The Next Food Network Star

2005-2018
14 seasons
Discovery Family Channel
Game Show, Reality
TV-G

Before a finalist can be crowned the new Star, hopefuls will have to impress judge-mentors on Food Network Star.

2005-2018
14 seasons
Discovery Family Channel
Game Show, Reality
TV-G

Before a finalist can be crowned the new Star, hopefuls will have to impress judge-mentors on Food Network Star.

9 Surprising Things We Learned About VH1's Couples Therapy

Between the pressure of fame, scrutiny from the media, and the constant temptation of infidelity, celebrity couples might have it harder than most. Enter: Couples Therapy. Like Celebrity Rehab before it, VH1's newest reality show successfully capitalizes on the struggles of celebrities* — but rather than battling drug addiction, these patients are battling their significant others. Cast members include rapper DMX and his ex-wife Tashera Simmons, Linda Hogan (Hogan Knows Best) and boyfriend Charlie Hill, Angelina Pivarnick (Jersey Shore) and...

Wed, Mar 21, 2012

9 Surprising Things We Learned About VH1's Couples Therapy

Ratings: Hell's Kitchen Serves the Most

Hell's Kitchen was cookin' for 6.83 million viewers, winning Monday night among the industry-prized 18-to-49-year-olds demographic with a 2.8 rating that matched its season high, according to Nielsen overnight figures. The penultimate episode of MasterChef  that followed at 9/8c served 6.04 million people and a 2.4 demo rating.

Tue, Aug 16, 2011

Food Network Star: Should Jeff, Susie or Vic Win?

After nearly a dozen weeks of competition, the latest Food Network Star will be crowned on Sunday at 9/8c. But who deserves to invade our homes on a regular basis to help fill our tummies? Let's take a look at the finalists:

Fri, Aug 12, 2011

Food Network Star: Should Jeff, Susie or Vic Win?

Watercooler: The Juicy Appeal of Food Network Star's Bobby Flay

Let's face it, some reality-show judges are sweet, others are sour.And Bobby Flay? That dude is savory.Last night, the Food Network Star host and main judge brought another serving of ...

Mon, Jun 13, 2011

Watercooler: The Juicy Appeal of Food Network Star's Bobby Flay

Exclusive Chopped All-Stars Finale Peek: Which Chef Will Make the Cut?

After four grueling matches, it's come down to this:  Chopped will crown its all-star champ, who, in addition to bragging rights, will receive $50,000 for the charity of their choice. It's been an intense and entertaining competition so far with many chefs underestimating the time limit, unique mystery ingredients and back-to-back challenges. Only four chefs remain: Michael Proietti, Anne Burrell, Nate Appleman and Aaron Sanchez.

Fri, Apr 1, 2011

Exclusive Chopped All-Stars Finale Peek: Which Chef Will Make the Cut?

Ratings: The Big C Scores Biggest Showtime Series Debut in 8 Years

Showtime's new comedy The Big C delivered the cable channel's most-watched series premiere in eight years. The half-hour series, starring Laura Linney as a woman with terminal cancer, drew 1.15 million viewers Monday at 10:30/9:30c, according to the network. Counting the viewership for an 11:30/10:30c. repeat, the episode drew...

Tue, Aug 17, 2010

Ratings: The Big C Scores Biggest Showtime Series Debut in 8 Years

Tonight's TV Hot List: Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010

Rubicon8/7c AMC It's hide-and-seek, cat-and-mouse, cloak-and-dagger goings-on in the vein of Three Days of the Condor. The opening episode is replete with a suicide, a mysterious death and government conspiracies involving a brilliant-but-troubled code-breaking intelligence analyst (James Badge Dale of The Pacific and 24) at a federal agency who finds himself enmeshed in espionage. (A Rubicon, according to the dictionary, is a boundary line that, when crossed, commits a person irrevocably. Well, this intriguing and involving series definitely merits commitment.)Read on for previews of Entourage, the X Games, Top 10 Commercials of 2010, Next Food Network Star, Ultimate Air Jaws and Drop Dead Diva.

Sun, Aug 1, 2010

Tonight's TV Hot List: Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010

Giada de Laurentiis Joins The Next Food Network Star

Spicing up Season 6 of the cooking competition The Next Food Network Star is the goddess of Italian cooking (and host of her own Emmy-nominated series) Giada de Laurentiis, who takes on the role of mentor to the 12 contestants vying for celebrity chefdom. ...

Fri, Jun 4, 2010

Giada de Laurentiis Joins The Next Food Network Star

Next Food Network Star's Bobby Flay: Being In Front of the Camera Is "Very Hard"

Between the addition of celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis as a mentor and the move to Los Angeles, The Next Food Network Star has big changes for its sixth season. Top 6 food challenges So what can we expect for the two-hour premiere (Sunday at 9/8c) and the new season? Who better to give us a taste of what's to come than host and judge Bobby Flay. Find out what the culinary master has to say about the "savvy" new batch of hopefuls, what he finds is the most common mistake made by contestants, and what his first...

Fri, Jun 4, 2010

Next Food Network Star's Bobby Flay: Being In Front of the Camera Is "Very Hard"

Tonight's TV Hot List: Sunday, Aug. 2, 2009

Blood in the Water9/8 CT Discovery Jaws fans, set your DVRs! The source material for Peter Benchley's book and Steven Spielberg's movie comes to life in this dramatic documentary about the 1916 shark attacks along the New Jersey shore. Reenactments and reality-show-type cutaways are juxtaposed with a narrative that compares what scientists knew then to what they know now in one of the coolest Shark Week specials ever.Read on for previews of Defying Gravity, Next Food Network Star, Drop Dead Diva and Kendra.

Sun, Aug 2, 2009

Tonight's TV Hot List: Sunday, Aug. 2, 2009

Tonight's TV Hot List: Sunday, July 5, 2009

Hannah Montana8 pm/ET Disney Brooke Shields reprises her role as Miley's late mom in this extended one-hour episode. Miley starts dating Jake Ryan (Cody Linley) again, but she keeps the news from Robby, who is still upset over how Jake broke his daughter's heart. To make her dad appreciate Jake, Miley pretends to date a bad-boy musician. But things get way out of control.Read on for previews of Next Food Network Star, Angel and the Badman, Expedition Africa and Z Rock.

Sun, Jul 5, 2009

Tonight's TV Hot List: Sunday, July 5, 2009

Bobby Flay Discusses Food Network's Next Dishes

As if the restaurants, cookbooks, TV shows, and the line of sauces and rubs weren't enough, now Southwestern cuisine king Bobby Flay takes on responsibilities as host and head judge of The Next Food Network Star, which kicks off Season 4 Sunday night (10 pm/ET, Food Network). TV Guide: There seem to be a lot of tears this season.… Bobby Flay: They're never ready for how intense it is. This is what's great about these finalists — they are so passionate and they want it so badly that it gets really competitive. TV Guide: What's your take on judging the contestants?Flay: Being critical without being hurtful us the best way to go about being a judge. TV Guide: Tonight's first challenge is: "In one sentence give your culinary point of view." What's yours? F

Fri, May 30, 2008

Bobby Flay Discusses Food Network's Next Dishes

Save the Dates: Chuck's Up, a Naked Debut and More

The new NBC series Chuck will get a sneak preview Sept. 7 at 9 pm, at the New York Television Festival. For tickets, visit NYTVF.com..... Nickelodeon's The Naked Brothers Band will world-premiere their music video "If That's Not Love" on Monday, at 5 pm/ET, with repeats at 6 and 7.... Next Food Network Star Amy Finley's Gourmet Next Door premieres Oct. 14.

Thu, Aug 30, 2007

Save the Dates: Chuck's Up, a Naked Debut and More

Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Ratings

TNT's Saving Grace debuted on Monday to 6.4 million total viewers, retaining 86 percent of The Closer's audience (7.3 mil) to become the most-watched basic cable series premiere of the year. The Holly Hunter-fronted drama beat the June 18 bow of time-slot predecessor Heartland, which drew 4.3 mil. And the best part? No naked Harvey Keitel bits.In other ratings news, Sunday's The Next Food Network Star finale served up 3.4 mil, making it the most-watched telecast in the cabler's history. All told, Season 3 was up 38 percent from last season.... David Beckham's debut with the L.A. Galaxy gave ESPN its best-ever numbers for a Major League Soccer contest (1.5 mil viewers).Related: Rating the Beckhams' Ratings

Wed, Jul 25, 2007

Guy Fieri Serves Up Advice for the Next Food Network Star

No one knows how to take a bigger bite out of life than Guy Fieri. The second-season winner of The Next Food Network Star (the new season wraps up Sunday at 9 pm/ET), Fieri has spiced things up with his spiky hair and unique recipes on new shows like Guy's Big Bite and Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives. He shared details of his wild ride and newfound fame with TVGuide.com, as well as his biggest advice for the next winner. TVGuide.com: OK, this might be a stupid question, but from where you're standing now, if you could do Next Food Network Star again, would you?Guy Fieri: [Pauses] Yes. My [season] was

Fri, Jul 20, 2007

Guy Fieri Serves Up Advice for the Next Food Network Star

Next Food Network Star Cooks Up "Twists and Turns"

If you're a kitchen whiz looking to be the next Rachael Ray or Guy Fieri... then The Next Food Network Star is actually not for you. As celeb judge Bobby Flay explains, the biggest mistake that contestants in the competition, which just kicked off Season 3 and airs Sundays at 9 pm/ET, make is "trying to be somebody else, trying to be the next Emeril, the next Giada. We have those people," Flay tells TVGuide.com. "We want you. Be the person you are." Giada De Laurentiis herself, another guest judge, echoes that advice, saying that too often the wannabes "don't allow their true selves to come out, and we know it." That said, look for "many surprises, and twists and turns"

Thu, Jun 7, 2007

Next Food Network Star Cooks Up "Twists and Turns"

Ratings: Red-hot Army Wives, Ice-cold Couric

 Army Wives debuted to 3.5 million total viewers on Sunday, making it the most-watched series premiere in Lifetime's 23-year history. The penultimate episode of The Sopranos drew eight million, a 300,000 week-to-week bump and the series' second-most-watched episode of the year. The MTV Movie Awards (3.6 mil) were up 13 percent versus last year. Some 4.7 million feasted on the Season 3 premiere of The Next Food Network Star, making it the cabler's best-performing premiere ever. The Riches' season finale audience (1.8 mil) represented a 54 percent drop from the series opener. CBS Evening News averaged 5.5 mil last week, its lowest draw since at least 1987.

Wed, Jun 6, 2007

You claim to be a vegetarian, ...

Question: You claim to be a vegetarian, yet you're eating shrimp puffs on The Next Food Network Star!? For shame! Last time I checked, shrimp were living, breathing animals.Answer: You got me: I eat seafood. Is there a word for a vegetarian who eats seafood (aside from "hypocrite")?

Wed, Apr 19, 2006

I just saw you on The Next ...

Question: I just saw you on The Next Food Network Star and I was bummed that Nathan got the boot, but your backwash joke more than made up for it. Answer: Would you believe me if I told you the backwash joke was even funnier the second time around? 'Cause it was.

Wed, Apr 19, 2006

Has your life finally gotten ...

Question: Has your life finally gotten back to normal after the craziness that ensued following your Veronica Mars appearance? Answer: Would you believe things are just now starting to calm down? Who knew two seconds of screen time would cause such mass hysteria? (Truth be told, I had my suspicions.) Meanwhile, with my episode of Next Food Network Star just four days away, my handlers are warning me to brace for another wave of insanity. Lemme tell you, this fame thing is exhausting.

Wed, Apr 12, 2006

I am pretty sure it's you I ...

Question: I am pretty sure it's you I saw in the preview for the next episode of Next Food Network Star. Am I right? Who was your favorite? Answer: Yep, me and fellow TV Guiders Lisa Chambers, Matt Webb Mitovich and Carol Dittbrenner can be seen guest-grilling the final four contestants on this Sunday's show. We taped it back in November, so the only thing I remember is being blinded by Nathan's teeth and devouring about 16 of Carissa's shrimp puffs. I also recall thinking, "That Guy guy has this thing sewn up."

Wed, Apr 12, 2006