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TV crime dramas set in the competitive eating world
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The Clash “I’m so bored with the U.S.A.” (1977)
Tonight’s episode of “Supernatural” on CW will be at least the fourth episode of a television crime drama set in the world of competitive eating:
- CSI: “Dog Eat Dog” (2005)
- Without a Trace: “Eating Away” (2007)
- Bones: “The Hot Dog in the Competition” (2011)
- Supernatural: “The Purge” (2014)
Episodes of other dramas with a competitive eating plot:
- Las Vegas: “The Strangle Life of Bob” (2004)
- Grey’s Anatomy: “Tell Me Sweet Little Lies” (2006) (clip)
- Royal Pains: “After the Fireworks” (2012)
Comedies:
- The Phil Silvers Show: “The Eating Contest” (1955) (part 1 | part 2 | part 3)
- The Brady Bunch: “The Winner” (1971) (clip)
- According to Jim: “The Competition” (2005)
The 80 ounce steak challenge at Thorny's in Myrtle Beach, SC was attempted on tonight's episode of Myrtle Manor on TLC.
In the February 4 episode of Supernatural on CW, one of the victims is a competitive eater who has an unfriendly rivalry with another competitor. The cause of death is excessive liposuction. (preview video)
Kevin Ross appeared in a ghost pepper eating contest on tonight's rerun of Guinness World Records Unleashed on Tru TV. (video)
On last night's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Australian actress Margot Robbie, co-star of Wolf of Wall Street, retold a story of how she ate 4 lbs. (1.8 kg) of spaghetti in an hour to win an eating contest.
Nathan’s Television Ratings 2004-2007, 2009-2013
Here are the official television ratings for 9 of the 10 years that Nathan’s has been televised on ESPN / ESPN2. (I have not been able to find 2008). Results are from SportsMediaWatch, NY Times and TBO.com
| Year | Rating | # Viewers (000) | Network |
| 2004 | ? | 926 | ESPN |
| 2005 | ? | 860 | ESPN |
| 2006 | ? | 1,460 | ESPN |
| 2007 | 1.3 | 1,632 | ESPN |
| 2008 | ? | ? | ESPN |
| 2009 | 1.0 | 1,340 | ESPN |
| 2010 | 1.0 | 1,677 | ESPN |
| 2011 | 1.1 | 1,949 | ESPN |
| 2012 | 0.8 | 1,299 | ESPN (tape delayed) |
| 2013 | 0.7 | 1,146 | ESPN2 |
Molly Schuyler appeared on yesterday's episode of Guinness World Records Unleashed to attempt the 16 inch pizza eating record. She finished in 2:12 but did not break the record.
In the Marie Claire Australia about female competitive eaters, the claim is made that the broadcast on ESPN2 received a higher rating than the major league baseball game on July 4. That is an interesting assertion since no baseball game was televised on ESPN / ESPN2 on that day. Sports Business Daily has a list of ratings from early July; the July 7 baseball game had a higher rating than the Nathan's programming (1.3 vs. 0.7).
Slims Last Chance Saloon in Seattle announces it will hold a pepper eating contest later today that will be recorded for an upcoming episode of Stan Lee's Superhumans.
Artie Lange's pizza eating contest from a 2003 episode of the Howard Stern Show can be viewed on youtube.
The correct course of actions to undertake when someone is choking in a cupcake eating contest will be the topic of the January 9 episode of Do or Die on the National Geographic Channel.
2013 St. Elmo’s Shrimp Cocktail eating contest
update Dec 12 He Eats She Drinks has a contest video
Crazy Legs Conti has a blog entry for the Huffington Post
update Dec 10 CT News has a contest report
update #2 The Indy Star also has a gallery. WISH TV has an article and video. Big City Photography has a facebook gallery.
update The Indy Star has a video
The top 6: (Part 1 | Part 2)
1) Joey Chestnut 9.25 lb 8 minutes
2) Yasir Salem 5 lb.
3) Crazy Legs Conti 4.25
4) Matt Raible 4
5) Tracy Goode 3
6) Craig “The Doctor” Evans 2
This might be the coldest outdoor contest in IFOCE/MLE history. The current temperature in Indianapolis is 25F
Joey Chestnut appeared on ESPN College GameDay earlier today and picked the Big 10 championship game.
Ray Steele has interviews with Joey Chestnut and Tracy Goode.
There was a Thanksgiving leftover eating contest on last night's episode of WWE Smackdown won by Titus O'Neil resulting in two on-stage reversals after he was forced to enter the ring after his victory. (Post match reaction | episode recap)
There will be a Thanksgiving food eating contest on the November 29 episode of WWE Smackdown according to PW Mania.
Yasir Salem appeared on the Australian program The Daily Edition.
Variety reports that The Writers Guild of America is wants to unionize programs produced by Sharp Entertainment including Man vs. Food. The final episode of that show was recorded in late 2011; its termination was announced in February 2012.
Red House TV has placed a casting call for the biggest eaters in the United Kingdom.
Articles by the Irish Independent and Mid Ulster Mail both list Randy Santel as the star of the now cancelled program Man v Food. Randy is currently doing an eating challenge tour of Europe and was the second person to finish the breakfast challenge at Murphy's Law in Athlone, Ireland.
According to TheWrap.com, Tim "Eater X" Janus appears in the background of the latest "This Is SportCenter" commercial on ESPN (around the 15 second mark).
Medium.com has a transcript of the segment of Fox TV's Man vs. Beast where Takeru Kobayashi faced off against a bear in a hot dog eating contest.
CNN.com has a video of Anderson Cooper 360 crew members competing in a White Castle Burger eating contest.
In tonight's episode of Hotel Impossible (10 pm eastern & Pacific on the Travel Channel), host Anthony Melchiorri will compete in the Nugget Rib Eating Championship held in Sparks, NV in August. Joey Chestnut, Matt Stonie and Juan Rodriguez appear in a screen capture..
Takeru Kobayashi will appear on the Canadian sports channel TSN today at 5 pm eastern.He ate 4 hot dogs in 30 seconds.
Good Day Sacramento is seeking three women to compete in an on-air eating contest at Rivers Edge Cafe on Sunday.
NYCastings has a request for "sexy and cute types to portray girls in a hotdog eating contest" to be filmed in New York City tomorrow for an episode of the new series "Deadbeat".
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