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The Riverfront Times has a blog entry about Cannibal Corpse singer George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher reportedly eating 112 hot dogs at the Gathering of the Juggalos' Hot Dog Eating Challenge.
Footage from a steak eating contest held at the Magnolia Blossom Festival in Magnolia, AR will appear in the debut episode of “Eating America with Anthony Anderson†on the Food Network on Monday at 9 pm eastern.
Pro Sound Network has an article about the audio setup for the Nathan's finals.
TV Tokyo's "Battle of the Big Eaters" program from last month where a US team of Molly Schuyler, Dave Brunelli, Stephanie Torres and Tom Gilbert faced a Japanese quartet consisting of Angela Sato, Hitomi Sato, Tomoko Miyake and Takuya Yamamoto along with teams from Germany is available on youtube. (playlist | video list) (Via Will Millender)
The Judge Dredd comic "On the Trail of the World Eating Championships" has been posted to reddit (comment thread).
CityPages.com has an interview with Barry Rothbart about the competitive eating documentary Hungry.
The Simpsons episode (Luca$) where Lisa dates a competitive eater will be rerun tonight at 8:30.
SportsMediaWatch reports that the tape-delayed Nathan's finals set a viewership record on ESPN2 of 2.8 million. The audience was boosted by the World Cup match preceding it, which had 4.9 million viewers.
Several cast members of Sister Wives, A TLC reality show about a polygamous family, will attempt the 72 ounce steak at the Big Texan in Amarillo, TX on tonight's new episode (9pm Eastern). (video preview)
Dave Wagner has a review of the documentary Hungry. He liked the film even though his video from the controversial 2010 Nathan's qualifier in Escondido was cut.
The Good Men Project has a review of the "Hungry" documentary.
Adam Richman's new show, Man Finds Food, was to have debuted tomorrow on the Travel Channel, but its launch has been delayed after the former host of Man vs. Food had an angry exchange with commenters who objected to his use of the Instagram hashtag #thinspiration, claiming it promoted anorexia.
A press release announces that ESPN has extended its agreement with Nathan's Famous to televise its hot dog eating contest until 2024.
2014 Nathan’s finals live on ESPNews
The July 4 schedule for ESPNews shows that the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest will be shown live on that channel starting at noon. Only the men’s contest will be televised; ESPNews will show SportsCenter at 11:30. There will be three tape-delayed showings of the contest on ESPN2 on July 4, 5 and 6 and ESPN Classic will show 6 contests from previous years on July 4. The main ESPN channel has no listings of the 2014 Nathan’s contest, this would make it the first year since 2003 it was not televised on that channel.
A listing of MLE programming on ESPN networks follows:
- 2003 The contest was reportedly supposed to be televised in 2003, but was not broadcast. Issues with celebrity competitor William “Refrigerator” Perry have been cited for the cancellation.
- 2004 Nathan’s finals (926,000 viewers)
- 2005 Nathan’s finals (860,000 viewers)
US Open of Competitive Eating 3 prime time showings July 28, 29, 30 (Alka Seltzer planned to bring the US Open back in 2006, but its owner Bayer terminated the event)
Cheap Seats – commentary on 2004 Nathan’s finals - 2006 Cheap Seats – commentary on US Open of Competitive Eating
Nathan’s finals (1,460,000 viewers)
Sheboygan Bratwurst contest (pre-empted by NFL Hall of Fame induction ceremony)
Krystal Square Off finals (ESPN2) - 2007 Nathan’s finals (1,632,000 viewers)
Krystal Square Off finals - 2008 “Feast on the First” live eating contest on Mike & Mike
Nathan’s finals
E:60 (reporter roundtable) Brad Sciullo stars in this segment, and is ejected from MLE soon after - 2009 Nathan’s finals (1,340,000 viewers)
- 2010 Pat Bertoletti competes against Philadelphia Eagle Brent Celek on First Take
Nathan’s finals (1,677,000 viewers) - 2011 Nathan’s finals (1,949,000 viewers)
- 2012 Nathan’s finals – tape delayed (1,299,000 viewers)
- 2013 Nathan’s finals – live on ESPN2 / tape delayed on ESPN (1,146,000 viewers)
- 2014 Pizza eating contest on Mike & Mike
Nathan’s finals – live on ESPNews / tape delayed on ESPN2
(Nathan’s finals viewer numbers from this post)
Joey Chestnut and Sonya Thomas will participate in a hot dog eating contest on LIVE with Kelly and Michael on July 1.
Jeff "The Beast Man" Butler reportedly did not show up for a hot dog eating contest on WKYC this morning. update Video of contest (via Joseph Cerulli)
The "Hungry" competitive eating documentary by Jeff Cerulli and Barry Rothbart was released on internet streaming services today. The film can be downloaded on iTunes for $12.99. update June 25 Kobayashi has links where the movie can be rented on amazon and vudu.
According to a review by Paste Magazine, Andrew Lewis Conn’s new novel, O, Africa opens with Babe Ruth competing a hot dog eating contest at Nathan's Famous in 1927.
The "Battle of the Big Eaters! World Championships" recorded last month in New York City will be televised on TV Tokyo this weekend. A team of Molly Schuyler, Dave Brunelli, Tom Gilbert and Stephanie Torres will face off against a Japanese quartet consisting of Takuya Yakamoto, Ayari Sato, Tomoko Miyake and Hitomi Sato. Teams representing Germany and Thailand will also compete. (clip) (via All Pro Eating Facebook).
The competitive eating documentary Hungry will be available on iTunes, hulu and VOD platforms on June 24. (trailer)
The Daily Herald reports Taco in a Bag will appear on NBC's First Look following the June 21/22 episode of Saturday Night Live. Hostess Audrina Partrige will undergo a competitive eating "boot camp" under the tutelage of Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown. The West Dundee, IL restaurant will also appear on the July 27 episode of Chicago's Best on WGN.
The ESPN schedule for July 4 now lists live coverage of the men's & women's Nathan's finals on ESPN3. Coverage of the women's contest will begin at 11:15 am Eastern. ESPN2 will show the men's contest tape delayed at 2 pm.
In the made for Nickelodeon movie Terry the Tomboy (debut June 21 8/7c) the protagonist has to decide between winning a pie eating contest at the county fair or acquiring a boyfriend. Trailer video
The Atlantic has a report on last month's Eastern Shore Wing War asking the question "Is Competitive Eating a Sport?" containing quotes from Crazy Legs Conti, Juliet Lee, "Wild" Bill Myers and Eric "Badlands" Booker. Jason Bernstein of ESPN is also interviewed; the decline of competitive eating ratings and coverage on that network is not mentioned.
Former Man vs. Food will play on the "Rest of the World" team in Soccer Aid, a charity game with teams of former players and celebrities to benefit UNICEF that will be played Sunday in Manchester. The manager of that side will be Jose Mourinho of Chelsea (Adam Richman might be the first American to be coached by "The Special One"). In the July 2014 UK issue of Cosmopolitan, Richman poses nude with a soccer ball strategically placed to exhibit a 70 pound weight loss.
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