Valerie Bertinelli was let go from Kids Baking Championship on Food Network after co-hosting and judging on the series since 2015.
And while she spoke out about the situation over the weekend, new details are emerging about the circumstances that led to her dismissal.
According to a report from Variety, the decision was actually due to the aftermath of the channel deciding not to renew her larger exclusive deal with the network when it ended in 2022.
Keep reading to find out more…
According to the outlet’s sources, Valerie signed a multi-series deal with Food Network in 2018 that expired in 2021. It was extended for an additional year and came to an end in 2022, when Season 12 of Kids Baking Championship was taped back to back with Season 11.
“Her deal expired, they opted not to renew it. They could have come to me with an offer just for Kids. They never did. Simple as that,...
And while she spoke out about the situation over the weekend, new details are emerging about the circumstances that led to her dismissal.
According to a report from Variety, the decision was actually due to the aftermath of the channel deciding not to renew her larger exclusive deal with the network when it ended in 2022.
Keep reading to find out more…
According to the outlet’s sources, Valerie signed a multi-series deal with Food Network in 2018 that expired in 2021. It was extended for an additional year and came to an end in 2022, when Season 12 of Kids Baking Championship was taped back to back with Season 11.
“Her deal expired, they opted not to renew it. They could have come to me with an offer just for Kids. They never did. Simple as that,...
- 1/23/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Valerie Bertinelli’s departure from “Kids Baking Championship” is not a cut-and-dry case of Food Network firing the “One Day at a Time” alum from her role as co-host and judge of the show. Rather, it’s the aftermath of the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned channel deciding not to renew Bertinelli’s larger exclusive deal with the network when it ended in 2022, sources tell Variety.
Bertinelli signed a multi-series deal with Food Network in 2018, which expired in 2021. The pact was extended for an additional year and came to an end in 2022, when the currently airing Season 12 of “Kids Baking Championship” was taped back to back with Season 11. Bertinelli has co-hosted and judged ‘Kids,” a spinoff of Food Network’s larger “Baking Championship” competition franchise that includes holiday and seasonal iterations, alongside Duff Goldman since it first debuted on Food Network in 2015.
“Her deal expired, they opted not to renew it.
Bertinelli signed a multi-series deal with Food Network in 2018, which expired in 2021. The pact was extended for an additional year and came to an end in 2022, when the currently airing Season 12 of “Kids Baking Championship” was taped back to back with Season 11. Bertinelli has co-hosted and judged ‘Kids,” a spinoff of Food Network’s larger “Baking Championship” competition franchise that includes holiday and seasonal iterations, alongside Duff Goldman since it first debuted on Food Network in 2015.
“Her deal expired, they opted not to renew it.
- 1/23/2024
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
Almost 30 years after she hit stardom with NBC's Little House on the Prairie, Melissa Gilbert is returning to the old frontier with ABC's midseason one-hour project Then Came Jones. The current SAG president has been tapped to play the female lead opposite Sean Patrick Flanery in the period Western drama from writer-producers Chris Brancato and Bert Salke and Touchstone Television, which has a commitment for a pilot plus three scripts from the network. Kim Manners (The X-Files) has come aboard to direct the pilot, which is scheduled to begin production next month in Los Angeles. In the project, set at the turn of the 20th century, Gilbert will play the sister of Ben Jones (Flanery), who, in a series of strange plot twists, becomes the sheriff of the border town of El Paso, Texas. Jsu Garcia previously was cast as El Fuego, Jones' best friend (HR 10/18). If Jones goes into series, it will be Gilbert's first since the 1994 NBC drama Sweet Justice. In 2000, she toplined the WB Network's pilot Finally Home. Gilbert, who has been a regular on the TV movie circuit, is repped by WMA and manager Marc Schwartz.
- 10/31/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.