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October 11 - 17, 2020 WHATS UP! T7 BY MICHELLE ROSE TV Media T here are still a few weeks left before Halloween (and the start of the holiday shopping season), but it's al- ready time to bid farewell to a few seasonal favorites on TV. Two of Food Network's most popular Halloween- themed competitions, "Hal- loween Wars" and "Outra- geous Pumpkins," will be crowning a champion this Sunday, Oct. 11, with the two finales airing back to back. The first to bow out is "Hal- loween Wars," a viewer favor- ite and the cornerstone of Food Network's Halloween lineup. It kicked off its 10th season on Sept. 13 with a splashy one-hour preview spe- cial that saw host Jonathan Bennett introduce viewers to the pumpkin carvers — cake and sugar artists who have been battling it out in chal- lenges ranging from monster road trips to the scariest con- cept of all: blind dates. Heading into Sunday's fina- le, four teams have been elimi- nated and just two remain. Special guest Marisol Nichols of "Riverdale" fame joins cake artist Shinmin Li and effects artist Todd Tucker at the judg- es' table, and they'll have to decide which creation best captures the terror and fun of a horror movie's "jump scare" moment. The members of the winning team will be crowned "Halloween Wars" Champions and will take home the $50,000 grand prize. Don't turn off your TV just yet, because once that prize is awarded, the new series "Out- rageous Pumpkins" is also concluding its inaugural run on Sunday (Oct. 11). Sudden lineup changes are, sadly, par for the course in these pan- demic times, as broadcasters and cable networks try to make the most of any available programming. And this series is no exception — its Sept. 13 premiere was bumped to Sept. 27 instead, which is why the four-part series is now wrap- ping this week. The field of seven expert pumpkin carvers — there are no cake or sugar artists in this one — has been whittled down to the four contestants fea- tured in Sunday's finale. As usual, host Alyson Hannigan ("How I Met Your Mother") has the honor of announcing each challenge. In the Quick Carve segment, the carvers will have to create a terrifying "monster-in-law". As for the final Big Carve round, well, it certainly lives up to its name: the carvers are tasked with creating a 5-foot-tall "mon- ster-bash" scene using Atlan- tic Giant pumpkins that each weigh over 1,000 pounds. Once that round is com- plete, judges Terri Hardin and Ray Villafane will pick the winner of the $25,000 prize. It's a smaller amount than the cash prize awarded on "Hal- loween Wars," although that competition requires a team effort rather than a solo per- formance. However, it is larger than the $10,000 awarded in 2019 to the winner of "Outra- geous Pumpkins," the one- hour special that spawned this year's new series, which will likely be back in 2021. How 'Wars' ends Food Network series crown their champions this week Jonathan Bennett hosts "Halloween Wars" Sunday Noon FOOD The Kitchen 12:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE P. Allen Smith's Garden to Table 1 p.m. (13.2) CREATE A Chef's Life: The Final Harvest FOOD Good Eats 2 p.m. FOOD Outrageous Pumpkins 2:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Jacques Pepin's Heart & Soul in the Kitchen 3 p.m. (13.2) CREATE P. Allen Smith's Garden to Table FOOD Halloween Wars 3:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE The Jazzy Vegetarian 4 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Joanne Weir Gets Fresh FOOD Halloween Wars 4:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE The Jazzy Vegetarian 5 p.m. (13.2) CREATE My Greek Table With Diane Kochilas FOOD Halloween Wars 5:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Simply Ming 6 p.m. (13.2) CREATE A Chef's Life FOOD Halloween Wars 6:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Lidia's Kitchen 7 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Sara's Weeknight Meals FOOD Halloween Wars 7:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Taste of Malaysia With Martin Yan 8 p.m. FOOD Halloween Wars 9 p.m. FOOD Outrageous Pumpkins 9:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE P. Allen Smith's Garden to Table Monday 5 p.m. FOOD Outrageous Pumpkins 6 p.m. FOOD Outrageous Pumpkins 6:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE My Greek Table With Diane Kochilas 7 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Simply Ming 7:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Cook's Country From America's Test Kitchen 8 p.m. (13.2) CREATE America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated FOOD Halloween Baking Championship 8:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE My Greek Table With Diane Kochilas 9 p.m. (13.2) CREATE A Chef's Life: The Final Harvest FOOD The Big Bake: Halloween 10 p.m. FOOD Halloween Wars Tuesday 5 p.m. FOOD Chopped 6 p.m. FOOD Chopped 6:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE My Greek Table With Diane Kochilas 7 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Sara's Weeknight Meals FOOD Chopped 7:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Taste of Malaysia With Martin Yan 8 p.m. (13.2) CREATE In Julia's Kitchen With Master Chefs FOOD Chopped 8:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE My Greek Table With Diane Kochilas 9 p.m. FOOD Chopped 9:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Jacques Pepin's Heart & Soul in the Kitchen 10 p.m. FOOD Chopped Wednesday 5 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 6 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 6:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE My Greek Table With Diane Kochilas 7 p.m. (13.2) CREATE George Hirsch Lifestyle FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 7:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Cook's Country From America's Test Kitchen 8 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Lidia's Kitchen FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 8:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE My Greek Table With Diane Kochilas 9 p.m. (13.2) CREATE P. Allen Smith's Garden to Table FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 9:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE The Jazzy Vegetarian FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 10 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 10:30 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Thursday 5 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 5:30 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 6 p.m. FOOD Halloween Wars 6:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE My Greek Table With Diane Kochilas 7 p.m. (13) KAFT Cooking on the Wild Side (13.2) CREATE Nick Stellino: Storyteller in the Kitchen FOOD Halloween Wars 7:30 p.m. (13) KAFT Cooking on the Wild Side (13.2) CREATE Pati's Mexican Table 8 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Christopher Kimball's Milk Street FOOD Halloween Wars 8:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE My Greek Table With Diane Kochilas 9 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Joanne Weir Gets Fresh FOOD Halloween Wars 9:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE The Jazzy Vegetarian 10 p.m. FOOD Halloween Wars Friday 5 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 5:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 6 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 6:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE My Greek Table With Diane Kochilas FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 7 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Simply Ming FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 7:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Cook's Country From America's Test Kitchen FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 8 p.m. (13.2) CREATE America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 8:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE My Greek Table With Diane Kochilas 9 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 9:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 10 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 10:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Saturday Noon FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 1 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 2 p.m. (13) KAFT Pati's Mexican Table FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 2:30 p.m. (13) KAFT Cooking on the Wild Side 3 p.m. (13) KAFT Les Stroud's Wild Harvest FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 3:30 p.m. (13) KAFT America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated 4 p.m. (13) KAFT Christopher Kimball's Milk Street (13.2) CREATE America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 4:30 p.m. (13) KAFT America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated (13.2) CREATE Cook's Country From America's Test Kitchen 5 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 5:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 6 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 6:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE My Greek Table With Diane Kochilas FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 7 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Nick Stellino: Storyteller in the Kitchen FOOD Outrageous Pumpkins 7:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Pati's Mexican Table 8 p.m. FOOD Outrageous Pumpkins 9 p.m. FOOD Outrageous Pumpkins 10 p.m. FOOD Outrageous Pumpkins Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, AR: Food Oct 11, 2020 to Oct 17, 2020 COOKING TASTE TV