Scripps to Offer On Demand Footage from The Next Food Network Star

KNOXVILLE, April 25: Scripps Networks will offer exclusive
on-demand footage from the third season of The Next Food Network Star, which launches on the Food Network in June.

The new season of the series will debut on Sunday, June 3,
at 9 p.m. The Next Food Network Star
follows Food Network's nationwide search for its newest on-air talent. The
finalists, ranging from professionals to amateurs, compete in a series of
difficult challenges that test their knowledge, skills and personalities. The
ultimate winner, as determined by Food Network's viewers, will star in their
own six-episode series this fall. The on-demand footage includes sneak peeks of
upcoming episodes and an exclusive look at all the drama and excitement that
unfolds as the competition heats up. In addition, the episode will time shift
to Food Network On Demand the very next day.

"The Next Food Network Star is a popular program with an audience that is hungry
for more,” said Patty Lumpkin, the SVP of affiliate marketing for Scripps
Networks. "Offering this exclusive footage, as well as the episodes on VOD
the next day, is going to create a whole new audience for the linear program as
well as bring new viewers to On Demand. Once their appetites are whet with
The Next Food Network Star, they'll want
more and we can satisfy that craving with our VOD exclusives.”