Nailed It!
Home bakers with a terrible track record take a crack at re- creating edible masterpieces for a $10,000 prize. It's part reality contest, part hot mess.
Genre: Game-Show, Reality-TV
Cast:Nicole Byer , Jacques Torres , Weston Bahr , Charity George , Jay Chandrasekhar , Antoni Porowski , Jon Gabrus , Zac Young , Ron Ben-Israel , Waylynn Lucas , Yolanda Gampp , Sylvia Weinstock , Joshua John Russell , Art Smith , Johnny Hekker , Valerie Gordon , Dave Arnold , Felicia Day
S1.E1 ∙ First Date to Life Mate
Under the watchful eyes of an iconic cake designer, contestants decorate complicated cake pops and a bespectacled, three-tiered wedding cake.
S1.E2 ∙ Fantasyland
The bakers do their best to make jelly-filled doughnuts fit for a pirate before tackling an edible tower with a princess on top.
S1.E3 ∙ Head Under Water
Two daunting desserts -- a chocolate-filled hot tub and an open-mouthed shark cake -- have the hapless home cooks struggling to stay afloat.
S1.E4 ∙ Weird Science
Contestants loosen up a food scientist with a cupcake-cocktail pairing before serving him questionable slices of a bubbling volcano cake.
S1.E5 ∙ Big in Japan
A YouTube star known for her fondant work watches the bakers try to copy two of her most popular Japanese-themed cakes.
S1.E6 ∙ In Your Face!
Dogged contestants are seeing double when they're asked to paint their portraits on a cookie before building an edible bust of Donald Trump.
S2.E1 ∙ High Society
The contestants raise the bar with two half-baked "high society" challenges: late-night munchie-inspired pancakes and a gravity-defying tea cake.
S2.E2 ∙ Fictitious and Delicious
It's "happily ever after" or bust when the bakers try to make fairy tale cupcake pops, then stack cakes in the form of a majestic unicorn.
S2.E3 ∙ Tailgate, Failgate
The cooks divide and conquer to fill sections of a savory snack stadium before building a cake that looks like a barbecue grill.
S2.E4 ∙ Holi-Daze
'Tis the season to be bakers when the bakers try their hands at holiday cookies before constructing an elaborate gingerbread house.
S2.E5 ∙ Zoo You Bake?
The contestants face their fears (with very sharp knives) when they carve an animal out of a watermelon and bend cake into the shape of a snake.
S2.E6 ∙ Out Of This World
Space-themed challenges throw the hapless bakers for a loop when they're asked to make cosmic cupcakes and a supersized solar system cake.
S2.E7 ∙ Bonus: 3, 2, 1... Ya Not Done!
Five fabulous "Nailed It!" fans visit the test kitchen for a challenge so extra, we had to make it a bonus episode.
S3.E1 ∙ The Marvel Episode!
The bakers summon their not-so-super powers to make Marvel-themed cupcakes with detailed cookie toppers and a daunting "Black Panther" cake.
S3.E2 ∙ Cake-O-Phobia
What's scarier than a cook who can't read a recipe? A trio of creepy-crawly bug cookies and a terrifying clown cake that tastes like cotton candy.
S3.E3 ∙ Masterpiece or Disasterpiece?
The amateur bakers attempt to imitate the masters with gingerbread self-portraits and a sculpted cake replica of Michelangelo's David.
S3.E4 ∙ Prehistoric Bakes
The contestants turn back time -- and mangle time management -- with inside-out Neanderthal cupcakes and a tropical-flavored T. rex cake.
S3.E5 ∙ Oui Can't Bake!
The pressure's on to make perfectly puffed éclairs and a layered bust of Napoleon Bonaparte for not one but two esteemed French chefs.
S3.E6 ∙ Ready to Wear, Ready to Eat
Two high-fashion challenges put the bakers' hopeless skills to the test: fondant-covered doll cakes and an edible headdress heaped with fruit.
S4.E1 ∙ Let's Get Lit
Two bookish treats inspired by literature set the bakers up for the epic fails: Shakespearean stained-glass window cookies and a pop-up "Moby Dick" cake.
S4.E2 ∙ The One with the '90s Theme
Edible ice cream boom boxes made with liquid nitrogen and a fresh and fly fondant-covered cake? Oh, snap--that sounds like a '90s challenge.
S4.E3 ∙ Indiana Fails and the Temple of Slop
Terror awaits the contestants as they take on two technically demanding desserts: chocolate eggs and a layered sphinx cake, both full of surprises.
S4.E4 ∙ Chariots of Failure
The bakers go for the gold--and miss masterfully-- with sports-medal cookies and an elaborate swim cake that's topped with a waffle cone torch.
S4.E5 ∙ Jungle Bungle
Jam-filled animal pastries and a coffeecake shaped like a sloth push the contestants out of their comfort zones--and the results are wild.
S4.E6 ∙ Howdy, Failure!
A Western-themed round inspires deep-fried cowboy-duck doughnuts, a root beer-infused rodeo cake - and really bad flavors.
S4.E7 ∙ The Big Bake Theory
From self-frosting bubbling beakers to record-breaking rockets, these science-inspired sweets ask the impossible--and invite kids into the kitchen.
S4.E8 ∙ I Do ... Hope I Don't Fail
The bakers commit to re-creating wedding day desserts, including wedding band mini-cakes and a Vegas-themed masterpiece with moving parts.
S5.E1 ∙ An Ungodly Mess
Stacked Greek god statue cupcakes and snake-headed Medusa makeover cakes take Herculean effort and skill -- and these awkward results are epic.
S5.E2 ∙ The Burbank State Fair
It's a Ferris Wheel of fails as the teams make treats with a state-fair theme; from caramel corn knockdown-doll clowns to roller coaster cakes.
S5.E3 ∙ We're Gonna Need a Bigger Cake
Baking duos go off the deep end with desserts inspired by the wonders of the ocean, including marine animal mini cakes and enormous edible octopuses.
S5.E4 ∙ Travel Dos and Donuts
Putting their own spin on travel, the bakers make terrible spiced-doughnut tourists and deflated hot-air balloon cakes. It's destination disaster.
S5.E5 ∙ I've Failed and I Can't Get Up!
Candy-jeweled brooch cookies? Inviting cookie-jar cakes? These sugary sweets are just like the ones Grandma used to make - if Grandma couldn't bake.
S5.E6 ∙ Can't Believe It's Cake!
From splashy cereal-bowl cakes to towering hamburgers with fries, these attempts at hyperrealistic treats are so bad, you won't believe your eyes.
S6.E1 ∙ Im-Paw-sible Cakes
A funny, furry pet theme finds the cooks concocting giant exotic-animal cookies, then re-creating Nicole's adorable dog, Clyde, in cake form.
S6.E2 ∙ Paranormal Pastries
The bakers make candy apple aliens and a sculpted Loch Ness monster cake based on mysterious creatures from outer space - and the freshwater depths.
S6.E3 ∙ C'est Jacques!
Treats inspired by 'Mr. Chocolate' Jacques Torres include lollipop portraits and a cake spiced with cocoa and cayenne. Mais oui laugh? But of course.
S6.E4 ∙ History in the Baking
From cupcakes celebrating famous Black women to a towering Tuskegee Airmen cake, this episode honoring Black history aims high - and achieves hilarity.
S6.E5 ∙ There's a Party in My Mouth!
Terrible bakers take on a trio of festive holiday-hat mini cakes before tackling a pop-up Groundhog Day cake that's full of surprises.
S6.E6 ∙ Everyone Romaine Calm
A gardening theme gives life to doughy gnomes atop miniature pies and a healthy-ish veggie-patch cake packed with carrots and zucchini.
