Penn & Teller: Fool Us

Penn & Teller: Fool Us (sometimes stylized As Penn & Teller: F**l 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]

Penn & Teller: Fool Us
Also known as	Fool Us Penn & Teller: Fool Us in Vegas
Genre	Entertainment Comedy
Created by	Penn Jillette Teller Peter Adam Golden Andrew Golder
Directed by	Dennis Rosenblatt
Presented by	Jonathan Ross Alyson Hannigan Brooke Burke
Judges	Penn Jillette Teller
Narrated by	Dominic Byrne Penn Jillette
Composers	Nick Foster Ken Bolam
Country of origin	United Kingdom United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	11
No. of episodes	165
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	London (season 1) Las Vegas (season 2–present)
Running time	45 minutes 65 minutes (pilot)
Production companies	1/17 Productions September Films
Original release
Network	ITV (season 1) The CW (season 2–present)
Release	7 January 2011 (2011-01-07) – present

The eleventh season premiered on January 24, 2025.^[2]

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 4 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 magicians. 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.^[3]

If Penn & Teller are wrong, or cannot figure out how the trick was done, the magician wins a Fool Us trophy 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.^[4] 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.^[5] The eight episodes were shot in a ten-day filming block, and began airing in June 2011.^[6]

It was announced on 28 June 2012 that ITV had cancelled the show, despite averaging 4 million viewers, higher than the norm for the timeslot.^[7] 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.^[8] 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.^[9]

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

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.^[18] On 20 January 2022, the series was renewed for a ninth season.^[19] On 18 May 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 Theatre at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The season premiered on 27 October 2023.^[20][21][22] In June 2024, the series was renewed for an eleventh season.^[23] Season 11 premiered on January 24, 2025.^[2]

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released	Network
1	Pilot		7 January 2011 (2011-01-07)		ITV
	8		18 June 2011 (2011-06-18)	28 August 2011 (2011-08-28)
2	13		6 July 2015 (2015-07-06)	5 October 2015 (2015-10-05)	The CW
3	13		13 July 2016 (2016-07-13)	16 September 2016 (2016-09-16)
4	13		13 July 2017 (2017-07-13)	30 November 2017 (2017-11-30)
5	13		25 June 2018 (2018-06-25)	1 October 2018 (2018-10-01)
6	13		17 June 2019 (2019-06-17)	30 September 2019 (2019-09-30)
7	28	14	22 June 2020 (2020-06-22)	16 November 2020 (2020-11-16)
		14	8 January 2021 (2021-01-08)	16 April 2021 (2021-04-16)
8	14		1 October 2021 (2021-10-01)	4 March 2022 (2022-03-04)
9	14		14 October 2022 (2022-10-14)	14 April 2023 (2023-04-14)
10	20		27 October 2023 (2023-10-27)	26 April 2024 (2024-04-26)
11	12		24 January 2025 (2025-01-24)	11 April 2025 (2025-04-11)

Performers who fooled Penn & Teller are listed in bold type.

Season 1 (2011)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date	Prod. code [a]	UK viewers (millions) [b]
1	Pilot	"How to Saw a Woman in Half"	7 January 2011 (2011-01-07)	109	4.28[24]
Ali Cook, close-up and stage magician   Richard Bellars, close-up and stage magician   Michael Vincent, close-up and stage magician   John Archer, magical comedy entertainer   James More, stage magician and illusionist   Benjamin Earl, card manipulator ITV website exclusives   Damien O'Brien, street magician   Noel Qualter, close-up magician Penn and Teller perform "Cell Fish" (later repeated for US run) and sawing a woman in halves
2	1	"Teller Sucks... Helium"	18 June 2011 (2011-06-18)	107	4.07[24]
High Jinx, illusionists and circus performers   Jon Allen, street magician   Graham Jolley, mind reader and mentalist
3	2	"Stab a Card, Any Card..."	25 June 2011 (2011-06-25)	102	3.57[24]
Mark Shortland, magical comedy entertainer   Mathieu Bich, card illusionist   Young and Strange, street stage illusionists   Daniel Madison, card illusionist Penn and Teller perform "Hand Stab"
4	3	"Solid Goldfish"	2 July 2011 (2011-07-02)	103	3.12[24]
Piff the Magic Dragon,[c] magical comedy entertainer,   Soma, illusionist   Alan Hudson, close-up magician   Damien O'Brien, street magician Teller performs "Silver Fish"
5	4	"Teller is a Blockhead"	9 July 2011 (2011-07-09)	104	3.27[24]
Daniel Kramer, illusionist   Romany, the Diva of Magic, burlesque dancer and magician   Alan Rorrison, close-up magician   Richard Bellars, mentalist
6	5	"Penn Gets Nailed"	16 July 2011 (2011-07-16)	105	3.29[24]
Cubic Act, illusionists   Nick Einhorn, mentalist   Michael Vincent, close-up and stage magician   Morgan & West, close-up and stage magicians Penn and Teller perform "Nail Gun"
7	6	"The Magic of Polyester"	23 July 2011 (2011-07-23)	106	3.62[24]
Gazzo, street magician   Colin McLeod, mentalist   Keelan and Charlotte, quick-change artists   Brynolf & Ljung, illusionists Penn and Teller perform "Polyester"
8	7	"A Bellyful of Needles"	30 July 2011 (2011-07-30)	101	3.22[24]
Shawn Farquhar,[d] close-up/card magician   Manuel Martinez, illusionist[e]   Etienne Pradier, card magician   Chris Dugdale, illusionist Teller performs "East Indian Needle Mystery"
9	8	"Water Tanks for the Memories"	28 August 2011 (2011-08-28)	108	N/A
Lee Hathaway, cabaret act and close-up magician   Jack Taperell, close-up magician   Laura London, illusionist   Paul & Martin Daniels, renowned magicians Penn and Teller perform "The Water Tank"

1. As listed in U.S. listings
2. SD viewers only.
3. 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. 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. Martinez presented himself as Cuban, but was outed as British by Penn & Teller following the conclusion of his act.

Unaired segments include:

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

Season 2 (2015)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
10	1	"Phone-y Business"	6 July 2015 (2015-07-06)	202	1.66[29]
Jon Armstrong, close-up magician   Xavier Mortimer, illusionist   The Shocker, mentalist/illusionist   Steven Brundage, close-up magician Penn and Teller perform "Cell Fish"
11	2	"The Invisi-Ball Thread"	13 July 2015 (2015-07-13)	203	2.01[30]
/  Leon and Romy, illusionists   Mike Hammer, illusionist  /  Shin Lim, close-up magician   Peter Boie, illusionist Teller performs "The Red Ball"
12	3	"Shoot to Kill"	20 July 2015 (2015-07-20)	201	1.81[31]
Brian Brushwood, close-up magician   Simon Pierro, illusionist   Handsome Jack, comedy magician   Kyle Knight & Mistie, illusionist Penn and Teller perform "Magic Bullets" (The bullet catch)
13	4	"Knife of the Party"	27 July 2015 (2015-07-27)	204	2.24[32]
Austin Janik, close-up/card magician   Amazing Allison, mentalist   Mac King, illusionist   Norman Ng, close-up magician
14	5	"Mission Impossi-Ball"	3 August 2015 (2015-08-03)	205	2.06[33]
Bill Cook, close-up magician   Wes Barker, illusionist   Matthew Holtzclaw, close-up magician   David Regal, illusionist
15	6	"Now THAT'S Bunny!"	10 August 2015 (2015-08-10)	206	2.35[34]
Jay Sankey, close-up magician   Greg Wilson, illusionist   Trigg Watson, close-up magician   Jen Kramer, close-up magician Penn and Teller pull a rabbit out of a hat
16	7	"Penn's Favorite Card Trick"	17 August 2015 (2015-08-17)	207	2.10[35]
/  Kostya Kimlat, card magician   Frederick Falk, close-up magician   Chris Funk, card/stage magician   Nate Dendy, stage magician
17	8	"Teller Plays with a Full Deck"	24 August 2015 (2015-08-24)	209	1.87[36]
Blake Vogt, close-up magician   Joshua Jay, close-up magician   Levent, comedy magician   Ben Seidman, illusionist Penn and Teller perform "The Atheist's Deck of Cards"
18	9	"Star Spangled Magic"	31 August 2015 (2015-08-31)	210	2.11[37]
Riley Siegler, close-up/card magician  /  Jade, illusionist   Ran'd Shine, close-up magician   David Roth,[a] coin magician
19	10	"Teller Deflowers a Shadow"	14 September 2015 (2015-09-14)	212	1.46[38]
Scott Alexander & Puck, illusionist   Eric Jones, coin magician   Mark Calabrese, close-up/card magician   Paul Vigil, mentalist[b] Teller performs "Shadows*
20	11	"Where There's Smoke There's Magic"	21 September 2015 (2015-09-21)	211	1.15[39]
Joel Meyers & Spidey, mentalist duo   Rick Lax, close-up/card magician   Marcus Eddie, illusionist   Bruce Gold, comedy magician
21	12	"Penn & Teller Ring Someone's Neck"	28 September 2015 (2015-09-28)	208	1.34[40]
Victor & Diamond, illusionists   Francis Menotti, mentalist  /  Nash Fung, close-up magician   Chad Juros, rope magician
22	13	"An Egg-Cellent Trick"	5 October 2015 (2015-10-05)	213	1.36[41]
Derek Hughes, close-up/card magician   Reuben Moreland, illusionist   Suzanne, close-up magician   Jared Kopf, mentalist Penn and Teller perform "One Minute Egg"

1. 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. 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)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
23	1	"Won't Get Fooled Again...?"	13 July 2016 (2016-07-13)	304	1.46[42]
Shawn Farquhar,[a] mentalist   Michael Kent, comedy magician   Nathan Burton, illusionist   Nathan Coe Marsh, close-up magician[b] Penn and Teller perform "Love Ritual" (routine originally created by Woody Aragón)
24	2	"Jesse Eisenberg Gets Carded"	20 July 2016 (2016-07-20)	303	1.21[43]
Brett Loudermilk, sword swallower   Dan Harlan, close-up/card magician   Ryan Joyce, illusionist   Kyle Eschen, comedy magician
25	3	"Have A Blast"	27 July 2016 (2016-07-27)	302	1.18[44]
Robert Ramirez, comedy mentalist  /  Dominik (Krzanowski), illusionist   Joel Ward, comedy magician   Mahdi Gilbert, close-up/card magician
26	4	"Penn Plays With Fire"	3 August 2016 (2016-08-03)	305	1.42[45]
David and Leeman, comedy magician   Jibrizy, close-up magician   Rick Maisel, escape artist   Felix Bodden, close-up/card magician
27	5	"You Dirty Rathead!"	10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)	301	1.43[46]
Alex Ramon, illusionist   Greg Frewin, illusionist   Vinny Grosso, comedy magician   Arthur Trace, close-up magician Penn and Teller perform the "Room 101 Card Trick"
28	6	"Penn & Teller Snake their Chances"	17 August 2016 (2016-08-17)	309	1.47[47]
Elliot Zimet, illusionist   Paul Gertner, close-up/card magician   Matthew DiSero, comedy mentalist   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.
29	7	"Juggle, Juggle, Penn's in Trouble"	24 August 2016 (2016-08-24)	308	1.49[48]
Vitaly Beckman, illusionist   Simon Coronel,[c] illusionist   Mac King, comedy magician   Kevin Viner, mentalist Penn juggles lit torches and broken bottles while reciting a monologue
30	8	"Here's Moxie!"	31 August 2016 (2016-08-31)	306	1.78[50]
Matthew Laslo, illusionist   Rob Zabrecky, mentalist   David Garrard, illusionist   Wayne Hoffman, mentalist
31	9	"The Great Escape"	2 September 2016 (2016-09-02)	307	1.28[51]
Xavier Mortimer, illusionist   Fielding West, comedy magician   Caleb Wiles, close up/card magician   Kevin Hall The Magic Maniac, comedy magician
32	10	"To Tea Or Not To Tea?"	7 September 2016 (2016-09-07)	310	1.54[52]
Timon Krause, mentalist   Kyle Marlett, close up/card magician   The Evasons, mentalists   Chef Anton, illusionist
33	11	"Penn & Teller Get Trapped"	9 September 2016 (2016-09-09)	311	1.41[53]
Christopher Tracy & Jim Leach,[d] comedy magicians   Neil Croswell, illusionist   Ben Young, illusionist  /  Henok, mentalist
34	12	"Penn & Teller Rip for your Pleasure"	14 September 2016 (2016-09-14)	312	1.38[54]
Joseph Réohm, illusionist   Brent Braun, close-up/card magician   Chris Rose, close-up magician   Charles Bach, illusionist
35	13	"Can Penn & Teller Fool Penn & Teller"	16 September 2016 (2016-09-16)	313	1.34[55]
Anthony Asimov, close-up magician   Angela Funovits, mentalist   Ivan Amodei, mentalist   Vince Charming, illusionist

1. Appeared in a previous episode where they fooled Penn & Teller.
2. 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. Although Coronel indicated during the initial broadcast that he had not fooled Penn & Teller, they confirmed in their "April Fool Us Day" special on 2 April 2018, that they had indeed been fooled.^[49]
4. Performed as the magic duo "Hal & Kellar" parodying Penn & Teller.

Season 4 (2017)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
36	1	"Penn & Teller Teach You a Trick"	13 July 2017 (2017-07-13)	402	1.62[56]
Richard Turner, card mechanic   Young & Strange, illusionist   Kayla Drescher, illusionist   Mike Super, mentalist
37	2	"Penn, Teller and a Mind Reading Chicken"	20 July 2017 (2017-07-20)	401	1.72[57]
Jonathan Burns, comedy magician   Jo De Rijck, mentalist   David Caserta, illusionist   Jimmy Ichihana, close-up/card magician
38	3	"Teller Flips a Bird"	27 July 2017 (2017-07-27)	403	1.56[58]
Misty Lee, close-up magician  /  Shin Lim,[a] close-up magician   Andi Gladwin, comedy magician   Hatfields, illusionist Penn and Teller perform Johnny Thompson's "The Great Thomsoni and Company" (comedy dove production routine).
39	4	"50/50 Chance"	3 August 2017 (2017-08-03)	405	1.64[59]
Matt Johnson, escape artist   Siegfried Tieber, close-up/card magician   Jafo (Jason Fields), close-up/coin magician   Jessica Jane Peterson, illusionist
40	5	"Does This Trick Ring a Bell?"	10 August 2017 (2017-08-10)	407	1.53[60]
Dyno Staats, illusionist   Aiden Sinclair, mentalist   Axel Adler, illusionist   David Parr, close-up/card magician Penn and Teller perform "Circle Stop"
41	6	"Something Fishy This Way Comes"	17 August 2017 (2017-08-17)	412	1.49[61]
Dan Sperry, illusionist   Jean-Pierre Parent,[b] comedy magician   Naathan Phan, illusionist   Richard Forget, illusionist Penn and Teller perform a book test with Piff the Magic Dragon.
42	7	"A Big Round of Applause for Alyson"	24 August 2017 (2017-08-24)	411	1.48[63]
Riccardo Berdini, mentalist  /  Yan Markson, mentalist/magician   Ondřej Pšenička, close-up magician   Glenn Morphew, close-up/card magician
43	8	"I Dream of Genie Tube"	7 September 2017 (2017-09-07)	410	1.42[64]
Dennis Watkins, close-up/card magician   Jeff McBride, manipulation   Kevin Li, close-up illusionist   Steve Marshall, dice stacking magician Penn and Teller perform "Tube to Bunny" (Genie Tube effect)
44	9	"Penn & Teller Are Full of Hot Air"	14 September 2017 (2017-09-14)	413	1.48[65]
Liberty Larsen, close-up/card magician   Jorge Blass, close-up/card magician   Paul Gertner, close-up/card magician   Sergio Starman, close-up magician Penn and Teller perform "Inflatables"
45	10	"Monkey Business"	21 September 2017 (2017-09-21)	404	1.55[66]
Sean-Paul & Juliana Fay, close-up/card magicians   Jason Andrews, illusionist   Eric Mead, close-up magician   Reza Borchardt, card magician Penn and Teller perform "The National Magic Trick" (vanishing handkerchief)
46	11	"Penn Does the Heavy Lifting"	25 September 2017 (2017-09-25)	409	0.92[67]
Stuart MacDonald, close-up magician   Kyle Littleton, card magician   Lion Fludd, close-up/card magician   The Beckers, illusionists Penn and Teller perform Robert-Houdin's "Light and Heavy Chest"
47	12	"Penn & Teller & Dracula"	28 September 2017 (2017-09-28)	408	1.66[68]
Mike Bliss, comedy magician   Ekaterina, mentalist   Javi Benitez, close-up/card magician   Ran Gafner, mentalist
48	13	"Hanging Out with Penn & Teller"	30 November 2017 (2017-11-30)[c]	406	1.14[69]
/  Patrik Kuffs, close-up/card magician   Todd Lamanske, card magician   Adam Wilber, close-up/card magician   Hector, close-up illusionist Jen Kramer and AmberLynn Walker[d]

1. Appeared in a previous episode where they fooled Penn & Teller.
2. 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. Scheduled 2 October 2017 airing of this episode was postponed following the 2017 Las Vegas shooting.
4. Outside of competition, performed in the magic act at the end of the episode together with Penn & Teller.

Season 5 (2018)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
49	–	"April Fool Us Day"	2 April 2018 (2018-04-02)	N/A	0.94[70]
A special episode.
50	1	"Penn the Magic Dragon"	25 June 2018 (2018-06-25)	503	1.35[71]
Matt Marcy, comedy magician   The Sentimentalists, mentalist   Andrew Evans, illusionist   Dom Chambers, close-up magician
51	2	"The Rematch"	2 July 2018 (2018-07-02)	502	1.34[72]
Vinny Grosso,[a] comedy magician   Morgan & West,[a] close-up and stage   Paul Gertner,[a] close-up/card magician   Eric Jones,[a] coin magician
52	3	"Penn & Teller Get Loopy"	9 July 2018 (2018-07-09)	504	1.29[73]
Ryan Chandler, close-up magician   Ryan Hayashi, samurai/coin magician   Dirk Losander, illusionist   Ed Ripley, close-up magician
53	4	"Here Comes the Magic"	16 July 2018 (2018-07-16)	501	1.39[74]
Danny Cole, illusionist  /  Kostya Kimlat,[a] card magician   Håkan Berg, comedy magician   John Hinton, close-up magician
54	5	"Psych!!"	23 July 2018 (2018-07-23)	508	1.45[75]
Emily Victoria, mentalist   Patrick Folkerts, illusionist   Migz, close-up/card magician   Seth Grabel, escape artist
55	6	"Penn & Teller Against the World"	30 July 2018 (2018-07-30)	506	1.38[76]
Taijyu Fujiyama, close-up/stage magician   Pit Hartling, close-up/card magician   Helen Coghlan, illusionist   Menny Lindenfeld, mentalist
56	7	"Imagine (Magic) Dragons"	6 August 2018 (2018-08-06)	505	1.31[77]
Erik Tait, comedy magician   Rebecca Herrera, mentalist   TanBA, danger magician   Ian Stewart, stunt magician/hypnotist
57	8	"Here Lie Penn & Teller"	13 August 2018 (2018-08-13)	509	1.60[78]
Damien James, mentalist/ventriloquist   Kelvin Chow, close-up/card magician   Joshua Lozoff, mentalist   Murray SawChuck, illusionist
58	9	"Teller's Gambling Problem"	20 August 2018 (2018-08-20)	511	1.28[79]
Will Bradshaw, stunt magician   Eric Dittelman, comedy mentalist   Christian Engblom, close-up/card magician   Compagnie des Dragonfly, illusionist group
59	10	"Penn & Teller Keep You In Suspense"	27 August 2018 (2018-08-27)	507	1.62[80]
Simon Pierro, illusionist   Nicholas Wallace, danger magician   Darcy Oake, close-up/card magician   Alex Geiser, coin magician
60	11	"The Fool Us Zone"	3 September 2018 (2018-09-03)	510	1.34[81]
Tyler Twombly, close-up illusionist   Michael Rubinstein, coin magician   Anastasia Synn, illusionist   Adam Cheyer, card magician
61	12	"Never Trust A Magician"	24 September 2018 (2018-09-24)	512	0.89[82]
Alexandra Duvivier,[b] card magician   Christine Barger & Darlene Hollywood, mentalists   Jamie Allan, close-up illusionist  /  Christopher Grace, mentalist
62	13	"Let's Hear It For The Kids"	1 October 2018 (2018-10-01)	513	1.16[83]
Kiko Pastur, close-up magician   Jason Palter, comedy magician   Michael Gee, card magician   Bryan Saint, illusionist

1. Appeared in a previous episode where they fooled Penn & Teller.
2. Penn & Teller later revealed on their "April Fool Us Day" special on 1 April 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)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
63	–	"April Fool Us Day 2019"	1 April 2019 (2019-04-01)	N/A	0.74[citation needed]
A special episode.
64	1	"David Copperfield vs. Penn & Teller"	17 June 2019 (2019-06-17)	601	1.31[84]
Jan Reinder, stunt magician   Ondřej Pšenička,[a] close-up/card magician   Giancarlo Bernini, close-up magician   Penn & Teller,[b] comedy magicians
65	2	"They're Baaack!"	24 June 2019 (2019-06-24)	602	1.10[85]
Javi Benitez,[a] close-up magician   Rebecca Herrera,[a] mentalist   Helen Coghlan,[a] escapologist   Danny Cole,[a] illusionist
66	3	"Penn & Teller vs. Inventors"	1 July 2019 (2019-07-01)	603	1.14[86]
Arkadia, comedy mentalist   Harry Keaton, hypnotist   Jandro, comedy mentalist   Derek Selinger, danger magician/illusionist
67	4	"Penn & Teller Cure the Common Code"	8 July 2019 (2019-07-08)	604	1.15[87]
Anna DeGuzman, card manipulator   Raffaele Scircoli, mentalist   Allen Abbott, illusionist   Axel Hecklau, close-up magician
68	5	"Penn & Teller Hit the Streets"	15 July 2019 (2019-07-15)	605	1.18[88]
Adrián Carratalá, close-up magician   Kevin Blake, card mentalist   Ryan Stock & AmberLynn Walker, illusionists/danger duo   Christopher Castellini, mentalist
69	6	"Duck! It's Alyson!"	22 July 2019 (2019-07-22)	606	1.18[89]
Jimmy Ichihana, close-up/card magician   Herbert & Alyson,[c] illusionists   Eric Samuels, mentalist   Rabby Yang, mentalist
70	7	"Are You Better Magicians Than a 6th Grader?"	29 July 2019 (2019-07-29)	607	1.15[90]
Hans Petter Secker, card mechanic   Xulio Merino, close-up magician   Zoe LaFleur, close-up/card magician   Josh Farley, illusionist
71	8	"2nd Chance Foolers"	5 August 2019 (2019-08-05)	608	1.24[91]
Marcus Eddie, close-up and card magician   Kevin Li, mentalist   Blake Vogt & Jana, danger magicians   Robert Ramirez, close-up magicians
72	9	"Magic Meatballs"	19 August 2019 (2019-08-19)	609	1.25[92]
Anca & Lucca, mentalist duo   Tom Stone, illusionist   Jon & Owen (The Passing Zone), juggling magic duo   Horret Wu, close-up/card magician
73	10	"Magical Moxie"	26 August 2019 (2019-08-26)	610	1.21[93]
Wolfgang Moser, illusionist   Johnny Magic, mentalist   Pere Rafart, comedy magician   Giacomo Bertini, coin magician
74	11	"The Mind Noodler"	9 September 2019 (2019-09-09)	611	1.14[94]
Scott Green, comedy mentalist   Matt Donnelly: The Mind Noodler, comedy magician   Doc Dixon, comedy magician   Sangsoon Kim, close-up illusionist
75	12	"Magic is Bad for Your Health"	23 September 2019 (2019-09-23)	612	0.88[95]
Lucy Darling, stage magician (Carisa Hendrix)   Nestor Hato, close-up/card magician   Alfonso Rituerto, coin magician   Keelan Leyser & Matt Daniel-Baker, illusionist duo
76	13	"Virtual Reality"	30 September 2019 (2019-09-30)	613	0.91[96]
Woody Aragon, close-up/card magician   Denny Corby, mentalist   Sinbad Max, coin magician   John Walton, mentalist
77	–	"Merry Fool Us"	29 November 2019 (2019-11-29)	N/A	N/A
A special episode. All the performers received a special holiday themed participation trophy.   Mat Franco, card magician   Adam Trent, illusionist   Asi Wind, magician/mentalist   Mark Shortland, magical comedy entertainer

1. Appeared in a previous episode where they fooled Penn & Teller.
2. Magician David Copperfield was invited to judge the act
3. Herbert's real name is Sebastien Dethise.

Season 7 (2020–21)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date [97]	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
Part 1
78	1	"Third Time's the Charm"	22 June 2020 (2020-06-22)	701	1.13[98]
Shawn Farquhar,[a] close-up card magician   Helen Coghlan,[a] escapologist   Ondřej Pšenička,[a] card magician   Paul Gertner,[a] close-up card magician
79	2	"Teller vs. Penn"	29 June 2020 (2020-06-29)	702	1.02[99]
Eric Leclerc, close-up magician   Dev Sherman, close-up/card magician   Conan Liu, illusionist   Rubén Vilagrand, comedy magician   Penn Jillette,[b] juggler
80	3	"Fool Us: The Home Game"	6 July 2020 (2020-07-06)	703	0.93[100]
Caleb Wiles, card magician   D.K., close-up illusionist   Wes Iseli, mentalist   Alana, illusionist Teller builds a card castle while Penn and the Passing Zone juggle increasingly distracting/damaging objects.
81	4	"Teller Talks!!!"	13 July 2020 (2020-07-13)	704	0.94[101]
Miranda Allen, escapologist   Iñaki Zabaletta, close-up/card magician   Keith Kong, mentalist   Guilherme Silveira, mentalist Penn and Teller provide a tutorial on the French Drop.
82	5	"Watermelon Surgery"	20 July 2020 (2020-07-20)	705	1.02[102]
Guy Bavli, mentalist   Javier Botía, mentalist   B.S. Reddy, illusionist   Chad Allen, close-up/card magician Penn and Teller perform "Watermelon Surgery"
83	6	"P&T in 3D...Glasses"	3 August 2020 (2020-08-03)	706	0.90[103]
Hans Klok, illusionist   Michael Bourada, mentalist   Hedné, card magician   Vincenzo Ravina, mentalist Penn and Teller perform "Multiple Outs"
84	7	"Penn's Stupid Rope Trick"	17 August 2020 (2020-08-17)	707	0.96[104]
Sora, mentalist   Jaana Felicitas, illusionist   Mario López, comedy illusionist   Clinton W. Gray, danger magician Penn performs "Stupid"
85	8	"Brad Sherwood's Nuts"	24 August 2020 (2020-08-24)	708	1.01[105]
Mike Hammer, comedy magician   Léa Kyle, quick change artist   Dante, close-up/card magician   Takamiz Usui, close-up magician Penn and Teller perform "Pull Your Cash Out" (torn and restored bill effect.)
86	9	"The Placebo Effect"	31 August 2020 (2020-08-31)	709	0.92[106]
Daniel K, close-up magician   Yukihiro Katayama, card manipulator   Andrew Evans, illusionist   David Stone, comedy magician Penn and Teller perform "Placebo"
87	10	"Deep Fake Penn"	5 October 2020 (2020-10-05)	710	0.78[107]
Boris Wild, close-up/card magician   Ramó & Alegría, illusionist duo   Jonio, close-up magician   Ricardo Rosenkranz, danger magician Penn and Teller perform "Cowboy"
88	11	"Say Hello to My Little Ball Pit Troll"	12 October 2020 (2020-10-12)	711	0.87[108]
Jandro,[a] comedy magician   David Parr,[a] danger magician   Magical Katrina, mentalist   Daniel Roy, close-up/card magician Penn and Teller perform "Ball Pit Troll"
89	12	"Lord of the Ring"	19 October 2020 (2020-10-19)	712	0.85[109]
Anna Ferris Simpson, mentalist   Pierre Ulric, mentalist   Garrett Thomas, close-up/card magician   Francis Menotti,[a] card magician Penn and Teller perform "How We Met" (previously known as "Cuffed to a Creep")
90	13	"Jaws of Death"	26 October 2020 (2020-10-26)	713	0.85[110]
Blaise Serra, close-up/card magician   Leon Etienne, danger magician   Xavier Mortimer, illusionist   Sylvain Juzan, close-up magician Penn performs "Correlation Sticks"
91	14	"Magic With a Property Brother"	16 November 2020 (2020-11-16)	714	0.79[111]
Ali Cook, close-up magician   Tony Clark, close-up magician   Till Haunschild, card magician   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
92	15	"Penn & Teller Go for the Juggler"	8 January 2021 (2021-01-08)	715	0.73[112]
Noah Sonie, comedy magician   Malin Nilsson, illusionist   Peter Samelson, close-up/card magician   Michael Karl, mentalist
93	16	"Teller vs Penn: The Rematch"	15 January 2021 (2021-01-15)	716	0.76[113]
Jonathan Burns, escapologist   Eric Chien, close-up magician   Jeremiah Zuo, card magician   Sabine van Diemen, illusionist Teller
94	17	"Jedi Mind Tricks"	22 January 2021 (2021-01-22)	717	0.75[114]
Chris Capehart, close-up magician   Yan Yan Ma, illusionist   Topas, close-up magician   Jason and Stacy Alan, card magicians
95	18	"Teller Gets Smashed"	29 January 2021 (2021-01-29)	718	0.82[115]
Jeki Yoo, close-up magician   Matthew Pomeroy & Natasha Lamb, mentalists   Peter K. Wood, Collector of the Impossible   Lewis Starnes, close-up magician
96	19	"Penn & Teller Go for a Spin"	5 February 2021 (2021-02-05)	719	0.83[116]
Dania Diaz, close-up magician   Greg Gleason, close-up/card magician   Cameron Braxton, card magician   Florian Sainvet, illusionist/manipulator
97	20	"Niagara Fools"	19 February 2021 (2021-02-19)	720	0.68[117]
Greg Frewin, escapologist   Dyna Staats, mentalist   Matt Marcy, comedy magician   Guilherme Silveira, mentalist
98	21	"Back to the Future"	26 February 2021 (2021-02-26)	721	0.76[118]
Abby Segal, mentalist   Noel Qualter, close-up and iPad magician   Christoph Kuch, mentalist   Ray Lum, illusionist/illusion fabricator
99	22	"P&T Get the Finger"	5 March 2021 (2021-03-05)	722	0.69[119]
Sanjeev Vinodh, card magician   Doc Dixon, comedy magician   David Merlin, illusionist   Jorg Alexander, close-up magician
100	23	"Turn That Frown Upside Down"	12 March 2021 (2021-03-12)	723	0.71[120]
Tyler Twombly, close-up magician   Josephine Lee, stage magician   Lionel Dellberg, close-up magician   Aaron Hickok, close-up/card magician
101	24	"The Magic Toilet"	19 March 2021 (2021-03-19)	724	0.80[121]
Mac King, comedy magician   David Shareef, close-up/card magician   Alejandro Navas, card magician   Vitaly Beckman,[a] illusionist
102	25	"Penn & Tarot"	26 March 2021 (2021-03-26)	725	0.74[122]
Simon Coronel,[a] close-up magician   John Morton, mentalist   Alberto Giorgi, illusionist   Makoto Halverson, close-up/card magician
103	26	"Teller's Wonderland"	2 April 2021 (2021-04-02)	726	0.69[123]
Ryan and Johnny Hayashi,[a] illusionists   Nathaniel Segal, mentalist   Jandro,[a] comedy mentalist   Bill Goodwin, card magician
104	27	"Magic R App"	9 April 2021 (2021-04-09)	727	0.72[124]
Moritz Mueller, card magician   Michael Feldman, illusionist   Magical Bones, close-up magician   Seth Raphael, mentalist
105	28	"Penn & Teller Double Down"	16 April 2021 (2021-04-16)	728	0.65[125]
Penn & Teller and Gloria Estefan (Tattoo)   Siegfried Tieber,[a] card magician   Rick Wilcox, close-up magician   Willi Auerbach, illusionist

1. Appeared in a previous episode where they fooled Penn & Teller.
2. Fooled Teller and Piff the Magic Dragon.

Season 8 (2021–22)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
106	1	"Penn & Teller's Worst Nightmare"	1 October 2021 (2021-10-01)	803	0.67[126]
Jandro,[a] stage magician   Piff the Magic Dragon, comedy magician   Helen Coghlan,[a] escapologist   Paul Gertner,[a] close-up magician Penn and Teller perform "Gorilla"
107	2	"Magic with a Wolf"	8 October 2021 (2021-10-08)	802	0.67[127]
The Shocker, danger magician   Magic Maxl, close-up magician   Jeki Yoo,[a] close-up/card magician   Ben Seidman, mentalist Penn and Teller perform "Spike Tape"
108	3	"Happy Birthday!"	15 October 2021 (2021-10-15)	801	0.74[128]
Amanda Nepo, close-up/card magician   Shoot Ogawa, close-up/coin magician   Ale Bellotto & Giulia Musso, illusionists   Mark Clearview, comedy magician Penn and Teller perform "Birthday" (Zoom call magic routine)
109	4	"Monkeys, Donuts and X-Men"	22 October 2021 (2021-10-22)	806	0.65[129]
Anchal Kumawat, stage magician   Mark Doetsch, close-up magician   Michael O'Brien, close-up magician   Adrián Carratalá,[a] card magician Penn and Teller perform "Donut"
110	5	"Teller Gets Whacked!"	5 November 2021 (2021-11-05)	804	0.67[130]
Alex Ramon   Micah (Micah Cover)   Cameron Young   Matthew Teague Penn and Teller Perform "Whack-A-Teller"
111	6	"Penn & Tizzle"	12 November 2021 (2021-11-12)	805	0.65[131]
Leroya Sanford   Joshua Jay[a]   Gabriel Gascon   Luca Volpe
112	7	"Rock Paper Magic!"	19 November 2021 (2021-11-19)	807	0.69[132]
Hayden Childress   Hans Petter Secker   Benjamin Barnes   Jay & Joss Penn and Teller perform "Camel"
113	8	"Magic Cubed"	3 December 2021 (2021-12-03)	808	0.73[133]
Sydney Weaver   Steven Palmore   Danny Ray   Bobby Torkova
114	9	"Chocolate Magic"	7 January 2022 (2022-01-07)	809	0.89[134]
Tori Noquez   Alex Boyer   Andi Gladwin   Topas
115	10	"The Penn-Tagram"	14 January 2022 (2022-01-14)	810	0.86[135]
Mellow Paige Thompson Stanley Zhou Jonathon Lachance
116	11	"Stabba Dabba Deck"	21 January 2022 (2022-01-21)	811	0.91[136]
Zak Mirz John-Henry Andy Deemer Thomas Solomon
117	12	"P&T's Super Bowl Halftime Show"	28 January 2022 (2022-01-28)	813	0.76[137]
/  Rick Smith Jr. & Rokas Lindsey Noel Jason Suran Roddy McGhie
118	13	"Penn on Fire"	25 February 2022 (2022-02-25)	812	0.76[138]
John Fitzsimmons David Corsaro Diego & Elena Bentley Burns
119	14	"Ghostbusters"	4 March 2022 (2022-03-04)	814	0.85[139]
Sean-Paul & Juliana Fay   Disguido, stage magicians Scott Kahn Star Newman

1. Appeared in a previous episode where they fooled Penn & Teller.

Season 9 (2022–23)

No. overall	No. in season	Title [97][140]	Original release date [97]	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
120	1	"Single-Handed Three-Legged Twin Bullet Catch"	14 October 2022 (2022-10-14)	901	0.55[141]
Jon Mobley The Van Hargen Twins Axel Adler Chris Canfield Penn and Teller perform "Bucket of Blood"
121	2	"Sleight of Foot"	21 October 2022 (2022-10-21)	902	0.75[142]
Theron Christensen Jaana Felicitas Benjamin Barnes Brian Curry Penn and Teller perform "Sleight of Foot"
122	3	"Four Fools and Counting..."	28 October 2022 (2022-10-28)	903	0.54[143]
Yann Yuro   Helen Coghlan[a] Jason Michaels Alexander Boyce Penn and Teller perform "Español"
123	4	"Alyson's Smart Ass"	4 November 2022 (2022-11-04)	904	0.81[144]
Dani Daortiz, close-up card magician   Knight & Gayle, spiritualist magician duo   Jonah Babins & Ben Train, illusionist duo   Jason Fields, parlor magician Penn performs "Smart Ass"
124	5	"Teller and the Big Dummy"	11 November 2022 (2022-11-11)	905	0.64[145]
Apollo Riego Rachel Wax   Kolos   Peter Wood - Collector of the Impossible
125	6	"Magic Socks Big Time"	18 November 2022 (2022-11-18)	906	0.78[146]
Gabriella Lester Howard Blackwell   Horret Wu   Michael Rubinstein
126	7	"That (Bleeping) Teller!"	2 December 2022 (2022-12-02)	907	0.72[147]
Luka Vidovic Connor McDonald & Kenshin Amagi Marc Desouza Kevin Micoud
127	8	"Penn & Teller Animal Style"	20 January 2023 (2023-01-20)	908	0.72[148]
Jo De Rijck, mentalist[a] Nick Paul Sachin KM Christopher T & Sam the Doggo
128	9	"Tic Tac Time Travel"	27 January 2023 (2023-01-27)	909	0.73[149]
Dustin Dean Alan Hudson [b] Kruti Parekh Kyle Purnell
129	10	"The Evil Magic Octopus"	3 February 2023 (2023-02-03)	910	0.69[150]
Damien James[a] Mantas Wizard Andy Gershenzon Alejandro Linian
130	11	"Full Frontal Magic"	10 February 2023 (2023-02-10)	911	0.62[151]
Hector Mancha Adam Parisi Ben Zabin Robert Strong
131	12	"P & T Could Die Any Minute"	31 March 2023 (2023-03-31)	912	0.56[152]
Jandro [a] Ben Kraatz Judge Gary Brown Puck
132	13	"Chicken Trickin"	7 April 2023 (2023-04-07)	913	0.62[153]
Seren & Nathan Caleb Morgan   Alfonso Rituerto, coin magician   Ricardo Rosenkranz, Physician Magician [154]
133	14	"Alyson Might Throw Up"	14 April 2023 (2023-04-14)	914	0.62[155]
Raymi   Kat Hudson   Javier Natera

1. Appeared in a previous episode where they fooled Penn & Teller.
2. Appeared in a previous episode

Season 10 (2023–24)

No. overall	No. in season	Title [97][156]	Original release date [97]	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
134	1	"Who's Your Daddy?!"	27 October 2023 (2023-10-27)	1001	0.46[157]
Moxie Jillette, magician and Penn Jillette's son   Daxien, illusionist   The Cosmic Romantics, mentalist duo   David Schwartz, close-up magician First episode of the series to have two successful foolers on the same show.
135	2	"2 Dead in Tonight's Episode"	3 November 2023 (2023-11-03)	1002	0.65[158]
Alexandra, close-up magician   Artem, illusionist   Anthony Dempsey, mentalist   Rune Carlsen, coin magician Penn juggles three different objects: a ping pong ball, apple, and bowling ball.
136	3	"Magic is Sexy"	10 November 2023 (2023-11-10)	1003	0.69[159]
Cash, close-up/card magician   Aleš Hrdlička, illusionist   Henry & Klauss, escapologists   Jonah Babins & Ben Train, illusionist duo Penn and Teller perform "Finding a needle in a haystack".
137	4	"We've Got a Racoon Problem"	17 November 2023 (2023-11-17)	1004	0.61[160]
Solange Kardinaly, quick change artist   Christian Engblom,[a] close-up/card magician   Antonio Martinez, illusionist   Ari Novick, mentalist Penn and Teller perform "Gift Shop" (credit card to impossible location).
138	5	"The Bill-In-Penn's-Head Trick"	1 December 2023 (2023-12-01)	1005	0.55[161]
Joe Monti, street magician   Ding Yang, illusionist   Matt Baker, mentalist   Arturo Fuenzalida, coin magician Penn and Teller perform "The Bill-In-Penn's Head Trick" - reverse "Bill in Lemon" plot.
139	6	"Badass Brooke"	8 December 2023 (2023-12-08)	1006	0.61[162]
Ramo & Alegria, escapologists   Bryan Saint,[a] illusionist   Sion, illusionist   Vilgot Michelin, close-up/card magician Penn and Teller do not perform; Brooke Burke performs "Dental Floss through ear".
140	7	"The Princess and the Wizard"	22 December 2023 (2023-12-22)	1007	n/a
Benjamin Barnes,[a] close-up/card magician   Hara, illusionist   Helen Coghlan,[a] escapologist   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!
141	8	"The Smallest Biggest Magic Trick Ever"	12 January 2024 (2024-01-12)	1008	0.68[163]
Blake Vogt, close-up magician   Marc DeSouza, close-up magician   AnnaRose, hypnotist   Willy Monroe, illusionist Penn and Teller perform Pizza Prediction.
142	9	"Penn & Teller vs. A Magic Hamster"	19 January 2024 (2024-01-19)	1009	0.68[164]
Jo De Rijck,[a] mentalist   Adrian Vega, comedy magician   Nao Murata, illusionist   Jonathan Steigman, mentalist Penn and Teller perform The Six Card Repeat.
143	10	"A Magical Punch in the Face"	26 January 2024 (2024-01-26)	1010	0.66[165]
Jeffrey Wang, coin magician   Sanjeev Vinodh,[a] card magician   Miraver, illusionist   Mortenn Christiansen, comedy magician Penn and Teller perform Ring on Rose - transposition.
144	11	"The Youngest Act in Fool Us History"	2 February 2024 (2024-02-02)	1011	0.63[166]
Giancarlo Bernini, close-up magician   Rachel Ling Gordon, illusionist   Triton, comedy magician   Joe Diamond, close-up/card magician Penn and Teller perform Paper Balls over the Head - with eggs.
145	12	"It's Snot Magic!"	16 February 2024 (2024-02-16)	1012	0.59[167]
Jimmy Ichihana, close-up/card magician   Brendon Peel & Li Lau, stunt magicians   Jin Hyoung Han, illusionist   Dana Pleasant, close-up magician
146	13	"Game of Drones"	23 February 2024 (2024-02-23)	1013	0.64[168]
Wes Barker,[a] illusionist   Henry Evans, card magician   Gonzalo Albiñana, illusionist   Keona, mentalist Penn and Teller perform a card stab with a drone.
147	14	"Brought To You by the Letter P"	1 March 2024 (2024-03-01)	1014	0.57[169]
Jacob Schenström, illusionist   Ondřej Pšenička,[a] card magician   John Lewit, comedy magician   Chris Capehart,[a] close-up magician
148	15	"Dan Quayle Gets Shot by a T-Shirt Cannon"	15 March 2024 (2024-03-15)	1015	0.57[170]
Kimoon Do, card mechanic   Matt The Mind Noodler, comedy magician   Brielle, mentalist   Bruno Tarnecci, illusionist
149	16	"Magicians Like to Spoon"	22 March 2024 (2024-03-22)	1016	0.69[171]
Ben Jackson, close-up magician (determined during commercial break to have successfully fooled P&T.)   Juan Luis Rubiales, card magician   Harry Keaton,[a] hypnotist   Shoot Ogawa, close-up/coin magician
150	17	"It Takes Balls to be a Magician"	29 March 2024 (2024-03-29)	1017	0.72[172]
Javi Rufo, illusionist   Emma Olson, mentalist   Sean Ridgeway, card magician   Jim Vines, close-up magician
151	18	"Shut Up - You Fooled Us!"	5 April 2024 (2024-04-05)	1018	0.51[173]
Jason & Stacy Alan, mentalist duo   Markobi, comedy magician   Luis Olmedo, illusionist   Alyx Hilshey, street magician
152	19	"Magic is for the Birds"	19 April 2024 (2024-04-19)	1019	0.62[174]
Emily Robinson-Hardy, close-up/card magician   C.Y., illusionist   Nick Diffatte, comedy magician   Cody Stone, illusionist
153	20	"Now Teller Won't Shut Up"	26 April 2024 (2024-04-26)	1020	0.63[175]
Nikola Arkane, illusionist   Rubi, comedy magician   Vinny Grosso,[a] comedy magician   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.

1. Appeared in a previous episode where they fooled Penn & Teller.

Season 11 (2025)

No. overall	No. in season	Title [97][176]	Original release date [97]	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
154	1	"The Penn & Teller 50th Anniversary Special"	24 January 2025 (2025-01-24)	1112	0.65[177]
Young & Strange, illusionist  /   Piff the Magic Dragon with Jandro, comedy magicians   Piero Venesia Penn and Teller perform "Entropy."
155	2	"A Magician Gives Brooke the Bird"	31 January 2025 (2025-01-31)	1101	0.60[178]
Blake Vogt, close-up magician   Hernán Maccagno   Ella Nicholson[179]   Friedrich Roitzsch Penn and Teller perform "Battle of Dreams"
156	3	"Magic is in the Air"	7 February 2025 (2025-02-07)	1102	0.51[180]
Magic Singh   Nikolai Striebel   Dreygon   Sara Rodriguez Penn, Teller, Piff, and Brooke perform a packet trick.
157	4	"No More Mister Knife Guy"	14 February 2025 (2025-02-14)	1103	0.57[181]
Juan Luis Rubiales, card magician   Anja   Luke Osey   Joshua Kenneth
158	5	"Nerd Magic"	21 February 2025 (2025-02-21)	1104	0.59[182]
Francesco Della Bona   Liam Abner   Tom Crosbie   Ben Daggers Penn and Teller don't perform; Jandro does a card trick for Brooke.
159	6	"Burning Down the House"	28 February 2025 (2025-02-28)	1105	0.61[183]
Spencer Scurr   Markus Tervo   Adrián Vega, comedy magician   Simone Turkington
160	7	"Penn Gets Shut Up"	7 March 2025 (2025-03-07)	1106	0.53[184]
Patrick Livingstone   Duo Hikmah   Sho Takashige   Amanda Lindsey
161	8	"The Domino Effect"	14 March 2025 (2025-03-14)	1107	0.47[185]
Clark Payne   Rob Zabrecky, mentalist   Laser Kiwi, performance artists   Peter Samelson, close-up/card magician
162	9	"House of Cards"	21 March 2025 (2025-03-21)	1108	0.49[186]
Harry Gorillagician   Nicholas Ribs   Michael Dardant   Shawn Preston
163	10	"Gotcha!"	28 March 2025 (2025-03-28)	1109	0.68[187]
Vitaly Beckman, illusionist   AnnaRose Einarsen   Gonçalo Gil   Ren X
164	11	"Penn and Teller Get Ducked"	4 April 2025 (2025-04-04)	1110	0.50[188]
John Michael Hinton   /   Billy Hsueh   Shimshi   Bernardo Sedlacek First episode this season to have a potential fooler from South America. Also the first episode, this season, to feature a father/daughter team from Israel as secondary foolers!
165	12	"The Eight Stooges"	11 April 2025 (2025-04-11)	1111	0.44[189]
Jack Kelly mentalism/prediction Mortenn Christiansen, comedy magician Robin Sheikh, balloon manipulation/prediction Magic Samk, Russian roulette with Spanish cutlery.

Reception

Critical reception

Readers of UKGameshows.com named it the second best new game show of 2011 in their "Hall of fame" poll.^[190]

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."^[191]

Appearance on the show has become highly prestigious for magicians and more influential in marketing themselves than winning industry awards.^[192]

U.S. ratings

Season 1

Viewership and ratings per episode of Penn & Teller: Fool Us

No.	Title	Air date	Rating/share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)
1	"How to Saw a Woman in Half"	6 August 2014	0.5/2	1.45[193]
2	"Teller Sucks... Helium"	24 September 2014	0.5/2	1.51[194]
3	"Stab a Card, Any Card…"	30 July 2014	0.5/2	1.75[195]
4	"Solid Goldfish"	20 August 2014	0.5/2	1.69[196]
5	"Teller is a Blockhead"	3 September 2014	0.7/2	2.07[197]
6	"Penn Gets Nailed"	10 September 2014	0.5/2	1.73[198]
7	"The Magic of Polyester"	17 September 2014	0.5/2	1.58[199]
8	"A Bellyful of Needles"	13 August 2014	0.5/2	1.68[200]
9	"Water Tanks for the Memories"	27 August 2014	0.5/2	1.59[201]

Season 2

Viewership and ratings per episode of Penn & Teller: Fool Us

No.	Title	Air date	Rating/share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)
1	"Phone-y Business"	6 July 2015	0.5/2	1.66[29]
2	"The Invisi-Ball Thread"	13 July 2015	0.5/2	2.01[30]
3	"Shoot to Kill"	20 July 2015	0.5/2	1.81[31]
4	"Knife of the Party"	27 July 2015	0.6/3	2.24[32]
5	"Mission Impossi-Ball"	3 August 2015	0.5/2	2.06[33]
6	"Now THAT'S Bunny!"	10 August 2015	0.6/2	2.35[34]
7	"Penn's Favorite Card Trick"	17 August 2015	0.5/2	2.10[35]
8	"Teller Plays with a Full Deck"	24 August 2015	0.5/2	1.87[36]
9	"Star Spangled Magic"	31 August 2015	0.6/2	2.11[37]
10	"Where There's Smoke There's Magic"	14 September 2015	0.5/2	1.46[38]
11	"Teller Deflowers a Shadow"	21 September 2015	0.3/1	1.15[39]
12	"Penn & Teller Ring Someone's Neck"	28 September 2015	0.4/1	1.34[40]
13	"An Egg-Cellent Trick"	5 October 2015	0.4/1	1.36[41]

Season 3

Viewership and ratings per episode of Penn & Teller: Fool Us

No.	Title	Air date	Rating/share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)
1	"Won't Get Fooled Again...?"	13 July 2016	0.4/2	1.46[42]
2	"Jesse Eisenberg Gets Carded"	20 July 2016	0.3/1	1.21[43]
3	"Penn & Teller Have a Blast"	27 July 2016	0.3/1	1.18[44]
4	"Penn Plays with Fire"	3 August 2016	0.4/2	1.42[45]
5	"You Dirty Rathead!"	10 August 2016	0.4/1	1.43[46]
6	"Penn & Teller Snake their Chances"	17 August 2016	0.3/1	1.47[47]
7	"Juggle, Juggle, Penn's in Trouble"	24 August 2016	0.4/2	1.49[48]
8	"Here's Moxie!"	31 August 2016	0.5/2	1.78[50]
9	"The Great Escape"	2 September 2016	0.3/1	1.28[51]
10	"Tea Or Not To Tea"	7 September 2016	0.4/1	1.54[52]
11	"Penn & Teller Get Trapped"	9 September 2016	0.3/1	1.41[53]
12	"Penn & Teller Rip for Your Pleasure"	14 September 2016	0.4/2	1.38[54]
13	"Can Penn & Teller Fool Penn & Teller"	16 September 2016	0.3/1	1.34[55]

Season 4

Viewership and ratings per episode of Penn & Teller: Fool Us

No.	Title	Air date	Rating/share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)
1	"Penn & Teller Teach You a Trick"	13 July 2017	0.4/2	1.62[56]
2	"Penn, Teller and a Mind Reading Chicken"	20 July 2017	0.4/2	1.72[57]
3	"Teller Flips a Bird"	27 July 2017	0.4/2	1.56[58]
4	"50/50 Chance"	3 August 2017	0.4/2	1.64[59]
5	"Does This Trick Ring a Bell?"	10 August 2017	0.3/1	1.53[60]
6	"Something Fishy This Way Comes"	17 August 2017	0.4/2	1.49[61]
7	"A Big Round of Applause for Alyson"	24 August 2017	0.4/2	1.48[63]
8	"I Dream of Genie Tube"	7 September 2017	0.4/2	1.42[64]
9	"Penn & Teller Are Full of Hot Air"	14 September 2017	0.4/2	1.48[65]
10	"Monkey Business"	21 September 2017	0.4/2	1.55[66]
11	"Penn Does the Heavy Lifting"	25 September 2017	0.2/1	0.92[67]
12	"Penn & Teller & Dracula"	28 September 2017	0.4/2	1.66[68]
13	"Hanging Out with Penn & Teller"	30 November 2017	0.3/1	1.14[69]

Season 5

Viewership and ratings per episode of Penn & Teller: Fool Us

No.	Title	Air date	Rating/share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)
–	"April Fool Us Day"	2 April 2018	0.3/1	0.94[70]
1	"Penn the Magic Dragon"	25 June 2018	0.3/1	1.35[71]
2	"The Rematch"	2 July 2018	0.3/1	1.34[72]
3	"Penn & Teller Get Loopy"	9 July 2018	0.3/1	1.29[73]
4	"Here Comes the Magic"	16 July 2018	0.3/1	1.39[74]
5	"Psych!!"	23 July 2018	0.3/1	1.45[75]
6	"Penn & Teller Against the World"	30 July 2018	0.3/1	1.38[76]
7	"Imagine (Magic) Dragons"	6 August 2018	0.3/1	1.31[77]
8	"Here Lie Penn & Teller"	13 August 2018	0.4/2	1.60[78]
9	"Teller's Gambling Problem"	20 August 2018	0.3/1	1.28[79]
10	"Penn & Teller Keep You In Suspense"	27 August 2018	0.4/2	1.62[80]
11	"The Fool Us Zone"	3 September 2018	0.3/1	1.34[81]
12	"Never Trust A Magician"	24 September 2018	0.2/1	0.89[82]
13	"Let's Hear It For The Kids"	1 October 2018	0.3/1	1.16[83]

Season 6

Viewership and ratings per episode of Penn & Teller: Fool Us

No.	Title	Air date	Rating/share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)
–	"April Fool Us Day 2019"	1 April 2019	0.2	0.74
1	"David Copperfield vs. Penn & Teller"	17 June 2019	0.3/1	1.31[84]
2	"They’re Baaack!"	24 June 2019	0.2/1	1.10[85]
3	"Penn & Teller vs. Inventors"	1 July 2019	0.2/1	1.14[86]
4	"Penn & Teller Cure the Common Code"	8 July 2019	0.2/1	1.15[87]
5	"Penn & Teller Hit the Streets"	15 July 2019	0.3/1	1.18[88]
6	"Duck! It's Alyson!"	22 July 2019	0.2/1	1.18[89]
7	"Are You Better Magicians Than a 6th Grader?"	29 July 2019	0.2/1	1.15[90]
8	"2nd Chance Foolers"	5 August 2019	0.2/1	1.24[91]
9	"Magic Meatballs"	19 August 2019	0.2/1	1.25[92]
10	"Magical Moxie"	26 August 2019	0.3/1	1.21[93]
11	"The Mind Noodler"	9 September 2019	0.2/1	1.14[94]
12	"Magic is Bad for Your Health"	23 September 2019	0.2/1	0.88[95]
13	"Virtual Reality"	30 September 2019	0.2/1	0.91[96]

Season 7

Viewership and ratings per episode of Penn & Teller: Fool Us

No.	Title	Air date	Rating/share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)
1	"Third Time's the Charm"	22 June 2020	0.2	1.13[98]
2	"Teller vs. Penn"	29 June 2020	0.2	1.02[99]
3	"Fool Us: The Home Game"	6 July 2020	0.2	0.93[100]
4	"Teller Talks!!!"	13 July 2020	0.2	0.94[101]
5	"Watermelon Surgery"	20 July 2020	0.2	1.02[102]
6	"P&T in 3D...Glasses"	3 August 2020	0.2	0.90[103]
7	"Penn's Stupid Rope Trick"	17 August 2020	0.2	0.96[104]
8	"Brad Sherwood's Nuts"	24 August 2020	0.2	1.01[105]
9	"The Placebo Effect"	31 August 2020	0.2	0.92[106]
10	"Deep Fake Penn"	5 October 2020	0.1	0.78[107]
11	"Say Hello to My Little Ball Pit Troll"	12 October 2020	0.2	0.87[108]
12	"Lord of the Ring"	19 October 2020	0.2	0.85[109]
13	"Jaws of Death"	26 October 2020	0.2	0.85[110]
14	"Magic With a Property Brother"	16 November 2020	0.1	0.79[111]
15	"Penn & Teller Go for the Juggler"	8 January 2021	0.1	0.73[112]
16	"Teller vs. Penn: The Rematch"	15 January 2021	0.2	0.76[113]
17	"Jedi Mind Tricks"	22 January 2021	0.1	0.75[114]
18	"Teller Gets Smashed"	29 January 2021	0.1	0.82[115]
19	"Penn & Teller Go For a Spin"	5 February 2021	0.1	0.83[116]
20	"Niagara Fools"	19 February 2021	0.1	0.68[117]
21	"Back to the Future"	26 February 2021	0.1	0.76[118]
22	"P&T Get the Finger"	5 March 2021	0.1	0.69[119]
23	"Turn That Frown Upside Down"	12 March 2021	0.1	0.71[120]
24	"The Magic Toilet"	19 March 2021	0.1	0.80[121]
25	"Penn & Tarot"	26 March 2021	0.1	0.74[122]
26	"Teller's Wonderland"	2 April 2021	0.1	0.69[123]
27	"Magic R App"	9 April 2021	0.1	0.72[124]
28	"Penn & Teller Double Down"	16 April 2021	0.1	0.65[125]

Season 8

Viewership and ratings per episode of Penn & Teller: Fool Us

No.	Title	Air date	Rating/share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	DVR (18–49)	DVR viewers (millions)	Total (18–49)	Total viewers (millions)
1	"Penn & Teller's Worst Nightmare"	1 October 2021	0.1	0.67[126]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
2	"Magic with a Wolf"	8 October 2021	0.1	0.67[127]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
3	"Happy Birthday!"	15 October 2021	0.1	0.74[128]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
4	"Monkeys, Donuts and X-Men"	22 October 2021	0.1	0.65[129]	0.0	0.21	0.1	0.86[129]
5	"Teller Gets Whacked!"	5 November 2021	0.1	0.67[130]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
6	"Penn & Tizzle"	12 November 2021	0.1	0.65[131]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
7	"Rock Paper Magic!"	19 November 2021	0.1	0.69[132]	0.0	0.20	0.1	0.89[132]
8	"Magic Cubed"	3 December 2021	0.1	0.73[133]	0.0	0.15	0.1	0.89[202]
9	"Chocolate Magic"	7 January 2022	0.1	0.89[134]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
10	"The Penn-Tagram"	14 January 2022	0.1	0.86[135]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
11	"Stabba Dabba Deck"	21 January 2022	0.2	0.91[136]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
12	"P&T's Super Bowl Halftime Show"	28 January 2022	0.1	0.76[137]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
13	"Penn on Fire"	25 February 2022	0.1	0.76[138]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
14	"Ghostbusters"	4 March 2022	0.1	0.85[139]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Season 9

Viewership and ratings per episode of Penn & Teller: Fool Us

No.	Title	Air date	Rating (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	DVR (18–49)	DVR viewers (millions)	Total (18–49)	Total viewers (millions)
1	"Single-Handed Three-Legged Twin Bullet Catch"	14 October 2022	0.1	0.55[141]	0.0	0.14	0.1	0.69[203]
2	"Sleight of Foot"	21 October 2022	0.1	0.75[142]	0.0	0.12	0.1	0.87[142]
3	"Four Fools and Counting..."	28 October 2022	0.1	0.54[143]	0.0	0.13	0.1	0.66[204]
4	"Alyson's Smart Ass"	4 November 2022	0.1	0.81[144]	0.0	0.12	0.1	0.93[205]
5	"Teller and the Big Dummy"	11 November 2022	0.1	0.64[145]	0.0	0.16	0.1	0.80[206]
6	"Magic Socks Big Time"	18 November 2022	0.1	0.78[146]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
7	"That (Bleeping) Teller"	2 December 2022	0.1	0.72[147]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
8	"Penn Teller Animal Style"	20 January 2023	0.1	0.72[148]	0.0	0.15	0.1	0.87[207]
9	"Tic Tac Time Travel"	27 January 2023	0.1	0.73[149]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
10	"The Evil Magic Octopus"	3 February 2023	0.1	0.69[150]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
11	"Full Frontal Magic"	10 February 2023	0.1	0.62[151]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
12	"P & T Could Die Any Minute"	31 March 2023	0.1	0.56[152]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
13	"Chicken Trickin"	7 April 2023	0.1	0.62[153]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
14	"Alyson Might Throw Up"	14 April 2023	0.1	0.62[155]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Season 10

Viewership and ratings per episode of Penn & Teller: Fool Us

No.	Title	Air date	Rating/share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	DVR (18–49)	DVR viewers (millions)	Total (18–49)	Total viewers (millions)
1	"Who's Your Daddy?!"	27 October 2023	0.1	0.46[157]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
2	"2 Dead in Tonight's Episode"	3 November 2023	0.1	0.65[158]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
3	"Magic is Sexy"	10 November 2023	0.1	0.69[159]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
4	"We've Got a Racoon Problem"	17 November 2023	0.1	0.61[160]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
5	"The Bill-In-Penn's-Head Trick"	1 December 2023	0.1	0.55[161]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
6	"Badass Brooke"	8 December 2023	0.1	0.61[162]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
7	"The Princess and the Wizard"	22 December 2023	—	—	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
8	"The Smallest Biggest Magic Trick Ever"	12 January 2024	0.1	0.68[163]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
9	"Penn & Teller vs. A Magic Hamster"	19 January 2024	0.1	0.68[164]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
10	"A Magical Punch in the Face"	26 January 2024	0.1	0.66[165]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
11	"The Youngest Act in Fool Us History"	2 February 2024	0.1	0.63[166]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
12	"It's Snot Magic!"	16 February 2024	0.1	0.59[167]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
13	"Game of Drones"	23 February 2024	0.1	0.64[168]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
14	"Brought To You by the Letter P"	1 March 2024	0.1	0.57[169]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
15	"Dan Quayle Gets Shot by a T-Shirt Cannon"	15 March 2024	0.1	0.57[170]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
16	"Magicians Like to Spoon"	22 March 2024	0.1	0.69[171]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
17	"It Takes Balls to be a Magician"	29 March 2024	0.1	0.72[172]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
18	"Shut Up - You Fooled Us!"	5 April 2024	0.1	0.51[173]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
19	"Magic is for the Birds"	19 April 2024	0.1	0.63[174]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
20	"Now Teller Won't Shut Up"	26 April 2024	0.1	0.63[174]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Broadcast

In Australia, the show commenced airing on ABC1 each Saturday at 9:25 pm from 1 October 2011.^[208][209] In New Zealand, the show commenced airing on ChoiceTV each Saturday at 7:30 pm from 28 April 2012.^[210] The CW acquired the series for broadcast in the United States, where it premiered on 30 July 2014. The pilot episode was trimmed to one hour (including commercial breaks) for its CW airing.^[211][212] In Canada, the series aired on Bite TV before it was rebranded to Makeful on 24 August 2015. Channel 5 bought the UK rights to the second season and premiered it on 6 March 2016.^[213]

Other versions

• In 2011 it was reported that the format had been sold to Ukraine broadcaster STB, who would produce a local version.^[208]
• 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.^[214]

Notes