Dish Nation is an American

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program that is distributed by

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for

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throughout the United States and owned by

. Debuting in 2011, it features celebrity news and pop culture commentary delivered by celebrity personalities stationed nationwide. In November 2020, the series was renewed for two additional seasons, through the 2022–23 season. ''Dish Nation''’s radio teams include Rickey Smiley, heard locally on Atlanta's

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and syndicated in over 60 markets nationwide, and ''Heidi & Frank'', heard weekdays on

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in Los Angeles.

Conception

''Dish Nation'' was conceived in 2008 by broadcast marketing veteran and former radio DJ and TV weatherman, Stu Weiss.

Radio personalities

The radio teams include ''The Rickey Smiley Morning Show'' from

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, which is heard on over 65 radio stations. The show features standup comic and theatrical star Rickey Smiley, as well as Headkrack, Gary with da Tea, and

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. ''The Heidi & Frank Show'' from KLOS in

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features Heidi Hamilton, Frank Kramer, and formerly featured Eric Smith and Sammy Marino. ''Brooke and Jubal in the Morning'' from

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, featured Brooke Fox and Jubal Flagg. The group was dropped from the show in 2015. The nationally syndicated, '' The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show'', from

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, joined ''Dish Nation'' for Season One in September 2012. The show starred J-Si Chavez, Kellie Raspberry, Jenna Owens, and Big Al Mack. They were dropped in December 2016. During the 2011 ''Dish Nation'' summer test, recording artist

DJ Felli Fel James Andrew Corrine, better known by his stage name DJ Felli Fel, is an American club and radio DJ for Los Angeles's Power 106, record producer, and hype man. He is also a member of The Heavy Hitters DJs. His debut single, " Get Buck in Here ...

and Jessi Malay of Los Angeles'

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were a part of the radio roundtable. ''Blaine Fowler & Allyson Martinek in the Morning'' on

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in Detroit was also part of the original lineup, as was ''New York's Scott & Todd'', starring

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and

Todd Pettengill Todd Clark Pettengill (born April 18, 1966) is a former American radio disc jockey who most recently worked for WPLJ 95.5 in the New York area. From 1993 to 1997, he also served as an on-screen backstage interviewer for the World Wrestling Federa ...

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. The '' DJ Laz Morning Show'' was added to the show's first season.

Synopses

Summer test run

On July 25, 2011, ''Dish Nation'' premiered in a limited test run in seven markets. With the help of

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, co-creator of ''

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'' and Scott Rockett, co-creator of ''Hollywood Uncensored'', the show began as a fast-paced entertainment round-table covering pop culture and celebrity news through four radio teams. The test show ran in the home markets where the radio shows were based (New York, Atlanta, Detroit and Los Angeles), as well as in

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, Washington, D.C. and

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. Hosts for the test run included WPLJ's

and

, WHTA's nationally syndicated '' Rickey Smiley Morning Show'', featuring Ebony Steele, Gary With Da Tea, and HeadKrack, as well as WDVD's Fowler and Martinek. Recording artist DJ Felli Fel and Jessi Malay, with comedian Michael Bachmann, were the show's Los Angeles hosts. ''Dish Nation'' averaged a 0.9 rating/2 share for the six-week test. It experienced a 11% increase in household ratings from the premiere week to the end of the six-week test. In Atlanta, ''Dish Nation'' finished ahead of ''

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'' and

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s and finished third in key demographics and household ratings. The show's median age of viewers was 43.1, the lowest among all entertainment magazine shows, according to Twentieth (''TMZ'' 43.7, ''Access Hollywood'' 52.3, ''Extra'' 54.2, ''The Insider'' 55.2, ''Entertainment Tonight'' 56.6, ''Inside Edition'' 58).

Season 1

Prior to the 2012

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conference, 20th Century Fox announced that ''Dish Nation'' would return for a 52-week, full series run to premiere September 10, 2012. After the rating success of its first 100 episodes,

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announced on January 25, 2013, that ''Dish Nation'' had been picked up for a second season. Stephen Brown, EVP of programming and development at 20th Television, credited the show's success to the viral and real-time nature of the program. On July 27, 2013,

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died in the New Orleans area while raising money for his charity, Kidd's Kids. Two days later, ''Dish Nation'' paid tribute to him with a special broadcast.

Season 2

Season Two premiered on September 10, 2013, with the cast of ''The Rickey Smiley Morning Show'' from Atlanta, the remaining cast members of ''The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show'' (formerly named ''Kidd Kraddick in the Morning'') from Dallas, and ''The Heidi and Frank Show'' from Los Angeles. In late 2013, the show was renewed for a third season, having finished first in key demographics among freshman and sophomore syndicated programs. In July 2014, Ebony Steele was replaced by Claudia Jordan. That summer, Porsha Williams also joined the panel of hosts.

Season 3

Season Three premiered on September 8, 2014. In November 2014, the show began to rotate the Dallas and LA crew on a day-to-day basis. The Seattle crew came in at various times and rotations. The Atlanta crew was the only group that appeared all five days a week. On January 6, 2015, the show was renewed for two more years. In July 2015, Claudia Jordan was dropped from the panel.

Season 4

Season Four premiered on September 7, 2015. Rapper

was added as a main personality for the Atlanta team. This season featured correspondents from other cities. Among them were Ben Campbell and Matt McAllister ("Ben and Matt") from KNIX-FM in Phoenix, Miguel Fuller and Holly O'Connor ("Miguel and Holly") from WPOI in

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, and Anthony May ("Tone Kapone") from WGCI-FM in Chicago.

Season 5

Season Five premiered on September 5, 2016. The

team, '' The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show'', left the show in late December 2016. In January 2017, ''Dish Nation'' was renewed for two years. ''Dish Nation'' averaged 4.1 million weekly viewers in the fifth season and continued to skew towards a younger audience, with a median age of 49.8.

Season 6

Season Six premiered on September 4, 2017. Guests this season included Torrei Hart and Eva Marcille, among others.

Season 7

Season Seven premiered on September 3, 2018. On February 22, 2019, Porsha Williams announced a temporary leave of absence from the show for her maternity leave. Williams returned to ''Dish Nation'' on June 24. Eva Marcille filled in for Williams during her leave.

Season 8

Season Eight premiered on September 2, 2019. Following the completion of the

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in March 2019, distribution of ''Dish Nation'', along with ''

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'' and the new 2019–20 game show '' 25 Words or Less'', was transferred to a new division of

(which retained the broadcast network and sports assets of Fox) known as Fox First Run. In November 2019, ''Dish Nation'' was renewed for a ninth season.

Season 9

Sherri Shepherd Sherri Shepherd (born April 22, 1967) is an American actress, comedian, author, broadcaster, and television personality. She currently hosts the daily syndicated daytime talk show, '' Sherri''. From 2007 to 2014, Shepherd was a co-host of the da ...

is scheduled to join the program as a co-host for the new season.

Season 10

Porsha Williams Porsha Dyanne Guobadia (née Williams, formerly Stewart, born June 22, 1981) is an American television personality, actress, and author. She starred on the television series ''The Real Housewives of Atlanta'' from 2012 until 2021, when she depar ...

leaves Dish Nation after 8 years on the show.

Season 11

Heidi Hamilton, Frank Kramer and Chuey Martinez leaves Dish Nation after 10 years. Tanner Thomason promoted as co-host for season 11.

References

External links

''Dish Nation'' official website
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