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Man vs. Food: Nation apparently cancelled
The 2012 schedule for the Travel Channel has been announced. Man vs. Food: Nation does not appear in the list of renewed shows. The apparent cancellation is not surprising after a Broadcasting & Cable article reported that a ratings decline of 15% for the entire channel could primarily be attributed to a drop in the popularity of Man vs. Food:Nation.
update Dec 2 The Travel Channel twitter had the following response to the non-listing: “this is just the first announcement of 2012- we’ve got more in the queue. Stay tuned!” An untelevised Charlotte episode has been recorded, so that statement does not mean that the Travel Channel has committed to a new season.
After conclusion of Wednesday’s episode, Adam Richman made what appears to be a farewell statement to his audience.
Lauren Takao will attempt the 12 egg omelet at Moose McGillycuddy's in Honolulu on Wednesday's Man vs. Food: Nation, the final new episode of 2011. Lauren was one of the five finalists in the program's casting call video competition, and she will appear on television before the winner of the contest, John Lomascolo, whose episode is expected to be televised in 2012.
Eric "Badlands" Booker's new CD Big Man Mentality is now available for purchase.
Joe LaRue's monologue about his competitive eating career at trueHunger in Cincinnati November 7 can be viewed on youtube. At the end of the video, Joe announces that he is retiring and has started a hunger charity.
Will Millender has uploaded his appearance on the Discovery Channel's Dirty Money where he competes in a hot dog contest to obtain a discount at a flea market. (via twitter)
Mirror.co.uk reports that Freddie Starr was hospitalized for food poisoning after eating a fermented egg in a gross food eating contest on the British version of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here. In addition to the egg, the 68 year old comic also consumed a pig’s anus, cockroach milkshake, camel toe, turkey testicle and mice tails to win the contest.
Hulu has Thursday's episode of Bones about the investigation of the death of a competitive eating champion.
Johnnie Excel describes what it was like to serve as technical advisor for the eating contest scenes in tonight's episode of Bones.
Youtube has a mini-documentary about The Gluttony Games in Thursday's episode of Bones containing interviews with Johnny Excel, Naader Reda, Aaron Ybarra and others (via Johnnie Excel facebook)
A clip from Thursday's Bones episode of a hot dog eating contest held at the "Gluttony Games" is available on youtube. Johnny Excel is one of the competitive eaters. (via gather.com)
Joe LaRue will talk about his competitive eating history for trueTHEATRE in Cincinnati tomorrow night.
The commercial promoting the competitive eating themed episode of Bones that will be televised on November 10 is available on youtube. (via gather.com)
Scripps Network chairman on Man vs. Food format change
KnoxNews.com reports that ratings for Man vs. Food:Nation have declined, but were decreasing before the change from Man vs. Food. Ken Lowe, chairman, president and CEO of Scripps Networks, owner of the Travel Channel, has more on the reasons why host Adam Richman no longer does eating challenges:
I can tell you the decision to tweak it was driven mostly by the concerns for Adam. The format was very hard on him, and he came to us and we had a conversation about how we could keep the format going without continuing to be such a heavy health concern for him. And we’re obviously willing to do that. But I think just like a lot of series in television, there’s a certain arc, and I think the arc of that particular format is just by nature two to three years.
update Broadcasting & Cable reports that the Travel Channel’s ratings were down almost 15% in the third quarter and the decline is primarily due to Man vs. Food: Nation slumping. The new poll asks what do you think is the main reason for the ratings decline.
The FreeKobayashi twitter announces that Takeru Kobayashi will be a guest of The Daily Show tonight on Comedy Central at 11 pm. update The clip containing Kobayashi's short appearance is available online (via Free Kobayashi twitter)
The Carnegie Deli's pickle eating contest will be the focus of tonight's episode of Family Pickle on the RLTV cable network.
Epic Meal Time announces that it will record a pilot episode for a possible television series on the G4TV network.
The 93 ounce Gravedigger burger at Champions Sports Bar & Grill will be the challenge for Wednesday's episode of Man vs. Food: Nation featuring Green Bay, WI restaurants. The burger was originally called the Gilbert Brown burger, who wore 93 for the Green Bay Packers. Two students from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh will attempt the challenge.
GuinnessWorldRecords has video from a Japanese television program where Kobayashi attempted to break the Guinness record for burgers by eating 10 burgers in 3 minutes. (Audience video from the record attempt in New York City in August 2010)
New Times reports that Rib Line in San Luis Obispo, CA experienced a dramatic increase in business after Naader Reda completed its Brahma Bull challenge on an episode of Man vs. Food: Nation.
The Travel Channel's Truck Stop Missouri is holding a barbecue eating contest in Columbia, MO on Saturday. update Oct 28 The truck stop's facebook has more info about the contest.
SpoilerTV.Co.UK has pictures from the November 10 episode of Bones where the cast will investigate a death at an eating contest. (None of the pictures show an eating contest.) Gather.com analyzes the pictures.
Omaha.com has an article about Matt Price attempting the "Pig Wing" Challenge at Starsky's on tonight's episode of Man vs. Food: Nation. Randy Santel is the only person to have completed the challenge.
The next poll will ask what song do you think should be permanently retired from being played during eating contests. The current choices are: "Eat It" Weird Al Yankovic, "Lose Yourself" Eminem, "Baba O'Reilly" (Teenage Wastleland) The Who. Suggest other choices in the comments. update Oct 25 The poll is now open.
Two customers ate ten pound prime rib steaks in under an hour at Ward's House of Prime in Milwaukee for an upcoming episode of "Food Paradise: Big Beef Bonanza".
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