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Penn & Teller: Fool Us is a magic competition television series in which magicians perform tricks in front of American magician-comedian duo Penn & Teller. Its first two seasons were hosted by Jonathan Ross, the third through ninth seasons were hosted by Alyson Hannigan and the tenth and eleventh season by Brooke Burke. Fool Us was filmed at Fountain Studios in London, England (season one) and the Penn & Teller Theater at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino (season two onward), located in Las Vegas. After each performance, if Penn & Teller cannot figure out how a trick was done, the magician(s) who performed it win a Fool Us trophy (since season 2) and a five-star trip to Las Vegas to perform as the opening act in Penn & Teller's show, also at the Rio Hotel & Casino.[1]

Also known as
  • Fool Us
  • Penn & Teller: Fool Us in Vegas
Genre
  • Entertainment
  • Comedy
Created by
Directed byDennis Rosenblatt
Quick facts Also known as, Genre ...
Penn & Teller: Fool Us
Also known as
  • Fool Us
  • Penn & Teller: Fool Us in Vegas
Genre
  • Entertainment
  • Comedy
Created by
Directed byDennis Rosenblatt
Presented by
Judges
  • Penn Jillette
  • Teller
Narrated by
Composers
Countries of origin
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons11
No. of episodes173
Production
Executive producers
  • Andrew Golder
  • Peter Davey
  • Peter Adam Golden
  • Lincoln Hiatt
Producers
  • Johnny Thompson (2011–2019)
  • Michael Close (2019–present)
  • Danny Harris (2015–present)
Production locations
Running time
  • 45 minutes
  • 65 minutes (pilot)
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseJanuary 7, 2011 (2011-01-07) –
present
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The eleventh season aired January–December 2025.

Format

Each episode starts off with the introduction stating the purpose of the series. Penn & Teller come out and take their seats towards center stage, and hopeful magicians perform. Most episodes are arranged to showcase four acts, performed in front of Penn & Teller and a live studio audience. For the second half of season 7 through season 9, the performances were to a virtual audience due to the coronavirus pandemic.

After each performance, Penn & Teller privately confer while the host interviews the magician. Penn then reveals if they know how the trick was performed, typically using cryptic language suggesting the kind of trick used. When cryptic language fails, they generally write down the method and present it privately to the magicians to confirm, so as to avoid publicly exposing the secrets behind the trick. Teller notes that the doublespeak helps teach people new techniques without spoiling the trick.[2]

If Penn & Teller are wrong, or cannot figure out how the trick was done, the magician wins a Fool Us trophy (humorously branded with the abbreviation "FU") and the opportunity to later perform at one of Penn & Teller's Las Vegas shows. A backstage judge or judges, versed in the techniques of the magic industry and privately informed how the trick is done prior to the show, makes any necessary calls whether Penn & Teller were properly fooled. At the end of each episode, Penn & Teller perform a magic act of their own.

Production

The pilot of Fool Us was first commissioned by John Kaye Cooper, the controller of entertainment for ITV.[3] In February 2011, it was announced that due to good viewing figures, a series of eight episodes had been commissioned, and would be produced by September Films and 1/17 Productions.[4] The eight episodes were shot in a ten-day filming block, and began airing in June 2011.[5]

It was announced on June 28, 2012 that ITV had cancelled the show, despite averaging 4 million viewers, higher than the norm for the timeslot.[6] After finding moderate ratings success in running the ITV-produced episodes during the summer of 2014, The CW ordered a second season of original episodes to air in 2015.[7] The second season was a ratings hit for The CW, giving the network its highest ratings in that time slot compared to the previous five years.[8]

On August 11, 2015 the series was renewed for a third season by The CW[9] which premiered on July 13, 2016,[10][11] now hosted by Alyson Hannigan.[12] The fourth season premiered on July 13, 2017.[1][13] A special one-off April Fool's episode was broadcast on April 2, 2018 as a precursor to the fifth season, which premiered on June 25, 2018.[14][15] After another April Fool's episode on April 1, 2019, the sixth season premiered on June 17, 2019.[16]

In the summer of 2020 the show was renewed for a seventh season, which was set to begin filming in October 2020. Due to COVID-19 safety and travel restrictions, the second half of season 7 was filmed with a virtual audience, and international acts performed via video from their home countries. The magicians and crew were tested for COVID over 660 times, with every result negative.[17] On January 20, 2022, the series was renewed for a ninth season.[18] On May 18, 2023, the series was renewed for a tenth season, with new host Brooke Burke which was taped during the first weeks of July in the Penn & Teller Theater at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The season premiered on October 27, 2023.[19][20][21] In June 2024, the series was renewed for an eleventh season.[22] Season 11 premiered on January 24, 2025.[23]

Episodes

Series overview

More information Season, Episodes ...
SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast releasedNetwork
1PilotJanuary 7, 2011 (2011-01-07)ITV
8June 18, 2011 (2011-06-18)August 28, 2011 (2011-08-28)
213July 6, 2015 (2015-07-06)October 5, 2015 (2015-10-05)The CW
313July 13, 2016 (2016-07-13)September 16, 2016 (2016-09-16)
413July 13, 2017 (2017-07-13)November 30, 2017 (2017-11-30)
513June 25, 2018 (2018-06-25)October 1, 2018 (2018-10-01)
613June 17, 2019 (2019-06-17)September 30, 2019 (2019-09-30)
72814June 22, 2020 (2020-06-22)November 16, 2020 (2020-11-16)
14January 8, 2021 (2021-01-08)April 16, 2021 (2021-04-16)
814October 1, 2021 (2021-10-01)March 4, 2022 (2022-03-04)
914October 14, 2022 (2022-10-14)April 14, 2023 (2023-04-14)
1020October 27, 2023 (2023-10-27)April 26, 2024 (2024-04-26)
1120January 24, 2025 (2025-01-24)December 5, 2025 (2025-12-05)
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Performers who fooled Penn & Teller are listed in bold type.

Season 1 (2011)

More information No. overall, No. in season ...
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal release dateProd.
code [a]		UK viewers
(millions) [b]
1Pilot"How to Saw a Woman in Half"January 7, 2011 (2011-01-07)1094.28[24]
  • United Kingdom  Ali Cook, close-up and stage magician
  • United Kingdom  Richard Bellars, close-up and stage magician
  • United Kingdom  Michael Vincent, close-up and stage magician
  • United Kingdom  John Archer, magical comedy entertainer
  • United Kingdom  James More, stage magician and illusionist
  • United Kingdom  Benjamin Earl, card manipulator
  • ITV website exclusives
    • United Kingdom  Damien O'Brien, street magician
    • United Kingdom  Noel Qualter, close-up magician
    • Penn and Teller perform "Cell Fish" (later repeated for US run) and sawing a woman in halves
21"Teller Sucks... Helium"June 18, 2011 (2011-06-18)1074.07[24]
  • United Kingdom  High Jinx, illusionists and circus performers
  • United Kingdom  Jon Allen, street magician
  • United Kingdom  Graham Jolley, mind reader and mentalist
  • Penn and Teller perform "Helium"
32"Stab a Card, Any Card..."June 25, 2011 (2011-06-25)1023.57[24]
  • United Kingdom  Mark Shortland, magical comedy entertainer
  • France  Mathieu Bich, card illusionist
  • United Kingdom  Young and Strange, street stage illusionists
  • United Kingdom  Daniel Madison, card illusionist
  • Penn and Teller perform "Hand Stab"
43"Solid Goldfish"July 2, 2011 (2011-07-02)1033.12[24]
  • United Kingdom  Piff the Magic Dragon,[c] magical comedy entertainer,
  • Hungary  Soma, illusionist
  • United Kingdom  Alan Hudson, close-up magician
  • United Kingdom  Damien O'Brien, street magician
  • Teller performs "Silver Fish"
54"Teller is a Blockhead"July 9, 2011 (2011-07-09)1043.27[24]
  • United Kingdom  Daniel Kramer, illusionist
  • United Kingdom  Romany, the Diva of Magic, burlesque dancer and magician
  • United Kingdom  Alan Rorrison, close-up magician
  • United Kingdom  Richard Bellars, mentalist
  • Penn and Teller perform "Blockhead"
65"Penn Gets Nailed"July 16, 2011 (2011-07-16)1053.29[24]
  • France  Cubic Act, illusionists
  • United Kingdom  Nick Einhorn, mentalist
  • United Kingdom  Michael Vincent, close-up and stage magician
  • United Kingdom  Morgan & West, close-up and stage magicians
  • Penn and Teller perform "Nail Gun"
76"The Magic of Polyester"July 23, 2011 (2011-07-23)1063.62[24]
  • United Kingdom  Gazzo, street magician
  • United Kingdom  Colin McLeod, mentalist
  • United Kingdom  Keelan and Charlotte, quick-change artists
  • Sweden  Brynolf & Ljung, illusionists
  • Penn and Teller perform "Polyester"
87"A Bellyful of Needles"July 30, 2011 (2011-07-30)1013.22[24]
  • Canada  Shawn Farquhar,[d] close-up/card magician
  • United Kingdom  Manuel Martinez, illusionist[e]
  • France  Etienne Pradier, card magician
  • United Kingdom  Chris Dugdale, illusionist
  • Teller performs "East Indian Needle Mystery"
98"Water Tanks for the Memories"August 28, 2011 (2011-08-28)108N/A
  • United Kingdom  Lee Hathaway, cabaret act and close-up magician
  • United Kingdom  Jack Taperell, close-up magician
  • United Kingdom  Laura London, illusionist
  • United Kingdom  Paul & Martin Daniels, renowned magicians
  • Penn and Teller perform "The Water Tank"
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  1. [a]
    As listed in U.S. listings
  2. [b]
    SD viewers only.
  3. [c]
    Although Piff, after being shown Teller's deduction, stated that he did not fool Penn & Teller, Penn later admitted in a blog post that he and Teller had gotten Piff's technique wrong but Piff played along with them, although this has not been mentioned on-screen.[25] Piff's subsequent guest appearances on the show in the episodes "Something Fishy This Way Comes" and "Penn the Magic Dragon" have been as a joint magic performance act alongside Penn & Teller at the end of each episode.
  4. [d]
    Although Penn & Teller saw Farquhar perform a deck switch, which they had previously decided would automatically mean a contestant did not fool them, they considered themselves fooled because they could not explain the essence of how Farquhar had performed his card trick.
  5. [e]
    Martinez presented himself as Cuban, but was outed as British by Penn & Teller following the conclusion of his act.

Unaired segments include:

  • United Kingdom  Chris Cox, mind reader (unaired as he was the only performer who failed in his performance)
  • United Kingdom  James Brown, stage magician[26]
  • United Kingdom  Marc Oberon, card magician[27]
  • United Kingdom  David Masters, illusionist[28]
  • United Kingdom  Noel Qualter, close-up magician[28]
  • United Kingdom  David Jay, illusionist

Season 2 (2015)

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overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal release dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
101"Phone-y Business"July 6, 2015 (2015-07-06)2021.66[29]
  • United States  Jon Armstrong, close-up magician
  • France  Xavier Mortimer, illusionist
  • United States  The Shocker, mentalist/illusionist
  • United States  Steven Brundage, close-up magician
  • Penn and Teller perform "Cell Fish"
112"The Invisi-Ball Thread"July 13, 2015 (2015-07-13)2032.01[30]
  • United States /Australia  Leon and Romy, illusionists
  • United States  Mike Hammer, illusionist
  • Canada /United States  Shin Lim, close-up magician
  • United States  Peter Boie, illusionist
  • Teller performs "The Red Ball"
123"Shoot to Kill"July 20, 2015 (2015-07-20)2011.81[31]
134"Knife of the Party"July 27, 2015 (2015-07-27)2042.24[32]
  • United States  Austin Janik, close-up/card magician
  • United States  Amazing Allison, mentalist
  • United States  Mac King, illusionist
  • United States  Norman Ng, close-up magician
  • Penn and Teller perform "Knife"
145"Mission Impossi-Ball"August 3, 2015 (2015-08-03)2052.06[33]
  • United States  Bill Cook, close-up magician
  • Canada  Wes Barker, illusionist
  • United States  Matthew Holtzclaw, close-up magician
  • United States  David Regal, illusionist
  • Penn and Teller perform their version of the Cups and Balls
156"Now THAT'S Bunny!"August 10, 2015 (2015-08-10)2062.35[34]
  • Canada  Jay Sankey, close-up magician
  • United States  Greg Wilson, illusionist
  • United States  Trigg Watson, close-up magician
  • United States  Jen Kramer, close-up magician
  • Penn and Teller pull a rabbit out of a hat
167"Penn's Favorite Card Trick"August 17, 2015 (2015-08-17)2072.10[35]
  • Ukraine /United States  Kostya Kimlat, card magician
  • United States  Frederick Falk, close-up magician
  • Canada  Chris Funk, card/stage magician
  • United States  Nate Dendy, stage magician
  • Penn and teller perform a card trick in which they make the "Queen of Hearts" appear.
178"Teller Plays with a Full Deck"August 24, 2015 (2015-08-24)2091.87[36]
  • United States  Blake Vogt, close-up magician
  • United States  Joshua Jay, close-up magician
  • United States  Levent, comedy magician
  • United States  Ben Seidman, illusionist
  • Penn and Teller perform "The Atheist's Deck of Cards"
189"Star Spangled Magic"August 31, 2015 (2015-08-31)2102.11[37]
  • United States  Riley Siegler, close-up/card magician
  • China /United States  Jade, illusionist
  • United States  Ran'd Shine, close-up magician
  • United States  David Roth,[a] coin magician
  • Penn and teller "burn" an American flag.
1910"Where There's Smoke There's Magic"September 14, 2015 (2015-09-14)2121.46[38]
  • United States  Joel Meyers & Spidey, mentalist duo
  • United States  Rick Lax, close-up/card magician
  • United States  Marcus Eddie, illusionist
  • United States  Bruce Gold, comedy magician
  • Penn and Teller perform "Looks Simple"
2011"Teller Deflowers a Shadow"September 21, 2015 (2015-09-21)2111.15[39]
  • United States  Scott Alexander & Puck, illusionist
  • United States  Eric Jones, coin magician
  • United States  Mark Calabrese, close-up/card magician
  • United States  Paul Vigil, mentalist[b]
  • Teller performs "Shadows"
2112"Penn & Teller Ring Someone's Neck"September 28, 2015 (2015-09-28)2081.34[40]
  • United States  Victor & Diamond, illusionists
  • United States  Francis Menotti, mentalist
  • China /United States  Nash Fung, close-up magician
  • United States  Chad Juros, rope magician
  • Penn and Teller perform their version of "Powers of Darkness"
2213"An Egg-Cellent Trick"October 5, 2015 (2015-10-05)2131.36[41]
  • United States  Derek Hughes, close-up/card magician
  • United States  Reuben Moreland, illusionist
  • United States  Suzanne, close-up magician
  • United States  Jared Kopf, mentalist
  • Penn and Teller perform "One Minute Egg"
Close
  1. [a]
    Roth's award was given as an honorary award since Roth pioneered coin magic, and Penn & Teller stated that they only knew the tricks because they had read his books.
  2. [b]
    Although Paul Vigil did not fool them, Penn admitted that the only reason they know how his trick is done is because they have read it in Paul's books.

Season 3 (2016)

More information No. overall, No. in season ...
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal release dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
231"Won't Get Fooled Again...?"July 13, 2016 (2016-07-13)3041.46[42]
242"Jesse Eisenberg Gets Carded"July 20, 2016 (2016-07-20)3031.21[43]
  • United States  Brett Loudermilk, sword swallower
  • United States  Dan Harlan, close-up/card magician
  • Canada  Ryan Joyce, illusionist
  • United States  Kyle Eschen, comedy magician
  • Penn and Teller perform a card trick with Jesse Eisenberg in which they make selected cards appear as tattoos on their bodies.
253"Have A Blast"July 27, 2016 (2016-07-27)3021.18[44]
  • Mexico  Robert Ramirez, comedy mentalist
  • Poland /United Kingdom  Dominik (Krzanowski), illusionist
  • United States  Joel Ward, comedy magician
  • Canada  Mahdi Gilbert, close-up/card magician
  • Penn and Teller perform "Blast Off"
264"Penn Plays With Fire"August 3, 2016 (2016-08-03)3051.42[45]
  • United States  David and Leeman, comedy magician
  • United States  Jibrizy, close-up magician
  • United States  Rick Maisel, escape artist
  • Dominican Republic  Felix Bodden, close-up/card magician
  • Penn performs a fire eating routine.
275"You Dirty Rathead!"August 10, 2016 (2016-08-10)3011.43[46]
286"Penn & Teller Snake their Chances"August 17, 2016 (2016-08-17)3091.47[47]
  • United States  Elliot Zimet, illusionist
  • United States  Paul Gertner, close-up/card magician
  • Canada  Matthew DiSero, comedy mentalist
  • Lithuania  Rokas Bernatonis, illusionist
  • Penn and Teller cut and restore a live snake while discussing the controversy that arose when they performed the trick on Saturday Night Live in the 80s.
297"Juggle, Juggle, Penn's in Trouble"August 24, 2016 (2016-08-24)3081.49[48]
  • Canada  Vitaly Beckman, illusionist
  • Australia  Simon Coronel,[c] illusionist
  • United States  Mac King, comedy magician
  • United States  Kevin Viner, mentalist
  • Penn juggles lit torches and broken bottles while reciting a monologue
308"Here's Moxie!"August 31, 2016 (2016-08-31)3061.78[50]
  • United States  Matthew Laslo, illusionist
  • United States  Rob Zabrecky, mentalist
  • United States  David Garrard, illusionist
  • United States  Wayne Hoffman, mentalist
  • Penn and Teller perform "Chipper"
319"The Great Escape"September 2, 2016 (2016-09-02)3071.28[51]
  • France  Xavier Mortimer, illusionist
  • United States  Fielding West, comedy magician
  • United States  Caleb Wiles, close up/card magician
  • United States  Kevin Hall The Magic Maniac, comedy magician
  • Pilobolus performs a tribute to Houdini.
3210"To Tea Or Not To Tea?"September 7, 2016 (2016-09-07)3101.54[52]
  • Germany  Timon Krause, mentalist
  • United States  Kyle Marlett, close up/card magician
  • Canada  The Evasons, mentalists
  • United States  Chef Anton, illusionist
  • Penn and Teller perform "TSA"
3311"Penn & Teller Get Trapped"September 9, 2016 (2016-09-09)3111.41[53]
  • United States  Christopher Tracy & Jim Leach,[d] comedy magicians
  • Canada  Neil Croswell, illusionist
  • United States  Ben Young, illusionist
  • Ethiopia /Ireland  Henok, mentalist
  • Penn and Teller perform "Animal Traps"
3412"Penn & Teller Rip for your Pleasure"September 14, 2016 (2016-09-14)3121.38[54]
  • United States  Joseph Réohm, illusionist
  • United States  Brent Braun, close-up/card magician
  • United States  Chris Rose, close-up magician
  • United States  Charles Bach, illusionist
  • Penn and Teller perform the torn and restored newspaper.
3513"Can Penn & Teller Fool Penn & Teller"September 16, 2016 (2016-09-16)3131.34[55]
  • United States  Anthony Asimov, close-up magician
  • United States  Angela Funovits, mentalist
  • United States  Ivan Amodei, mentalist
  • United States  Vince Charming, illusionist
  • Penn and Teller perform signed card to mouth with a muffin.
Close
  1. [a]
    Appeared in a previous episode where they fooled Penn & Teller.
  2. [b]
    Penn admitted that they do not know how he got the golf ball inside the jar, but the contestant agreed that he did not fool them, since they got all the other parts of the trick.
  3. [c]
    Although Coronel indicated during the initial broadcast that he had not fooled Penn & Teller, they confirmed in their "April Fool Us Day" special on April 2, 2018, that they had indeed been fooled.[49]
  4. [d]
    Performed as the magic duo "Hal & Kellar" parodying Penn & Teller.

Season 4 (2017)

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No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal release dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
361"Penn & Teller Teach You a Trick"July 13, 2017 (2017-07-13)4021.62[56]
  • United States  Richard Turner, card mechanic
  • United Kingdom  Young & Strange, illusionist
  • United States  Kayla Drescher, illusionist
  • United States  Mike Super, mentalist
  • Penn and Teller teach a trick you can do at home, featuring a card reveal from the cast of Jane the Virgin
372"Penn, Teller and a Mind Reading Chicken"July 20, 2017 (2017-07-20)4011.72[57]
  • United States  Jonathan Burns, comedy magician
  • Belgium  Jo De Rijck, mentalist
  • United States  David Caserta, illusionist
  • United States  Jimmy Ichihana, close-up/card magician
  • Penn and Teller perform "Scleral Shells," in which a chosen card is revealed on Teller's eyeballs.
383"Teller Flips a Bird"July 27, 2017 (2017-07-27)4031.56[58]
  • United States  Misty Lee, close-up magician
  • Canada /United States  Shin Lim,[a] close-up magician
  • United Kingdom  Andi Gladwin, comedy magician
  • Canada  Hatfields, illusionist
  • Penn and Teller perform Johnny Thompson's "The Great Tomsoni and Company" (comedy dove production routine).
394"50/50 Chance"August 3, 2017 (2017-08-03)4051.64[59]
  • Canada  Matt Johnson, escape artist
  • Ecuador  Siegfried Tieber, close-up/card magician
  • United States  Jafo (Jason Fields), close-up/coin magician
  • United States  Jessica Jane Peterson, illusionist
  • Penn and Teller perform the "World's Most Expensive Card Trick" on the Las Vegas Strip.
405"Does This Trick Ring a Bell?"August 10, 2017 (2017-08-10)4071.53[60]
  • United States  Dyno Staats, illusionist
  • United States  Aiden Sinclair, mentalist
  • Sweden  Axel Adler, illusionist
  • United States  David Parr, close-up/card magician
  • Penn and Teller perform "Circle Stop"
416"Something Fishy This Way Comes"August 17, 2017 (2017-08-17)4121.49[61]
  • United States  Dan Sperry, illusionist
  • Canada  Jean-Pierre Parent,[b] comedy magician
  • Scotland  Naathan Phan, illusionist
  • Canada  Richard Forget, illusionist
  • Penn and Teller perform a book test with Piff the Magic Dragon.
427"A Big Round of Applause for Alyson"August 24, 2017 (2017-08-24)4111.48[63]
  • Italy  Riccardo Berdini, mentalist
  • Russia /Canada  Yan Markson, mentalist/magician
  • Czech Republic  Ondřej Pšenička, close-up magician
  • United States  Glenn Morphew, close-up/card magician
  • Penn and Teller perform "Surveillance"
438"I Dream of Genie Tube"September 7, 2017 (2017-09-07)4101.42[64]
  • United States  Dennis Watkins, close-up/card magician
  • United States  Jeff McBride, manipulation
  • United States  Kevin Li, close-up illusionist
  • United States  Steve Marshall, dice stacking magician
  • Penn and Teller perform "Tube to Bunny" (Genie Tube effect)
449"Penn & Teller Are Full of Hot Air"September 14, 2017 (2017-09-14)4131.48[65]
  • United States  Liberty Larsen, close-up/card magician
  • Spain  Jorge Blass, close-up/card magician
  • United States  Paul Gertner, close-up/card magician
  • Italy  Sergio Starman, close-up magician
  • Penn and Teller perform "Flates"
4510"Monkey Business"September 21, 2017 (2017-09-21)4041.55[66]
  • United States  Sean-Paul & Juliana Fay, close-up/card magicians
  • United States  Jason Andrews, illusionist
  • United States  Eric Mead, close-up magician
  • United States  Reza Borchardt, card magician
  • Penn and Teller perform "The National Magic Trick" (vanishing handkerchief)
4611"Penn Does the Heavy Lifting"September 25, 2017 (2017-09-25)4090.92[67]
  • United States  Stuart MacDonald, close-up magician
  • United States  Kyle Littleton, card magician
  • United States  Lion Fludd, close-up/card magician
  • United States  The Beckers, illusionists
  • Penn and Teller perform Robert-Houdin's "Light and Heavy Chest"
4712"Penn & Teller & Dracula"September 28, 2017 (2017-09-28)4081.66[68]
  • United States  Mike Bliss, comedy magician
  • Canada  Ekaterina, mentalist
  • Spain  Javi Benitez, close-up/card magician
  • Israel  Ran Gafner, mentalist
  • Penn and Teller perform their Dracula presentation of the ball and vase.
4813"Hanging Out with Penn & Teller"November 30, 2017 (2017-11-30)[c]4061.14[69]
  • France /Canada  Patrik Kuffs, close-up/card magician
  • United States  Todd Lamanske, card magician
  • United States  Adam Wilber, close-up/card magician
  • Spain  Hector, close-up illusionist
  • Jen Kramer and AmberLynn Walker[d]
Close
  1. [a]
    Appeared in a previous episode where they fooled Penn & Teller.
  2. [b]
    It was later revealed that Penn & Teller were only fooled due to the actions of one of the show's writers, Matt Donnelly.[62]
  3. [c]
    Scheduled October 2, 2017 airing of this episode was postponed following the 2017 Las Vegas shooting.
  4. [d]
    Outside of competition, performed in the magic act at the end of the episode together with Penn & Teller.

Season 5 (2018)

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overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal release dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
49–"April Fool Us Day"April 2, 2018 (2018-04-02)N/A0.94[70]
A special episode.
501"Penn the Magic Dragon"June 25, 2018 (2018-06-25)5031.35[71]
  • United States  Matt Marcy, comedy magician
  • Canada  The Sentimentalists, mentalist
  • United States  Andrew Evans, illusionist
  • Australia  Dom Chambers, close-up magician
  • Penn and Piff the Magic Dragon perform a "Pop and Piff" routine
512"The Rematch"July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)5021.34[72]
  • United States  Vinny Grosso,[a] comedy magician
  • United Kingdom  Morgan & West,[a] close-up and stage
  • United States  Paul Gertner,[a] close-up/card magician
  • United States  Eric Jones,[a] coin magician
  • Penn and Teller perform "Misdirection"
523"Penn & Teller Get Loopy"July 9, 2018 (2018-07-09)5041.29[73]
  • United States  Ryan Chandler, close-up magician
  • Canada  Ryan Hayashi, samurai/coin magician
  • Germany  Dirk Losander, illusionist
  • United States  Ed Ripley, close-up magician
  • Penn and Teller perform the "Tomsoni Box"
534"Here Comes the Magic"July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16)5011.39[74]
  • United States  Danny Cole, illusionist
  • Ukraine /United States  Kostya Kimlat,[a] card magician
  • Sweden  Håkan Berg, comedy magician
  • United States  John Hinton, close-up magician
  • Penn and Teller perform "Blues Box"
545"Psych!!"July 23, 2018 (2018-07-23)5081.45[75]
  • United States  Emily Victoria, mentalist
  • Germany  Patrick Folkerts, illusionist
  • United States  Migz, close-up/card magician
  • United States  Seth Grabel, escape artist
  • Penn and Teller perform the egg bag with Kim Raver.
556"Penn & Teller Against the World"July 30, 2018 (2018-07-30)5061.38[76]
  • Japan  Taijyu Fujiyama, close-up/stage magician
  • Germany  Pit Hartling, close-up/card magician
  • Australia  Helen Coghlan, illusionist
  • Israel  Menny Lindenfeld, mentalist
  • Penn and Teller perform a shell game with mint containers.
567"Imagine (Magic) Dragons"August 6, 2018 (2018-08-06)5051.31[77]
  • United States  Erik Tait, comedy magician
  • United Kingdom  Rebecca Herrera, mentalist
  • Japan  TanBA, danger magician
  • Canada  Ian Stewart, stunt magician/hypnotist
  • Penn and Teller perform a card trick with Dan Reynolds
578"Here Lie Penn & Teller"August 13, 2018 (2018-08-13)5091.60[78]
  • Canada  Damien James, mentalist/ventriloquist
  • China  Kelvin Chow, close-up/card magician
  • United States  Joshua Lozoff, mentalist
  • Canada  Murray SawChuck, illusionist
  • Penn and Teller teach a card trick in which the card is revealed on a grave marker.
589"Teller's Gambling Problem"August 20, 2018 (2018-08-20)5111.28[79]
  • United States  Will Bradshaw, stunt magician
  • United States  Eric Dittelman, comedy mentalist
  • Finland  Christian Engblom, close-up/card magician
  • France  Compagnie des Dragonfly, illusionist group
  • Penn and Teller perform "Teller's Gambling Problem" with Tom Green
5910"Penn & Teller Keep You In Suspense"August 27, 2018 (2018-08-27)5071.62[80]
  • Germany  Simon Pierro, illusionist
  • Canada  Nicholas Wallace, danger magician
  • Canada  Darcy Oake, close-up/card magician
  • United States  Alex Geiser, coin magician
  • Penn and Teller perform the chair suspension.
6011"The Fool Us Zone"September 3, 2018 (2018-09-03)5101.34[81]
  • United States  Tyler Twombly, close-up illusionist
  • United States  Michael Rubinstein, coin magician
  • United States  Anastasia Synn, illusionist
  • United States  Adam Cheyer, card magician
  • Penn performs "Barrel"
6112"Never Trust A Magician"September 24, 2018 (2018-09-24)5120.89[82]
  • France  Alexandra Duvivier,[b] card magician
  • United States  Christine Barger & Darlene Hollywood, mentalists
  • United Kingdom  Jamie Allan, close-up illusionist
  • Ireland /United States  Christopher Grace, mentalist
  • Penn performs "Trust"
6213"Let's Hear It For The Kids"October 1, 2018 (2018-10-01)5131.16[83]
  • Spain  Kiko Pastur, close-up magician
  • Canada  Jason Palter, comedy magician
  • United Kingdom  Michael Gee, card magician
  • United States  Bryan Saint, illusionist
  • Penn and Teller perform a trick in which children are taught to correctly guess the color of randomly selected balls.
Close
  1. [a]
    Appeared in a previous episode where they fooled Penn & Teller.
  2. [b]
    Penn & Teller later revealed on their "April Fool Us Day" special on April 1, 2019 that in scenes deleted from the episode, Duvivier initially indicated that she had not fooled them, due to her misunderstanding Penn's cryptic language. However, after Teller went backstage and spoke with her privately about her techniques used on stage, he informed Penn that they had gotten their deductions wrong. They then called Duviver back to the stage and told her that they were indeed fooled by her, which was shown during the original broadcast.

Season 6 (2019)

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63–"April Fool Us Day 2019"April 1, 2019 (2019-04-01)N/A0.74[citation needed]
A special episode.
641"David Copperfield vs. Penn & Teller"June 17, 2019 (2019-06-17)6011.31[84]
  • Netherlands  Jan Reinder, stunt magician
  • Czech Republic  Ondřej Pšenička,[a] close-up/card magician
  • United States  Giancarlo Bernini, close-up magician
  • United States  Penn & Teller,[b] comedy magicians
652"They're Baaack!"June 24, 2019 (2019-06-24)6021.10[85]
  • Spain  Javi Benitez,[a] close-up magician
  • United Kingdom  Rebecca Herrera,[a] mentalist
  • Australia  Helen Coghlan,[a] escapologist
  • United States  Danny Cole,[a] illusionist
663"Penn & Teller vs. Inventors"July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)6031.14[86]
  • Sweden  Arkadia, comedy mentalist
  • Germany  Harry Keaton, hypnotist
  • Spain  Jandro, comedy mentalist
  • United States  Derek Selinger, danger magician/illusionist
674"Penn & Teller Cure the Common Code"July 8, 2019 (2019-07-08)6041.15[87]
  • United States  Anna DeGuzman, card manipulator
  • Italy  Raffaele Scircoli, mentalist
  • United States  Allen Abbott, illusionist
  • Germany  Axel Hecklau, close-up magician
685"Penn & Teller Hit the Streets"July 15, 2019 (2019-07-15)6051.18[88]
  • Spain  Adrián Carratalá, close-up magician
  • United States  Kevin Blake, card mentalist
  • Canada  Ryan Stock & AmberLynn Walker, illusionists/danger duo
  • Italy  Christopher Castellini, mentalist
696"Duck! It's Alyson!"July 22, 2019 (2019-07-22)6061.18[89]
  • United States  Jimmy Ichihana, close-up/card magician
  • Belgium  Herbert & Alyson,[c] illusionists
  • Canada  Eric Samuels, mentalist
  • China  Rabby Yang, mentalist
707"Are You Better Magicians Than a 6th Grader?"July 29, 2019 (2019-07-29)6071.15[90]
  • Norway  Hans Petter Secker, card mechanic
  • Spain  Xulio Merino, close-up magician
  • United States  Zoe LaFleur, close-up/card magician
  • United States  Josh Farley, illusionist
718"2nd Chance Foolers"August 5, 2019 (2019-08-05)6081.24[91]
  • United States  Marcus Eddie, close-up and card magician
  • United States  Kevin Li, mentalist
  • United States  Blake Vogt & Jana, danger magicians
  • Mexico  Robert Ramirez, close-up magicians
729"Magic Meatballs"August 19, 2019 (2019-08-19)6091.25[92]
  • Austria  Anca & Lucca, mentalist duo
  • Sweden  Tom Stone, illusionist
  • United States  Jon & Owen (The Passing Zone), juggling magic duo
  • Taiwan  Horret Wu, close-up/card magician
7310"Magical Moxie"August 26, 2019 (2019-08-26)6101.21[93]
  • Austria  Wolfgang Moser, illusionist
  • United States  Johnny Magic, mentalist
  • Spain  Pere Rafart, comedy magician
  • Italy  Giacomo Bertini, coin magician
7411"The Mind Noodler"September 9, 2019 (2019-09-09)6111.14[94]
  • United States  Scott Green, comedy mentalist
  • United States  Matt Donnelly: The Mind Noodler, comedy magician
  • United States  Doc Dixon, comedy magician
  • South Korea  Sangsoon Kim, close-up illusionist
7512"Magic is Bad for Your Health"September 23, 2019 (2019-09-23)6120.88[95]
  • Canada  Lucy Darling, stage magician (Carisa Hendrix)
  • France  Nestor Hato, close-up/card magician
  • Spain  Alfonso Rituerto, coin magician
  • United Kingdom  Keelan Leyser & Matt Daniel-Baker, illusionist duo
7613"Virtual Reality"September 30, 2019 (2019-09-30)6130.91[96]
  • Spain  Woody Aragon, close-up/card magician
  • United States  Denny Corby, mentalist
  • China  Sinbad Max, coin magician
  • United States  John Walton, mentalist
77–"Merry Fool Us"November 29, 2019 (2019-11-29)N/AN/A

A special episode. All the performers received a special holiday themed participation trophy.

  • United States  Mat Franco, card magician
  • United States  Adam Trent, illusionist
  • Israel  Asi Wind, magician/mentalist
  • United Kingdom  Mark Shortland, magical comedy entertainer
Close
  1. [a]
    Appeared in a previous episode where they fooled Penn & Teller.
  2. [b]
    Magician David Copperfield was invited to judge the act
  3. [c]
    Herbert's real name is Sebastien Dethise.

Season 7 (2020–21)

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code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
Part 1
781"Third Time's the Charm"June 22, 2020 (2020-06-22)7011.13[97]
  • Canada  Shawn Farquhar,[a] close-up card magician
  • Australia  Helen Coghlan,[a] escapologist
  • Czech Republic  Ondřej Pšenička,[a] card magician
  • United States  Paul Gertner,[a] close-up card magician
792"Teller vs. Penn"June 29, 2020 (2020-06-29)7021.02[98]
  • Canada  Eric Leclerc, close-up magician
  • New Zealand  Dev Sherman, close-up/card magician
  • China  Conan Liu, illusionist
  • Spain  Rubén Vilagrand, comedy magician
  • United States  Penn Jillette,[b] juggler
803"Fool Us: The Home Game"July 6, 2020 (2020-07-06)7030.93[99]
  • United States  Caleb Wiles, card magician
  • South Korea  D.K., close-up illusionist
  • United States  Wes Iseli, mentalist
  • Germany  Alana, illusionist
  • Teller builds a card castle while Penn and the Passing Zone juggle increasingly distracting/damaging objects.
814"Teller Talks!!!"July 13, 2020 (2020-07-13)7040.94[100]
  • Canada  Miranda Allen, escapologist
  • Argentina  Iñaki Zabaletta, close-up/card magician
  • United States  Keith Kong, mentalist
  • Brazil  Guilherme Silveira, mentalist
  • Penn and Teller provide a tutorial on the French Drop.
825"Watermelon Surgery"July 20, 2020 (2020-07-20)7051.02[101]
  • Israel  Guy Bavli, mentalist
  • Spain  Javier Botía, mentalist
  • India  B.S. Reddy, illusionist
  • United States  Chad Allen, close-up/card magician
  • Penn and Teller perform "Watermelon Surgery"
836"P&T in 3D...Glasses"August 3, 2020 (2020-08-03)7060.90[102]
  • Netherlands  Hans Klok, illusionist
  • Canada  Michael Bourada, mentalist
  • Norway  Hedné, card magician
  • Canada  Vincenzo Ravina, mentalist
  • Penn and Teller perform "Multiple Outs"
847"Penn's Stupid Rope Trick"August 17, 2020 (2020-08-17)7070.96[103]
  • Japan  Sora, mentalist
  • Germany  Jaana Felicitas, illusionist
  • Spain  Mario López, comedy illusionist
  • Canada  Clinton W. Gray, danger magician
  • Penn performs "Stupid"
858"Brad Sherwood's Nuts"August 24, 2020 (2020-08-24)7081.01[104]
  • United States  Mike Hammer, comedy magician
  • France  Léa Kyle, quick change artist
  • Spain  Dante, close-up/card magician
  • Japan  Takamiz Usui, close-up magician
  • Penn and Teller perform "Pull Your Cash Out" (torn and restored bill effect.)
869"The Placebo Effect"August 31, 2020 (2020-08-31)7090.92[105]
  • Uruguay  Daniel K, close-up magician
  • Japan  Yukihiro Katayama, card manipulator
  • United States  Andrew Evans, illusionist
  • France  David Stone, comedy magician
  • Penn and Teller perform "Placebo"
8710"Deep Fake Penn"October 5, 2020 (2020-10-05)7100.78[106]
  • France  Boris Wild, close-up/card magician
  • Spain  Ramó & Alegría, illusionist duo
  • Japan  Jonio, close-up magician
  • United States  Ricardo Rosenkranz, danger magician
  • Penn and Teller perform "Cowboy"
8811"Say Hello to My Little Ball Pit Troll"October 12, 2020 (2020-10-12)7110.87[107]
  • Spain  Jandro,[a] comedy magician
  • United States  David Parr,[a] danger magician
  • United States  Magical Katrina, mentalist
  • United States  Daniel Roy, close-up/card magician
  • Penn and Teller perform "Ball Pit Troll"
8912"Lord of the Ring"October 19, 2020 (2020-10-19)7120.85[108]
  • United Kingdom  Anna Ferris Simpson, mentalist
  • Australia  Pierre Ulric, mentalist
  • United States  Garrett Thomas, close-up/card magician
  • United States  Francis Menotti,[a] card magician
  • Penn and Teller perform "How We Met" (previously known as "Cuffed to a Creep")
9013"Jaws of Death"October 26, 2020 (2020-10-26)7130.85[109]
  • United States  Blaise Serra, close-up/card magician
  • United States  Leon Etienne, danger magician
  • France  Xavier Mortimer, illusionist
  • Luxembourg  Sylvain Juzan, close-up magician
  • Penn performs "Correlation Sticks"
9114"Magic With a Property Brother"November 16, 2020 (2020-11-16)7140.79[110]
  • United Kingdom  Ali Cook, close-up magician
  • United States  Tony Clark, close-up magician
  • Germany  Till Haunschild, card magician
  • Argentina  Tony Montana, mentalist
  • Penn and Teller perform "52 Squared" (card at any location with a set of 52 sheets of 56 cards each.)
Part 2
9215"Penn & Teller Go for the Juggler"January 8, 2021 (2021-01-08)7150.73[111]
  • United States  Noah Sonie, comedy magician
  • Sweden  Malin Nilsson, illusionist
  • United States  Peter Samelson, close-up/card magician
  • United States  Michael Karl, mentalist
9316"Teller vs Penn: The Rematch"January 15, 2021 (2021-01-15)7160.76[112]
  • United States  Jonathan Burns, escapologist
  • Taiwan  Eric Chien, close-up magician
  • China  Jeremiah Zuo, card magician
  • Netherlands  Sabine van Diemen, illusionist
  • Teller
9417"Jedi Mind Tricks"January 22, 2021 (2021-01-22)7170.75[113]
  • United States  Chris Capehart, close-up magician
  • China  Yan Yan Ma, illusionist
  • Germany  Topas, close-up magician
  • United States  Jason and Stacy Alan, card magicians
9518"Teller Gets Smashed"January 29, 2021 (2021-01-29)7180.82[114]
  • South Korea  Jeki Yoo, close-up magician
  • United Kingdom  Matthew Pomeroy & Natasha Lamb, mentalists
  • United States  Peter K. Wood, Collector of the Impossible
  • United Kingdom  Lewis Starnes, close-up magician
9619"Penn & Teller Go for a Spin"February 5, 2021 (2021-02-05)7190.83[115]
  • Spain  Dania Diaz, close-up magician
  • United States  Greg Gleason, close-up/card magician
  • United States  Cameron Braxton, card magician
  • France  Florian Sainvet, illusionist/manipulator
9720"Niagara Fools"February 19, 2021 (2021-02-19)7200.68[116]
  • United States  Greg Frewin, escapologist
  • United States  Dyna Staats, mentalist
  • United States  Matt Marcy, comedy magician
  • Brazil  Guilherme Silveira, mentalist
9821"Back to the Future"February 26, 2021 (2021-02-26)7210.76[117]
  • United States  Abby Segal, mentalist
  • United Kingdom  Noel Qualter, close-up and iPad magician
  • Germany  Christoph Kuch, mentalist
  • United States  Ray Lum, illusionist/illusion fabricator
9922"P&T Get the Finger"March 5, 2021 (2021-03-05)7220.69[118]
  • United States  Sanjeev Vinodh, card magician
  • United States  Doc Dixon, comedy magician
  • United States  David Merlin, illusionist
  • Germany  Jorg Alexander, close-up magician
10023"Turn That Frown Upside Down"March 12, 2021 (2021-03-12)7230.71[119]
  • United States  Tyler Twombly, close-up magician
  • United Kingdom  Josephine Lee, stage magician
  • Switzerland  Lionel Dellberg, close-up magician
  • United States  Aaron Hickok, close-up/card magician
10124"The Magic Toilet"March 19, 2021 (2021-03-19)7240.80[120]
  • United States  Mac King, comedy magician
  • United States  David Shareef, close-up/card magician
  • Costa Rica  Alejandro Navas, card magician
  • Canada  Vitaly Beckman,[a] illusionist
10225"Penn & Tarot"March 26, 2021 (2021-03-26)7250.74[121]
  • Australia  Simon Coronel,[a] close-up magician
  • United Kingdom  John Morton, mentalist
  • Italy  Alberto Giorgi, illusionist
  • United States  Makoto Halverson, close-up/card magician
10326"Teller's Wonderland"April 2, 2021 (2021-04-02)7260.69[122]
  • Canada  Ryan and Johnny Hayashi,[a] illusionists
  • United States  Nathaniel Segal, mentalist
  • Spain  Jandro,[a] comedy mentalist
  • United States  Bill Goodwin, card magician
10427"Magic R App"April 9, 2021 (2021-04-09)7270.72[123]
  • Germany  Moritz Mueller, card magician
  • United States  Michael Feldman, illusionist
  • United Kingdom  Magical Bones, close-up magician
  • United States  Seth Raphael, mentalist
10528"Penn & Teller Double Down"April 16, 2021 (2021-04-16)7280.65[124]
Close
  1. [a]
    Appeared in a previous episode where they fooled Penn & Teller.
  2. [b]
    Fooled Teller and Piff the Magic Dragon.

Season 8 (2021–22)

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code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
1061"Penn & Teller's Worst Nightmare"October 1, 2021 (2021-10-01)8030.67[125]
1072"Magic with a Wolf"October 8, 2021 (2021-10-08)8020.67[126]
  • United States  The Shocker, danger magician
  • Germany  Magic Maxl, close-up magician
  • South Korea  Jeki Yoo,[a] close-up/card magician
  • United States  Ben Seidman, mentalist
  • Penn and Teller perform "Spike Tape"
1083"Happy Birthday!"October 15, 2021 (2021-10-15)8010.74[127]
  • United States  Amanda Nepo, close-up/card magician
  • Japan  Shoot Ogawa, close-up/coin magician
  • Italy  Ale Bellotto & Giulia Musso, illusionists
  • Canada  Mark Clearview, comedy magician
  • Penn and Teller perform "Birthday" (Zoom call magic routine)
1094"Monkeys, Donuts and X-Men"October 22, 2021 (2021-10-22)8060.65[128]
  • India  Anchal Kumawat, stage magician
  • United States  Mark Doetsch, close-up magician
  • United States  Michael O'Brien, close-up magician
  • Spain  Adrián Carratalá,[a] card magician
  • Penn and Teller perform "Donut"
1105"Teller Gets Whacked!"November 5, 2021 (2021-11-05)8040.67[129]
  • United States  Alex Ramon
  • United States  Micah (Micah Cover)
  • Scotland  Cameron Young
  • United States  Matthew Teague
  • Penn and Teller Perform "Whack-A-Teller"
1116"Penn & Tizzle"November 12, 2021 (2021-11-12)8050.65[130]
  • United States  Leroya Sanford
  • United States  Joshua Jay[a]
  • Chile  Gabriel Gascon
  • Italy  Luca Volpe
1127"Rock Paper Magic!"November 19, 2021 (2021-11-19)8070.69[131]
  • United States  Hayden Childress
  • Norway  Hans Petter Secker
  • United States  Benjamin Barnes
  • United Kingdom  Jay & Joss
  • Penn and Teller perform "Camel"
1138"Magic Cubed"December 3, 2021 (2021-12-03)8080.73[132]
  • United States  Sydney Weaver
  • United States  Steven Palmore
  • United States  Danny Ray
  • United States  Bobby Torkova
1149"Chocolate Magic"January 7, 2022 (2022-01-07)8090.89[133]
11510"The Penn-Tagram"January 14, 2022 (2022-01-14)8100.86[134]
  • Mellow
  • Paige Thompson
  • Stanley Zhou
  • Jonathon Lachance
11611"Stabba Dabba Deck"January 21, 2022 (2022-01-21)8110.91[135]
11712"P&T's Super Bowl Halftime Show"January 28, 2022 (2022-01-28)8130.76[136]
11813"Penn on Fire"February 25, 2022 (2022-02-25)8120.76[137]
  • John Fitzsimmons
  • David Corsaro
  • Diego & Elena
  • Bentley Burns
11914"Ghostbusters"March 4, 2022 (2022-03-04)8140.85[138]
  • Sean-Paul & Juliana Fay
  • Italy  Disguido, stage magicians
  • Scott Kahn
  • Star Newman
Close
  1. [a]
    Appeared in a previous episode where they fooled Penn & Teller.

Season 9 (2022–23)

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season		TitleOriginal release dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
1201"Single-Handed Three-Legged Twin Bullet Catch"October 14, 2022 (2022-10-14)9010.55[139]
  • Jon Mobley
  • The Van Hargen Twins
  • Axel Adler
  • Chris Canfield
  • Penn and Teller perform "Bucket of Blood"
1212"Sleight of Foot"October 21, 2022 (2022-10-21)9020.75[140]
  • Theron Christensen
  • Jaana Felicitas
  • Benjamin Barnes
  • Brian Curry
  • Penn and Teller perform "Sleight of Foot"
1223"Four Fools and Counting..."October 28, 2022 (2022-10-28)9030.54[141]
  • Yann Yuro
  • Australia  Helen Coghlan[a]
  • Jason Michaels
  • Alexander Boyce
  • Penn and Teller perform "Español"
1234"Alyson's Smart Ass"November 4, 2022 (2022-11-04)9040.81[142]
  • Spain  Dani Daortiz, close-up card magician
  • United States  Knight & Gayle, spiritualist magician duo
  • Canada  Jonah Babins & Ben Train, magician and mentalist
  • United States  Jason Fields, parlor magician
  • Penn performs "Smart Ass"
1245"Teller and the Big Dummy"November 11, 2022 (2022-11-11)9050.64[143]
1256"Magic Socks Big Time"November 18, 2022 (2022-11-18)9060.78[144]
1267"That (Bleeping) Teller!"December 2, 2022 (2022-12-02)9070.72[145]
  • Luka Vidovic
  • Connor McDonald & Kenshin Amagi
  • Marc Desouza
  • Kevin Micoud
1278"Penn & Teller Animal Style"January 20, 2023 (2023-01-20)9080.72[146]
  • Belgium  Jo De Rijck, mentalist[a]
  • Nick Paul
  • Sachin KM
  • Christopher T & Sam the Doggo
1289"Tic Tac Time Travel"January 27, 2023 (2023-01-27)9090.73[147]
  • Dustin Dean
  • Alan Hudson [a]
  • Kruti Parekh
  • Kyle Purnell
12910"The Evil Magic Octopus"February 3, 2023 (2023-02-03)9100.69[148]
  • Mr. Cuddles (Damien James) [b]
  • Mantas Wizard
  • Andy Gershenzon
  • Peru Alejandro Linian
13011"Full Frontal Magic"February 10, 2023 (2023-02-10)9110.62[149]
  • Hector Mancha
  • Adam Parisi
  • Ben Zabin
  • Robert Strong
13112"P & T Could Die Any Minute"March 31, 2023 (2023-03-31)9120.56[150]
  • Jandro [a]
  • Ben Kraatz
  • Judge Gary Brown
  • Puck
13213"Chicken Trickin"April 7, 2023 (2023-04-07)9130.62[151]
  • Seren & Nathan
  • Caleb Morgan
  • Spain  Alfonso Rituerto, coin magician
  • United States  Ricardo Rosenkranz, Physician Magician [152]
13314"Alyson Might Throw Up"April 14, 2023 (2023-04-14)9140.62[153]
  • Raymi
  • United Kingdom  Kat Hudson
  • Spain  Javier Natera
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  1. [a]
    Appeared in a previous episode
  2. [b]
    Appeared in a previous episode under a different name (Damien James)

Season 10 (2023–24)

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1341"Who's Your Daddy?!"October 27, 2023 (2023-10-27)10010.46[154]
  • USA  Moxie Jillette, magician and Penn Jillette's progeny.
  • Taiwan  Daxien, illusionist
  • USA  The Cosmic Romantics, mentalist duo
  • USA  David Schwartz, close-up magician
1352"2 Dead in Tonight's Episode"November 3, 2023 (2023-11-03)10020.65[155]
  • Canada  Alexandra, close-up magician
  • Russia  Artem, illusionist
  • USA  Anthony Dempsey, mentalist
  • Norway  Rune Carlsen, coin magician
  • Penn juggles three different objects: a ping pong ball, apple, and bowling ball.
1363"Magic is Sexy"November 10, 2023 (2023-11-10)10030.69[156]
  • USA  Cash, close-up/card magician
  • Czech Republic  Aleš Hrdlička, illusionist
  • Brazil  Henry & Klauss, escapologists
  • Canada  Jonah Babins & Ben Train, magician and mentalist
  • Penn and Teller perform "Finding a needle in a haystack".
1374"We've Got a Racoon Problem"November 17, 2023 (2023-11-17)10040.61[157]
  • Portugal  Solange Kardinaly, quick change artist
  • Finland  Christian Engblom,[a] close-up/card magician
  • Spain  Antonio Martinez, illusionist
  • USA  Ari Novick, mentalist
  • Penn and Teller perform "Gift Shop" (credit card to impossible location).
1385"The Bill-In-Penn's-Head Trick"December 1, 2023 (2023-12-01)10050.55[158]
  • USA  Joe Monti, street magician
  • China  Ding Yang, illusionist
  • USA  Matt Baker, mentalist
  • Chile  Arturo Fuenzalida, coin magician
  • Penn and Teller perform "The Bill-In-Penn's Head Trick" - reverse "Bill in Lemon" plot.
1396"Badass Brooke"December 8, 2023 (2023-12-08)10060.61[159]
  • Spain  Ramo & Alegria, escapologists
  • USA  Bryan Saint,[a] illusionist
  • South Korea  Sion, illusionist
  • Sweden  Vilgot Michelin, close-up/card magician
  • Penn and Teller do not perform; Brooke Burke performs "Dental Floss through ear".
1407"The Princess and the Wizard"December 22, 2023 (2023-12-22)1007n/a
  • USA  Benjamin Barnes,[a] close-up/card magician
  • Japan  Hara, illusionist
  • Australia  Helen Coghlan,[a] escapologist
  • Uruguay  Daniel K, close-up magician
  • Penn and Teller perform Mark Wilson's original Sawing in Half Illusion (aka Allakazam Railroad - built by John Gaughan) Also; not only the second episode of the series to have two winners on same show. But, the first one to have them back-to-back!
1418"The Smallest Biggest Magic Trick Ever"January 12, 2024 (2024-01-12)10080.68[160]
  • United States  Blake Vogt, close-up magician
  • United States  Marc DeSouza, close-up magician
  • United States  AnnaRose, hypnotist
  • Spain  Willy Monroe, illusionist
  • Penn and Teller perform Pizza Prediction.
1429"Penn & Teller vs. A Magic Hamster"January 19, 2024 (2024-01-19)10090.68[161]
  • Belgium  Jo De Rijck,[a] mentalist
  • Spain  Adrian Vega, comedy magician
  • Japan  Nao Murata, illusionist
  • USA  Jonathan Steigman, mentalist
  • Penn and Teller perform The Six Card Repeat.
14310"A Magical Punch in the Face"January 26, 2024 (2024-01-26)10100.66[162]
  • China  Jeffrey Wang, coin magician
  • United States  Sanjeev Vinodh,[a] card magician
  • Spain  Miraver, illusionist
  • Denmark  Mortenn Christiansen, comedy magician
  • Penn and Teller perform Ring on Rose - transposition.
14411"The Youngest Act in Fool Us History"February 2, 2024 (2024-02-02)10110.63[163]
  • United States  Giancarlo Bernini, close-up magician
  • United States  Rachel Ling Gordon, illusionist
  • France  Triton, comedy magician
  • United States  Joe Diamond, close-up/card magician
  • Penn and Teller perform Paper Balls over the Head - with eggs.
14512"It's Snot Magic!"February 16, 2024 (2024-02-16)10120.59[164]
  • United States  Jimmy Ichihana, close-up/card magician
  • South Africa  Brendon Peel & Li Lau, stunt magicians
  • South Korea  Jin Hyoung Han, illusionist
  • United States  Dana Pleasant, close-up magician
14613"Game of Drones"February 23, 2024 (2024-02-23)10130.64[165]
  • Canada  Wes Barker,[a] illusionist
  • Argentina  Henry Evans, card magician
  • Spain  Gonzalo Albiñana, illusionist
  • United Kingdom  Keona, mentalist
  • Penn and Teller perform a card stab with a drone.
14714"Brought To You by the Letter P"March 1, 2024 (2024-03-01)10140.57[166]
  • Sweden  Jacob Schenström, illusionist
  • Czech Republic  Ondřej Pšenička,[a] card magician
  • USA  John Lewit, comedy magician
  • USA  Chris Capehart,[a] close-up magician
14815"Dan Quayle Gets Shot by a T-Shirt Cannon"March 15, 2024 (2024-03-15)10150.57[167]
  • South Korea  Kimoon Do, card mechanic
  • USA  Matt The Mind Noodler, comedy magician (Matt Donnelly)
  • USA  Brielle, mentalist
  • Peru  Bruno Tarnecci, illusionist
14916"Magicians Like to Spoon"March 22, 2024 (2024-03-22)10160.69[168]
  • USA  Ben Jackson, close-up magician (determined during commercial break to have successfully fooled P&T.)
  • Spain  Juan Luis Rubiales, card magician
  • Germany  Harry Keaton,[a] hypnotist
  • Japan  Shoot Ogawa, close-up/coin magician
15017"It Takes Balls to be a Magician"March 29, 2024 (2024-03-29)10170.72[169]
  • Spain  Javi Rufo, illusionist
  • USA  Emma Olson, mentalist
  • USA  Sean Ridgeway, card magician
  • USA  Jim Vines, close-up magician
15118"Shut Up - You Fooled Us!"April 5, 2024 (2024-04-05)10180.51[170]
  • USA  Jason & Stacy Alan, mentalist duo
  • France  Markobi, comedy magician
  • Spain  Luis Olmedo, illusionist
  • USA  Alyx Hilshey, street magician
15219"Magic is for the Birds"April 19, 2024 (2024-04-19)10190.62[171]
  • United Kingdom  Emily Robinson-Hardy, close-up/card magician
  • South Korea  C.Y., illusionist
  • USA  Nick Diffatte, comedy magician
  • Germany  Cody Stone, illusionist
15320"Now Teller Won't Shut Up"April 26, 2024 (2024-04-26)10200.63[172]
  • Ireland  Nikola Arkane, illusionist
  • Spain  Rubi, comedy magician
  • United States  Vinny Grosso,[a] comedy magician
  • Spain  Gonzalo Mateos, close-up/card magician
  • Penn and Teller perform a magic trick where they spoof each other (requiring Teller to actually talk!). Also, first episode in the series to have two contending foolers from Spain in the same show.
Close
  1. [a]
    Appeared in a previous episode where they fooled Penn & Teller.

Season 11 (2025)

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1541"The Penn & Teller 50th Anniversary Special"January 24, 2025 (2025-01-24)11120.65[175]
  • United Kingdom  Young & Strange, illusionist
  • United Kingdom / Spain  Piff the Magic Dragon with Jandro, comedy magicians
  • Italy  Piero Venesia
  • Penn and Teller perform "Entropy."
1552"A Magician Gives Brooke the Bird"January 31, 2025 (2025-01-31)11010.60[176]
  • United States  Blake Vogt, close-up magician
  • Argentina  Hernán Maccagno
  • Ireland  Ella Nicholson[177]
  • Germany  Friedrich Roitzsch
  • Penn and Teller perform "Battle of Dreams" Also, first episode, this season to have a potential fooler from South America.
1563"Magic is in the Air"February 7, 2025 (2025-02-07)11020.51[178]
  • United Kingdom  Magic Singh
  • Germany  Nikolai Striebel
  • United States  Dreygon
  • Spain  Sara Rodriguez
  • Penn, Teller, Piff, and Brooke perform a packet trick.
1574"No More Mister Knife Guy"February 14, 2025 (2025-02-14)11030.57[179]
  • Spain  Juan Luis Rubiales, card magician
  • South Africa  Anja
  • United Kingdom  Luke Osey
  • Spain  Joshua Kenneth
  • Penn and Teller perform "Birthday Coincidence"
1585"Nerd Magic"February 21, 2025 (2025-02-21)11040.59[180]
  • Italy  Francesco Della Bona
  • United States  Liam Abner
  • Scotland  Tom Crosbie
  • Japan  Ben Daggers
  • Penn and Teller don't perform; Jandro does a card trick for Brooke.
1596"Burning Down the House"February 28, 2025 (2025-02-28)11050.61[181]
  • Canada  Spencer Scurr
  • Finland  Markus Tervo
  • Spain  Adrián Vega, comedy magician
  • Australia  Simone Turkington
  • Penn and Teller perform "Blue Kazoo"
1607"Penn Gets Shut Up"March 7, 2025 (2025-03-07)11060.53[182]
  • United States  Patrick Livingstone
  • Uruguay  Duo Hikmah
  • Japan  Sho Takashige
  • United States  Amanda Lindsey
1618"The Domino Effect"March 14, 2025 (2025-03-14)11070.47[183]
  • Canada  Clark Payne
  • United States  Rob Zabrecky, mentalist
  • New Zealand  Laser Kiwi, performance artists
  • United States  Peter Samelson, close-up/card magician
1629"House of Cards"March 21, 2025 (2025-03-21)11080.49[184]
  • United States  Harry Gorillagician
  • France  Nicholas Ribs
  • United States  Michael Dardant
  • United States  Shawn Preston
16310"Gotcha!"March 28, 2025 (2025-03-28)11090.68[185]
  • Canada  Vitaly Beckman, illusionist
  • United States  AnnaRose Einarsen
  • Portugal  Gonçalo Gil
  • United States  Ren X
16411"Penn and Teller Get Ducked"April 4, 2025 (2025-04-04)11100.50[186]
  • United States  John Michael Hinton
  • Taiwan  / Canada  Billy Hsueh
  • Israel  Shimshi
  • Brazil  Bernardo Sedlacek
  • First episode, this season, to feature a father/daughter team from Israel as secondary foolers!
16512"The Eight Stooges"April 11, 2025 (2025-04-11)11110.44[187]
  • USA  Jack Kelly mentalism/prediction
  • Denmark  Mortenn Christiansen, comedy magician
  • Canada  Robin Sheikh, balloon manipulation/prediction
  • Spain  Magic Samk, Russian roulette with Spanish cutlery.
16613"The Eyes Have It"October 10, 2025 (2025-10-10)11130.56[188]
  • Canada  Michael Pharoah
  • Spain  Xulio Merino,[a] close-up magician (who did not fool P&T this time.)
  • Germany  Topas, close-up magician
  • Germany  Toby Rudolph
16714"Teller Gets a Talk Show"October 17, 2025 (2025-10-17)11140.38[189]
  • United Kingdom  Hollie England
  • Italy  Giancarlo Scalia, card magician
  • United States  Francis Menotti,[a] mentalist/card magician
  • France  Gabriel Werlen, mentalist
16815"Waiter, There's a Confetti In My Magic"October 24, 2025 (2025-10-24)11150.50[190]
  • Belgium  Laurent Piron
  • Canada  Mark Clearview, comedy magician
  • Canada  Glenn West
  • United States  Abby Segal, mentalist
16916"The Psychic Gorilla"October 31, 2025 (2025-10-31)11160.42[191]
  • Germany  Jaana Felicitas & Nikolai Striebel
  • United States  Evan Northrup
  • Germany  Marc Weide
  • United Kingdom  Michael Vincent, close-up and stage magician
17017"I Now Pronounce You Magic and Wife"November 7, 2025 (2025-11-07)11170.53[192]
  • Spain  Paco Agrado
  • USA  The Cosmic Romantics, mentalist duo
  • China  Kingsley Xu
  • France  Damien Dubi
17118"It's Magic. Literally."November 14, 2025 (2025-11-14)11180.50[193]
  • United States  Trigg Watson, close-up magician
  • Israel /United States  Daniel Harel
  • Netherlands  Danny Urbanus
  • United States  Jon Mobley
17219"The Most Shocking and Bizarre Magic Trick Ever!"November 21, 2025 (2025-11-21)11190.48[194]
  • USA  Shock & Bizzare
  • Germany  Alexander Krist
  • Belgium  Jo De Rijck,[a] mentalist
  • Japan  Gotaishi
17320"Can a Bison Buffalo Penn & Teller?"December 5, 2025 (2025-12-05)1120N/A
  • Netherlands  Marco Grandia
  • Luxembourg  Sylvain Juzan, close-up magician
  • Germany  Alexander Merk
  • United Kingdom  Keona, mentalist
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  1. [a]
    Appeared in a previous episode where they fooled Penn & Teller.

Reception

Critical reception

Readers of UKGameshows.com named it the second best new game show of 2011 in their "Hall of fame" poll.[195]

In a November 26, 2019 essay, The New York Times Magazine gave Fool Us its "Letter of Recommendation," calling the show "an island of civility and generosity in our cruel, contentious and otherwise debased times."[196]

U.S. ratings

Season 1

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1 "How to Saw a Woman in Half" August 6, 20140.5/21.45[197]
2 "Teller Sucks... Helium" September 24, 20140.5/21.51[198]
3 "Stab a Card, Any Card…" July 30, 20140.5/21.75[199]
4 "Solid Goldfish" August 20, 20140.5/21.69[200]
5 "Teller is a Blockhead" September 3, 20140.7/22.07[201]
6 "Penn Gets Nailed" September 10, 20140.5/21.73[202]
7 "The Magic of Polyester" September 17, 20140.5/21.58[203]
8 "A Bellyful of Needles" August 13, 20140.5/21.68[204]
9 "Water Tanks for the Memories" August 27, 20140.5/21.59[205]
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Season 2

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1 "Phone-y Business" July 6, 20150.5/21.66[29]
2 "The Invisi-Ball Thread" July 13, 20150.5/22.01[30]
3 "Shoot to Kill" July 20, 20150.5/21.81[31]
4 "Knife of the Party" July 27, 20150.6/32.24[32]
5 "Mission Impossi-Ball" August 3, 20150.5/22.06[33]
6 "Now THAT'S Bunny!" August 10, 20150.6/22.35[34]
7 "Penn's Favorite Card Trick" August 17, 20150.5/22.10[35]
8 "Teller Plays with a Full Deck" August 24, 20150.5/21.87[36]
9 "Star Spangled Magic" August 31, 20150.6/22.11[37]
10 "Where There's Smoke There's Magic" September 14, 20150.5/21.46[38]
11 "Teller Deflowers a Shadow" September 21, 20150.3/11.15[39]
12 "Penn & Teller Ring Someone's Neck" September 28, 20150.4/11.34[40]
13 "An Egg-Cellent Trick" October 5, 20150.4/11.36[41]
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Season 3

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(18–49)		Viewers
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1 "Won't Get Fooled Again...?" July 13, 20160.4/21.46[42]
2 "Jesse Eisenberg Gets Carded" July 20, 20160.3/11.21[43]
3 "Penn & Teller Have a Blast" July 27, 20160.3/11.18[44]
4 "Penn Plays with Fire" August 3, 20160.4/21.42[45]
5 "You Dirty Rathead!" August 10, 20160.4/11.43[46]
6 "Penn & Teller Snake their Chances" August 17, 20160.3/11.47[47]
7 "Juggle, Juggle, Penn's in Trouble" August 24, 20160.4/21.49[48]
8 "Here's Moxie!" August 31, 20160.5/21.78[50]
9 "The Great Escape" September 2, 20160.3/11.28[51]
10 "Tea Or Not To Tea" September 7, 20160.4/11.54[52]
11 "Penn & Teller Get Trapped" September 9, 20160.3/11.41[53]
12 "Penn & Teller Rip for Your Pleasure" September 14, 20160.4/21.38[54]
13 "Can Penn & Teller Fool Penn & Teller" September 16, 20160.3/11.34[55]
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Season 4

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1 "Penn & Teller Teach You a Trick" July 13, 20170.4/21.62[56]
2 "Penn, Teller and a Mind Reading Chicken" July 20, 20170.4/21.72[57]
3 "Teller Flips a Bird" July 27, 20170.4/21.56[58]
4 "50/50 Chance" August 3, 20170.4/21.64[59]
5 "Does This Trick Ring a Bell?" August 10, 20170.3/11.53[60]
6 "Something Fishy This Way Comes" August 17, 20170.4/21.49[61]
7 "A Big Round of Applause for Alyson" August 24, 20170.4/21.48[63]
8 "I Dream of Genie Tube" September 7, 20170.4/21.42[64]
9 "Penn & Teller Are Full of Hot Air" September 14, 20170.4/21.48[65]
10 "Monkey Business" September 21, 20170.4/21.55[66]
11 "Penn Does the Heavy Lifting" September 25, 20170.2/10.92[67]
12 "Penn & Teller & Dracula" September 28, 20170.4/21.66[68]
13 "Hanging Out with Penn & Teller" November 30, 20170.3/11.14[69]
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Season 5

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– "April Fool Us Day" April 2, 20180.3/10.94[70]
1 "Penn the Magic Dragon" June 25, 20180.3/11.35[71]
2 "The Rematch" July 2, 20180.3/11.34[72]
3 "Penn & Teller Get Loopy" July 9, 20180.3/11.29[73]
4 "Here Comes the Magic" July 16, 20180.3/11.39[74]
5 "Psych!!" July 23, 20180.3/11.45[75]
6 "Penn & Teller Against the World" July 30, 20180.3/11.38[76]
7 "Imagine (Magic) Dragons" August 6, 20180.3/11.31[77]
8 "Here Lie Penn & Teller" August 13, 20180.4/21.60[78]
9 "Teller's Gambling Problem" August 20, 20180.3/11.28[79]
10 "Penn & Teller Keep You In Suspense" August 27, 20180.4/21.62[80]
11 "The Fool Us Zone" September 3, 20180.3/11.34[81]
12 "Never Trust A Magician" September 24, 20180.2/10.89[82]
13 "Let's Hear It For The Kids" October 1, 20180.3/11.16[83]
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Season 6

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– "April Fool Us Day 2019" April 1, 20190.20.74
1 "David Copperfield vs. Penn & Teller" June 17, 20190.3/11.31[84]
2 "They’re Baaack!" June 24, 20190.2/11.10[85]
3 "Penn & Teller vs. Inventors" July 1, 20190.2/11.14[86]
4 "Penn & Teller Cure the Common Code" July 8, 20190.2/11.15[87]
5 "Penn & Teller Hit the Streets" July 15, 20190.3/11.18[88]
6 "Duck! It's Alyson!" July 22, 20190.2/11.18[89]
7 "Are You Better Magicians Than a 6th Grader?" July 29, 20190.2/11.15[90]
8 "2nd Chance Foolers" August 5, 20190.2/11.24[91]
9 "Magic Meatballs" August 19, 20190.2/11.25[92]
10 "Magical Moxie" August 26, 20190.3/11.21[93]
11 "The Mind Noodler" September 9, 20190.2/11.14[94]
12 "Magic is Bad for Your Health" September 23, 20190.2/10.88[95]
13 "Virtual Reality" September 30, 20190.2/10.91[96]
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Season 7

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1 "Third Time's the Charm" June 22, 20200.21.13[97]
2 "Teller vs. Penn" June 29, 20200.21.02[98]
3 "Fool Us: The Home Game" July 6, 20200.20.93[99]
4 "Teller Talks!!!" July 13, 20200.20.94[100]
5 "Watermelon Surgery" July 20, 20200.21.02[101]
6 "P&T in 3D...Glasses" August 3, 20200.20.90[102]
7 "Penn's Stupid Rope Trick" August 17, 20200.20.96[103]
8 "Brad Sherwood's Nuts" August 24, 20200.21.01[104]
9 "The Placebo Effect" August 31, 20200.20.92[105]
10 "Deep Fake Penn" October 5, 20200.10.78[106]
11 "Say Hello to My Little Ball Pit Troll" October 12, 20200.20.87[107]
12 "Lord of the Ring" October 19, 20200.20.85[108]
13 "Jaws of Death" October 26, 20200.20.85[109]
14 "Magic With a Property Brother" November 16, 20200.10.79[110]
15 "Penn & Teller Go for the Juggler" January 8, 20210.10.73[111]
16 "Teller vs. Penn: The Rematch" January 15, 20210.20.76[112]
17 "Jedi Mind Tricks" January 22, 20210.10.75[113]
18 "Teller Gets Smashed" January 29, 20210.10.82[114]
19 "Penn & Teller Go For a Spin" February 5, 20210.10.83[115]
20 "Niagara Fools" February 19, 20210.10.68[116]
21 "Back to the Future" February 26, 20210.10.76[117]
22 "P&T Get the Finger" March 5, 20210.10.69[118]
23 "Turn That Frown Upside Down" March 12, 20210.10.71[119]
24 "The Magic Toilet" March 19, 20210.10.80[120]
25 "Penn & Tarot" March 26, 20210.10.74[121]
26 "Teller's Wonderland" April 2, 20210.10.69[122]
27 "Magic R App" April 9, 20210.10.72[123]
28 "Penn & Teller Double Down" April 16, 20210.10.65[124]
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Season 8

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(18–49)		DVR viewers
(millions)		Total
(18–49)		Total viewers
(millions)
1 "Penn & Teller's Worst Nightmare" October 1, 20210.10.67[125]TBDTBDTBDTBD
2 "Magic with a Wolf" October 8, 20210.10.67[126]TBDTBDTBDTBD
3 "Happy Birthday!" October 15, 20210.10.74[127]TBDTBDTBDTBD
4 "Monkeys, Donuts and X-Men" October 22, 20210.10.65[128]0.00.210.10.86[128]
5 "Teller Gets Whacked!" November 5, 20210.10.67[129]TBDTBDTBDTBD
6 "Penn & Tizzle" November 12, 20210.10.65[130]TBDTBDTBDTBD
7 "Rock Paper Magic!" November 19, 20210.10.69[131]0.00.200.10.89[131]
8 "Magic Cubed" December 3, 20210.10.73[132]0.00.150.10.89[206]
9 "Chocolate Magic" January 7, 20220.10.89[133]TBDTBDTBDTBD
10 "The Penn-Tagram" January 14, 20220.10.86[134]TBDTBDTBDTBD
11 "Stabba Dabba Deck" January 21, 20220.20.91[135]TBDTBDTBDTBD
12 "P&T's Super Bowl Halftime Show" January 28, 20220.10.76[136]TBDTBDTBDTBD
13 "Penn on Fire" February 25, 20220.10.76[137]TBDTBDTBDTBD
14 "Ghostbusters" March 4, 20220.10.85[138]TBDTBDTBDTBD
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Season 9

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(18–49)		DVR viewers
(millions)		Total
(18–49)		Total viewers
(millions)
1 "Single-Handed Three-Legged Twin Bullet Catch" October 14, 20220.10.55[139]0.00.140.10.69[207]
2 "Sleight of Foot" October 21, 20220.10.75[140]0.00.120.10.87[140]
3 "Four Fools and Counting..." October 28, 20220.10.54[141]0.00.130.10.66[208]
4 "Alyson's Smart Ass" November 4, 20220.10.81[142]0.00.120.10.93[209]
5 "Teller and the Big Dummy" November 11, 20220.10.64[143]0.00.160.10.80[210]
6 "Magic Socks Big Time" November 18, 20220.10.78[144]TBDTBDTBDTBD
7 "That (Bleeping) Teller" December 2, 20220.10.72[145]TBDTBDTBDTBD
8 "Penn Teller Animal Style" January 20, 20230.10.72[146]0.00.150.10.87[211]
9 "Tic Tac Time Travel" January 27, 20230.10.73[147]TBDTBDTBDTBD
10 "The Evil Magic Octopus" February 3, 20230.10.69[148]TBDTBDTBDTBD
11 "Full Frontal Magic" February 10, 20230.10.62[149]TBDTBDTBDTBD
12 "P & T Could Die Any Minute" March 31, 20230.10.56[150]TBDTBDTBDTBD
13 "Chicken Trickin" April 7, 20230.10.62[151]TBDTBDTBDTBD
14 "Alyson Might Throw Up" April 14, 20230.10.62[153]TBDTBDTBDTBD
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Season 10

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Viewership and ratings per episode of Penn & Teller: Fool Us
No. Title Air dateRating/share
(18–49)		Viewers
(millions)		DVR
(18–49)		DVR viewers
(millions)		Total
(18–49)		Total viewers
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1 "Who's Your Daddy?!" October 27, 20230.10.46[154]TBDTBDTBDTBD
2 "2 Dead in Tonight's Episode" November 3, 20230.10.65[155]TBDTBDTBDTBD
3 "Magic is Sexy" November 10, 20230.10.69[156]TBDTBDTBDTBD
4 "We've Got a Racoon Problem" November 17, 20230.10.61[157]TBDTBDTBDTBD
5 "The Bill-In-Penn's-Head Trick" December 1, 20230.10.55[158]TBDTBDTBDTBD
6 "Badass Brooke" December 8, 20230.10.61[159]TBDTBDTBDTBD
7 "The Princess and the Wizard" December 22, 2023N/aN/aTBDTBDTBDTBD
8 "The Smallest Biggest Magic Trick Ever" January 12, 20240.10.68[160]TBDTBDTBDTBD
9 "Penn & Teller vs. A Magic Hamster" January 19, 20240.10.68[161]TBDTBDTBDTBD
10 "A Magical Punch in the Face" January 26, 20240.10.66[162]TBDTBDTBDTBD
11 "The Youngest Act in Fool Us History" February 2, 20240.10.63[163]TBDTBDTBDTBD
12 "It's Snot Magic!" February 16, 20240.10.59[164]TBDTBDTBDTBD
13 "Game of Drones" February 23, 20240.10.64[165]TBDTBDTBDTBD
14 "Brought To You by the Letter P" March 1, 20240.10.57[166]TBDTBDTBDTBD
15 "Dan Quayle Gets Shot by a T-Shirt Cannon" March 15, 20240.10.57[167]TBDTBDTBDTBD
16 "Magicians Like to Spoon" March 22, 20240.10.69[168]TBDTBDTBDTBD
17 "It Takes Balls to be a Magician" March 29, 20240.10.72[169]TBDTBDTBDTBD
18 "Shut Up - You Fooled Us!" April 5, 20240.10.51[170]TBDTBDTBDTBD
19 "Magic is for the Birds" April 19, 20240.10.63[171]TBDTBDTBDTBD
20 "Now Teller Won't Shut Up" April 26, 20240.10.63[171]TBDTBDTBDTBD
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Broadcast

In Australia, the show commenced airing on ABC1 each Saturday at 9:25 pm from October 1, 2011.[212][213] In New Zealand, the show commenced airing on ChoiceTV each Saturday at 7:30 pm from April 28, 2012.[214] The CW acquired the series for broadcast in the United States, where it premiered on July 30, 2014. The pilot episode was trimmed to one hour (including commercial breaks) for its CW airing.[215][216] In Canada, the series aired on Bite TV before it was rebranded to Makeful on August 24, 2015. Channel 5 bought the UK rights to the second season and premiered it on March 6, 2016.[217]

Other versions

  • In 2011 it was reported that the format had been sold to Ukraine broadcaster STB, who would produce a local version.[212]
  • In 2012 the show was licensed to Israel's Channel 2. The show was renamed Mi Yapil Et Ha Master ("Who Can Fool The Master?"). Penn & Teller were asked to be the judging magicians but they had to decline due to other commitments. Max Maven took their place, and the winner of the show was mentalist Eran Biderman.[218]

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