Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Genre Food reality television
Presented by Guy Fieri
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 26
No. of episodes 260 [1] (list of episodes)
Production
Running time 22 minutes
Production company(s) Page Productions (2007-2011)
Citizen Pictures (2011-present)
Release
Original network Food Network
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original release April 23, 2007 (2007-04-23) – present
External links
Website

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (often nicknamed Triple D and specialized as Diners, Drive-Ins, Dives) is an American food reality television series that premiered on April 23, 2007, on the Food Network. It is hosted by Guy Fieri. The show originally began as a one-off special that aired on November 6, 2006.[2] The show features a "road trip" concept, similar to Road Tasted, Giada's Weekend Getaways, and $40 a Day. Fieri travels around the United States (although he has also featured some restaurants in European cities, including London, England and Florence, Italy) looking at various diners, drive-in restaurants, and dive bars.

Premise

Each episode generally has a unifying theme (such as burgers, ribs, or seafood) with the host visiting multiple restaurants within a single city to sample the food that corresponds to this theme. The program focuses on small, independent eateries featuring traditional comfort foods (such as barbecue, smoked meat, hamburgers, deep-fried food, pizza, steak, and bacon-and-egg breakfast), regional styles, or ethnic specialties. Often, the chosen restaurants will use fresh ingredients, home-style recipes, and gourmet culinary approaches to what is usually not considered gourmet food. The host interacts with both the customers, to get their opinion on the food, and with the kitchen staff, who demonstrate how to prepare one or more of the dishes.

Guest appearances

The show has had various stars appear in the kitchen alongside Guy Fieri, including fellow chefs Robert Irvine, Andrew Zimmern, Michael Symon, Emeril Lagasse, and Geoffrey Zakarian, as well as celebrities such as Matthew McConaughey, Gene Hackman, Rosie O'Donnell, Joe Theismann, Kid Rock, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Clint Bowyer, Gene Simmons of KISS, Steve Harwell of Smash Mouth, and Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac.

Lawsuit

In May 2011, Page Productions, the original producers of the show filed a lawsuit against Food Network. The lawsuit alleges that the network failed to pay required production costs, and failed to make the show's host, Guy Fieri, available for taping. The producer also alleges that Guy Fieri harassed crewmembers and "raided their fridges".[3]

A week after Food Network counter-sued the producer, a settlement was reached in August 2011, allowing the 12th season of the show to resume, with a new production company, Citizen Pictures.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Episodes". TV Guide. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  2. ↑ "World chefs - Powers finds history is made in diners". Reuters. March 27, 2007. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives producer says Food Network wants to dash " Twin Cities Business Journal; May 16, 2011
  4. ↑ Satran, Joe (August 18, 2011). "Food Network's Legal Battle With Producer Of Guy Fieri's 'Diners, Drive-Ins, And Dives' Comes To End". The Huffington Post. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  5. ↑ Parker, Penny (October 7, 2011). "Parker: Food Network show switches to Denver production company". The Denver Post. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
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