beat beat american television cooking game broadcast hosted series features contestants preparing home cooked family recipe professional recipe restaurant version dishes judged panel food critics decide winner series premiered august aired episode september format series features families half hour episode preparing family recipe professional cook restaurant version meal family begins revealing dish selected cook longer think prepare given time create version cook complete second family brought procedure repeated meal second cook judges reveal winning dish round family home cooked meal beats professional version family wins win family receives worth kitchen supplies production production company pitched series cbs early march years later beat appeared presentation new_york_city original green lit series march later month casting june looking great formally trained july announced series premiere date august right premiere released cast series july announcing contestant host press release revealed professional judges addition johnson jordan joined guest judge episode judges included series premiered august immediately following premiere continued air new episode week september official announcement series seen mentioned discussed recent presentation assumed canceled reception beat earned mixed reception critics entertainment argued rogers good fit host called enjoyable claimed wasn focus food preparation praised series calling guaranteed winning arguing potential extremely successful series earned relatively average ratings standards despite debuting record ratings beat maintained viewers tuned lead series premiere averaged viewers compared million viewers watched following week beat dropped viewers lead sneak upcoming revival pyramid earned viewers
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