The Great British Bake Off is not a format that needs tinkering or tampering. Spiritually, though, GABS works because it is so strikingly similar to the show that inspired it, managing to replicate the GBBO magic without feeling like an inferior knock-off. On a technical level, these bakers are just as talented as their British counterparts, and because the bakes are more familiar to the stateside viewer, you might find yourself heading to the kitchen to recreate something you’ve just seen in a showstopper challenge. Instead of steamed puddings and crumbly biscuits, the contestants are tasked with baking cookie bars, babka and, for some reason, burgers, across the six new episodes. There is, however, a concerted effort to make the show “American,” especially with regard to the bakes themselves. It’s that combination of endearing and humble that makes for a great Bake Off contestant, and this season’s cast has that in abundance. There aren’t any huge personalities here, just a bunch of competent bakers who are kind to each other and perpetually nervous about their own bakes. The show’s nine contestants also have that same quirky, likable vibe that made GBBO such a smash. Those judges, Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith, are as they always are, the former doling out handshakes and the latter making pearl-clutching comments about how many calories must be in this cookie bar or that cake. Otherwise, the tent is the same the format for the challenges is largely the same and the judges are the same.

Their stunts and antics are, as with the British version, objectively corny, but they do bring an element of wholesome charm to the series. In place of Noel Fielding and new British co-host Alison Hammond, actress Ellie Kemper and comedian Zach Cherry are in charge of hosting duties.

The most obvious difference between this new season of GABS and GBBO is the hosts.

But this latest take on GABS (as I’ll be calling it) has real potential to finally succeed, thanks in large part to the fact that it is, finally, just like the Great British Bake Off.

It’s been a long and rough road for the series, which aired for five seasons on ABC - a fact you probably don’t remember, because the series was so unremarkable, and also because one of its judges was an alleged creep. Today, the Great American Baking Show is set to make its triumphant comeback to the Roku Channel.

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