MAD REALITIES & FOX CREATOR STUDIOS' NEW SERIES "PICKY EATERS" DEBUTS TODAY ON TIKTOK AND INSTAGRAM

HOST MEHREEN KARIM WELCOMES SPECIAL GUEST JAEKI CHO FROM RIGHTEOUS EATS FOR SERIES PREMIERE

NEW SERIES MARKS FIRST COLLABORATION UNDER PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN MAD REALITIES AND FOX CREATOR STUDIOS

NEW YORK, NY, July 14, 2026 - PICKY EATERS, a fun and fast-paced new series set in the world of food and cooking, debuts today on Instagram and TikTok as a co-production kicking off the recently announced partnership between Mad Realities and FOX Creator Studios. PICKY EATERS is a cooking showdown where a guest chef takes on series host Mehreen "Reenie" Karim (Next Level Chef) to win over the ultimate food critic: someone who hates what they're being served.

In each episode of PICKY EATERS, a picky eater brings in their least favorite ingredient - think mushrooms, think olives, think licorice - and the chefs race against the clock to transform it into something irresistible. The picky eater tries both dishes and picks the one that repulsed them the least.

The premiere episode of PICKY EATERS features special guest, Jaeki Cho, of Righteous Eats.

Led by CEO and Co-Founder Alice Ma and Head of Content Emily Tess Katz, Mad Realties' growing slate of popular series, including SHOP CATS, which has been featured in Vogue, The New York Times, and the Today show, GOOD DOG, BLOW MY MIND, and HOLLYWOOD IQ and DATA LEAK.

"PICKY EATERS is truly everything we look for in a Mad Realities show: a concept everyone can immediately understand, personalities you root for, and a format that invites audience engagement, said Alice Ma. "Our goal is to platform and highlight a burgeoning, dynamic food scene in New York full of rising stars and direct-to-consumer audiences - like in the Cherry Bombe and Righteous Eats communities - that may not be getting platformed on typical network television. Food is the most universal element of culture, and everyone has an ingredient they swear they'll never eat. We are excited about growing shows like Picky Eaters into bigger franchises along with Billy Parks and the awesome team at FOX Creator Studios."

"Alice and the Mad Realities crew have a nose for ideas that are original, relatable, and just click," said Billy Parks, Head of FOX Creator Studios. "PICKY EATERS takes a universal theme - trying to convince someone to love the food they hate - and turns it into an experience that's funny, surprising and maybe even tasty. That's exactly the kind of creative storytelling our studio was built to champion."

PICKY EATERS host Mehreen "Reenie" Karim is a Brooklyn-based pop-up chef, recipe developer, and food writer. She was also a contestant on Season Two of Gordon Ramsay's culinary gauntlet Next Level Chef on FOX. Previously, Mehreen managed digital recipe building, wrote cooking stories, and developed recipes for Bon Appétit. She is happiest when she inspires home cooks to take risks in their day-to-day cooking - because infusing a tea bag into your morning pot of oatmeal or adding charred dates to a quick salad is never a bad idea. Whether you're a beginner in the kitchen or literally Gwyneth Paltrow (yes, she's a fan), her recipes are designed for hungry people at any skill level.

About Mad Realities

Co-founded by Alice Ma - who was named one of The Hollywood Reporter's Next Gen 2025: 35 Rising Hollywood Executives Under 35 - Mad Realities builds repeatable, social-native formats that turn real-time culture into entertainment people participate in. Built for co-creation: shows shaped by the audience, executed by hosts, and scaled by a studio system.

About FOX Creator Studios

FOX Creator Studios, a division of FOX Entertainment, partners with the world's most influential and prolific creators, combining FOX's scale, infrastructure, and expertise with creator innovation to bring bold ideas to life as premium IP, original formats, and enduring entertainment brands. The newly established studio is platform agnostic, working with digital-native talent to expand their ideas and brands across YouTube, linear television, streaming, film, the digital storytelling ecosystem, and beyond.

Other Mad Realties' hit series in production and debuting new episodes regularly include:

SHOP CATS

Shop Cats is MTV Cribs for New York's most legendary shop cats and the businesses they call home, from bodegas to bookstores, delis to tattoo parlors. Our host and Queens native Michelladonna gives an inside look at the cats, the shop owners, and the communities that adore them.

Zohran Mamdani

Tokischa

Paulina Chavez

Tan France + The Cast of Deli Boys

The Lion King

DoorDash

GOOD DOG

Check out a recent episode of GOOD DOG featuring HACKS' Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder and Storm HERE. Storm has already been adopted from Best Friends NYC.

GOOD DOG host Sofia Dobrushin with Storm, Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder

GOOD DOG features comedian host Sofia Dobrushin teaming up with an adoptable dog from a no-kill shelter or rescue, styling each pup into a bold look, and introducing the pups to guest stars and comedians to spotlight the dog's charm.

BLOW MY MIND

Blow My Mind has already seen viral success and is approaching 13m+ views in its first few weeks.

Blow My Mind turns the NYC sidewalks into a laboratory as disgraced scientist turned comedian Sarah Adelmanchallenges guests to blow her mind with a science fact. The show features comedians, award-winning scientists, celebrities, and everyday New Yorkers.

Blow My Mind is bingeable but the opposite of brain rot: science made social, sexy, and shareable. This man-on-the-street show invites guests to flex their smart side to a real scientist. Every episode will give you something new: eel mating rituals, the physics of black holes, how smell impacts physical attraction -- if it's crazy science, we want it.

Sarah Adelman hosts BLOW MY MIND

HOLLYWOOD IQ

Hollywood IQ is THE show for movie, TV, and pop culture trivia lovers. This on-the-street trivia game rewards the "human IMDbs" and "pop culture encyclopedias" of the world: whether identifying celebrity faces or matching films to their box office gross, it pays off to have a high "Hollywood IQ."

Emma Stone- Bugonia

Ariana Greenblatt/Justice Smith- Now You See Me

Alison Brie/Dave Franco - Together

Ke Huy Quan/Ginnifer Goodwin- Zootopia 2

Elizabeth Olsen- Eternity

Hugh Jackman/Kate Hudson - Song Sung Blue

Alison Williams- Regretting You

Gillian Anderson- Tron

DATA LEAK

Everyone's phone contains enough chaos to ruin their life. DATA LEAK forces two guests to hand over their digital souls and play a series of fast-paced phone-based games. The host guides, instigates, and narrates the unfolding damage while the audience sees direct screen recordings of the guests' phones in real time.

DATA LEAK is produced by Mad Realities, hosted by Charlie Flynn (@chardypf), Willa Barnett and Billy Loveman are co-creators and producers.