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Hypothetical (2019)

Comedy · Game-Show

Hosted by Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster, top comedians are posed absurd hypothetical situations and scored on how well they would deal with them. Over three rounds, two teams of comedians must think fast as they are faced with a series of completely made-up scenarios and interrogated on their approach to each one. Host Josh Widdicombe poses the questions and interrogates the guests' methods, whilst James Acaster, as arbiter of the Hypotheticals, deals with the guests quibbles and queries and doles out the points.

IMDb rating
6.7 (725 votes)
Episode average
7.1 +0.4 vs IMDb
Seasons
4
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 4 seasons indexed

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Seasons

Season 1 (2019)

7.15 avg 8 episodes 7.0 → 7.0 43 min avg

Ep 1: 7.0 · 48 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 37 votesEp 3: 7.1 · 34 votesEp 4: 6.8 · 31 votesEp 5: 7.4 · 28 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 26 votesEp 7: 6.7 · 19 votesEp 8: 7.0 · 19 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #1.17.048
2Episode #1.27.737
3Episode #1.37.134
4Episode #1.46.831
5Episode #1.57.428
6Episode #1.67.526
7Episode #1.76.719
8Episode #1.87.019

Season 2 (2020)

7.31 avg 8 episodes 7.3 → 6.9 43 min avg

Ep 1: 7.3 · 23 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 23 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 20 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 24 votesEp 5: 7.0 · 19 votesEp 6: 7.1 · 19 votesEp 7: 7.3 · 18 votesEp 8: 6.9 · 19 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #2.17.323
2Episode #2.27.423
3Episode #2.37.820
4Episode #2.47.724
5Episode #2.57.019
6Episode #2.67.119
7Episode #2.77.318
8Episode #2.86.919

Season 3 (2021)

7.14 avg 8 episodes 6.7 → 7.0 44 min avg

Ep 1: 6.7 · 24 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 21 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 22 votesEp 4: 7.0 · 18 votesEp 5: 7.2 · 19 votesEp 6: 6.7 · 17 votesEp 7: 7.2 · 16 votesEp 8: 7.0 · 14 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #3.16.724
2Episode #3.27.921
3Episode #3.37.422
4Episode #3.47.018
5Episode #3.57.219
6Episode #3.66.717
7Episode #3.77.216
8Episode #3.87.014

Season 4 (2022)

6.76 avg 8 episodes 6.3 → 5.4 43 min avg

Ep 1: 6.3 · 18 votesEp 2: 6.7 · 14 votesEp 3: 7.1 · 14 votesEp 4: 7.1 · 15 votesEp 5: 6.8 · 14 votesEp 6: 7.3 · 14 votesEp 7: 7.4 · 14 votesEp 8: 5.4 · 13 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #4.16.318
2Episode #4.26.714
3Episode #4.37.114
4Episode #4.47.115
5Episode #4.56.814
6Episode #4.67.314
7Episode #4.77.414
8Episode #4.85.413

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