Since I saw/heard him speaking with Robert Osborne last night...
...his accent doesn't bother me so much. Had previous installments been preceded by he and Osborne discussing the upcoming episode? I always caught the ones I saw midway and his accent did cause me to change the channel. He seems like a nice man. I had something troubling on my mind at the time and what I heard/saw was interesting enough to distract me, and I was grateful for that.