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[04/25/25 - 11:45 AM]
Food Network's "Tournament of Champions" Season Six Scores with Viewers
The season reached nearly 12 million P2+ cross-platform viewers and is on track to be Food Network's highest-rated series among P25-54 for the fifth year in a row, with ratings up +91% vs. prior six-week timeslot benchmarks.

[via press release from Food Network]

FOOD NETWORK'S "TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS" SEASON SIX SCORES WITH VIEWERS

NEW YORK - April 25, 2025 - Food Network's Tournament of Champions wrapped season six on Sunday night, scoring big with viewers as it crowned a new champion. During its run, the series ranked as the #1 non-news/sports cable program for P25-54 on Sunday nights with the finale episode notching a season high 1.09 P25-54 /1.26 W25-54 L3 rating. The season reached nearly 12 million P2+ cross-platform viewers (across Food Network/Max/Discovery+) and is on track to be Food Network's highest-rated series among P25-54 for the fifth year in a row, with ratings up +91% vs. prior six-week timeslot benchmarks.* The series has also resonated online with TOC-related content earning more than 66M social impressions, 40M video views (+5% YOY) and 2M engagements (+80% YOY) across platforms to date.

"Once again Tournament of Champions showed why it is one of Food Network's top-rated series that viewers love," said Betsy Ayala, Head of Content, Food, Warner Bros. Discovery. "It delivered lights-out action all season long with intense battles and dramatic turns culminating in a fairytale ending."

Throughout the action-packed tournament, host and executive producer Guy Fieri put the culinary skills of 32 of the nation's most celebrated chefs to the test in the bracket-style, single elimination tournament. After weeks of dominating the randomizer and going head-to-head with some of the most talented chefs in the culinary world, Antonia Lofaso emerged the victor of the win-or-go-home competition.

Tournament of Champions VI was produced by Knuckle Sandwich and Lando Entertainment for Food Network.

*Source: Nielsen L+3 data, Prime (8P-11P), 3/2/25-4/20/25. Linear reach based on a 1-minute qualifier across premieres & repeats in Total Day, streaming reach based on internal data. Cable ranking based on premiere & repeat delivery.

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FOOD NETWORK (www.foodnetwork.com) is a unique lifestyle network, website and magazine that connects viewers to the power and joy of food. The network strives to be viewers' best friend in food and is committed to leading by teaching, inspiring, empowering and entertaining through its talent and expertise. Food Network is distributed to more than 74 million U.S. households and draws an average of 50 million unique web users monthly with a social footprint of 71 million, while Food Network Magazine reaches 11 million readers. Food Network is part of Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD), a leading global media and entertainment company that creates and distributes the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content and brands across television, film and streaming. Available in more than 220 countries and territories and 50 languages, Warner Bros. Discovery inspires, informs and entertains audiences worldwide through its iconic brands and products which also include: Discovery Channel, Max, discovery+, CNN, DC, Eurosport, HBO, HBO Max, HGTV, OWN, Investigation Discovery, TLC, Magnolia Network, TNT, TBS, truTV, Travel Channel, MotorTrend, Animal Planet, Science Channel, Warner Bros. Film Group, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Games, New Line Cinema, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies, Discovery en EspaƱol, Hogar de HGTV and others. For more information, please visit www.wbd.com.





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