Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: December 3, 2008
Seasons: 4
Episodes: 87
Networks: Travel Channel, Cooking Channel, Food Network
Genres: Reality

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Man v. Food(2008)

TMDB Rating: 6.5 (65 votes)

Overview

Food fanatic Adam Richman has held nearly every job in the restaurant biz, and now he's on a journey to explore the biggest and best eats this nation has to offer, including some of the craziest eating challenges around.

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Season 1

18 episodes • 2008Avg: 6.6

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Amarillo	Dec 3, 2008	7.0
2	Memphis	Dec 3, 2008	6.0
3	Pittsburgh	Dec 10, 2008	7.0
4	Columbus	Dec 10, 2008	7.0
5	Austin	Dec 17, 2008	6.0
6	Chicago	Dec 24, 2008	7.0
7	Atlanta	Jan 7, 2009	6.0
8	Boston	Jan 14, 2009	6.0
9	New York	Jan 21, 2009	7.0
10	New Orleans	Jan 28, 2009	7.0
11	Portland	Feb 4, 2009	7.0
12	Seattle	Feb 11, 2009	6.0
13	St. Louis	Feb 18, 2009	6.0
14	Los Angeles	Feb 25, 2009	7.0
15	San Jose	Mar 4, 2009	7.0
16	Denver	Mar 11, 2009	6.0
17	North Carolina	Mar 18, 2009	7.0
18	Minneapolis	Mar 25, 2009	7.0

Season 2

20 episodes • 2009Avg: 6.7Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	San Antonio	Aug 5, 2009	7.0
2	Las Vegas	Aug 12, 2009	6.0
3	Charleston	Aug 19, 2009	7.0
4	San Francisco	Aug 26, 2009	7.0
5	Durham	Sep 2, 2009	7.0
6	Honolulu	Sep 9, 2009	6.0
7	Sarasota	Sep 16, 2009	6.0
8	Philadelphia	Sep 23, 2009	7.0
9	Baseball	Sep 30, 2009	7.0
10	Springfield	Oct 7, 2009	7.0
11	Boise	Oct 14, 2009	7.0
12	Washington, D.C.	Oct 21, 2009	7.0
13	Baltimore	Oct 28, 2009	6.0
14	Detroit	Nov 4, 2009	6.0
15	Brooklyn	Nov 11, 2009	0.0
16	Alaska	Nov 18, 2009	7.0
17	Little Rock	Nov 25, 2009	7.0
18	Tucson	Dec 2, 2009	7.0
19	New Jersey	Dec 9, 2009	6.0
20	Hartford	Dec 16, 2009	0.0

Season 3

22 episodes • 2010Avg: 6.6

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	San Diego	Jun 16, 2010	7.0
2	Boulder	Jun 16, 2010	6.0
3	Cleveland	Jun 23, 2010	0.0
4	Richmond	Jun 30, 2010	7.0
5	Salt Lake City	Jul 7, 2010	7.0
6	Phoenix	Jul 15, 2010	6.0
7	Puerto Rico	Jul 21, 2010	6.0
8	Long Island	Jul 28, 2010	7.0
9	Oklahoma City	Aug 4, 2010	7.0
10	Kansas City	Aug 11, 2010	6.0
11	Indianapolis	Aug 18, 2010	0.0
12	Jersey Shore	Aug 25, 2010	7.0
13	Syracuse	Sep 1, 2010	7.0
14	Portland, ME	Sep 8, 2010	7.0
15	Niagara Falls	Sep 15, 2010	6.0
16	Butte	Sep 22, 2010	7.0
17	Sacramento	Sep 29, 2010	6.0
18	Des Moines	Oct 6, 2010	6.0
19	Knoxville	Oct 13, 2010	7.0
20	Ann Arbor	Oct 20, 2010	7.0
21	Episode 21	Oct 27, 2010	0.0
22	Episode 22	Nov 3, 2010	0.0

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Season 4

27 episodes • 2011

#	Episode	Air Date
1	New Haven, CT	Jun 1, 2011
2	Tampa, FL	Jun 1, 2011
3	Nashville, TN	Jun 8, 2011
4	Tulsa, OK	Jun 15, 2011
5	Albuquerque, NM	Jun 22, 2011
6	Mobile, AL	Jun 29, 2011
7	Florida Keys	Jul 6, 2011
8	Gulf Coast	Jul 13, 2011
9	Portsmouth, NH	Jul 20, 2011
10	Louisville, KY	Jul 27, 2011
11	Milwaukee, WI	Aug 3, 2011
12	Providence, RI	Aug 10, 2011
13	Dallas, TX	Aug 17, 2011
14	Route 66	Aug 24, 2011
15	Harlem, NY	Sep 7, 2011
16	Pacific Coast Highway	Sep 14, 2011
17	Street Eats Special	Sep 28, 2011
18	St. Paul, MN	Oct 5, 2011
19	Cincinnati, OH	Oct 12, 2011
20	Rochester, NY	Oct 19, 2011
21	Omaha, NE	Oct 26, 2011
22	Green Bay, WI	Nov 2, 2011
23	Savannah, GA	Nov 9, 2011
24	Feast Special	Nov 16, 2011
25	Oahu, HI	Nov 30, 2011
26	Charlotte, NC	Apr 11, 2012
27	Jackson, MS	Apr 11, 2012

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