Welcome to the last season ofWhose Line Is It Anyway?,the show where everything’s made up and the points don’t matter.Colin Mochrie, a long-time staple on the show,confirmed on his Twitteron November 4 that theWhose Line Is It Anyway?cast would be shooting the final season starting in January 2023. Mochrie hoped fans were enjoying the current season and thanked them for all the support they’ve shown the performers and the show over the years.
Whose Line,no matter the iteration, was built on the premise on a host and fourimprov comedyperformers. The show consists of several games–the number and type of games differed from episode to episode, but the most common ones seen across the shows were Greatest Hits, Hoedown, Props, Helping Hands, Questions Only, Scenes from a Hat, and Party Quirks. The host “scored” the games and declared a “winner” at the end of each game and each show, the points serving no practical purpose. The “winner” of the show got to do a game with the host or read the credits in a humorous way as they scrolled across the screen.
The improvisational comedy show has been around since 1988, starting off with a six-episode radio program hosted byClive Anderson. The concept was adapted for British television, again hosted by Anderson, and ran from 1988 to 1999. The early seasons had performances byStephen Fry,Josie Lawrence,Mike McShane,Paul Merton, andJohn Sessions, but grew in popularity with the introduction of Mochrie and another long-time show staple,Ryan Stiles. This iteration ofWhose Linewas canceled in 1999, but it led to the U.S. adaptation ofWhose Linethat ran on ABC and then ABC Family from 1998-2007 and hosted byDrew Carey. Mochrie and Stiles were frequent performers on the show, along withWayne Brady,Greg Proops,Brad Sherwood, andChip Esten; the U.S. adaptation also had memorable guests, one beingRobin Williams.
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Whose Linewas revived on the CW in 2013, withAisha Tyleras the host and Mochrie, Stiles, and Brady returning as performers. The fourth performer rotated with each episode, and a new feature of a “special guest” was introduced, a person with no improv experience but would still join in some games.
If you’re in the mood to watchWhose Line,the British version is free to watch on Tubi. The Carey seasons, along with nine seasons of the CW revival of the show, are available to stream on HBO Max.
