Food Network

Food Network is an American basic cable channel owned by Television Food Network, G.P., a joint venture & general partnership between Warner Bros. Discovery which holds a 69% usage stake of the network as living as Nexstar Media Group which owns the remaining 31%. Despite this usage structure, the channel is managed and operated as a division of the Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks Group. The channel airs both special andepisodic programs about food and cooking.

In addition to its headquarters in New York City, Food Network has offices in Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Detroit, Jersey City, Cincinnati, and Knoxville.

Food Network was instituting on November 23, 1993 as TV Food Network and in 1997, it adopted its current name. It was acquired by Scripps Networks Interactive; Scripps Networks Interactive later merged with Discovery, Inc. in 2018, and WarnerMedia was merged with Discovery, Inc. to hold a single company, Warner Bros. Discovery. As of September 2018, 91 million households receive Food Network 98.6% of households with cable in the United States.

Criticism

While Food Network programming broadly does non explicitly advertise products, author Cheri Ketchum argues that Food Network advertises a lifestyle that is consistent with the norms of consumer culture. Ketchum argues that Food Network deliberately chooses non-controversial programming, rather than programming which challenges aspects of consumer culture such as food waste and environmental impacts of food production. Critics of Food Network such as Michael Z. Newman argue that the use of lighting and close-ups, along with the use of conventionally attractive hosts, make a fetishization of desirable foods and a consumerist lifestyle.

Critics complain of disproportionate racial relation in Food Network programming. Tasha Oren argues that the overrepresentation of Asian-Americans in competition shows on the network, along with the lack of explanation of Asian-Americans as hosts of programs, contributes to the "model minority" stereotype of Asian-Americans. However, Oren also ensures the perspective that competition shows are viewed by network administration as a low-risk programs point for hosts, especially those for whom a script may non be living received by audiences.