FOOD NETWORK

'Food Network' is an American cable network that airs many specials and recurring (episodic) shows about food and cooking.
The network is seen in eighty million households. In addition to New York, it has offices in Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Detroit and Knoxville.
Food Network can be seen internationally in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Thailand, Singapore, the Philippines, Monaco, Andorra, France, and the French-speaking territories in the Caribbean, Polynesia and Trinidad and Tobago.
Food Network was founded on November 23, 1993 as 'TV Food Network'; its legal name is still 'Television Food Network, G.P.' Within a few years, the network had shortened its on-air brand name. Joe Langhan, now an executive producer with the Wine Network,[1] created the concept for Food Network in 1991 while working at the Providence Journal.[2]
Food Network is owned by The E.W. Scripps Company. Scripps acquired the Food Network from the A.H. Belo Corporation (in exchange for recently-acquired broadcast stations KENS-AM/TV in San Antonio, Texas) in 1997, which had acquired the network through a takeover of the Providence Journal Company earlier that year.[3]

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Programming

Food Network HD

See also

External links

Programming

Food Network unofficially divides itself into two dayparts, "Food Network In the Kitchen" and "Food Network Nighttime". Generally, "In the Kitchen" (weekday afternoons and weekend mornings) is dedicated to instructional cooking programs, while "Nighttime" features programming based on the history and knowledge of food, travel programming, cooking competitions and other entertainment-based concepts. Promos identify "Food Network Nighttime" programming but not daytime programming. Many of the channel's personalities routinely pull double-duty (or more) — hosting both daytime and nighttime programming — and the channel regularly offers specials which typically either follow its personalities on (working) vacations, or bring together a number of personalities for a themed cooking event.

Among the chefs present at the channel's 1993 launch were Mario Batali, Bobby Flay and Emeril Lagasse, all three still major fixtures of the channel's lineup; Lagasse's ''Emeril Live!'' was the channel's signature series for many years, and is still in production. Among other duties, Flay and Batali appear regularly as "Iron Chefs" on ''Iron Chef America'', the channel's well-received remake of the original Japanese series. ''America's'' host, Alton Brown, gained a cult following for his ''Good Eats'', which mixes science, cooking and offbeat humor. Possibly the channel's biggest cross-over star is Rachael Ray, who has parlayed her cable following (primarily through the series ''30 Minute Meals'' and ''$40 a Day'') into a self-named syndicated talk show.
Beginning in 2005, an annual reality contest, ''The Next Food Network Star'', has brought viewers to New York to compete for their own show. Previous winners include Dan Smith and Steve McDonagh (''Party Line with The Hearty Boys'') and Guy Fieri (''Guy's Big Bite'' and ''Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives''). The third season winner, announced on July 22, 2007 is Amy Finley. Her new show is scheduled to premiere this fall on Food Network. A fourth season has been announced for Summer 2008.

Food Network HD

'Food Network HD' is a high definition channel that plays select Food Network shows in HD

See also

★ List of shows on the Food Network

★ Food Network Canada

★ List of Dish Network channels

★ List of DirecTV channels

★ The Food Network Awards

External links

★ Official Site

★ Food Network HD

★ Food Network Canada