Kitchen Casino Probably Canceled

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Tonight you may notice that Kitchen Casino is not on in its usual timeslot on Mondays at 9pm ET, and it has been replaced with a Cutthroat Kitchen rerun.  Or perhaps you will not notice at all because the ratings for the show have been low. 

Kitchen Casino's new episodes have been moved from Monday night at 9pm ET to Sunday night at 11pm ET.  This move was likely done due to the low ratings the show was pulling in and it most likely signals that Kitchen Casino will be canceled.

The ratings for Kitchen Casino in a prime Monday slot have been:

• Series Premiere - April 7 - 0.852 million viewers, 0.499 million adults 18-49
• April 14 - 0.687 million viewers,  0.418 million adults 18-49
• April 21 - 0.542 million viewers, 0.342 million adults 18-49
• April 28 - 0.627 million viewers, 0.347 million adults 18-49

For reference, the same Monday 9pm timeslot for Worst Cooks in America, which Kitchen Casino took over the week after its season finale:

• March 3 - 1.560 million viewers, 0.780 million adults 18-49 
• March 10 - 1.348 million viewers, 0.648 million adults 18-49
• March 17 - 1.198 million viewers, 0.551 million adults 18-49
• March 24 - 1.420 million viewers, 0.708 million adults 18-49
• March 31 - 1.347 million viewers, 0.694 million adults 18-49

The remaining new Kitchen Casino episodes that have been taped will still air, but just in a different time slot.  When the Food Network removes a show from its original time slot, it is usually due to low ratings and most likely means the end of the show, with the most recent example being Buy This Restaurant.

(Ratings from Futon Critic)