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Fox is moving up its latest mystery entertainment contest I Can See Your Voice to the fall schedule to create a two-hour block based on Korean formats. I Can See Your Voice will launch at 9 pm Wednesday September 23, after the return of The Masked Singer at 8 pm – a two-hour block with Ken Jeong. The network has…

The post-Olympics fatigue for watching television live continues with another night of subdued Live+same day ratings results for the broadcast networks. In that context, Fox’s MasterChef Jr. opened its sixth season with a two-hour premiere that drew an OK 0.9 adults 18-49 and 3.4 million total viewers. The demo…

Addison Osta Smith, the youngest and first female winner of cooking competition series MasterChef Junior, has been cast opposite Justin Long in Dream Team, ABC’s single-camera half-hour from comedy writers Kari Lizer and Bill Wrubel, and Warner Bros TV. Betty Gilpin (Dr. Carrie Roman in Nurse Jackie) also joins the…

Fox’s decision to move MasterChef Jr. from Friday to Tuesday for Season 2 continues to pay off. Last night, the second season finale of Gordon Ramsay’s cooking competition at 8 PM drew a 1.7 rating in adults 18-49, up +6% from last week and up +13% from the Season One finale, which aired on Friday. The reality series…

At Mipcom today, MasterChef U.S./Italian judge Joe Bastianich and Shine regional CEOs revealed the ingredients and challenges in keeping the successful cooking franchise alive in their respective parts of the world. Mark Fennessy, CEO Shine Australia, spoke about how the trades initially threw tomatoes at MasterChef…

Reality Check is a Deadline feature series covering the players, programs and trends in reality television.  The title "hardest working man in show biz" is a hotly contested one but certainly Gordon Ramsay has his name in the mix. With a mini-empire on Fox, the chef is no wallflower in either his opinions or his work…

Fox ordered a second season of Gordon Ramsay‘s cooking competition series MasterChef Junior only in December, but today said that it has added a third installment of eight episodes. Production on both Season 2 and Season 3 will start in the spring. Host/executive Ramsay will again be joined by restaurateur and…

Fox today made it official, ordering a second installment of  Gordon Ramsay‘s cooking competition series MasterChef Junior. “MasterChef Junior is one of the few shows on television that the entire family can truly enjoy together, and I can't wait to see what Gordon, Joe, Graham and the next round of rambunctious…

It was an East Coast vs. West Coast battle on the season finale of MasterChef Jr. (1.5/5) last night. After a 7-episode run, NYC's 13-year old Alexander Weiss and Culver City's 12-year old Dara Yu faced off for the trophy and the $100,000 grand prize. For Fox, the latest Gordon Ramsay show has proven a winner too. A…

Friday night was a good night for most unscripted shows and I don't just mean for baseball (sorry Dodgers). In fact, on a traditionally older skewing primetime on the Big 4 and with the LA vs. St. Louis Cardinals MLB NLCS Game 6 on TBS, it was a good night overall with most shows either up or essentially steadies. ABC…

First of all, let's give credit where Friday night primetime credit is due. While it wasn't the highest rated show of the night (Hello Shark Tank) nor was it the most watched (Salute Blue Bloods), Fox's MasterChef Jr. (1.4/5) was the only show last night to actually go up over last week. With judges Gordon Ramsay, Joe…

Kids with knifes edged bosses in disguise last night as the series premiere of Fox’s Masterchef Jr. (1.6/6 in adults 18-49) won the 8 PM hour, squeaking past the season premiere of CBS’ Undercover Boss (1.5/6). Masterchef Jr. dwarfed the fall premiere of Fox’s Kitchen Nightmares in the slot in October (0.9/3), while Bo…