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Monday 5/3's 'Best Baker in America' season premiere (878,000 viewers/0.17 demo) was down 25 percent in viewers and 35% demo from season 3's premiere (1.17 million viewers/0.26 demo on 5/13/2019). On the brighter side, it was up 12% in viewers and 6% demo from the premiere of the game show airing at this time on Monday at 9PM last year: 'Bakeaway Camp with Martha Stewart' (783,000/0.16). Meanwhile, the premiere of 'Chopped: Sweets' (636,000/0.16) was even in viewers but down 20% demo from last season's premiere (636,000/0.20 on 8/4/2020). Nevertheless, it definitely performed better than the 'Cakealikes' disaster. Only one original reached the million dollar viewership benchmark last week and, although 'Worst Cooks' went up around 3% in viewers, its still down a third in viewers and half in demo from 'Worst Cooks Celebrity' this time last year and, so far, its the lowest rated season ever. FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (May 3-9, 2021) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo rating 18-49 in parenthesis) 1---THE KITCHEN---Sat 11AM---1,057,000 (0.19) 2---PIONEER WOMAN: HOME SWEET HOME---Sat 10AM---958,000 (0.18) 3---GIRL MEETS FARM---Sun 11AM---950,000 (0.24) 4---VALERIE’S HOME COOKING (S. Premiere)-Sun 11:30AM-937,000 (0.24) 5---SYMON’S DINNERS---Sat 12PM---903,000 (0.17) 6---BEST BAKER IN AMERICA (S. Premiere; 90min)-Mon 9PM-878,000 (0.17) 7---BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thu 8PM---855,000 (0.21) 8---DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Fri 9PM---810,000 (0.22) 9---WORST COOKS IN AMERICA---Sun 9PM---801,000 (0.17) 10-CHOPPED: MARTHA RULES---Tue 9PM---792,000 (0.19) 11-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE---Thu 9PM---742,000 (0.14) 12-CHOPPED SWEETS (S. Premiere; New Day)-Mon 10:30PM-636,000 (0.16) 13-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---Wed 9PM---569,000 (0.13) 14-WORST COOKS: DIRTY DISHES---Sun 10:30PM---530,000 (0.12) 15-CHEF BOOT CAMP---Thu 10PM---504,000 (0.12)

No original reached a million viewers, as the Saturday morning lineup again reached new lows, as well as the Thursday night shows; plus, 'Worst Cooks' went down 21% in viewers and 12% demo from its premiere. 'Spring Baking Championship's S7 finale was down 26 percent in viewers and 27% demo from last year's finale (1,314,000/0.29 on 5/4/2020); this is 'SBC's lowest rated finale and season ever, as only the first two episodes were watched barely by a million viewers. On average, this season was down 26% in viewers and 28% demo from 2020. The show, which had stable viewership over the past 3 seasons, very rarely was promoted by FN, contrary to other shows, like 'Tournament of Champions' and Discovery+ offerings 'Magnolia Table,' and Oprah Winfrey's 'Super Soul' among others. SPRING BAKING CHAMP'S AVG. SEASON RATINGS (Viewers/demo 18-49) SEASON 1 (2015): 1,490,000 - 0.43 SEASON 2 (2016): 1,518,000 - 0.41 SEASON 3 (2017): 1,448,000 - 0.40 SEASON 4 (2018): 1,287,000 - 0.37 SEASON 5 (2019): 1,283,000 - 0.34 SEASON 6 (2020): 1,289,000 - 0.28 SEASON 7 (2021): 945,000 - 0.20 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS - ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (Apr. 26-May 2, 2021) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo rating 18-49 in parenthesis) 1---THE KITCHEN---Sat 11:00AM---992,000 (0.14) 2---SPRING BAKING CHAMP. (S. Finale)---Mon 9:00PM---976,000 (0.21) 3---PIONEER WOMAN: HOME SWEET HOME---Sat 10:00AM---969,000 (0.16) 4---GIRL MEETS FARM---Sun 11:00AM---901,000 (0.14) 5---SYMON’S DINNERS---Sat 12:00PM---876,000 (0.15) 6---CHOPPED: MARTHA RULES---Tue 9:00PM---856,000 (0.19) 7---WORST COOKS IN AMERICA (90min.)---Sun 9:00PM---779,000 (0.15) 8---BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thu 8:00PM---743,000 (0.15) 9---DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Fri 9:00PM---740,000 (0.12) 10-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---Wed 9:00PM---653,000 (0.15) 11-WORST COOKS: DIRTY DISHES---Sun 10:30PM---544,000 (0.11) 12-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE---Thu 9:00PM---542,000 (0.07) 13-CAKEALIKES (Finale)---Mon 10:00PM---503,000 (0.14) 14-CHEF BOOT CAMP---Thu 10:00PM---395,000 (0.08)

How low can 'Worst Cooks' go...in ratings that is? The premiere of 'WCA,' with Michael Symon as co-host, became the show's lowest rated premiere ever, down 7 percent in viewers and 23% demo from Carla Hall's in January (1,002,000/0.22 on 1/3), which was the lowest. Compared to 'Worst Cooks Celebrity' (which 'Best of the Worst' apparently is taking over this year) is even worst: down 31 and 51% respectively (1,356,000/0.35 on 5/20/2020). This is the first time ever that a 'WCA' premiere was watched by less than a million viewers. We'll see how the show does next, as they had the Oscars as an excuse last Sunday, although other cable entertainment shows weren't affected by it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (April 19-25, 2021) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo rating 18-49 in parenthesis) THE KITCHEN REPACKAGED---Sat 11:00AM---1,132,000 (0.15) * 1---PIONEER WOMAN: HOME SWEET HOME--Sat 10:00AM--1,012,000 (0.18) 2---SYMON’S DINNERS---Sat 12:00PM---950,000 (0.13) 3---GIRL MEETS FARM---Sun 11:00AM---934,000 (0.14) 4---WORST COOKS (S. Premiere; 90min.)---Sun 9:00PM---930,000 (0.17) 5---CHOPPED: MARTHA RULES---Tue 9:00PM---913,000 (0.22) 6---SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---Mon 9:00PM---909,000 (0.20) 7---BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thu 8:00PM---882,000 (0.22) 8---RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE---Thu 9:00PM---881,000 (0.18) 9---DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Fri 9:00PM---798,000 (0.21) 10-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---Wed 9:00PM---659,000 (0.25) 11-WORST COOKS: DIRTY DISHES (Premiere)--Sun 10:30PM--653,000 (0.14) 12-CHEF BOOT CAMP---Thu 10:00PM---560,000 (0.15) 13-CAKEALIKES---Mon 10:00PM---450,000 (0.13) * repackaged show; ratings won't count for rankings

‘Tournament of Champions’ season 2's finale was up 12 percent in viewers but down 12 in demo from last year’s (1.55M/0.49 on Wed., April 1st, 2020). Overall, even with a better day and timeslot and endless promotion on all Discovery networks, the show was up only 12% in viewers and stayed even in demos from Season 1. With coverage of the Royal funeral from London last Saturday morning on many cable and broadcast networks, the duo of ‘Pioneer Woman’ and ‘The Kitchen’ hit their lowest ratings in five months. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (April 12-18, 2021) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo rating 18-49 in parenthesis) 1---TOURN. OF CHAMPIONS (S. Finale, 2hrs.)---Sun 8PM---1,733,000 (0.43) 2---THE KITCHEN---Sat 11AM---1,087,000 (0.17) 3---SYMON’S DINNERS (New Time)---Sat 12PM---1,054,000 (0.20) 4---GIRL MEETS FARM---Sun 11AM---943,000 (0.18) 5---PIONEER WOMAN: HOME SWEET HOME---Sat 10AM---875,000 (0.16) 6---SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---Mon 9PM---860,000 (0.18) 7---CHOPPED: MARTHA RULES (Premiere)---Tue 9PM---833,000 (0.20) 8---BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thu 8PM---832,000 (0.21) 9---RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE---Thu 9PM---750,000 (0.14) 10-DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Fri 9PM---738,000 (0.15) 11-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---Wed 9PM---731,000 (0.21) 12-CHEF BOOT CAMP---Thu 10PM---541,000 (0.16) 13-CAKEALIKES---Mon 10PM---440,000 (0.13) 14-THE BIG BAKE (Finale)---Mon 11PM---399,000 (0.10)

The season finale of 'The Great Food Truck Race' was down 30 percent in viewers and 38% demo from last year's finale (967,000/0.26 on Thursday 4/23/2020). For the season, it averaged 664,000/0.16, down 31% in viewers and 36% demo from 2020. Clearly, warm locations work better for this show. 'Tournament of Champions' was once again the most watched original for the week. With its finale still to air, the show is up 6% in viewers and down 6% in demo from last year. A year after the 'In The Kitchen with Joanna Gaines' special aired on FN, becoming the network's most watched show of 2020 with more than 2M viewers, the magic didn't translate this year, regardless of the tireless and endless promotion the Gaines get on all Discovery networks; the best 'Magnolia Table' did was 3rd place, down 46% in viewers and 60% demo from 'In The Kitchen' last year. So far, ratings for Magnolia shows that have aired on FN, have been good but not spectacular. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (April 5-11, 2021) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo rating 18-49 in parenthesis) 1---TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS---Sun 8:00PM---1,387,000 (0.33) 2---THE KITCHEN---Sat 11:00AM---1,204,000 (0.19) 3---D+: MAGNOLIA TABLE 1 (Special)---Sat 12:00PM---1,144,000 (0.21) 4---GIRL MEETS FARM---Sun 11:00AM---1,106,000 (0.24) 5---SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---Mon 9:00PM---988,000 (0.17) 6---D+: MAGNOLIA TABLE 2 (Special)---Sat 1:00PM---978,000 (0.14) 7---D+: ZOE BAKES (Special)---Sat 12:30PM---950,000 (0.19) 8---PIONEER WOMAN: HOME SWEET HOME---Sat 10AM---945,000 (0.16) 9---BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thu 8:00PM---796,000 (0.20) 10-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE---Thu 9:00PM---794,000 (0.15) 11-CHOPPED: HANGRY BASKETS (Finale)---Tue 9:00PM---756,000 (0.22) 12-D+: RANCH TO TABLE (Special)---Sat 1:30PM---756,000 (0.11) 13-TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS RECAP---Sun 9:30PM---752,000 (0.19) 14-DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Fri 9:00PM---730,000 (0.15) 15-GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE (S. Finale)---Sun 10:00PM---677,000 (0.16) 16-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---Wed 9:00PM---637,000 (0.18) 17-CHEF BOOT CAMP (S. Premiere)---Thu 10:00PM---605,000 (0.16) 18-CAKEALIKES---Mon 10:00PM---552,000 (0.14) 19-THE BIG BAKE---Mon 11:00PM---450,000 (0.12) 20-FOOD TRUCK REHAB (Pilot)---Sun 11:00PM---347,000 (0.09) 21-FOOD PARADISE (2hrs.)---Fri 11:00AM---267,000 (0.08)

2021’s 1st quarter marked the launch of Discovery+ and Discovery promoted it tirelessly over all its networks, included FN. The only show that got the same amount of endless promotion as D+ was ‘Tournament of Champions.’ As a result, many long running primetime shows (like 'The Great Food Truck Race,' 'Worst Cooks' and 'Spring Baking Championship') weren't promoted at all; as a result, they had huge audience drops, with 'Food Truck Race' losing a quarter of its viewers and a third of its demo from a year ago and ‘Worst Cooks’ having its lowest rated season ever. 5 out of 17 regular series had audience increases compared to 1Q 2020. Daytime had 4 out of the top 5 most watched shows of the quarter, while primetime dominated in demos. ‘The Kitchen’ was the most watched show for the quarter, but ‘Girl Meets Farm’ beat it in the 18-49 demo by a small margin and beat ‘Pioneer Woman’ in both demos. In primetime, ‘Chopped,’ which has become a gimmicky show, actually improved in demos and was up 7% in viewers from 1Q ’20. Of the quarter's new shows: ‘Easter Basket Challenge,’ ‘Dinner Impossible’ and ‘Kitchen Crash’ were audience disappointments. ‘Crash’s first 3 episodes coincided with huge news events that affected most entertainment shows and just like ‘Amy Schumer Learns to Cook,’ ‘Crash’ had better demos than some of the other new shows. Maybe because of that, Jeff Mauro announced that the network is relaunching the show. In terms of pilots & specials, a preview of ‘Magnolia Table’ had the top 2 spots with good but not spectacular numbers, while ‘Save the Leftovers’ and ‘Cakealikes’ weren’t successful. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK 1Q 2021 RATINGS MOST WATCHED SHOWS (Jan.1-Mar.31, 2021) (Only Originals; in millions of viewers) Source: Showbuzzdaily 1---THE KITCHEN---16.16 2---PIONEER WOMAN---14.98 3---GIRL MEETS FARM---11.95 4---GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---11.94 5---DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---11.79 5---DELICIOUS MISS BROWN---10.68 7---BEAT BOBBY FLAY---10.01 8---KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---8.65 9---GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---7.22 10-WORST COOKS IN AMERICA---7.13 11-SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---5.71 12-TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS---4.77 13-CHOPPED: GRUDGE MATCH---4.47 14-SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT---3.58 15-CHOPPED---3.45 16-EASTER BASKET CHALLENGE---3.37 17-TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS RECAP SHOW---2.83 18-CHOPPED: MEAT FIGHT---2.76 19-KITCHEN CRASH---2.74 20-THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE---2.73 21-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE---2.37 22-THE BIG BAKE---2.21 23-DINNER IMPOSSIBLE---1.75 24-WORST COOKS: DIRTY DISHES---1.34 ---------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK 1Q 2021 RATINGS AVG. VIEWERS (Jan.1-Mar.31, 2021) (0nly Originals) Source: Showbuzzdaily 1---THE KITCHEN---1,243,000 2---TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS---1,192,000 3---PIONEER WOMAN---1,152,000 4---KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---1,081,000 5---GIRL MEETS FARM---996,000 6---GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---995,000 7---DELICIOUS MISS BROWN---971,000 8---SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---952,000 9---CHOPPED: MEAT FIGHT---919,000 10-DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---907,000 11-CHOPPED: GRUDGE MATCH---895,000 12-WORST COOKS IN AMERICA---891,000 13-CHOPPED---863,000 14-BEAT BOBBY FLAY---834,000 15-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE---789,000 16-TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS RECAP SHOW---707,000 17-THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE---682,000 18-EASTER BASKET CHALLENGE---675,000 19-WORST COOKS: DIRTY DISHES---668,000 20-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---665,000 21-SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT---596,000 22-DINNER IMPOSSIBLE---584,000 23-KITCHEN CRASH---457,000 24-THE BIG BAKE---442,000 ------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK 1Q 2021 RATING AVG. DEMO 18-49 (Jan.1-Mar.31, 2021) (Only Originals) Source: Showbuzzdaily 1---TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS---0.31 2---KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---0.26 3---CHOPPED: MEAT FIGHT---0.25 4---CHOPPED: GRUDGE MATCH---0.24 5---CHOPPED---0.24 6---WORST COOKS IN AMERICA---0.22 7---BEAT BOBBY FLAY---0.21 8---DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---0.21 9---GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---0.21 10-SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---0.20 11-GIRL MEETS FARM---0.20 12-THE KITCHEN---0.20 13-PIONEER WOMAN---0.18 14-DELICIOUS MISS BROWN---0.18 15-GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---0.18 16-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE---0.17 17-TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS RECAP SHOW---0.17 18-THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE---0.17 19-SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT---0.16 20-KITCHEN CRASH---0.16 21-EASTER BASKET CHALLENGE---0.15 22-WORST COOKS: DIRTY DISHES---0.15 23-DINNER IMPOSSIBLE---0.13 24-THE BIG BAKE---0.10 -------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK 1Q 2021 RATING AVG. DEMO 25-54 (Jan.1-Mar.31, 2021) (Only Originals) Source: Showbuzzdaily 1---TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS---0.42 2---KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---0.35 3---CHOPPED: MEAT FIGHT---0.33 4---DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---0.31 5---CHOPPED: GRUDGE MATCH---0.30 6---WORST COOKS IN AMERICA---0.30 7---BEAT BOBBY FLAY---0.30 8---CHOPPED---0.30 9---THE KITCHEN---0.29 10-SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---0.29 11-GIRL MEETS FARM---0.28 12-GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---0.28 13-PIONEER WOMAN---0.27 14-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---0.27 15-DELICIOUS MISS BROWN---0.27 16-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE---0.25 17-SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT---0.25 18-TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS RECAP SHOW---0.25 19-THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE---0.23 20-WORST COOKS: DIRTY DISHES---0.22 21-EASTER BASKET CHALLENGE---0.21 22-KITCHEN CRASH---0.19 23-DINNER IMPOSSIBLE---0.18 24-THE BIG BAKE---0.18 --------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK 1Q 2021 RATING AVG. CHANGE VS 1Q 2020 (Jan.1-Mar.31, 2021) (Avg. viewers & demo 18-49 in parenthesis) Source: Showbuzzdaily 1---TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS---(+12%, +7%) 2---CHOPPED---(+7%, +4%) 3---BEAT BOBBY FLAY---(+7%, EVEN) 4---GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---(+5%, +6%) 5---DELICIOUS MISS BROWN---(+4%, EVEN) 6---KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---(-1%, +8%) 7---PIONEER WOMAN---(-2%, -14%) 8---GIRL MEETS FARM---(-3%, -4%) 9---DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---(-3%, -19%) 10-THE KITCHEN---(-8%, -16%) 11-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---(-12%, -4%) 4Q 2020 12-WORST COOKS IN AMERICA---(-14%, -18%) 13-SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---(-23%, -26%) 14-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE---(-23%, -29%) 15-SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT---(-27%, -30%) 16-THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE---(-27%, -32%) 17-THE BIG BAKE---(-38%, -37%) 4Q 2020 -------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK 1Q 2021 RATING NEW SHOWS (Jan.1-Mar.31, 2021) (Avg. viewers & demo 18-49) Source: Showbuzzdaily 1---CHOPPED: MEAT FIGHT---919,000/0.25 2---CHOPPED: GRUDGE MATCH---895,000/0.24 3---TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS RECAP SHOW---707,000/0.17 4---WORST COOKS: DIRTY DISHES---668,000/0.15 5---EASTER BASKET CHALLENGE---666,000/0.15 6---DINNER IMPOSSIBLE---584,000/0.13 7---KITCHEN CRASH---457,000/0.16 ------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK 1Q 2021 PILOTS AND SPECIALS (Jan.1-Mar.31, 2021) (Avg. viewers & demos 18-49 and 25-54) Source: Showbuzzdaily 1---DISCOVERY+: MAGNOLIA TABLE 2 (January 3)---1,048,000/0.18/0.27 2---DISCOVERY+: MAGNOLIA TABLE 1 (January 3)---910,000/0.16/0.24 3---TOC S1: BEHIND THE BATTLES (March 7)---853,000/0.18/0.31 4---DISCOVERY+: RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE (January 7)---774,000/0.19 5---SPRING BAKING CHAMP: MEMORABLE BAKES (February 22)---661,000/0.15/0.18 6---CUPCAKE GUYS TRAINING CAMP (February 6)---622,000/0.16/0.21 7---DISCOVERY+: THE MAKING OF MAGNOLIA TABLE (January 3)---621,000/0.10/0.16 8---DISCOVERY+: BOBBY AND GIADA IN ITALY (January 14)---494,000/0.14 9---DISCOVERY+: FIRST LOOK (January 3)---478,000/0.10/0.14 10-REAL TIME WITH CLAIRE (Pilot; January 23)---465,000/0.06 11-DISCOVERY+: CAKEALIKES (January 17)---459,000/0.13/0.16 12-SAVE THE LEFTOVERS (Pilot; February 24)---447,000/0.12/0.18 13-DISCOVERY+: CAKEALIKES (January 24)---405,000/0.09/0.13

FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (March 29-April 4, 2021) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo rating 18-49 in parenthesis) 1---THE KITCHEN (Season Premiere)---Sunday 11:00AM---1,255,000 (0.22) 2---TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS (90min.)---Sunday 8:00PM---1,211,000 (0.29) 3---PIONEER WOMAN: HOME SWEET HOME---Saturday 10:00AM---1,165,000 (0.20) 4---GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN (Season Finale)---Saturday 12:00PM---1,034,000 (0.16) 5---SYMON’S DINNERS (Season Premiere; New Day)---Saturday 12:30PM---971,000 (0.16) 6---SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---Monday 9:00PM---964,000 (0.20) 7---CHOPPED: HANGRY BASKETS (Premiere)---Tuesday 9:00PM---937,000 (0.21) 8---DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Friday 9:00PM---928,000 (0.24) 9---DELICIOUS MISS BROWN (Season Finale)---Sunday 12:00PM---895,000 (0.20) 10-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---Wednesday 9:00PM---780,000 (0.24) 11-BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thursday 8:00PM---711,000 (0.19) 12-EASTER BASKET CHALLENGE (Finale)---Monday 10:00PM---711,000 (0.14) 13-TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS RECAP SHOW---Sunday 9:30PM---694,000 (0.18) 14-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE---Thursday 9:00PM---674,000 (0.16) 15-THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE---Sunday 10:00PM---583,000 (0.12) 16-DINNER IMPOSSIBLE---Thursday 10:00PM---574,000 (0.13) 17-THE BIG BAKE---Monday 11:00PM---480,000 (0.11) 18-FOOD PARADISE (3hrs.)---Friday 10:00AM---288,000 (0.05)

As Guy Fieri's 'Tournament of Champions' reached half of its run, so it also reached the top spot in the weekly ratings, as it beat 'The Kitchen' by 11 percent in viewers. Last time a primetime game show topped the ratings was on Christmas week last year with 'Holiday Baking Championship.' Since then, 'The Kitchen' was number one for 11 out of 12 weeks ('Pioneer Woman' was tops the remaining week). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (March 22-28, 2021) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo rating 18-49 in parenthesis) 1---TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS (90min.)---Sunday 8:00PM---1,269,000 (0.34) 2---THE KITCHEN (Season Finale)---Saturday 11:00AM---1,139,000 (0.17) 3---PIONEER WOMAN: HOME SWEET HOME---Saturday 10:00AM---1,120,000 (0.18) 4---DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Friday 9:00PM---938,000 (0.21) 5---GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---Saturday 12:00PM---937,000 (0.16) 6---GIRL MEETS FARM---Sunday 11:00AM---929,000 (0.17) 7---SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---Monday 9:00PM---928,000 (0.18) 8---CHOPPED---Tuesday 9:00PM---839,000 (0.21) 9---RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE---Thursday 9:00PM---833,000 (0.17) 10-BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thursday 8:00PM---764,000 (0.18) 11-TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS RECAP SHOW---Sunday 9:30PM---675,000 (0.17) 12-EASTER BASKET CHALLENGE---Monday 10:00PM---664,000 (0.16) 13-THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE---Sunday 10:00PM---628,000 (0.16) 14-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---Wednesday 9:00PM---608,000 (0.18) 15-DINNER IMPOSSIBLE---Thursday 10:00PM---510,000 (0.11) 16-THE BIG BAKE---Monday 11:00PM---477,000 (0.11)

Week 3 of 'Tournament of Champions' dropped 4 percent in viewers and 3% in demo from week 2, while the recap show was down 12 and 4% respectively. 'The Great Food Truck Race' also went down from the previous week: 10% in viewers and 20% demo. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (March 15-21, 2021) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo rating 18-49 in parenthesis) 1---THE KITCHEN---Saturday 11:00AM---1,189,000 (0.18) 2---TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS (90min.)---Sunday 8:00PM---1,139,000 (0.29) 3---PIONEER WOMAN: HOME SWEET HOME---Saturday 10:00AM---1,020,000 (0.16) 4---GIRL MEETS FARM---Sunday 11:00AM---932,000 (0.18) 5---DELICIOUS MISS BROWN---Sunday 12:00PM---927,000 (0.19) 6---BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thursday 8:00PM---880,000 (0.20) 7---DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Friday 9:00PM---872,000 (0.16) 8---CHOPPED---Tuesday 9:00PM---858,000 (0.26) 9---SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---Monday 9:00PM---813,000 (0.16) 10-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE---Thursday 9:00PM---773,000 (0.15) 11-THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE---Sunday 10:00PM---662,000 (0.16) 12-TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS RECAP SHOW---Sunday 9:30PM---650,000 (0.15) 13-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---Wednesday 9:00PM---633,000 (0.16) 14-EASTER BASKET CHALLENGE---Monday 10:00PM---596,000 (0.13) 15-DINNER IMPOSSIBLE---Thursday 10:00PM---586,000 (0.11) 16-THE BIG BAKE---Monday 11:00PM---367,000 (0.09)

Last week's episode 2 of 'Tournament of Champions' was up 2 percent in viewers and stayed even in the demo. It remained behind 'The Kitchen' as the most watched show of the week, but just barely. The show still isn't getting the big game show event numbers as other shows, despite tons of promotion by FN, so we'll see what happens this week. 'TOC's recap show was down 3% in viewers but up 5 in demo. 'The Great Food Truck Race' was up 5% in viewers and a whopping 25 in demo, and it retains most of the 'TOC's recap show audience (almost 40% of the audience leaves as soon as the 90min 'TOC' ends), while 'Restaurant Impossible' returned with basically the same numbers it got when it previewed for Discovery+ back in January. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (March 8-14, 2021) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo rating 18-49 in parenthesis) 1---THE KITCHEN---Saturday 11:00AM---1,195,000 (0.18) 2---TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS (90min.)---Sunday 8:00PM---1,193,000 (0.30) 3---GIRL MEETS FARM---Sunday 11:00AM---1,042,000 (0.18) 4---DELICIOUS MISS BROWN---Sunday 12:00PM---1,039,000 (0.22) 5---PIONEER WOMAN: HOME SWEET HOME---Saturday 10:00AM---996,000 (0.17) 6---SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---Monday 9:00PM---954,000 (0.21) 7---GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---Saturday 12:00PM---923,000 (0.16) 8---DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Friday 9:00PM---863,000 (0.21) 9---CHOPPED---Tuesday 9:00PM---835,000 (0.24) 10-BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thursday 8:00PM---784,000 (0.21) 11-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE (Return)---Thursday 9:00PM---762,000 (0.20) 12-TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS RECAP SHOW---Sunday 9:30PM---738,000 (0.19) 13-THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE---Sunday 10:00PM---737,000 (0.20) 14-DINNER IMPOSSIBLE (Return; Season Premiere)---Thursday 10:00PM---656,000 (0.16) 15-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---Wednesday 9:00PM---634,000 (0.16) 16-EASTER BASKET CHALLENGE---Monday 10:00PM---593,000 (0.13) 17-THE BIG BAKE---Monday 11:00PM---340,000 (0.07)

Although the second season premiere of 'Tournament of Champions' had almost a 40 percent increase in viewers and 25% demo over season 1's premiere (838,000/0.24 on Wed 3/4, 2020), given the huge amount of promotion that the show got for weeks (no other show on FN right now gets any promotion unless its tied to a sponsor), ratings aren't 'Holiday Baking Championship' or 'Buddy vs Duff' numbers. Great, but not spectacular. The show didn't premiere as the most watched show for the week either. We'll see the reults for episode 2, as viewership increased by 25% at that time during season 1. The season premiere of 'The Great Food Truck Race' last Sunday 3/7 at 699,000 viewers and 0.16 demo, was the lowest rated season premiere ever, even lower than the holiday edition's premiere (749,000/0.21 on Wed 11/27, 2019). Maybe the reason for this drop was the fact that its lead-in ('Tournament of Champions Recap Show') lost more than a third of 'TOC's audience. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (March 1-7, 2021) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo rating 18-49 in parenthesis) 1---THE KITCHEN---Saturday 11:00AM---1,281,000 (0.19) 2---TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS (90min Season Premiere; New Day & Time)---Sunday 8:00PM---1,167,000 (0.30) 3---SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---Monday 9:00PM---1,034,000 (0.22) 4---PIONEER WOMAN: HOME SWEET HOME---Saturday 10:00AM---1,033,000 (0.17) 5---GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---Saturday 12:00PM---992,000 (0.15) 6---BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thursday 8:00PM---973,000 (0.25) 7---DELICIOUS MISS BROWN---Sunday 12:00PM---954,000 (0.16) 8---GIRL MEETS FARM---Sunday 11:00AM---941,000 (0.17) 9---DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Friday 9:00PM---922,000 (0.19) 10-TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS: S1: BEHIND THE BATTLES (Special)---Sunday 7:00PM---853,000 (0.18) 11-CHOPPED: MEAT FIGHT (Finale)---Tuesday 9:00PM---785,000 (0.23) 12-EASTER BASKET CHALLENGE (Series Premiere)---Monday 10:00PM---780,000 (0.20) 13-TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS: RECAP SHOW (Series Premiere)---Sunday 9:30PM---763,000 (0.18) 14-THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE (Season Premiere; New Day & Time)---Sunday 10:00PM---699,000 (0.16) 15-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---Wednesday 9:00PM---681,000 (0.17) 16-THE BIG BAKE (Season Premiere)---Monday 11:00PM---547,000 (0.14)

As expected, 'Worst Cooks in America' had its worst rated finale and season ever, down 29 percent in viewers and 35% demo from last year's finale with Alton Brown (1.13M/0.31 on 3/8/2020). Out of the 8 episodes of the season, only 2 barely cracked the 1M mark and only once made the top 5 most watched originals for the week. Also for the first time, the show didn't average 1M viewers for the season, not even 900,000. It averaged 891,000/0.22, down 14% in viewers and 18% demo from 2020. 'Spring Baking Championship's premiere was down 10% in viewers but up 4% in demo from last year (1.13M/0.24 on 3/9/2020), while the pilot for the show 'Save The Leftovers,' hosted by Antonia Lofaso, was the second lowest rated special or pilot so far this year, bested only by the second preview episode of 'Cakealikes.' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (February 22-28, 2021) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo rating 18-49 in parenthesis) 1---THE KITCHEN---Saturday 11:00AM---1,288,000 (0.22) 2---PIONEER WOMAN: HOME SWEET HOME---Saturday 10:00AM---1,223,000 (0.22) 3---GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---Saturday 12:00PM---1,110,000 (0.20) 4---CHOPPED: MEAT FIGHT---Tuesday 9:00PM---1,056,000 (0.30) 5---GIRL MEETS FARM---Sunday 11:00AM---1,051,000 (0.17) 6---SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP (Season Premiere, 90min.)---Monday 9:00PM---1,020,000 (0.25) 7---DELICIOUS MISS BROWN---Sunday 12:00PM---1,013,000 (0.17) 8---DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Friday 9:00PM---944,000 (0.20) 9---BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thursday 8:00PM---851,000 (0.23) 10-WORST COOKS IN AMERICA (Season Finale, 90min)---Sunday 9:00PM---818,000 (0.20) 11-SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP: MEMORABLE BAKES (Special)---Monday 10:30PM---661,000 (0.15) 12-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---Wednesday 9:00PM---632,000 (0.22) 13-SAVE THE LEFTOVERS (Pilot)---Wednesday 10:00PM---447,000 (0.12)

The season finale of 'Kids Baking Championship' was up 11 percent in viewers and a whopping 36% in demo from last year's 2hr finale (1.09M/0.25 on 3/2/2020). For the season, 'KBC' averaged 1.08M/0.26, up 1% in viewers and 13% in demo from 2020. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (February 15-21, 2021) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo rating 18-49 in parenthesis) 1---THE KITCHEN---Saturday 11:00AM---1,345,000 (0.22) 2---KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP (Season Finale, 2Hrs.)---Monday 9:00PM---1,207,000 (0.34) 3---PIONEER WOMAN: HOME SWEET HOME---Saturday 10:00AM---1,093,000 (0.16) 4---GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---Saturday 12:00PM---1,039,000 (0.20) 5---GIRL MEETS FARM---Sunday 11:00AM---997,000 (0.23) 6---DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Friday 9:00PM---991,000 (0.24) 7---CHOPPED: MEAT FIGHT (Premiere)---Tuesday 9:00PM---917,000 (0.21) 8---WORST COOKS IN AMERICA---Sunday 9:00PM---832,000 (0.22) 9---BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thursday 8:00PM---797,000 (0.21) 10-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---Wednesday 9:00PM---584,000 (0.21)

The penultimate week of 'Kids Baking Championship's ratings were up 7 percent in viewers and 4% demo from last season's (1.04M/0.23 on 2/24/2020). 'KBC' picked up steam midseason after starting considerably down from last season. 'Worst Cooks' continues its downward spiral, with one of the lowest rated episodes ever, without major competition from sports or news events. The 2 remaining episodes must get big ratings to avoid becoming the lowest rated season ever: so far, 'WC' is down 12% in viewers and 18% demo from last year (Alton Brown's season; lowest rated ever). 'Cooks' is one of the shows that didn't get any on-air promo time from FN, in favor of Discovery+. Another show impacted by FN's promo relinquishing was 'Supermarket Stakeout,' which aired its final episode before being taken off the schedule. The show was down 27% in viewers and 30% demo from last season. Finally, 'Kitchen Crash' ended its 6 episode season up 27% in viewers and 21% demo from the previous week. The pre-COVID pilot was the 2nd highest rated episode out of the 6, which means viewers were more receptive to the original format than the COVID restricted episodes. This show had a lot against it: 4 out of 6 weeks, political events had viewers glued to news networks, promotion for it stopped a week before its premiere, due to the launch of Discovery+ and its lead-in ('GGG: Delivery') didn't get strong ratings, airing repackaged shows its final 2 weeks. It'll take a lot of convincing to FN about renewing the show for another season and, if it goes ahead, more likely would end on Disvovery+. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (February 8-14, 2021) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo rating 18-49 in parenthesis) 1---THE KITCHEN---Saturday 11:00AM---1,128,000 (0.15) 2---PIONEER WOMAN: HOME SWEET HOME---Saturday 10:00AM---1,124,000 (0.16) 3---KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---Monday 9:00PM---1,110,000 (0.24) 4---DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Friday 9:00PM---1,035,000 (0.25) 5---GIRL MEETS FARM---Sunday 11:00AM---981,000 (0.20) 6---DELICIOUS MISS BROWN---Sunday 12:00PM---931,000 (0.14) 7---CHOPPED---Tuesday 9:00PM---918,000 (0.23) 8---GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---Saturday 12:00PM---880,000 (0.13) 9---BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thursday 8:00PM---842,000 (0.21) 10-WORST COOKS IN AMERICA---Sunday 9:00PM---801,000 (0.19) GUY’S GROCERY GAMES REPACKAGED---Wednesday 9:00PM---716,000 (0.23) 11-SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT (Finale)---Tuesday 10:00PM---579,000 (0.13) 12-KITCHEN CRASH (Finale)---Wednesday 10:00PM---473,000 (0.17)

FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (February 1-7, 2021) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo ratings 18-49 in parenthesis) 1---THE KITCHEN---Saturday 11:00AM---1,331,000 (0.24) 2---PIONEER WOMAN: HOME SWEET HOME---Saturday 10:00AM---1,301,000 (0.21) 3---DELICIOUS MISS BROWN---Sunday 12:00PM---1,094,000 (0.20) 4---KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---Monday 9:00PM---1,066,000 (0.26) 5---GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---Saturday 12:00PM---1,002,000 (0.19) 6---CHOPPED: GRUDGE MATCH (Finale)---Tuesday 9:00PM---929,000 (0.24) 7---BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thursday 8:00PM---920,000 (0.22) GUY’S GROCERY GAMES REPACKAGED---Wednesday 9:00PM---631,000 (0.20) 8---CUPCAKE GUYS TRAINING CAMP (Special)---Saturday 1:00PM---622,000 (0.16) 9---SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT---Tuesday 10:00PM---593,000 (0.19) 10-KITCHEN CRASH---Wednesday 10:00PM---372,000 (0.14) 11-YUM & YUMMER (Special, 2Hrs.)---Thursday 9:00AM---183,000 (0.04)