“Worst Cooks in America” turns 10! The culinary competition series premiered on Food Network on this day in 2010. The show takes 12 to 16 contestants (referred to as “recruits”) with very poor cooking skills through a culinary boot camp, to earn a cash prize of $25,000 and a Food Network cooking set. From Wipekedia: […]
Food Network has ordered 16 additional new episodes of the recently introduced “Symon’s Dinners Cooking Out” before competing the initial six-episode run. Pre-production has begun on the new episodes with eight set to premiere beginning Sunday. July 19th at 12:30 p.m. ET, followed by eight on the Food Network Kitchen app which will roll out […]
Food Network has issued a second season pick-up to “Delicious Miss Brown,” with an order for 13 new episodes. Shot on-location in Charleston, South Carolina, the series stars contemporary Southern cook Kardea Brown, who shares the family events, culture and recipes close to her heart. Born and raised on the Sea Islands of Charleston, Kardea grew […]
In honor of upcoming “A Very Brady Renovation” on HGTV, Discovery Channel and Food Network will air Brady-inspired episodes of “Fast N’ Loud,” “Chopped,” “Worst Cooks in America,” “The Kitchen” and “The Pioneer Woman” in August and September. Various cast members from “The Brady Bunch” — Barry Williams (Greg), Maureen McCormick (Marcia), Christopher Knight (Peter), […]
Food Network has given a straight-to-series (13 episode) order to “Family Food Showdown,” which is described as a unique, family-centric culinary competition. Hosted by Valerie Bertinelli, the upcoming series pits one family against another in a fast-paced, action-packed culinary competition that unfolds over three rounds of cooking challenges in which earned advantages, team strategy and family […]
Food Network will debut a six-series on Wednesday, Sept. 19 (at 10 p.m. ET) called “Big Food Truck Tip.” Hosted by Andrew Zimmern, the series will feature Zimmern as he travels the country in search of the most passionate food truck entrepreneurs who are chasing the American dream, serving up exceptional food to the public and […]
Food Network will revive “Iron Chef America” with Alton Brown as “Iron Chef Gauntlet,” with a debut date targeted to second quarter 2017. In the original series, which was based on the Japanese “Iron Chef” concept and debuted in 2005, two competitors — one an “Iron Chef,” the other a challenger — vied to see […]
NBC was Sunday night’s top network of all of television in all key measures, thanks to, of course, “Sunday Night Football” (Arizona-Philadelphia) (Women 18-34: 3.4/13; Men 18-34: 6.6/26; Women 18-49: 4.0/13; Men 18-49: 8.3/26). Fox had an above average Sunday evening — despite no late afternoon NFL lead-in — with the three-hour “Miss Universe Pageant” […]
NBC was the Sunday night winner once again in all key measures, thanks to prime time football. The finale of the Univision’s music-based reality competition, “La Banda” reached 5.1 million total viewers who tuned in to all or part of the three-hour live broadcast from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. ET. The live telecast averaged […]
