Even without Cablevision...
via press release:
FOOD NETWORK KICKS OFF 2010 WITH HIGHEST-RATED NIGHT EVER!
Highest-Rated, Most-Watched Night in Food Network History
Number One Network and Show on Cable Sunday Night
Highest-Rated Series Premiere, "Worst Cooks in America"
NEW YORK January 5, 2010 Food Network began the New Year with a bang, posting its highest-rated, most-watched night in Food Network history. The premieres of Super Chef Battle: An Iron Chef America Event and Worst Cooks in America combined to attract an average audience of 3.7 million total viewers 2+ and posted a 1.8 adults 25-54 rating, a 28 percent ratings increase over the previous benchmark, according to Nielsen Media Research. Among both total viewers 2+ and the target audience of adults 25-54, Food Network was the highest-rated and most-watched network on cable on Sunday night with Super Chef Battle also ranking as the highest-rated program on cable.
Super Chef Battle garnered 7.6 million viewers on a total viewer 2+ basis, and posted a 2.0 rating among adults 25-54. This made the special the highest-rated and most-watched in the Iron Chef franchise history.
Worst Cooks in America also became Food Networks highest-rated and most-watched series premiere in network history, posting a total of four million total viewers 2+ and posting a 1.3 adults 25-54 rating.
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FOOD NETWORK (www.foodnetwork.com) is a unique lifestyle network, website and magazine that connects viewers to the power and joy of food. The network strives to be viewers best friend in food and is committed to leading by teaching, inspiring and empowering through its talent and expertise. Food Network is distributed to more than 98 million U.S. households and averages more than 9 million unique web users monthly. In its first year Food Network Magazine doubled its rate base and passed the one million circulation mark. Headquartered in New York, Food Network has a growing international presence with programming in more than 150 countries, including 24 hour networks in Great Britain, India, Asia and Africa. Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI), which also owns and operates HGTV (www.hgtv.com), DIY Network (www.diynetwork.com), Great American Country (www.gactv.com) and Cooking Channel, is the manager and general partner.
I enjoy watching anything associated with the White House so good job. Fabulous news for Iron Chief and lucky Worst cooks went after a great lead in.
*chef
I was so pissed off about the loss of the Food Network on Cablevision that I called Verizon on Sunday and had Fios installed today. I was a Cablevision customer for many years and if memory serves me correctly, this is not the first time they dropped a channel (without dropping their monthly fee). I find lately that the Food channel has more interesting and innovative programs than the crap on the networks. Cablevision obviously underestimated the loyalty that some viewers have to certain shows.
Mario and Emeril were robbed. A perfect 15 on the plating for Flay and the White House Chef? The judges didn’t like the final plate when they just dumped stuff in the four corners of a big plate.
I haven’t seen anything this fixed since the Colts took the dive to go 14-1
Couldn’t watch it because cablevision dropped it instead of paying more than $0.25 and instead charges me nearly $5.00 for ESPN – its time to let users pay for only the channels they want to watch
Frank- did you expect an episode of IC to NOT be fixed? Especially with the WH chef involved? I’m sure the fix was in since Michelle was involved.
We have Cablevision. I turned to channel 29 & 30 to fine out the “Scripps Network” has taken these channel off the air. I’am very upset. I watch these two channels alot. I hope that Scripps Network will not up the price of these two channels. This is not fair – I pay alot for cablevision, I have it for my computuer. I hope that you can help all of us.
Thank You;
Cheryl