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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