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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)

FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (January 25-31, 2021) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo ratings 18-49 in parenthesis) 1---PIONEER WOMAN: HOME SWEET HOME---Saturday 10:00AM---1,289,000 (0.21) 2---THE KTICHEN---Saturday 11:00AM---1,193,000 (0.19) 3---KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---Monday 9:00M---1,184,000 (0.25) 4---DELICIOUS MISS BROWN---Sunday 12:00PM---1,095,000 (0.22) 5---WORST COOKS IN AMERICA---Sunday 9:00PM---1,032,000 (0.25) 6---DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Friday 9:00PM---999,000 (0.28) 7---GIRL MEETS FARM---Sunday 11:00AM---987,000 (0.21) 8---GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---Saturday 12:00PM---946,000 (0.16) 9---CHOPPED: GRUDGE MATCH---Tuesday 9:00PM---756,000 (0.16) 10-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---Wednesday 9:00PM---671,000 (0.24) 11-SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT---Tuesday 10:00PM---522,000 (0.12) 12-KITCHEN CRASH---Wednesday 10:00PM---458,000 (0.15)

FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (January 18-24, 2021) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo ratings 18-49 in parenthesis) 1---THE KITCHEN---Saturday 11:00AM---1,341,000 (0.22) 2---PIONEER WOMAN: HOME SWEET HOME---Saturday 10:00AM---1,214,000 (0.19) 3---GIRL MEETS FARM---Sunday 11:00AM---1,120,000 (0.23) 4---GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---Saturday 12:00PM---1,049,000 (0.21) 5---KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---Monday 9:00PM---991,000 (0.21) 6---DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Friday 9:00PM---972,000 (0.25) 7---DELICIOUS MISS BROWN---Sunday 12:00PM---911,000 (0.16) 8---WORST COOKS IN AMERICA---Sunday 9:00PM---825,000 (0.19) 9---CHOPPED: GRUDGE MATCH---Tuesday 9:00PM---808,000 (0.22) 10-BEAT BOBBY FLAY (New Day & Time)---Thursday 8:00PM---804,000 (0.21) 11-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---Wednesday 9:00PM---756,000 (0.26) KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP REPACKAGED---Monday 10:00PM---629,000 (0.15) * 12-SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT---Tuesday 10:00PM---557,000 (0.13) 13-REAL TIME WITH CLAIRE (Pilot)---Saturday 8:30AM---465,000 (0.06) 14-KITCHEN CRASH---Wednesday 10:00PM---463,000 (0.16) 15-DISCOVERY+: CAKEALIKES (Special)---Sunday 10:00PM---405,000 (0.09) * repackaged show; numbers won't count on rankings

FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (January 11-17, 2021) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo rating 18-49 in parenthesis) 1---THE KITCHEN---Saturday 11:00AM---1,229,000 (0.21) 2---PIONEER WOMAN: HOME SWEET HOME---Saturday 10:00AM---1,157,000 (0.19) 3---GIRL MEETS FARM---Sunday 11:00AM---1,113,000 (0.25) 4---GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---Saturday 12:00PM---1,018,000 (0.18) 5---CHOPPED: GRUDGE MATCH---Tuesday 9:00PM---959,000 (0.28) 6---DELICIOUS MISS BROWN---Sunday 11:30AM---920,000 (0.18) 7---KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---Monday 9:00PM---918,000 (0.24) 8---WORST COOKS IN AMERICA---Sunday 9:00PM---909,000 (0.25) 9---BEAT BOBBY FLAY (New Day & Time)---Thursday 8:00PM---850,000 (0.26) 10-DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Friday 9:00PM---846,000 (0.17) 11-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---Wednesday 9:00PM---643,000 (0.24) 12-DISCOVERY+: BOBBY & GIADA IN ITALY (Special)---Thursday 11:00PM---594,000 (0.14) 13-SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT---Tuesday 10:00PM---553,000 (0.15) KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP REPACKAGED---Monday 10:00PM---544,000 (0.14) * 14-DISCOVERY+: CAKEALIKES (Special)---Sunday 10:00PM---459,000 (0.13) 15-KITCHEN CRASH---Wednesday 10:00PM---454,000 (0.16) * repackaged show: numbers won't count for rankings

Another week of FN devoting all its promo time on screen and off to Discovery+, another week of disappointing ratings for its shows, old and new. Two episodes into its run, 'Worst Cooks in America' is down 20 percent in viewers and 33% demo from last January, when Alton Brown co-hosted the show's lowest rated season ever. 'Kids Baking Championship' is down 14% in viewers and its even on demo from 2020, its lowest rated season. So far, the Discovery+ previews on FN haven't drawn spectacular numbers, given its expectations and known personalities, like 'Magnolia Table,' 'Restaurant Impossible' to 'Bobby & Giada in Italy' (594,000 viewers/0.14 demo on Jan 14th). New show 'Kitchen Crash,' hosted by Jeff Mauro, debuted to 519,000 viewers and 0.15 demo, dropping 12% in viewers and up 6% demo in week 2 to 454,000/0.16. Regardless of its quality or lack of, this show had lots of things going up against it: no promotion from FN -on air and online - days before its premiere (thanks to Discovery+), leading out to 'GGG: Delivery,' which isn't a strong show and airing its first two episodes on back to back Wednesdays, where most viewers were glued to news; this coming week wouldn't be an exception. Hope that FN sticks to this show on its timeslot, like they did to others, like 'I Hart Food,' 'Summer Rush' & 'Amy Schumer Learns to Cook.' I've followed Jeff from 'FNS 7' and he deserved to host a primetime show after watching a parade of celebrities, comedians, bloggers, youtubers and the entire FN roster hosting shows for the past 8 yrs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (January 4-10, 2021) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo rating 18-49 in parenthesis) 1---THE KITCHEN---Saturday 11:00AM---1,207,000 (0.16) 2---PIONEER WOMAN: HOME SWEET HOME---Saturday 10:00AM---1,164,000 (0.15) 3---CHOPPED: GRUDGE MATCH (Premiere)---Tuesday 9:00PM---1,022,000 (0.28) 4---GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---Saturday 12:00PM---994,000 (0.14) 5---BEAT BOBBY FLAY (Special Episode)---Thursday 8:00PM---983,000 (0.25) 6---KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---Monday 9:00PM---962,000 (0.21) 7---DELICIOUS MISS BROWN---Sunday 11:30AM---949,000 (0.21) 8---GIRL MEETS FARM---Sunday 11:00AM---947,000 (0.22) 9---WORST COOKS IN AMERICA---Sunday 9:00PM---907,000 (0.21) 10-DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Friday 9:00PM---899,000 (0.23) 11-SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT---Tuesday 10:00PM---774,000 (0.22) 12-DISCOVERY+: RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE (Special, Season Premiere)---Thursday 9:00PM---774,000 (0.19) KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP REPACKAGED---Monday 10:00PM---628,000 (0.11) * 13-WORST COOKS: DIRTY DISHES---Sunday 10:30PM---627,000 (0.15) 14-DISCOVERY+: RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE: REVISITED (Special)---Thursday 10:00PM---603,000 (0.13) 15-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---Wednesday 9:00PM---598,000 (0.17) 16-KITCHEN CRASH (Series Premiere)---Wednesday 10:00PM---519,000 (0.15) * repackaged show; numbers won't count for rankings

The end of 2020 and the start of 2021 was marked by the pre-hype and the arrival of Discovery+. For more than a week, Discovery hasn't promoted any over-the-air show either at the bottom of the screen or with regular promos on any of its networks, including FN, devoting them to carry first a countdown clock that went on for 3 days, followed by a stuck reminder at the top of the screen that the service is available, plus endless '90 Day Fiance', Mike Rowe, 'Ghost Adventures' and 'Magnolia Table' promos that have become sickening. The result? Food Network ended 2020 and received 2021 with the lowest rated season openers ever for two of its staples: 'Kids Baking Championship' and 'Worst Cooks in America,' plus Joanna Gaines' (who had the top special in 2020 with more than 2M viewers) cooking show preview, didn't have a ratings blockbuster this time, averaging 979,000 viewers and 0.17 demo for its 2 episodes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (Dec. 28, 2020-Jan. 3, 2021) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo rating 18-49 in parenthesis) 1---THE KITCHEN (Season Premiere)---Saturday 11:00AM---1,297,000 (0.22) 2---PIONEER WOMAN: HOME SWEET HOME---Saturday 10:00AM---1,242,000 (0.22) 3---GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---Saturday 12:00PM---1,051,000 (0.24) 4---DISCOVERY+: MAGNOLIA TABLE 2 (Special)---Sunday 8:30PM---1,048,000 (0.18) 5---CHOPPED---Tuesday 9:00PM---1,013,000 (0.29) 6---WORST COOKS IN AMERICA (Season Premiere; 90min.)---Sunday 9:00PM---1,002,000 (0.22) 7---KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP (Season Premiere, 2Hrs.)---Monday 9:00PM---978,000 (0.20) 8---GIRL MEETS FARM---Sunday 11:00AM---910,000 (0.19) 9---DISCOVERY+: MAGNOLIA TABLE 1 (Special)---Sunday 8:00PM---910,000 (0.16) 10-DELICIOUS MISS BROWN---Sunday 11:30AM---845,000 (0.16) 11-DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Friday 9:00PM---741,000 (0.17) 12-WORST COOKS: DIRTY DISHES (Series Premiere)---Sunday 10:30PM---708,000 (0.14) 13-SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT (Season Premiere)---Tuesday 10:00PM---696,000 (0.21) 14-BEAT BOBBY FLAY (Special Episode)---Wednesday 10:00PM---635,000 (0.14) 15-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---Wednesday 9:00PM---621,000 (0.16) 16-DISCOVERY+: THE MAKING OF MAGNOLIA TABLE (Special)---Sunday 7:00PM---621,000 (0.10) 17-BEAT BOBBY FLAY (Special Episode)---Friday 9:30PM---573,000 (0.12) 18-DISCOVERY+: FIRST LOOK (Special)---Sunday 1:00PM---478,000 (0.10)

In 2020, FN had its ups and downs. Last year's special circumstances, resulted in a growth in daytime's ratings, as people stayed home. On average, daytime shows were watched by 980,000 to primetime's 880,000, while 7 out the 10 shows with the most audience increases from 2019 were daytime's. Primetime dominated demos and total audience for the year (410M to 242M). In terms of shows, primetime was more unstable than daytime, with tons of flops, starting with January's Alton Brown's season on 'Worst Cooks,' followed by other programs like the revival of 'Food Network Challenge,', 'Big Time Bake,' 'Bakeaway Camp,' 'Amy Schumer Learns to Cook,' 'Candyland,' 'Vegas Chef Prizefight,' 'Opening Night,' 'Summer Rush,' 'Undercover Chef' and the collapse of 'Duff Takes The Cake,' one of the bright spots of 2019. In daytime, 'Pioneer Woman' was surpassed in viewers by 'Trisha's Southern Kitchen' and in demos by 'Girl Meets Farm'. 'The Kitchen' remains daytime's top show in viewers and demos. While 'Holiday Baking Championship' and 'Buddy vs Duff' took the top spot in viewers and demos respectively, 2020's primetime's highlight went to Guy Fieri's 'Tournament of Champions,' which started slow buy picked up steam fast. In daytime, it goes to 'Symon's Dinners' another new show that held its own in viewers and demos. Top special for the year went to Joanna Gaines, which had more than 2M viewers last April, a feast that didn't happen on FN in four years. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2020 FOOD NETWORK MOST WATCHED SHOWS (January 1-December 31, 2020) (Only Originals, In Millions of Viewers) Source: Showbuzzdaily 1--THE KITCHEN---57.51 2--PIONEER WOMAN---53.71 3--BEAT BOBBY FLAY---35.40 4--CHOPPED---29.92 5--GIRL MEETS FARM---28.83 6--DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---28.13 7--DELICIOUS MISS BROWN---25.46 8--GUY’S GROCERY GAMES---24.50 9--RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE---23.47 10-TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN---23.06 11-VALERIE’S HOME COOKING---15.08 12-CHOPPED SWEETS---13.54 13-KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---12.89 14-DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES: TAKE-OUT---12.52 15-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: BEHIND THE GAMES---11.85 16-HOLIDAY BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---11.84 17-SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT---11.83 18-SYMON’S DINNERS---11.70 19-SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---11.60 20-GIADA ENTERTAINS---11.21 21-BUDDY VS DUFF---10.66 22-WORST COOKS IN AMERICA WINTER---10.35 23-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---9.08 24-WORST COOKS IN AMERICA SUMMER---8.43 25-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE: REVISITED---8.33 26-WORST COOKS IN AMERICA CELEBRITY EDITION---7.21 27-BAREFOOT CONTESSA---6.98 28-HALLOWEEN BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---6.93 29-CHRISTMAS COOKIE CHALLENGE---6.79 30-HOLIDAY WARS---6.55 31-ALL-STAR BEST THING I EVER ATE---6.55 32-THE BIG BAKE---6.16 33-GIADA AT HOME---5.83 34-TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS---5.81 35-THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE---5.80 36-CHOPPED: BEAT THE JUDGE---5.73 37-HALLOWEEN WARS---5.36 38-CANDYLAND---5.19 39-CHOPPED: BEAT BOBBY FLAY---5.01 40-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE: BEHIND THE IMPOSSIBLE---4.98 41-AMY SCHUMER LEARNS TO COOK---4.86 42-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES SUMMER GRILLIN’ GAMES---4.78 43-CHOPPED: COMFORT FOOD FEUD---4.58 44-BIG TIME BAKE---4.29 45-VEGAS CHEF PRIZEFIGHT---4.24 46-CHOPPED CHAMPIONS---4.01 47-OUTREAGEOUS PUMPKINS---3.31 48-BAKEAWAY CAMP W/MARTHA STEWART---3.25 49-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: GGG/DDD TOURNAMENT---3.19 50-GIRL SCOUT COOKIE CHAMPIONSHIP---3.06 51-BUDDY VS CHRISTMAS---2.92 52-KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP: EXTRA ICING---2.76 53-DUFF TAKES THE CAKE---2.66 54-DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES: TAKE-OUT ALL-STARS---2.09 55-SUMMER RUSH---2.05 56-GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---1.97 57-FOOD NETWORK CHALLENGE---1.92 58-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE: AFTERSHOW---1.80 59-30 MINUTE MEALS---1.59 60-HALLOWEEN FREAKOUT CAKES---949,000 61-UNDERCOVER CHEF---555,000 62-OPENING NIGHT---533,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2020 FOOD NETWORK AVG. RATINGS ORIG. SHOWS (January 1-December 31, 2020) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/# of Viewers) 1--HOLIDAY BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP--1,479,000 2--BUDDY VS DUFF--1,332,000 3--SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP--1,289,000 4--THE KITCHEN--1,250,000 5--WORST COOKS IN AMERICA SUMMER--1,204,000 6--WORST COOKS IN AMERICA CELEBRITY--1,202,000 7--TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS--1,162,000 8--HALLOWEEN BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP--1,155,000 9--TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN--1,153,000 10-CHRISTMAS COOKIE CHALLENGE--1,131,000 11-PIONEER WOMAN—1,119,000 12-HOLIDAY WARS—1,092,000 13-KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP--1,074,000 14-HALLOWEEN WARS—1,072,000 15-DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES TAKE-OUT ALL-STARS—1,045,000 16-DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES TAKE-OUT—1,043,000 17-WORST COOKS IN AMERICA WINTER—1,035,000 18-GIRL MEETS FARM—1,030,000 19-CHOPPED: BEAT BOBBY FLAY—1,003,000 20-GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN—984,000 21-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE—978,000 22-GIADA AT HOME—972,000 23-DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES—970,000 24-THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE—966,000 25-GGG’S SUMMER GRILLIN’ GAMES—956,000 26-CHOPPED: BEAT THE JUDGE—956,000 27-DELICIOUS MISS BROWN—943,000 28-VALERIE’S HOME COOKING—943,000 29-CHOPPED: COMFORT FOOD FEUD—916,000 30-BAREFOOT CONTESSA—873,000 31-CANDYLAND—865,000 32-GIADA ENTERTAINS—862,000 33-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES—845,000 34-SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT—845,000 35-SYMON’S DINNERS—835,000 36-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE: REVISITED—833,000 37-CHOPPED—831,000 38-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE: BEHIND THE IMPOSSIBLE—830,000 39-OUTRAGEOUS PUMPKINS—827,000 40-BEAT BOBBY FLAY—823,000 41-ALL-STAR BEST THING I EVER ATE—819,000 42-BAKEAWAY CAMP W/MARTHA STEWART—813,000 43-CHOPPED CHAMPIONS—801,000 44-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES GGG/DDD TOURNAMENT—797,000 45-30 MINUTE MEALS—795,000 46-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: BEHIND THE GAMES—790,000 47-GIRL SCOUT COOKIE CHAMPIONSHIP—765,000 48-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY—757,000 49-BUDDY VS CHRISTMAS—731,000 50-BIG TIME BAKE—716,000 51-CHOPPED SWEETS—713,000 52-VEGAS CHEF PRIZEFIGHT—707,000 53-KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP: EXTRA ICING—690,000 54-THE BIG BAKE—685,000 55-FOOD NETWORK CHALLENGE—641,000 56-AMY SCHUMER LEARNS TO COOK—607,000 57-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE: AFTERSHOW—601,000 58-UNDERCOVER CHEF—555,000 59-OPENING NIGHT—533,000 60-DUFF TAKES THE CAKE—531,000 61-SUMMER RUSH—513,000 62-HALLOWEEN FREAKSHOW CAKES—475,000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2020 FOOD NETWORK AVG. RATINGS 18-49 (January 1-December 31, 2020) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Demo 18-49 Rating) 1—BUDDY VS DUFF—0.36 2—TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS—0.33 3—HOLIDAY BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP—0.32 4—WORST COOKS IN AMERICA CELEBRITY—0.30 5—GGG’S SUMMER GRILLIN’ GAMES—0.30 6—WORST COOKS IN AMERICA SUMMER—0.29 7—DINERS,DRIVE-INS AND DIVES: TAKE-OUT ALL-STARS—0.29 8—SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP—0.28 9—HALLOWEEN BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP—0.28 10-CHOPPED: BEAT THE JUDGE—0.27 11-DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES: TAKE-OUT—0.27 12-WORST COOKS IN AMERICA WINTER—0.27 13-HOLIDAY WARS—0.26 14-HALLOWEEN WARS—0.26 15-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES—0.25 16-THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE—0.25 17-CHOPPED: BEAT BOBBY FLAY—0.25 18-DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES—0.25 19-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES GGG/DDD TOURNAMENT—0.25 20-SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT—0.24 21-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: BEHIND THE GAMES—0.24 22-KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP—0.23 23-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY—0.23 24-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE—0.22 25-CHOPPED: COMFORT FOOD FEUD—0.22 26-CANDYLAND—0.22 27-CHOPPED—0.22 28-THE KITCHEN—0.22 29-BEAT BOBBY FLAY—0.22 30-CHOPPED CHAMPIONS—0.21 31-CHRISTMAS COOKIE CHALLENGE—0.21 32-TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN—0.21 33-GIRL MEETS FARM—0.20 34-GIRL SCOUT COOKIE CHAMPIONSHIP—0.20 35-PIONEER WOMAN—0.20 36-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE: REVISITED—0.20 37-OUTRAGEOUS PUMPKINS—0.20 38-ALL-STAR BEST THING I EVER ATE—0.19 39-GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN—0.19 40-CHOPPED SWEETS—0.19 41-VALERIE’S HOME COOKING—0.18 42-BAKEAWAY CAMP W/MARTHA STEWART—0.18 43-KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP: EXTRA ICING—0.18 44-FOOD NETWORK CHALLENGE—0.18 45-BIG TIME BAKE—0.18 46-AMY SCHUMER LEARNS TO COOK—0.18 47-GIADA AT HOME—0.17 48-VEGAS CHEF PRIZEFIGHT—0.17 49-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE: BEHIND THE IMPOSSIBLE—0.17 50-GIADA ENTERTAINS—0.17 51-BUDDY VS CHRISTMAS—0.17 52-DELICIOUS MISS BROWN—0.17 53-30 MINUTE MEALS—0.16 54-BAREFOOT CONTESSA—0.16 55-THE BIG BAKE—0.16 56-SYMON’S DINNERS—0.15 57-UNDERCOVER CHEF—0.14 58-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE: AFTERSHOW—0.13 59-SUMMER RUSH—0.13 60-OPENING NIGHT—0.13 61-DUFF TAKES THE CAKE—0.13 62-HALLOWEEN FREAKSHOW CAKES—0.11 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2020 FOOD NETWORK AVG. RATINGS 25-54 (January 1-December 31, 2020) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Demo 25-54 Rating) 1—BUDDY VS DUFF—0.46 2—HOLIDAY BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP—0.45 3—TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS—0.44 4—DINERS,DRIVE-INS AND DIVES: TAKE-OUT ALL-STARS—0.42 5—WORST COOKS IN AMERICA CELEBRITY—0.40 6—SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP—0.39 7—GGG’S SUMMER GRILLIN’ GAMES—0.39 8—WORST COOKS IN AMERICA SUMMER—0.39 9—HALLOWEEN BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP—0.38 10-HALLOWEEN WARS—0.37 11-DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES: TAKE-OUT—0.37 12-WORST COOKS IN AMERICA WINTER—0.35 13-DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES—0.35 14-HOLIDAY WARS—0.35 15-CHOPPED: BEAT THE JUDGE—0.34 16-CHOPPED: BEAT BOBBY FLAY—0.33 17-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES—0.33 18-THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE—0.32 19-KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP—0.32 20-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE—0.32 21-CHOPPED: COMFORT FOOD FEUD—0.32 20-THE KITCHEN—0.32 23-TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN—0.31 24-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES GGG/DDD TOURNAMENT—0.31 25-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: BEHIND THE GAMES—0.31 26-CHRISTMAS COOKIE CHALLENGE—0.31 27-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY—0.30 28-SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT—0.30 29-CHOPPED—0.29 30-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE: REVISITED—0.29 31-BEAT BOBBY FLAY—0.29 32-GIRL MEETS FARM—0.29 33-CANDYLAND—0.29 34-CHOPPED CHAMPIONS—0.29 35-PIONEER WOMAN—0.28 36-OUTRAGEOUS PUMPKINS—0.28 37-ALL-STAR BEST THING I EVER ATE—0.28 38-GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN—0.27 39-FOOD NETWORK CHALLENGE—0.27 40-VEGAS CHEF PRIZEFIGHT—0.27 41-GIRL SCOUT COOKIE CHAMPIONSHIP—0.26 42-VALERIE’S HOME COOKING—0.26 43-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE: BEHIND THE IMPOSSIBLE—0.26 44-AMY SCHUMER LEARNS TO COOK—0.26 45-SYMON’S DINNERS—0.25 46-DELICIOUS MISS BROWN—0.25 47-GIADA ENTERTAINS—0.25 48-CHOPPED SWEETS—0.25 49-BIG TIME BAKE—0.25 50-BAKEAWAY CAMP W/MARTHA STEWART—0.25 51-KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP: EXTRA ICING—0.23 52-GIADA AT HOME—0.23 53-THE BIG BAKE—0.22 54-BUDDY VS CHRISTMAS—0.22 55-BAREFOOT CONTESSA—0.22 56-DUFF TAKES THE CAKE—0.21 57-30 MINUTE MEALS—0.21 58-SUMMER RUSH—0.20 59-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE: AFTERSHOW—0.18 60-HALLOWEEN FREAKSHOW CAKES—0.17 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2020 FOOD NETWORK RATING AVG. CHANGE VS 2019 (Jan.1-Dec.31, 2020) (Avg. viewers & demo 18-49 in parenthesis) Source: Showbuzzdaily 1--GIADA AT HOME---(+26%, -10%) 2--SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT---(+21%, +14%) 3--DELICIOUS MISS BROWN---(+20%, +21%) 4--CHRISTMAS COOKIE CHALLENGE---(+16%, -4%) 5--TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN---(+13%, +16%) 6--GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---(+10%, EVEN) 7--GIRL MEETS FARM---(+9%, +5%) 8--GUY’S GROCERY GAMES---(+8%, -4%) 9--VALERIE’S HOME COOKING---(+4%, +6%) 10-THE KITCHEN---(+3%, -4%) 11-HOLIDAY BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---(+2%, -8%) 12-GIADA ENTERTAINS---(+1%, -5%) 13-CHOPPED---(+1%, -12%) 14-SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---(+1%, -17%) 15-HALLOWEEN BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---(EVEN, -17%) 16-BAREFOOT CONTESSA---(-1%, EVEN) 17-WORST COOKS IN AMERICA SUMMER---(-1%, -3%) 18-HOLIDAY WARS---(-1%, -3%) 19-WORST COOKS IN AMERICA CELEBRITY EDITION---(-1%, -9%) 20-PIONEER WOMAN---(3%, -4%) 21-30 MINUTE MEALS---(-3%, +14%) 22-DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---(-4%, -16%) 23-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES DDD/GGG TEAM TOURNAMENT---(-5%, -17%) 24-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE: REVISITED---(-9%, EVEN) 25-BEAT BOBBY FLAY---(-9%, -24%) 26-HALLOWEEN WARS---(-10%, -18%) 27-CHOPPED CHAMPIONS---(-10%, -22%) 28-CHOPPED: BEAT BOBBY FLAY---(-10%, -26%) 29-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE---(13%, -12%) 30-BUDDY VS DUFF---(-15%, -20%) 31-KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP: EXTRA ICING---(-24%, -35%) 32-KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---(-28%, -42%) 33-WORST COOKS IN AMERICA WINTER---(-29%, -38%) 34-DUFF TAKES THE CAKE---(-36%, -41%) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2020 FOOD NETWORK RATINGS NEW SHOWS (January 1-December 31, 2020) Source: Showbuzzdaily 1—TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS—1,162,000 (0.33) 2—DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES: TAKE-OUT ALL-STARS—1,045,000 (0.29) 3—DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES: TAKE-OUT—1,043,000 (0.27) 4—THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE SPRING—966,000 (0.25) 5—GGG’S SUMMER GRILLIN’ GAMES—956,000 (0.30) 6—CHOPPED: BEAT THE JUDGE—956,000 (0.27) 7—CHOPPED: COMFORT FOOD FEUD—916,000 (0.22) 8—CANDYLAND—865,000 (0.22) 9—SYMON’S DINNERS—835,000 (0.15) 10-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE: BEHIND THE IMPOSSIBLE—830,000 (0.17) 11-OUTRAGEOUS PUMPKINS—827,000 (0.20) 12-ALL-STAR BEST THING I EVER ATE—819,000 (0.19) 13-BAKEAWAY CAMP W/MARTHA STEWART—813,000 (0.18) 14-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: BEHIND THE GAMES—790,000 (0.24) 15-GIRL SCOUT COOKIE CHAMPIONSHIP—765,000 (0.20) 16-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY—757,000 (0.22) 17-FOOD NETWORK CHALLENGE—736,000 (0.19) 18-BUDDY VS CHRISTMAS—731,000 (0.17) 19-BIG TIME BAKE—716,000 (0.18) 20-CHOPPED SWEETS—713,000 (0.19) 21-VEGAS CHEF PRIZEFIGHT—707,000 (0.17) 22-THE BIG BAKE—685,000 (0.16) 23-AMY SCHUMER LEARNS TO COOK—607,000 (0.18) 24-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE: AFTERSHOW—601,000 (0.13) 25-UNDERCOVER CHEF—555,000 (0.14) 26-OPENING NIGHT—533,000 (0.13) 27-SUMMER RUSH—513,000 (0.13) 28-HALLOWEEN FREAKSHOW CAKES—475,000 (0.11) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2020 FOOD NETWORK RATINGS SPECIALS AND PILOTS (Jan.1-Dec.31, 2020) (Rank/Show/1st airing date/# of Viewers/Demo 18-49 in parenthesis) Source: Showbuzzdaily 1—IN THE KITCHEN W/JOANNA GAINES (April 5)—2,090,000 (0.40) 2—KIDS BAKING CHAMP: SEASON’S SWEETINGS (November 15)—1,168,000 (0.31) 3—DDD: FIERI FAM 1ST EPISODE WATCH PARTY (August 17)—1,065,000 (0.28) 4—SYMON’S DINNERS: THANKSGIVING (November 15)—1,012,000 (0.15) 5—TURKEY DAY: SUNNY’S WAY (November 14)—973,000 (0.17) 6—BUDDY VS DUFF: BEHIND THE REMATCH (March 15)—965,000 (0.26) 7—HOLIDAY BAKING CHAMP: SWEET SECRETS (December 20)—909,000 (0.19) 8—ROAD TO HALLOWEEN WARS (September 13)—882,000 (0.23) 9—GRILL POWER (June 27)—874,000 (0.17) 10-GUY’S BIG GAME (February 2)—852,000 (0.20) 11-FEASTING WITH THE STARS (December 19)—845,000 (0.12) 12-DELICIOUS MISS BROWN: COOKING WITH ‘MA (June 28)—832,000 (0.18) 13-WORST COOKS: HALLOWEEN REDEMPTION (October 18)—827,000 (0.19) 14-BUDDY VS DUFF: BEHIND THE BATTLE (March 22)—778,000 (0.22) 15-CANDYLAND: BEHIND THE BUILT (November 15)—746,000 (0.24) 16-WORST COOKS: REHEATED (March 8)—720,000 (0.19) 17-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE: QUARANTINE CHECK-IN (April 30)—663,000 (0.15) 18-RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE: 1ST EPISODE REWATCH (May 7)—645,000 (0.13) 19-KITCHEN EXPEDITION (April 30)—620,000 (0.14) 20-KITCHEN EXPEDITION (May 7)—599,000 (0.13) 21-GOOD EATS: HOUSE THAT DRIPPED CHOCOLATE (October 8)—592,000 (0.15) 22-QUESTLOVE’S POTLUCK (May 28)—478,000 (0.13) 23-MARY MCCARTNEY SERVES IT UP (January 5)—464,000 (0.11) 24-WORST COOKS: REHEATED (February 2)—367,000 (0.07) 25-WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? W/OPRAH (June 9)—289,000 (0.10) 26-WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? W/OPRAH PART 2 (June 10)—249,000 (0.08)

For FN's 2020's 4th quarter, daytime shows were the most watched on average, over primetime offerings 1.05M to 919,000, while primetime dominated demos 0.23 to 0.18 in 18-49 and 0.29 to 0.27 in 25-54. Primetime originals were watched by 78.2 million viewers over daytime's 47.9M. On average, both primetime and daytime shows grew in audience about 7 percent over 2019's 4th quarter. In terms of individual shows, 'Candyland' was the biggest disappointment of the quarter, for a heavily invested and promoted show that didn't match other tentpole programs in ratings and expectations. Top daytime show 'The Kitchen' and 'PW' were FN's top two most watched shows, but due to heavy competition from news and sports in cable, they had the largest audience erosion compared to 4Q 2019, although not by much. Also, it appeared that viewers started to get tired of the self-recorded home episodes. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK 4Q RATINGS MOST WATCHED SHOWS (Oct.1-Dec.31, 2020) (Only Originals; in millions of viewers) Source: Showbuzzdaily 1--THE KITCHEN---15.29 2--PIONEER WOMAN---13.11 3--HOLIDAY BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---11.84 4--DELICIOUS MISS BROWN---9.45 5--GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---9.08 6--GIRL MEETS FARM---9.05 7--DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---6.82 8--CHRISTMAS COOKIE CHALLENGE---6.79 9--HOLIDAY WARS---6.55 10-CHOPPED---5.56 11-THE BIG BAKE---5.44 12-CANDYLAND---5.19 13-CHOPPED: COMFORT FOOD FEUD---4.58 14-HALLOWEEN BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---3.62 15-BUDDY VS CHRISTMAS---2.92 16-HALLOWEEN WARS---2.31 17-BEAT BOBBY FLAY---2.21 18-KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---1.96 19-OUTRAGEOUS PUMPKINS---1.64 20-GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---1.03 21-HALLOWEEN FREAKSHOW CAKES---949,000 22-SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT---696,000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK 4Q RATINGS AVG. VIEWERS (Oct.1-Dec.31, 2020) Source: Showbuzzdaily 1---HOLIDAY BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---1,479,000 2---HALLOWEEN BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---1,207,000 3---THE KITCHEN---1,176,000 4---HALLOWEEN WARS---1,156,000 5---CHRISTMAS COOKIE CHALLENGE---1,131,000 6---HOLIDAY WARS---1,092,000 7---PIONEER WOMAN---1,092,000 8---GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---1,025,000 9---GIRL MEETS FARM---1,006,000 10--KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---978,000 11--DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---974,000 12--DELICIOUS MISS BROWN---945,000 13--CHOPPED---927,000 14--CHOPPED: COMFORT FOOD FEUD---916,000 15--CANDYLAND---865,000 16--OUTRAGEOUS PUMPKINS---819,000 17--GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---757,000 18--BEAT BOBBY FLAY---738,000 19--BUDDY VS CHRISTMAS---731,000 20--SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT---696,000 21--THE BIG BAKE---680,000 22--HALLOWEEN FREAKSHOW CAKES---475,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK 4Q RATING AVG. DEMO 18-49 (Oct.1-Dec.31, 2020) Source: Showbuzzdaily 1--HOLIDAY BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---0.32 2--HALLOWEEN WARS---0.28 3--HALLOWEEN BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---0.27 4--HOLIDAY WARS---0.26 5--DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---0.24 6--CHOPPED---0.22 7--GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---0.22 8--CHOPPED: COMFORT FOOD FEUD---0.22 9--CANDYLAND---0.22 10-CHRISTMAS COOKIE CHALLENGE---0.21 11-SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT---0.21 12-KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---0.20 13-GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---0.20 14-THE KITCHEN---0.19 15-GIRL MEETS FARM---0.19 16-OUTRAGEOUS PUMPKINS---0.19 17-BEAT BOBBY FLAY---0.18 18-PIONEER WOMAN---0.17 19-BUDDY VS CHRISTMAS---0.17 20-THE BIG BAKE---0.16 21-DELICIOUS MISS BROWN---0.15 22-HALLOWEEN FREAKSHOW CAKES---0.11 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK 4Q RATING AVG. DEMO 25-54 (Oct.1-Dec.31, 2020) Source: Showbuzzdaily 1--HOLIDAY BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---0.45 2--HALLOWEEN WARS---0.40 3--HALLOWEEN BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---0.37 4--HOLIDAY WARS---0.35 5--DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---0.33 6--CHOPPED: COMFORT FOOD FEUD---0.32 7--CHOPPED---0.31 8--CHRISTMAS COOKIE CHALLENGE---0.31 9--GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---0.30 10-THE KITCHEN---0.29 11-CANDYLAND---0.29 12-OUTRAGEOUS PUMPKINS---0.28 13-KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---0.28 14-PIONEER WOMAN---0.27 15-GIRL MEETS FARM---0.27 16-GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---0.27 17-BEAT BOBBY FLAY---0.25 18-DELICIOUS MISS BROWN---0.25 19-SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT---0.24 20-THE BIG BAKE---0.23 21-BUDDY VS CHRISTMAS---0.22 22-HALLOWEEN FREAKSHOW CAKES---0.17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK 4Q RATING AVG. CHANGE VS 4Q 2019 (Oct.1-Dec.31, 2020) (Avg. viewers & demo 18-49 in parenthesis) Source: Showbuzzdaily 1---CHOPPED---(+27%, +4%) 2---DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---(+22%, +9%) 3---GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---(+20%, +17%) 4---DELICIOUS MISS BROWN---(+20%, +7%) 5---CHRISTMAS COOKIE CHALLENGE---(+16%, -4%) 6---BEAT BOBBY FLAY---(+10%, +12%) 7---GIRL MEETS FARM---(+6%, +5%) 8---HOLIDAY BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---(+2%, -8%) 9---HALLOWEEN WARS---(+1%, -9%) 10-HALLOWEEN BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---(+1%, -22%) 11-HOLIDAY WARS---(-1%, -3%) 12-PIONEER WOMAN---(-6%, -10%) 13-THE KITCHEN---(-6%, -13%) 14-SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT---(-18%, -16%) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK 4Q RATING NEW SHOWS (Oct.1-Dec.31, 2020) (Avg. viewers & demo 18-49) Source: Showbuzzdaily 1---CHOPPED: COMFORT FOOD FEUD---916,000/0.22 2---CANDYLAND---865,000/0.22 3---OUTRAGEOUS PUMPKINS---819,000/0.19 4---GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---757,000/0.22 5---BUDDY VS CHRISTMAS---731,000/0.17 6---THE BIG BAKE---680,000/0.16 7---HALLOWEEN FREAKSHOW CAKES---475,000/0.11 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK 4Q RATING SPECIALS AND PILOTS (Oct.1-Dec.31, 2020) (Avg. viewers & demos 18-49 and 25-54) Source: Showbuzzdaily 1---KIDS BAKING CHAMP: SEASON’S SWEETINGS (November 15)---1.168/0.31/0.41 2---SYMON’S DINNERS: THANKSGIVING (November 15)---1.012/0.15/0.25 3---TURKEY DAY SUNNY’S WAY (November 14)---973,000/0.17/0.26 4---HOLIDAY BAKING CHAMP: SWEET SECRETS (December 20)---909,000/0.19/0.26 5---FEASTING WITH THE STARS (December 19)---845,000/0.12/0.19 6---WORST COOKS: HALLOWEEN REDEMPTION (October 18)---827,000/0.19/0.27 7---CANDYLAND: BEHIND THE BUILT (November 15)---746,000/0.24/0.31 8---RESTAURANT HUSTLE 2020: ALL ON THE LINE (December 27)---603,000/0.12/0.20 9---GOOD EATS: HOUSE THAT DRIPPED CHOCOLATE (October 8)---592,000/0.15

The season finale of 'Holiday Baking Championship' was basically even in viewers and down 14 percent in demo compared to 2019's (1,857,000/0.43 on 12/23/2019). For the season, it averaged 1,479,000/0.32, up 2% in viewers and down 8% demo from 2019. While Guy Fieri's 'Ranch Kitchen' premiered to nice numbers for its new season, his directorial debut wasn't as successful, as the documentary 'Restaurant Hustle 2020' disappointed in ratings, with a little more than 600,000 viewers and the lowest rated demo of all originals. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (December 21-27, 2020) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo rating 18-49 in parenthesis) 1---HOLIDAY BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP (Season Finale, 2hrs.)---Monday 9:00PM---1,867,000 (0.37) 2---THE KITCHEN: FAMILY STYLE (Finale)---Saturday 11:00AM---1,132,000 (0.20) 3---GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN (Season Premiere)---Saturday 12:00PM---1,025,000 (0.20) 4---PIONEER WOMAN: HOME SWEET HOME---Saturday 10:00AM---989,000 (0.17) 5---GIRL MEETS FARM---Sunday 11:00AM---944,000 (0.16) 6---DELICIOUS MISS BROWN (Season Premiere; New Day & Time)---Sunday 11:30AM---821,000 (0.15) BAREFOOT CONTESSA REPACKAGED---Sunday 12:00PM---817,000 (0.13) * 7---THE BIG BAKE (Finale)---Monday 11:00PM---737,000 (0.15) CHOPPED REPACKAGED---Tuesday 9:00PM---678,000 (0.18) * 8---GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---Wednesday 9:00PM---662,000 (0.19) 9---RESTAURANT HUSTLE 2020: ALL ON THE LINE (Special, 2Hrs.)---Sunday 9:00PM---603,000 (0.12) SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT REPACKAGED---Tuesday 10:00PM---543,000 (0.12) * * repackaged shows; numbers won't count for rankings

The season finale of 'Christmas Cookie Challenge' was up 8 percent in viewers but down 20% demo from last year's finale (1.09M/0.24 on 12/16/2019). For the season, the show averaged 1.13M/0.21, up 16% in viewers and down 4% demo from 2019 (975,000/0.22). Meanwhile, 'Candyland,' one of FN's most elaborated and heavily promoted shows, ended its run with the second lowest rated episode of the season, for an average of 865,000 viewers/0.22 demo, officially the lowest rated Sunday 9PM game show of the year with 16% in viewers and 12% demo less than runner-up 'Chopped: Beat Bobby Flay.' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (December 14-20, 2020) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo rating 18-49 in parenthesis) 1---HOLIDAY BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---Monday 9:00PM---1,494,000 (0.31) 2---CHRISTMAS COOKIE CHALLENGE (Season Finale)--Monday 10:00PM--1,174,000 (0.19) 3---THE KITCHEN: FAMILY STYLE---Saturday 11:00AM---1,151,000 (0.19) 4---PIONEER WOMAN: HOME SWEET HOME---Saturday 10:00AM---1,047,000 (0.15) 5---GIRL MEETS FARM---Sunday 11:00AM---968,000 (0.17) 6---CHOPPED---Tuesday 9:00PM---936,000 (0.21) BAREFOOT CONTESSA REPACKAGED---Sunday 12:00PM---910,000 (0.14) * 7---HOLIDAY BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP: SWEET SECRETS (Special)---Sunday 10:00PM---909,000 (0.19) 8---FEASTING WITH THE STARS (Special)---Saturday 12:00PM---845,000 (0.12) DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES REPACKAGED---Friday 9:00PM---827,000 (0.19) * 9---CANDYLAND (Finale)---Sunday 9:00PM---781,000 (0.18) 10-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---Wednesday 9:00PM---714,000 (0.23) SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT REPACKAGED---Tuesday 10:00PM---600,000 (0.13) * * repackaged shows; numbers won't count for rankings

The next to last episode of 'Candyland' went up 17 percent in viewers and 29% in demo from the previous week; regardless, it most likely end up as the lowest rated Sunday 9P game show of the year, behind 'Worst Cooks 18' (Alton Brown season) and 'Chopped: Beat Bobby Flay'. Right after 'Candyland,' 'Buddy vs Christmas' ended its 4 episode season up just 5% in viewers and 6% demo from the previous week: its season average was 731,000 viewers/0.17 demo, almost on par with Buddy's other solo show this year, 'Big Time Bake' (716,000/0.18). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (December 7-13, 2020) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo rating 18-49 in parenthesis) 1---HOLIDAY BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---Monday 9:00PM---1,595,000 (0.36) 2---CHRISTMAS COOKIE CHALLENGE---Monday 10:00PM---1,320,000 (0.25) 3---THE KITCHEN: FAMILY STYLE---Saturday 11:00AM---1,200,000 (0.19) 4---PIONEER WOMAN: HOME SWEET HOME---Saturday 10:00AM---1,116,000 (0.17) BAREFOOT CONTESSA REPACKAGED---Sunday 12:00PM---891,000 (0.15) * 5---CHOPPED: COMFORT FOOD FEUD (Finale)---Tuesday 9:00PM---830,000 (0.19) 6---CANDYLAND---Sunday 9:00PM---829,000 (0.22) DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES REPACKAGED---Friday 9:00PM---825,000 (0.19) * 7---BUDDY VS CHRISTMAS (Finale)---Sunday 10:00PM---712,000 (0.16) 8---THE BIG BAKE---Monday 11:00PM---694,000 (0.17) 9---GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DELIVERY---Wednesday 9:00PM---672,000 (0.20) SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT REPACKAGED---Tuesday 10:00PM---641,000 (0.14) * * repackaged shows: numbers don't count for rankings