| Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives | |
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| Genre | Food Travel |
| Starring | Guy Fieri |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 12 |
| No. of episodes | 140 and 4 specials (List of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) | David Page (seasons 1 – 12) |
| Location(s) | Food |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
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| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Food Network |
| Original run | November 4, 2006 – present |
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Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (DDD, The Triple D[1]) is an American food television series that premiered in November 2006[2] on the Food Network. Produced by Page Productions, the program stars and is hosted by Guy Fieri. The show originally began as a one-off special, based on the idea proposed by David Page.[3]
When Food Network launched its HD simulcast of its SD channel on March 31, 2008, later episodes of the series began to be presented in high definition, although it never aired on the former Food Network HD channel.
The show features a "road trip" concept, similar to Road Tasted, Giada's Weekend Getaways and $40 a Day. Fieri travels around the United States looking for the best diners, drive-in restaurants, and dive bars.
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Each episode generally has a unifying theme (such as burgers or comfort food) with the host visiting multiple restaurants to sample the food that corresponds to this theme. The program focuses on small independent eateries featuring traditional American-style cuisine (such as barbecue, smoked meat, hamburgers, deep fried food, steak, and bacon-and-egg breakfast), regional styles, or ethnic specialties. Most often, the restaurants that the show chooses use fresh ingredients, home-style recipes, and gourmet culinary approaches to what is usually considered non-gourmet food. The host interacts with both the customers, to get their opinion on the food, and with the kitchen staff, who demonstrate how to prepare one or more of the dishes.
In May 2011, the Plymouth, Minnesota-based producer of the show filed lawsuit against the Food Network. The lawsuit alleges that the network failed to pay required production costs, and failed to make the show's host, Guy Fieri, available for taping.[4]
A week after Food Network counter-sued the producer, a settlement was reached in August 2011, allowing the 12th season of the show to resume on September 12, with a new production company, Citizen Pictures.[5][6]
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