The rotating panel's critique doesn't thin out over a stretch this long. Watch the judges argue with the same specificity at the season's close as at its open.
- Season close · June 2019
Season 37 closes out in mid-June 2019, more than a year after it began. Watch this run as the hub of the format's most tangled overlap stretch to date.