Upfronts 2013: Food Network Serves Up 23 New Series, Specials

Network's 20th anniversary year also home to 30 returning shows

By Mike Reynolds, Multichannel News -- Broadcasting & Cable, 4/23/2013 3:23:43 PM

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New York--Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Food Network has no shortage of new menu additions to its programming lineup.

Brooke Johnson, president of Food Network and sister service Cooking Channel, speaking to the press at a briefing before Scripps Networks presentation to advertisers this afternoon at Alice Tully Hall, introduced a host of new shows that will appear on the channel over the course of the next year. All told, Food Network has over 23 new series and specials on tap for the upcoming year, as well as 30 returning skeins.

Giving You The Business, which bows on April 25 at 10 p.m., is a hidden camera show in which the owner of a restaurant picks four workers who are unwittingly competing to become a franchisee.

Rachael Ray and Guy Fieri will expand the network's Cook-Off franchise, this time with kids 8-13 exhibiting their culinary talents. The four-installment Guy & Rachael's Kids Cook-Off (working title) is scheduled to premiere in September.

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