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Last night's (8/26) episode of 'Kids Baking Championship' did 1.17 million viewers/0.27 demo. Half into the season, the show is down 9 percent in viewers and a huge 21% in demo, compared to this point last year's summer season. These baking game shows tend to go up as the season ends, so we'll see how it continues to perform. There were some series premieres and finales last week, being the most anticipated the reboot of 'Good Eats' with not very good numbers: an average of 684,000 viewers/0.23 demo, down 44% in viewers and 23% demo from its 'Worst Cooks' lead-in. A little bit more concerning is that 'Good Eats' lost 17% in viewers and 13% demo between episodes. Don't think FN is very happy with those numbers. 'BBQ Brawl: Flay vs Symon' ended with an average of 948,000 viewers/0.22 demo. Although it was down 10% in viewers from what 'Great Food Truck Race' did on Thursday nights, it was up more than 40% in viewers from what 'Bite Club' did. Although it didn't do 'Buddy vs Duff' numbers, it was successful for the timeslot. 'The Flay List' premiered to so-so numbers, but way better than other premieres, like 'Family Restaurant Rivals' which is averaging 530,000 viewers on Monday at 10PM, a total flop. Finally, as FN started to promote 'Supermarket Stakeout', it appears that the show has picked up some steam and its second episode got better numbers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (August 19-25, 2019) Source: Showbuzzdaily 1--WORST COOKS IN AMERICA---Sun 9:00PM---1,321,000 (0.31) 2--THE KITCHEN---Sat 11:00AM---1,101,000 (0.19) 3--RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE---Sat 9:00PM---1,041,000 (0.20) 4--PIONEER WOMAN---Sat 10:00AM---1,031,000 (0.16) 5--BBQ BRAWL: FLAY VS SYMON (Finale)---Thur 9:00PM---1,025,000 (0.22) 6--KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---Mon 9:00PM---1,008,000 (0.23) 7--GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: BATTLE AMERICA---Wed 9:00PM---952,000 (0.32) 8--RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE: REVISITED---Sat 10:00PM---877,000 (0.17) 9--BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thur 10:00PM---871,000 (0.26) 10-CHOPPED---Tue 9:00PM---849,000 (0.28) 11-DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Fri 9:00PM---840,000 (0.21) 12-SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT---Tue 10:00PM---819,000 (0.26) 13-DELICIOUS MISS BROWN---Sun 11:30AM---766,000 (0.11) 14-GOOD EATS: THE RETURN (Seas. Premiere)---Sun 10:00PM---746,000 (0.24) 15-THE FLAY LIST (Ser. Premiere)---Thur 10:30PM---724,000 (0.22) 16-GOOD EATS: THE RETURN 2---Sun 10:30PM---621,000 (0.21) 17-KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP: EXTRA ICING---Mon 8:00PM---604,000 (0.15) 18-KITCHEN TAKEOVER (Finale)---Sun 3:00PM---572,000 (0.14) 19-GOOD EATS: RELOADED (Premiere)---Sun 11:00PM---535,000 (0.21) 20-FAMILY REST. RIVALS (Ser. Premiere)---Mon 10:00PM---506,000 (0.13) 21-GOOD EATS: RELOADED 2---Sun 11:30PM---435,000 (0.15)

Although it went up from last week, this past Saturday's episode of 'Restaurant Impossible' also didn't reach a million viewers. Nonetheless, it remains one of the top prime time shows on the network, as is 'R.I.: Revisited'. The numbers for the premiere of 'Supermarket Stakeout' weren't good and FN knew it: all day yesterday they promoted the show on screen, something they never do with shows they didn't promote prior to their launch. It paid off, at least last night, as the second episode scored 819,000 viewers/0.26 demo. Apparently, FN has a lot invested in Alex Guarnaschelli and this show in particular. The last two new originals for the month come out this week: 'The Flay List' and 'Good Eats: The Return', which haven't been promoted by the network at all. 'Worst Bakers' second season ended with an average of 515,000 viewers and 0.10 demo, down 51 and 69 percent respectively from the first season. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (August 12-18, 2019) Source: Showbuzzdaily 1--WORST COOKS IN AMERICA---Sun 9:00PM---1,332,000 (0.38) 2--PIONEER WOMAN (S. Premiere)---Sat 10:00AM---1,150,000 (0.26) 3--THE KITCHEN---Sat 11:00AM---1,120,000 (0.21) 4--KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---Mon 9:00PM---1,054,000 (0.22) 5--RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE---Sat 9:00PM---959,000 (0.21) 6--TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN (S. Premiere)---Sat 12:00PM---890,000 (0.15) 7--RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE: REVISITED---Sat 10:00PM---884,000 (0.22) 8--BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thur 10:00PM---872,000 (0.23) 9--GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: GGG GRANDMAS---Wed 9:00PM---840,000 (0.25) 10-BBQ BRAWL: FLAY VS SYMON---Thur 9:00PM---823,000 (0.18) 11-DELICIOUS MISS BROWN---Sun 11:30AM---812,000 (0.18) 12-DINERS,DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Fri 9:00PM---776,000 (0.23) 13-CHOPPED---Tue 9:00PM---759,000 (0.23) 14-SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT (Ser. Premiere)---Tue 10:00PM---684,000 (0.23) 15-KITCHEN TAKEOVER---Sun 3:00PM---677,000 (0.16) 16-KIDS BAKING CHAMP: EXT. ICING (Premiere)---Mon 8:00PM---646,000 (0.14) 17-WORST BAKERS IN AMERICA (Finale)---Sat 2:00PM---596,000 (0.11)

This past Saturday's episode was the lowest rated for 'Restaurant Impossible' since coming back on April and the first time it reached less than a million viewers. Since returning with a new batch of originals four weeks ago, the show has been dropping audience just a bit each week, but it had the biggest drop on Saturday. On the other side, daytime's 'Delicious Miss Brown' reached its highest rated episode so far. It helped that an hour before, the network re-ran the 'Pioneer Woman: Best of Comfort Classics' episode, which always gets a big audience. It was no surprise that due to its low rating last week, following 'R.I.: Revisited', 'Kitchen Takeover' was moved to an afternoon timeslot, for its remaining three episodes. We'll see how all these shows do this week. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (August 5-11, 2019) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo 18-49 rating in parenthesis) 1--WORST COOKS IN AMERICA---Sun 9:00PM---1,383,000 (0.35) 2--THE KITCHEN (Season Premiere)---Sat 11:00AM---1,119,000 (0.19) 3--BBQ BRAWL: FLAY VS SYMON---Thur 9:00PM---940,000 (0.22) 4--KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP (S. Premiere)---Mon 9:00PM---916,000 (0.20) 5--RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE---Sat 9:00PM---899,000 (0.21) 6--CHOPPED---Tue 9:00PM---890,000 (0.27) 7--RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE: REVISITED---Sat 10:00PM---888,000 (0.20) 8--DELICIOUS MISS BROWN---Sun 11:30AM---867,000 (0.15) 9--BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thur 10:00PM---860,000 (0.26) 10-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: ASIAN FOOD---Wed 9:00PM---837,000 (0.31) 11-DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES----Fri 9:00PM---800,000 (0.22) 12-KITCHEN TAKEOVER (New Day/Time)---Sun 4:00PM---588,000 (0.16) 13-WORST BAKERS IN AMERICA---Sat 2:00PM---523,000 (0.10)

The new season of 'Worst Cooks' premiered to 1.36 million viewers and 0.36 demo rating Sunday night, up 6 percent in viewers and 4% demo from August 2018's premiere (1.29M, 0.35 on 8/11/18). The 'Buddy vs Duff' inspired 'Flay vs Symon' had barely a million viewers on Thursday night, which was about the same numbers 'Great Food Truck Race' was doing before moving to Sundays and way up from the terrible ratings that flop 'Bite Club' did on the same Thursday 9PM timeslot. The second pilot of 'Kitchen Takeover' did about the same numbers the first pilot made last September, one of the lowest FN pilots of last year. Like the network has done with countless 'DDD' inspired programs that don't work, every makeover show FN has done, other than 'R,I.' flops. It's hard to sucessfully clone the originals. Another week on which daytime shows like 'Carnivorous', 'Delicious Miss Brown', 'Cupcake Championship' and 'Worst Bakers' continue to flounder in the ratings. Last night's premiere of 'Kids Baking Championship' (916,000 viewers/0.20 demo) dropped 10% in viewers and a huge 26% in demo from August 2018's premiere (1.03 million/0.27 demo on 8/6/18). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (July 29-August 4, 2019) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo 18-49 rating in parenthesis) 1--WORST COOKS IN AMERICA (S. Premiere)---Sun. 9:00PM---1,362,000 (0.36) 2--RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE---Sat. 9:00PM---1,013,000 (0.22) 3--THE KITCHEN---Sat. 11:00AM---1,011,000 (0.21) 4--BBQ BRAWL: FLAY V SYMON (S. Premiere)---Thur. 9:00PM---1,004,000 (0.25) 5--DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Fri. 9:00PM---896,000 (0.24) 6--RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE: REVISITED---Sat. 10:00PM---845,000 (0.17) 7--BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thur. 10:00PM---829,000 (0.23) 8--TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN---Sat. 12:00PM---806,000 (0.17) 9--VALERIE’S HOME COOKING (S. Finale)---Sun. 11:00AM---777,000 (0.15) 10-GUY’S GROC. GAMES: KIDS GGG ALL-STARS---Wed, 9:00PM---727,000 (0.26) 11-CHOPPED JUNIOR (Finale)---Tue. 8:00PM---689,000 (0.16) 12-DELICIOUS MISS BROWN---Sun. 11:30AM---666,000 (0.13) 13-CARNIVOROUS---Sun. 1:00PM---645,000 (0.15) 14-CHOPPED---Tue. 9:00PM---633,000 (0.18) 15-CARNIVOROUS 2 (Finale)---Sun. 1:30PM---567,000 (0.14) 16-CUPCAKE CHAMPIONSHIP---Sat. 1:00PM---538,000 (0.11) 17-KITCHEN TAKEOVER (Pilot)---Sat. 11:00PM---532,000 (0.14) 18-WORST BAKERS IN AMERICA---Sat. 2:00PM---402,000 (0.08)

Sunday night's season finale of 'Great Food Truck Race' (1.12 million viewers/0.28 demo) was up 3 percent in viewers and down 17% in demo from S9's finale (1.09M/0.34 demo on Thursday, August 30th, 2018). Although it doesn't have the ratings other game shows like 'FNS', 'Worst Cooks' or the baking championships have, 'GFTR' continues to be a reliable show for the network. 'Restaurant Impossible' and 'RI: Revisited' continue to top the non-Sunday prime time shows on the network and, in daytime, 'Worst Bakers' continues to struggle in their new timeslot, getting even less viewers than fellow dud 'Carnivorous', whose first half hour also had more total and demo viewers than Kardea Brown's 'Cupcake Championship'. Her cooking show, 'Delicious Miss Brown' debuted Sunday morning to so-so ratings compared to other daytime cooking shows. ------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (July 22-28, 2019) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo 18-49 rating in parenthesis) 1--GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE (Season Finale)--Sun. 9:00PM--1,119,000 (0.28) 2--RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE---Sat. 9:00PM---1,059,000 (0.24) 3--PIONEER WOMAN---Saturday 10:00AM---1,046,000 (0.20) 4--THE KITCHEN---Sat. 11:00AM---1,023,000 (0.17) 5--RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE: REVISITED---Sat. 10:00PM---977,000 (0.23) 6--DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Fri. 9:00PM---940,000 (0.19) 7--VALERIE’S HOME COOKING---Sun. 11:00AM---858,000 (0.15) 8--TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN---Sat. 12:00PM---826,000 (0.13) 9--BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thur. 10:00PM---822,000 (0.23) 10-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: ALL ABC GAMES---Wed. 9:00PM---821,000 (0.25) 11-CHOPPED---Tue. 9:00PM---776,000 (0.22) 12-CHOPPED JUNIOR (New Time)---Tue. 8:00PM---774,000 (0.19) 13-DELICIOUS MISS BROWN (Series Premiere)---Sun. 11:30AM---767,000 (0.13) 14-CARNIVOROUS---Sun. 1:00PM---597,000 (0.14) 15-CUPCAKE CHAMPIONSHIP (New Day-Time)---Sat. 1:00PM---556,000 (0.09) 16-CARNIVOROUS 2---Sun. 1:30PM---545,000 (0.14) 17-WORST BAKERS IN AMERICA (New Day-Time)--Sat. 2:00PM--479,000 (0.09)

'Restaurant Impossible' started its new season leading all prime time shows, other than the Sunday night game show. It was down 9% in viewers and 19% demo from last season's finale on May 11th, but it was up 3% in viewers and down 12% demo from last season's premiere (April 21st). It's 'Revisited' show also got better numbers than most prime time shows. Although 'Carnivorous' continues to have low ratings, even for daytime original shows, it stabilized a bit, losing only 4 percent in viewers between half hours. In programming changes, 'Worst Bakers in America' and 'Cupcake Championship' have been moved from Monday nights to Saturday afternoons between 1-3PM, due to low ratings. 'Worst Bakers' lasted just one episode in prime time. Last night, the network aired 'DDD' reruns, which improved the ratings by 25 percent. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (July 15-21, 2019) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo 18-49 rating in parenthesis) 1--PIONEER WOMAN---Saturday 10:00AM---1,131,000 (0.20) 2--THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE---Sunday 9:00PM---1,122,000 (0.34) 3--REST. IMPOSSIBLE (Season Premiere)---Sat 9:00PM---1,105,000 (0.22) 4--THE KITCHEN---Saturday 11:00AM---1,088,000 (0.19) 5--R. I.: REVISITED (S. Premiere)---Sat 10:00PM---1,069,000 (0.21) 6--DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Friday 9:00PM---993,000 (0.24) 7--GUY’S GROC. GAMES: SOUTHERN CHEFS---Wed 9:00PM---907,000 (0.32) 8--VALERIE’S HOME COOKING---Sunday 11:00AM---887,000 (0.18) 9--TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN---Saturday 12:00PM---856,000 (0.14) 10-CHOPPED JUNIOR---Tuesday 9:00PM---855,000 (0.25) 11-BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thursday 10:00PM---779,000 (0.22) 12-CHOPPED---Tuesday 10:00PM---763,000 (0.23) 13-GIADA IN ITALY (Season Finale)---Sunday 11:30AM---758,000 (0.15) 14-CARNIVOROUS---Sunday 1:00PM---651,000 (0.15) 15-CARNIVOROUS 2---Sunday 1:30PM---623,000 (0.14) 16-CUPCAKE CHAMPIONSHIP---Monday 10:00PM---611,000 (0.15) 17-WORST BAKERS AMERICA (S. Premiere)---Mon 9:00PM---575,000 (0.14)

New road show 'Carnivorous' premiered to an average of 605,000 viewers/0.13 demo, losing almost 100,000 viewers between episodes. If FN launched this show on Sunday afternoons instead of primetime and will plan to end it in a month per 2 episodes back to back a week, even the network knows it wouldn't had a chance, especially since a 'DDD' rerun marathon following 'Carnivorous' averaged close to a million viewers. FN has tried to create the next 'DDD' for years now, with soooo many shows and almost all of them didn't work and this is another one added to the list. On premiere news, season 2 of 'Worst Bakers in America' had the lowest premiere ratings of any returning show but 'Bite Club' by a small margin: 575,000 viewers/0.14 demo on Monday night, 44% down in viewers and 55% down in demo from season 1's premiere on Sunday, October 2nd, 2016 at 10PM with Duff Goldman as co-host (1.03 million viewers/0.31 demo). We'll see how it evolves but, Jason Smith isn't a host, he's a judge. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (July 8-14, 2019) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo rating 18-49 in parenthesis) 1---THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE---Sunday 9:00PM---1,103,000 (0.28) 2---THE KITCHEN---Saturday 11:00AM---1,006,000 (0.18) 3---PIONEER WOMAN---Saturday 10:00AM---984,000 (0.18) 4---HOLIDAY BAKING CHAMP. (Special)---Monday 9:00PM---926,000 (0.21) 5---VALERIE’S HOME COOKING---Sunday 11:00AM---895,000 (0.17) 6---TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN---Saturday 12:00PM---879,000 (0.14) 7---DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Friday 9:00PM---868,000 (0.24) 8---GUY’S GROC. GAMES: DDD FAM. REDEMP.---Wed 9PM---862,000 (0.29) 9---CHOPPED JUNIOR---Tuesday 9:00PM---848,000 (0.21) 10-BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thursday 10:00PM---827,000 (0.25) 11-GIADA IN ITALY---Sunday 11:30AM---800,000 (0.17) 12-CUPCAKE CHAMPIONSHIP---Monday 10:00PM---747,000 (0.20) 13-CHOPPED---Tuesday 10:00PM---701,000 (0.20) 14-CARNIVOROUS (Series Premiere)---Sunday 1:00PM---653,000 (0.13) 15-CARNIVOROUS 2---Sunday 1:30PM---556,000 (0.12)

FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (July 1-7, 2019) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo rating 18-49 in parenthesis) 1--THE KITCHEN---Saturday 11:00AM---1,155,000 (0.22) 2--THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE---Sunday 9:00PM---1,138,000 (0.35) 3--PIONEER WOMAN---Saturday 10:00AM---1,041,000 (0.20) 4--TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN---Saturday 12:00PM---1,007,000 (0.18) 5--VALERIE'S HOME COOKING---Sunday 11:00AM---949,000 (0.20) 6--DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Friday 9:00PM---861,000 (0.25) 7--CHOPPED JUNIOR---Tuesday 9:00PM---859,000 (0.25) 8--GIADA IN ITALY---Sunday 11:30AM---856,000 (0.20) 9--CHOPPED---Tuesday 10:00PM---823,000 (0.24) 10-GUY’S GROC. GAMES: SUMMER GAMES---Wed 9:00PM---819,000 (0.25) 11-CUPCAKE CHAMPIONSHIP (S. Premiere)---Mon 10:00PM---779,000 (0.18) 12-WORLD CAKE CHAMPIONSHIP (Special)---Mon 9:00PM---753,000 (0.15) 13-BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thursday 10:00PM---609,000 (0.15)

Monday's premiere of Kardea Brown's 'Cupcake Champioship' disappointed with 779,000 viewers and 0.18 demo, on par with what the 2nd season of 'Wedding Cake Championship' did on the 10PM timeslot and that flopped badly. If the network wanted diversity for 'Cupcake', Sunny Anderson or Eddie Jackson would have been great to host it but, there are too many baking shows and specials that viewers can chew and other than 'Buddy vs Duff', 'Best Baker' 'Halloween Wars', 'Christmas Cookie Challenge' and the baking championships, every other baking show/special hasn't performed very well. The premiere of 'Chopped Junior' was down 14% in viewers and a big 26% in demo from its last premiere (878,000/0.27 on 5/30/2017). Apparently, this was a show that wasn't a good idea to bring it back, especially with the 'Chopped' concept being a bit tired. Other than 'Kids Baking Championship', kids cooking shows haven't done good lately. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (June 24-30, 2019) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo 18-49 rating in parenthesis) 1--BEST BAKER IN AMERICA (S. Finale)---Monday 9:00PM---1,266,000 (0.25) 2--THE KITCHEN---Saturday 11:00AM---1,192,000 (0.28) 3--THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE---Sunday 9:00PM---1,114,000 (0.31) 4--PIONEER WOMAN---Saturday 10:00AM---1,089,000 (0.20) 5--TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN---Saturday 12:00PM---1,002,000 (0.19) 6--DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Friday 9:00PM---882,000 (0.24) 7--BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thursday 10:00PM---859,000 (0.27) 8--VALERIE’S HOME COOKING---Sunday 11:00AM---835,000 (0.20) 9--CHOPPED (New Time)---Tuesday 10:00PM---796,000 (0.22) 10-WEDDING CAKE CHAMP. (Finale)---Mon 10:00PM---785,000 (0.18) 11-BEST BAKER: EXTRA ICING (Finale)---Monday 8:00PM---785,000 (0.17) 12-CHOPPED JUNIOR (Season Premiere)---Tuesday 9:00PM---759,000 (0.20) 13-GIADA IN ITALY---Sunday 11:30AM---754,000 (0.20) 14-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: KITCH HEROES---Wed 9:00PM---750,000 (0.23)

Not many breakouts on Food Network for the second quarter. Other than 'Duff Takes the Cake' which had so-so ratings out of 'Spring Baking Championship's lead, the network's new shows ('Bake You Rich' and 'Family Food Showdown') flopped. FN's brightest spots continue to be the baking/realities on Sunday-Monday 9PM and the weekend daytime lineup like 'The Kitchen', which distanced itself in ratings from 'Pioneer Woman'. There were huge drops in audience for the primetime long running shows like 'GGG', 'DDD', 'Chopped' and 'Beat Bobby Flay' plus, the idea of airing sophomore seasons of other shows like 'Bite Club' and 'Wedding Cake Championship' failed miserably. The biggest successes for the quarter were the revival of two old time favorites: 'Restaurant Impossible' and '30 Minute Meals', which was sampled by more than 13 million viewers for its 30 original episodes. -------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK 2Q 2019 (APRIL 1-JUNE 30) MOST WATCHED SHOWS (In Millions of Viewers, Only Original Episodes) 1---THE KITCHEN---15.04 2---30 MINUTE MEALS---13.20 3---PIONEER WOMAN---11.58 4---DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---11.46 5---BEAT BOBBY FLAY---11.18 6---CHOPPED---9.98 7---GUY’S GROCERY GAMES---9.80 8---BEST BAKER IN AMERICA---8.58 9---WORST COOKS CELEBRITY---8.51 10--SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---7.65 11--VALERIE’S HOME COOKING---7.28 12--BAREFOOT CONTESSA---7.22 13--TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN---6.83 14--THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE---4.62 15--GIRL MEETS FARM---4.60 16--RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE---4.52 17--DUFF TAKES THE CAKE---4.19 18--BEST BAKER IN AMERICA: EXTRA ICING---3.96 19--WEDDING CAKE CHAMPIONSHIP---3.11 20--FAMILY FOOD SHOWDOWN---3.08 21--BAKE YOU RICH---2.71 22--GIADA IN ITALY---2.43 23--BITE CLUB---1.97 --------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK 2Q 2019 (APRIL 1-JUNE 30) TOTAL VIEWERS AVG (Only Original Episodes) 1---SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---1,275,000 2---BEST BAKER IN AMERICA---1,226,000 3---WORST COOKS CELEBRITY---1,215,000 4---THE KITCHEN---1,157,000 5---THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE---1,155,000 6---RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE---1,129,000 7---PIONEER WOMAN---1,053,000 8---TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN---975,000 9---VALERIE’S HOME COOKING---910,000 10--BAREFOOT CONTESSA---903,000 11--GIRL MEETS FARM---901,000 12--DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---881,000 13--DUFF TAKES THE CAKE---837,000 14--GIADA IN ITALY---811,000 15--BEAT BOBBY FLAY---799,000 16--BEST BAKER IN AMERICA: EXTRA ICING---791,000 17--WEDDING CAKE CHAMPIONSHIP---778,000 18--CHOPPED---768,000 19--GUY’S GROCERY GAMES---754,000 20--BAKE YOU RICH---677,000 21--FAMILY FOOD SHOWDOWN---616,000 22--BITE CLUB---492,000 23--30 MINUTE MEALS---471,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK 2Q 2019 (APRIL 1-JUNE 30) DEMO 18-49 AVG (Only Original Episodes) 1--SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---0.34 2--WORST COOKS CELEBRITY---0.33 3--THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE---0.32 4--GUY’S GROCERY GAMES---0.26 5--RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE---0.25 6--BEST BAKER IN AMERICA---0.25 7--BEAT BOBBY FLAY---0.25 8--DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---0.23 9--CHOPPED---0.23 10--THE KITCHEN---0.22 11--DUFF TAKES THE CAKE---0.22 12--BAKE YOU RICH---0.22 13--GIADA IN ITALY---0.20 14--PIONEER WOMAN---0.20 15--GIRL MEETS FARM---0.19 16--WEDDING CAKE CHAMPIONSHIP---0.19 17--BEST BAKER IN AMERICA: EXTRA ICING---0.18 18--VALERIE’S HOME COOKING---0.18 19--TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN---0.18 20--BAREFOOT CONTESSA---0.17 21--FAMILY FOOD SHOWDOWN---0.16 22--BITE CLUB---0.16 23--30 MINUTE MEALS---0.09 ---------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK 2Q 2019 (APRIL 1-JUNE 30) DEMO 25-54 AVG (Only Original Episodes) 1---WORST COOKS CELEBRITY---0.45 2---SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---0.42 3---THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE---0.42 4---RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE---0.35 5---BEST BAKER IN AMERICA---0.35 6---DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---0.33 7---THE KITCHEN---0.33 8---GUY’S GROCERY GAMES---0.32 9---BEAT BOBBY FLAY---0.32 10--PIONEER WOMAN---0.29 11--CHOPPED---0.29 12--GIADA IN ITALY---0.28 13--BAKE YOU RICH---0.28 14--GIRL MEETS FARM---0.28 15--DUFF TAKES THE CAKE---0.28 16--BAREFOOT CONTESSA---0.27 17--VALERIE’S HOME COOKING---0.27 18--TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN---0.27 19--FAMILY FOOD SHOWDOWN---0.27 20--30 MINUTE MEALS---0.25 21--WEDDING CAKE CHAMPIONSHIP---0.25 22--BEST BAKER IN AMERICA: EXTRA ICING---0.24 23--BITE CLUB---0.21 ------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK 2Q 2019 (APRIL 1-JUNE 30) 2019 VS 2018 COMPARISONS TOTAL VIEWERS-DEMO 18-49 (Original Episodes) 1---RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE: +19%, -8% 2---THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE: +11%, +7% 3---BAREFOOT CONTESSA: +8%, -5% 4---GIRL MEETS FARM: +7%, -5% 5---GIADA IN ITALY: +6%, +5% 6---BEST BAKER IN AMERICA: +5%, -14% 7---VALERIE’S HOME COOKING: +3%, EVEN 8---THE KITCHEN: +1%, EVEN 9---TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN: -3%, -5% 10--SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP: -3%, -13% 11--PIONEER WOMAN: -7%, -9% 12--WORST COOKS CELEBRITY: -8%, -15% 13--DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES: -11%, -18% 14--CHOPPED: -18%, -21% 15--GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: -21%, -16% 16--BEAT BOBBY FLAY: -22%, -19% 17--BITE CLUB: -30%, -20% 18--WEDDING CAKE CHAMPIONSHIP: -32%, -34% ------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK 2Q 2019 (APRIL 1-JUNE 30) Specials & Pilots 1---REST. IMPOSSIBLE: EXT. MAKEOVERS (April 27)---865,000 (0.19) 2---ACE OF CAKES (April 15)---767,000 (0.23) 3---BEACH BAKE BATTLE (May 27)---744,000 (0.17) 4---ACE OF CAKES (April 22)---740,000 (0.22) 5---CAKE-OFF (May 20)---726,000 (0.16)

FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (June 17-23, 2019) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo 18-49 rating in parenthesis) 1--THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE---Sunday 9:00PM---1,265,000 (0.33) 2--THE KITCHEN---Saturday 11:00AM---1,181,000 (0.24) 3--BEST BAKER IN AMERICA---Monday 9:00PM---1,166,000 (0.25) 4--TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN---Saturday 12:00PM---999,000 (0.20) 5--BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thursday 10:00PM---909,000 (0.30) 6--CHOPPED---Tuesday 9:00PM---880,000 (0.26) 7--VALERIE’S HOME COOKING---Sunday 11:00AM---841,000 (0.19) 8--GIADA IN ITALY---Sunday 11:30AM---798,000 (0.19) 9--GUY’S GROC. GAMES: A-STARS FULL MEAL--Wed 9:00PM--791,000 (0.27) 10-DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Friday 9:00PM---778,000 (0.17) 11-WEDDING CAKE CHAMPIONSHIP---Monday 10:00PM---721,000 (0.18) 12-BEST BAKER: EXTRA ICING---Monday 8:00PM---675,000 (0.19)

Food Network's summer programming: more baking, more game shows, some road shows, 'Good Eats' revival and Flay's back on 'Worst Cooks'... FOOD NETWORK SIZZLES WITH NEW SERIES, NEW SPECIALS, NEW EPISODES ALL SUMMER LONG Network’s 2019 Summer Slate Boasts 20% More Premieres in Prime vs. YAGO NEW YORK – June 24, 2019 – Food Network has a robust summer slate of premieres planned in 2019 with exciting new series, new specials and new episodes of returning favorites keeping fans entertained all season. The schedule, which boasts 20% more premieres in prime than last year, includes 9 new series, 5 new specials, and premiere episodes for over 20 returning and recurring series, ranging from high-stakes competitions, transformative stories of redemption, extraordinary works of edible art, unique culinary points of view, and even a taste of Christmas with a special programming block in July. “Summertime and food go hand-in-hand, from beachside barbecues to all day get-togethers with friends and family, food and food content are an intrinsic part of this time of year and Food Network has been priming our programming pipeline to supersize delivery of new episodes for fans to keep them entertained all season,” said Courtney White, President, Food Network. “From action-packed competitions that will have viewers on the edge of their seats, to jaw-dropping baked creations, and exceptional culinary voices, there is something for everyone to dive into this summer.” Sweets and treats abound on Food Network this July including new special, 'World Cake Championship', premiering Monday, July 1st at 9pm in which five sugar artists compete in the World Cup of cake design, the Grand National Cake Competition, with the best of the best vying for over $30,000 in cash, followed by 'Cupcake Championship', launching Monday, July 1st at 10pm and featuring world-class cupcake artists creating mind-blowing edible creations. On Monday, July 8th, viewers can celebrate an extra dose of Christmas in July with a special holiday-themed programming block including all-new special, 'Holiday Baking Championship: Christmas in July' at 9pm and a special Christmas in July-themed episode of 'Cupcake Championship' at 10pm. Dessert is served (at your own risk) on Monday, July 15th at 9pm as Lorraine Pascale and Jason Smith lead a fresh batch of recruits on 'Worst Bakers in America'. Then, 'Kids Baking Championship' returns with a double-premiere on Monday, August 12th at 8pm and 9pm as a new field of talented bakers pull out all the stops to show hosts Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman they deserve the title of Kids Baking Champion. Robert Irvine is back with a new season of 'Restaurant: Impossible' beginning Saturday, July 20th at 9pm as he takes on the challenge of turning around a failing restaurant in just two days, followed at 10pm by 'Restaurant Impossible: Revisited', as Robert surprises some of the most memorable places and people with a visit to see what changes have stood the test of time. Iron Chef Bobby Flay is a master of the grill and he is getting fired up with all-new 'BBQ Brawl: Flay V. Symon', launching Thursday, August 1st at 9pm and featuring Bobby and best friend, fellow Iron Chef Michael Symon, going head-to-head as they coach eight of the country’s most respected BBQ challengers in a bid for the ultimate bragging rights. On Sunday, August 4th at 9pm, Bobby keeps the pressure on as he competes against Anne Burrell in a new season of 'Worst Cooks in America' as they each mentor a team of hapless cooks in a bid to take them from kitchen zeroes to kitchen heroes. On Thursday, August 22nd at 10:30pm, Bobby then hits the road with daughter Sophie in 'The Flay List', as he visits the culinary spots he has frequented for years to share classic dishes, with Sophie introducing her dad to her latest discoveries. Also in August, viewers can look forward to new series including the Alex Guarnaschelli-hosted 'Supermarket Stakeout' premiering on Tuesday, August 13th at 10pm, the ultimate family food competition with family pride on the line, 'Family Restaurant Rivals', hosted by Valerie Bertinelli on Monday, August 19th at 10pm, and the much-anticipated return of 'Good Eats' arrives Sunday, August 25th at 10pm as resident food-historian, Alton Brown, uses his signature wit and smart spin on food in a new season of this fan-favorite series. Food Network closes-out August with the strategic gameplay of 'Budget Battle' with Casey Webb on Wednesday, August 28th at 10pm. Plus, all summer fans can catch premieres of 'Beat Bobby Flay', 'Chopped', 'Chopped Junior', 'Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives', 'Guy’s Grocery Games' and 'Triple D Nation'. On Sunday, July 28th at 11:30am, Kardea Brown whips up delicious recipes perfect for summer from her kitchen in Charleston, South Carolina, and shares the family events and traditions close to her heart in brand-new series, 'Delicious Miss Brown'. Also in daytime, fans can catch premieres of 'Giada in Italy', 'Guy’s Ranch Kitchen', 'The Kitchen', 'The Pioneer Woman', 'Trisha’s Southern Kitchen' and 'Valerie’s Home Cooking'. Food Network is all new this summer with something for everyone and a delicious seasonal menu that is not to be missed!

FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (June 10-16, 2019) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo 18-49 rating in parenthesis) 1--BEST BAKER IN AMERICA---Monday 9:00PM---1,273,000 (0.22) 2--THE KITCHEN---Saturday 11:00AM---1,184,000 (0.21) 3--THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE---Sunday 9:00PM---1,138,000 (0.31) 4--TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN---Saturday 12:00PM---1,070,000 (0.18) 5--PIONEER WOMAN---Saturday 10:00AM---1,043,000 (0.17) 6--VALERIE’S HOME COOKING---Sunday 11:00AM---948,000 (0.20) 7--DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Friday 9:00PM---921,000 (0.22) 8--GIADA IN ITALY (Season Premiere)---Sunday 11:30AM---881,000 (0.21) 9--BEST BAKER: EXTRA ICING---Monday 8:00PM---815,000 (0.18) 10-WEDDING CAKE CHAMPIONSHIP---Monday 10:00PM---800,000 (0.17) 11-BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thursday 10:00PM---769,000 (0.24) 12-CHOPPED---Tuesday 9:00PM---753,000 (0.22) 13-GUY'S GROC. GAMES: WINNERS+FATHERS--Wed 9:00PM--714,000 (0.25)

Season 10's premiere of 'Great Food Truck Race' registered 1.10 million viewers/0.33 demo, up 8 percent in viewers and 14% demo from Season 9's premiere (1.02M/0.29 on 7/26/2018), which was on a Thursday night. On the current Sunday 9PM slot 'GFTR' airs now, last season's 'Food Network Star' premiered a year ago (6/10/2018) to 1.30 million viewers/0.30 demo, so year to year, 'GFTR' was up 10% in demo but down 15% in viewers from 'FNS' on the timeslot. Meanwhile, the premiere of 'Wedding Cake Championship' (which didn't receive any promotion whatsover compared to the endless promos last year) was watched by 804,000 viewers/0.21 demo, down 30% in viewers and 27% demo from season 1's premiere (1.14 million/0.29 on 6/25/2018). -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (June 3-9, 2019) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo 18-49 rating in parenthesis) 1--THE KITCHEN---Saturday 11:00AM---1,241,000 (0.22) 2--BEST BAKER IN AMERICA---Monday 9:00PM---1,186,000 (0.22) 3--GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE (S. Premiere)--Sun 9:00PM--1,101,000 (0.33) 4--VALERIE’S HOME COOKING---Sunday 11:00AM---1,063,000 (0.19) 5--DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Friday 9:00PM---912,000 (0.23) 6--BAREFOOT CONTESSA---Sunday 11:30AM---911,000 (0.16) 7--TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN---Saturday 12:00PM---888,000 (0.17) 8--WEDDING CAKE CHAMP. (S. Premiere)--Mon 10:00PM--804,000 (0.21) 9--GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: HOME COOKS---Wed 9:00PM---765,000 (0.25) 10-BEST BAKER: EXTRA ICING---Monday 8:00PM---744,000 (0.17) 11-BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thursday 10:00PM---741,000 (0.22) 12-CHOPPED---Tuesday 9:00PM---725,000 (0.24)

The finale of 'Worst Cooks: Celebrity" (1.29 milion viewers/0.33 demo) was down 4% in viewers and a whopping 20% demo from last season's finale (1.34M/0.41 on 5/20/2018). The average of the entire season (1.22M/0.33) was down 8% in viewers and 16% demo from the prior celeb season (1.32M/0.39). At least, ratings wise, Tonya Harding was no LaToya Jackson. Meanwhile, 'Bite Club,' which wasn't any reason to bring it back, continued to be the lowest rated original on the network and, as of yesterday, it was moved again, this time to Tuesdays at 2:00PM during the rest of June, re-running episodes from the first season. At least 6 original episodes from the 2nd season remain unaired. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS - ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (May 27-June 2, 2019) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo 18-49 rating in parenthesis) 1--BEST BAKER IN AMERICA---Monday 9:00PM---1,399,000 (0.28) 2--WORST COOKS CELEBRITY (S. Finale)---Sun 9:00PM---1,290,000 (0.33) 3--THE KITCHEN---Saturday 11:00AM---1,150,000 (0.21) 4--PIONEER WOMAN---Saturday 10:00AM---1,111,000 (0.22) 5--BEST BAKER: EXTRA ICING (Premiere)---Mon 8:00PM---938,000 (0.20) 6--TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN---Saturday 12:00PM---923,000 (0.17) 7--VALERIE’S HOME COOKING---Sunday 11:00AM---901,000 (0.17) 8--DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Friday 9:00PM---867,000 (0.24) 9--BAREFOOT CONTESSA---Sunday 11:30AM---859,000 (0.16) 10-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: ISLAND EATS---Wed 9:00PM---826,000 (0.29) 11-BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thursday 10:00PM---806,000 (0.23) 12-BEACH BAKE BATTLE (Special)---Monday 10:00PM---744,000 (0.17) 13-CHOPPED---Tuesday 9:00PM---613,000 (0.19) 14-BITE CLUB---Tuesday 11:00PM---473,000 (0.15)

FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (May 20-26, 2019) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo 18-49 rating in parenthesis) 1--WORST COOKS CELEBRITY---Sunday 9:00PM---1,246,000 (0.35) 2--BEST BAKER IN AMERICA---Monday 9:00PM---1,126,000 (0.26) 3--THE KITCHEN---Saturday 11:00AM---1,050,000 (0.20) 4--PIONEER WOMAN---Saturday 10:00AM---999,000 (0.20) 5--TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN---Saturday 12:00PM---992,000 (0.16) 6--DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Friday 9:00PM---990,000 (0.33) 7--BAREFOOT CONTESSA---Sunday 11:30AM---851,000 (0.14) 8--VALERIE’S HOME COOKING---Sunday 11:00AM---824,000 (0.14) 9--CHOPPED---Tuesday 9:00PM---796,000 (0.23) 10-GUY’S GROC. GAMES: ALL-STAR BURGER---Wed 9PM---774,000 (0.31) 11-BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thursday 10:00PM---760,000 (0.24) 12-CAKE-OFF (Special)---Monday 10:00PM---726,000 (0.16) 13-BITE CLUB (New Time)---Tuesday 11:00PM---449,000 (0.15)

FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (May 13-19, 2019) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo 18-49 rating in parenthesis) 1--THE KITCHEN---Sat 11AM---1,187,000 (0.23) 2--BEST BAKER IN AMERICA (S. Premiere)---Mon 9PM---1,167,000 (0.26) 3--PIONEER WOMAN---Sat 10AM---1,030,000 (0.20) 4--WORST COOKS CELEBRITY---Sun 9PM---1,005,000 (0.26) 5--TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN (S. Premiere)-Sat 12PM-953,000 (0.17) 6--BAREFOOT CONTESSA---Sun 11:30AM---949,000 (0.18) 7--VALERIE’S HOME COOKING---Sun 11AM---889,000 (0.17) 8--DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Fri 9PM---870,000 (0.24) 9--DUFF TAKES THE CAKE (Finale)---Mon 10PM---850,000 (0.22) 10-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: BEST SANDWICHES-Wed 9PM-770,000 (0.25) 11-BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thur 10PM---710,000 (0.21) 12-CHOPPED---Tue 9PM---679,000 (0.20) 13-BITE CLUB---Tue 10PM---497,000 (0.15)

The finale of 'Restaurant Impossible' was the highest of the four episode season; each week the show grew up in viewers and reached its highest demo rating on the last episode. On average, the season was up 19% in viewers, but down 8% in demo from the 'Ambush' season in 2016. Now, instead of the countless 'RI' promos, we have countless 'Best Baker in America' promos. Meanwhile, 'Spring Baking Championship's season average was basically flat in viewers and down 8% in demo from last season. Although 'Best Baker's premiere this past Monday 5/13 (1.17 million viewers/0.26 demo) was up 28% in viewers and 13% demo from last season's premiere (910,000/0.23 on 5/7/2018), it was down from the average 'SBC' episode's rating. We'll see if, as it happened last season, 'Best Baker' goes way up in viewers week to week. Finally, don't unterstand why FN brought back one of the biggest ratings disasters of 2018: 'Bite Club'. It didn't matter if it followed 'Chopped' (which also isn't getting the numbers it once had). It went down to less than 500,000 viewers (497,000/0.15) last night. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (May 6-12, 2019) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo 18-49 rating in parenthesis) 1--SPRING BAKING CHAMP. (S. Finale)---Mon 9:00PM---1,366,000 (0.31) 2--RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE (Finale)---Saturday 9:00PM---1,209,000 (0.27) 3--THE KITCHEN---Saturday 11:00AM---1,180,000 (0.25) 4--WORST COOKS CELEBRITY---Sunday 9:00PM---1,125,000 (0.32) 5--PIONEER WOMAN---Saturday 10:00AM---1,038,000 (0.23) 6--BAREFOOT CONTESSA---Sunday 11:30AM---990,000 (0.20) 7--VALERIE’S HOME COOKING (S. Premiere)---Sunday 11:00AM---978,000 (0.19) 8--DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Friday 9:00PM---881,000 (0.20) 9--BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thursday 10:00PM---812,000 (0.26) 10-DUFF TAKES THE CAKE---Monday 10:00PM---733,000 (0.19) 11-GUY’S GROC. GAMES: DDD CHEFS-MOMS---Wed 9:00PM---710,000 (0.24) 12-CHOPPED---Tuesday 9:00PM---688,000 (0.21) 13-BITE CLUB (Season Premiere)---Tuesday 10:00PM---549,000 (0.17) 14-BAKE YOU RICH (New Day-Time, Finale)---Monday 10:30PM---484,000 (0.15)

The season finale of 'Spring Baking Championship' ended up with 1.37 million viewers/0.31 demo 18-49, up 3 percent in viewers, but down a huge 23 percent in demo from last season's finale (1.33M/0.40 on April 30th, 2018). Overall, even with a more recognizable host, this season (1.28M/0.34) was down just less than one percent in viewers and 8 percent in demo from last season (1.29M/0.37). After a second day and time change, Buddy Valastro's 'Bake You Rich' (now on Monday nights after 'Duff Takes the Cake') fared even worst than on Sunday nights, with 484,000 viewers and 0.15 demo last night, -34% in viewers and -21 demo from Duff's lead-in, who's show was down 46% in viewers and 39% demo from the 'SBC's finale lead. In this battle of the bakers, Duff takes the win, although he doesn't have to crow about it, since 'Takes the Cake' has drop a lot from its premiere and couldn't hold a lot out of its lead. 'Restaurant Impossible' continues to go up in viewers week to week although its demo numbers go down. Hopefully, the show won't return until later this summer because the constant promotions on every break are tiring. Finally, in daytime, the '30 Minute Meals' reboot ended with an average 471,000 viewers/0.09 demo (311,000/0.06 for the weekday shows and 874,000/0.17 for the weekend shows). FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (April 29-May 5, 2019) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of viewers/Demo rating 18-49 in parenthesis) 1--SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---Monday 9:00PM---1,262,000 (0.33) 2--WORST COOKS CELEBRITY---Sunday 9:00PM---1,221,000 (0.32) 3--RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE---Saturday 9:00PM---1,140,000 (0.23) 4--THE KITCHEN---Saturday 11:00AM---1,089,000 (0.21) 5--PIONEER WOMAN---Saturday 10:00AM---998,000 (0.23) 6--BAREFOOT CONTESSA---Sunday 11:30AM---915,000 (0.17) 7--GIRL MEETS FARM---Sunday 11:00AM---898,000 (0.17) 8--DUFF TAKES THE CAKE---Monday 10:00PM---753,000 (0.19) 9--BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thursday 10:00PM---752,000 (0.26) 10-CHOPPED---Tuesday 9:00PM---743,000 (0.27) 11-BEAT BOBBY FLAY (Special Episode)---Sunday 10:00PM---737,000 (0.21) 12-DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Friday 9:00PM---728,000 (0.20) 13-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: REST. GAMES---Wed 9:00PM---671,000 (0.20) 14-30 MINUTE MEALS (Finale)---Tuesday 12:00PM---273,000 (0.05) 15-30 MINUTE MEALS---Monday 12:00PM---240,000 (0.05)

Episode 2 of the 'Restaurant: Impossible' reboot (which has to be the most heavily promoted show on FN's history, along with 'I Hart Food and 'Bite Club') went up a little bit from the premiere and stayed even in demo. FN should be wise to keep the show on Saturday nights, as some Discovery networks, like TLC and OWN, run originals that night of the week, or move it back to its original Wednesday night slot. Even the special that followed the show had more ratings than some of the weeknight primetime shows like 'Chopped', 'GGG' and 'Beat Bobby Flay'. Finally, after 4 timeslot changes, one of FN's duds of the year, 'Family Food Showdown' ended its run with only 608,000 viewers, losing a third of its '30 Minute Meals' lead. ---------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (April 22-28, 2019)* Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo 18-49 rating in parenthesis) 1--WORST COOKS CELEBRITY---Sunday 9PM---1,251,000 (0.36) 2--SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---Monday 9PM---1,226,000 (0.30) 3--PIONEER WOMAN---Saturday 10AM---1,179,000 (0.21) 4--THE KITCHEN---Saturday 11AM---1,111,000 (0.23) 5--RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE---Saturday 9PM---1,099,000 (0.25) 6--GIRL MEETS FARM---Sunday 11AM---1,027,000 (0.21) 7--BAREFOOT CONTESSA---Sunday 11:30AM---950,000 (0.21) 8--DUFF TAKES THE CAKE---Monday 10PM---941,000 (0.24) 9--30 MINUTE MEALS---Saturday 12PM---866,000 (0.17) 10-REST. IMPOSSIBLE: EXT. MAKEOVERS (Special)---Sat 10PM---865,000 (0.19) 11-30 MINUTE MEALS---Sunday 12PM---856,000 (0.19) 12-DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Friday 9PM---851,000 (0.24) 13-CHOPPED---Tuesday 9PM---753,000 (0.24) 14-ACE OF CAKES: DUFF STUFF 2 (Special)---Mon 10:30PM---740,000 (0.22) 15-BAKE YOU RICH---Sunday 10PM---707,000 (0.23) 16-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: ULT GROCERY LIST---Wed 9PM---691,000 (0.25) 17-BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thursday 10PM---677,000 (0.19) 18-FAM FOOD SHOWDOWN (New Day-Time/Finale)---Sat. 1PM---608,000 (0.10) 19-30 MINUTE MEALS---Monday 12PM---314,000 (0.07) 20-30 MINUTE MEALS---Friday 12PM---312,000 (0.06) 21-30 MINUTE MEALS---Thursday 12PM---265,000 (0.05) * Showbuzzdaily only included ratings for only 3 weekday episodes of '30MM'.

I, for one, thought that the 'Restaurant Impossible' reboot wouldn't be successful, because other makeover shows like 'Bar Rescue' and 'Trading Spaces' ratings are way down their peaks but, not only 'RI's return passed the million viewer mark on a Saturday night, but it improved over the 1.02 million viewers who watched the last episode of 'Restaurant Impossible: Ambush' on Wednesday, May 4th, 2016. We'll see how it evolves. The premiere of 'Worst Cooks: Celebrity' was up 6% viewers and down 10% demo from last season's premiere (1.29M viewers/0.41 demo on 4/15/2018). Meanwhile, the second episode of Buddy Valastro's 'Bake It Rich' was down 27% in viewers and 29% demo from last week's premiere and down a whopping 54% viewers and 46% demo from its 'Worst Cooks' lead-in. ------------------------------------------------------------ FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (April 15-21, 2019) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo 18-49 rating in parenthesis) 1--WORST COOKS CELEBRITY (Season Premiere)---Sun 9:00PM---1,370,000 (0.37) 2--SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---Monday 9:00PM---1,223,000 (0.31) 3--THE KITCHEN---Saturday 11:00AM---1,207,000 (0.21) 4--PIONEER WOMAN (Season Premiere)---Saturday 10:00AM---1,186,000 (0.20) 5--RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE (Season Premiere)--Sat 9:00PM--1,069,000 (0.25) 6--30 MINUTE MEALS---Saturday 12:00PM---1,051,000 (0.18) 7--DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Friday 9:00PM---985,000 (0.27) 8--DUFF TAKES THE CAKE (Series Premiere)---Monday 10:00PM---910,000 (0.25) 9--PIONEER WOMAN: BEST CHICKEN DINNERS--Sun 10:30AM--852,000 (0.15) 10-CHOPPED---Tuesday 9:00PM---842,000 (0.24) 11-BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thursday 10:00PM---814,000 (0.22) 12-30 MINUTE MEALS---Sunday 12:00PM---812,000 (0.17) 13-GIRL MEETS FARM---Sunday 11:00AM---808,000 (0.16) 14-BAREFOOT CONTESSA (Season Premiere)---Sunday 11:30AM---798,000 (0.14) 15-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: JUDGES & ATHLETES--Wed 9:00PM--791,000 (0.29) 16-ACE OF CAKES: BEST OF DUFF (Special)---Monday 10:30PM---767,000 (0.23) 17-BAKE YOU RICH---Sunday 10:00PM---638,000 (0.20) 18-FAM FOOD SHOWDOWN (New Day-Time)---Thur 8:00PM---484,000 (0.12) 19-30 MINUTE MEALS---Friday 12:00PM---408,000 (0.09) 20-30 MINUTE MEALS---Wednesday 12:00PM---339,000 (0.05) 21-30 MINUTE MEALS---Monday 12:00PM---334,000 (0.08) 22-30 MINUTE MEALS---Tuesday 12:00PM---296,000 (0.04) 23-30 MINUTE MEALS---Thursday 12:00PM---255,000 (0.06)

The finale of 'Buddy vs Duff' was a ratings winner for FN with 1.86 million viewers and 0.53 demo rating. It averaged 1.57 million viewers and 0.45 demo for its 6 episode season and, so far, its the network's only new hit of the year and its highest rated series. On the other side, Buddy and Duff didn't fare so well with their individual series, especially Buddy, whose 'Bake It Rich' lost 52 percent in viewers and 47% demo from the 'Buddy vs Duff' finale. 'Duff Take the Cake' fared better last night with 910,000 viewers/0.25 demo but lost a quarter of the audience and demo from 'Spring Baking Championship'. Nonetheless, Duff's new show premiere got better numbers than Valerie Bertinelli's 'Family Food Showdown' (moving again, now to Thursdays at 8P) on the Monday 10P slot. In daytime, Week 2 of the '30 Minute Meals' reboot: ratings were down 24 percent in viewers and 22% demo, compared to week 1. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (April 8-14, 2019) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo 18-49 rating in parenthesis) 1--BUDDY VS DUFF (Season Finale)---Sunday 9:00PM---1,857,000 (0.53) 2--SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---Monday 9:00PM---1,299,000 (0.37) 3--THE KITCHEN---Saturday 11:00AM---1,126,000 (0.20) 4--PIONEER WOMAN---Saturday 10:00AM---1,095,000 (0.17) 5--BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thursday 10:00PM---943,000 (0.31) 6--30 MINUTE MEALS---Saturday 12:00PM---910,000 (0.18) 7--DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Friday 9:00PM---909,000 (0.25) 8--GIRL MEETS FARM---Sunday 11:00AM---883,000 (0.16) 9--GUY’S GROC GAMES: WINNING TEAMS---Wed 9:00PM---881,000 (0.33) 10-BAKE YOU RICH (Series Premiere)---Sunday 10:00PM---878,000 (0.28) 11-CHOPPED---Tuesday 9:00PM---875,000 (0.25) 12-FAMILY FOOD SHOWDOWN---Monday 10:00PM---712,000 (0.19) 13-GIADA ENTERTAINS (Season Finale)---Sunday 11:30AM---685,000 (0.13) 14-30 MINUTE MEALS---Sunday 12:00PM---678,000 (0.14) 15-FAMILY FOOD SHOWDOWN 2---Monday 11:00PM---518,000 (0.15) 16-30 MINUTE MEALS---Friday 12:00PM---358,000 (0.07) 17-30 MINUTE MEALS---Tuesday 12:00PM---297,000 (0.06) 18-30 MINUTE MEALS---Monday 12:00PM---269,000 (0.04) 19-30 MINUTE MEALS---Wednesday 12:00PM---268,000 (0.04) 20-30 MINUTE MEALS---Thursday 12:00PM---222,000 (0.05)

Valerie Bertinelli’s ‘Family Food Showdown’, produced by Guy Fieri, has surpassed Giada DeLaurentii’s inconclusive ‘Winner Cake All’ as Food Network’s worst rated new show of the year, with last night’s two episode disappointing ratings (630,000 viewers/0.17 demo average). Finally, week 1 of Rachael Ray’s ’30 Minute Meals’ reboot finished with an average of 631,000 viewers/0.12 demo: 352,000 viewers/0.07 demo for its weekday episodes and 909,000 viewers/0.17 demo for the weekend shows. -------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (April 1-7, 2019) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo 18-49 rating in parenthesis) 1--BUDDY VS DUFF---Sunday 9:00PM---1,452,000 (0.44) 2--SPRING BAKING CHAMP--Monday 9:00PM--1,274,000 (0.39) 3--THE KITCHEN---Saturday 11:00AM---1,145,000 (0.18) 4--GIRL MEETS FARM---Sunday 11:00AM---988,000 (0.22) 5--30 MIN MEALS---Saturday 12:00PM---911,000 (0.15) 6--30 MIN MEALS---Sunday 12:00PM---906,000 (0.19) 7--BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thursday 10:00PM---891,000 (0.28) 8--DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES--Friday 9:00PM--881,000 (0.22) 9--CHOPPED---Tuesday 9:00PM---829,000 (0.26) 10-GIADA ENTERTAINS---Sunday 11:30AM---788,000 (0.18) 11-FAMILY FOOD SHOWDOWN--Mon 10:00PM--757,000 (0.25) 12-SPRING BAKING: EXT. ICING--Mon 8:00PM--755,000 (0.20) 13-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES--Wed 9:00PM--663,000 (0.25) 14-30 MIN MEALS---Wednesday 12:00PM---402,000 (0.06) 15-30 MIN MEALS (Premiere)---Mon 12:00PM---371,000 (0.08) 16-30 MIN MEALS---Friday 12:00PM---349,000 (0.08) 17-30 MIN MEALS---Thursday 12:00PM---323,000 (0.08) 18-30 MIN MEALS---Tuesday 12:00PM---315,000 (0.04)

In premiere news, yesterday's start of '30 Minute Meals' reboot month, got 371,000 viewers and a 0.08 18-49 demo, which is so-so. The show could fare better airing at 1:30pm after the afternoon's 'PW' rerun, instead of its current noon slot. We'll see how it evolves during the week. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK RATINGS FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS (March 25-31, 2019) Source: Showbuzzdaily (Rank/Show/Timeslot/# of Viewers/Demo 18-49 in parenthesis) 1--BUDDY VS DUFF---Sunday 9:00PM---1,449,000 (0.39) 2--SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---Monday 9:00PM---1,328,000 (0.34) 3--PIONEER WOMAN: BEST OF RANCH STYLE ITALIAN---Sunday 10:30AM---1,216,000 (0.28) 4--THE KITCHEN---Saturday 11:00AM---1,116,000 (0.21) 5--GIRL MEETS FARM (Season Premiere)---Sunday 11:00AM---1,073,000 (0.22) 6--SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP: EXTRA ICING (Premiere)---Monday 8:00PM---907,000 (0.22) 7--CHOPPED---Tuesday 9:00PM---877,000 (0.25) 8--GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---Saturday 12:30PM---869,000 (0.18) 9--GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: $5 PRICE-CHECK---Wednesday 9:00PM---861,000 (0.32) 10-GIADA ENTERTAINS---Sunday 11:30AM---857,000 (0.19) 11-BEAT BOBBY FLAY---Thursday 10:00PM---852,000 (0.28) 12-FAMILY FOOD SHOWDOWN---Monday 10:00PM---830,000 (0.21) 13-DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---Friday 9:00PM---827,000 (0.25)

'Buddy vs Duff' was FN's ratings winner for the 1st quarter of 2019. Although it has lost viewers every week, the drops aren't big, so it's still getting high numbers. Nonetheless, it lost the demo 18-49 ratings for the quarter to 'Worst Cooks' by a small margin. On the other side, the two losers for the quarter were 'Winner Cake All' with Giada DeLaurentiis and 'Family Food Showdown' with Duff's 'KBC' co-host Valerie Bertinelli. Over at daytime, 'The Kitchen' was the top show, beating 'Pioneer Woman' in viewers and demos. Trisha's show benefited from the move to 12pm and improved in viewers in demos over last year, as well as 'Giada Entertains' which took advantage from the 'Girl Meets Farm' lead-in, which also got a boost from the 'PW' reruns. The daytime weekend shows got the biggest audience increases over a year ago and fared better in the 25-54 demo (FN's audience demo), while the primetime shows, especially the baking championships and the realities got the biggest ratings and better 18-49 younger demo numbers. The aging prime shows like 'Chopped', 'Beat Bobby Flay' and 'Guy's Grocery Games' while getting good younger demos, got the smaller audience numbers and some even lost viewers from last year like 'GGG'. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK 1Q 2019 (JANUARY 1-MARCH 31) MOST WATCHED SHOWS (In Millions of Viewers, Only Original Episodes) 1--THE KITCHEN---17.68 2--PIONEER WOMAN---16.85 3--KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP—15.20 4--WORST COOKS IN AMERICA---13.19 5--DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES---13.11 6--CHOPPED---12.56 7--BEAT BOBBY FLAY---11.85 8--GIADA ENTERTAINS---9.67 9--KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP: EXTRA ICING---8.53 10-WINNER CAKE ALL---7.73 11-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES---7.52 12-TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN---7.42 13-GIRL MEETS FARM---7.28 14-GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---6.65 15-BUDDY VS DUFF—6.12 16-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: DDD TOURNAMENT---3.35 17-FAMILY FOOD SHOWDOWN---3.28 18-SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---2.61 19-WORST COOKS: REHEATED---2.26 20-SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP: EXTRA ICING---907,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK 1Q 2019 (JANUARY 1-MARCH 31) TOTAL VIEWERS AVG (Only Original Episodes) 1--BUDDY VS DUFF---1,530,000 million viewers 2--KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---1,520,000 3--WORST COOKS IN AMERICA---1,465,000 4--THE KITCHEN---1,360,000 5--SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---1,307,000 6--PIONEER WOMAN---1,296,000 7--TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN---1,237,000 8--GIRL MEETS FARM---1,040,000 9--DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES---1,008,000 10-CHOPPED---966,000 11-GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---950,000 12-KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP: EXTRA ICING---915,000 13-BEAT BOBBY FLAY---911,000 14-SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP: EXTRA ICING---907,000 15-GIADA ENTERTAINS---879,000 16-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES DDD FAMILY TOURNAMENT---838,000 17-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES---835,000 18-FAMILY FOOD SHOWDOWN---819,000 19-WINNER CAKE ALL---774,000 20-WORST COOKS: REHEATED---754,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FOOD NETWORK 1Q 2019 (JANUARY 1-MARCH 31) DEMO 18-49 AVG (Only Original Episodes) 1--WORST COOKS IN AMERICA---0.44 2--BUDDY VS DUFF---0.44 3--KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---0.42 4--SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---0.35 5--CHOPPED---0.31 6--GUY’S GROCERY GAMES DDD FAMILY TOURNAMENT---0.30 7--GUY’S GROCERY GAMES---0.30 8--BEAT BOBBY FLAY---0.29 9--KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP: EXTRA ICING---0.28 10-DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES---0.28 11-THE KITCHEN---0.27 12-TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN---0.25 13-PIONEER WOMAN---0.25 14-WINNER CAKE ALL---0.23 15-GIRL MEETS FARM---0.23 16-FAMILY FOOD SHOWDOWN---0.23 17-WORST COOKS: REHEATED---0.22 18-SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP: EXTRA ICING---0.22 19-GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---0.20 20-GIADA ENTERTAINS---0.19 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK 1Q 2019 (JANUARY 1-MARCH 31) DEMO 25-54 AVG (Only Original Episodes) 1--BUDDY VS DUFF---0.55 2--WORST COOKS IN AMERICA---0.53 3--KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---0.50 4--SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP---0.44 5--THE KITCHEN---0.41 6--GUY’S GROCERY GAMES DDD FAMILY TOURNAMENT---0.38 7--DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES---0.37 8--CHOPPED---0.37 9--TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN---0.36 10-BEAT BOBBY FLAY---0.36 11-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES---0.35 12-PIONEER WOMAN---0.35 13-KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP: EXTRA ICING---0.34 14-GIRL MEETS FARM---0.32 15-GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN---0.30 16-FAMILY FOOD SHOWDOWN---0.29 17-SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP: EXTRA ICING---0.29 18-WINNER CAKE ALL---0.29 19-WORST COOKS: REHEATED---0.28 20-GIADA ENTERTAINS---0.27 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD NETWORK 1Q 2019 (JANUARY 1-MARCH 31) 2019 VS 2018 COMPARISONS TOTAL VIEWERS-DEMO 18-49 (Original Episodes) 1--KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP: +19%, +24% 2--TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN: +15%, +19% 3--THE KITCHEN: +15%, +18% 4--PIONEER WOMAN: +14%, +9% 5--GIADA ENTERTAINS: +12%, EVEN 6--WORST COOKS IN AMERICA: +11%, +19% 7--GIRL MEETS FARM: +11%, +15% 8--DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES: +6%, +8% 9--GUY’S RANCH KITCHEN: +6%, EVEN 10-CHOPPED: +3%, +7% 11-SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP: +2%, -6% 12-BEAT BOBBY FLAY: +0.3%, +8% 13-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES DDD FAMILY TOURNAMENT: -3%, EVEN 14-GUY’S GROCERY GAMES: -6%, +4%