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The widest tangle yet.
Season 24 touches four other seasons across its run, tied with Season 22 for the deepest footprint here — and it's the one directly entangled with the shortest season the format has aired. A long run doing a lot of overlapping work.
A rhythm worth tracking.
Thirteen episodes run from April into December 2015, overlapping the tail of Season 22 and Season 23 at the start, then stretching long enough to cover the entirety of both Season 25 and Season 26 at the finish. The format itself never wavers — locked basket, three rounds, Ted Allen hosting — but four overlapping seasons ties this run with Season 22 for the widest tangle in the batch.
The #29 slot.
Slot #29 of 36 in the Chopped Editor's Canon. Season 24 ties Season 22 for the widest overlap footprint here, and sits just below it for one reason: it's directly entangled with Season 26's eight-episode run, the shortest the format has aired. Season 24 opens catching the tail of Season 22 and Season 23, then stretches into December 2015, long enough to cover all of both Season 25 and Season 26 within its own window — four other seasons touched, matching Season 22's count, but alongside the format's current low point. Nothing about the format itself wavers — the basket, the rounds, Ted Allen's hosting are all intact — but the sprawl earns this season the bottom of the full-baseline group.
4 moments, no spoilers.
- Every episode · four seasons, start to finish
Season 24 opens overlapping the tail of Season 22 and Season 23, then runs long enough to cover all of Season 25 and Season 26 at the other end. Watch it as the widest overlap footprint in the batch.
- Basket reveal · steady no matter the calendar
The four-ingredient basket holds exactly as it has since Season 4, whatever else the release calendar is juggling. Watch the reveal for that same steady constraint.
- Judges' table · full strength across a long run
The rotating panel's critique doesn't thin out over an eight-month air window. Watch the judges argue with the same sharpness at episode thirteen as at episode one.
- Season close · December 2015
Season 24 closes out in early December 2015, the longest single season of the whole stretch. Watch this run as the one tying together nearly every other season around it.