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Everyone’s a critic on Check, Please! Northwest
January 13, 2012
KCTS 9 BRINGS "CHECK, PLEASE!" TO SEATTLE
New local series premieres Thursday, March 8, 2012, at 7:00 p.m.
SEATTLE—Everyone has their opinion on the best sushi bar, burger joint or hidden-away neighborhood gem. Now Northwest
eaters will have a chance to see how their favorite local spot stacks up on Check, Please! Northwest, a new half-hour KCTS 9
series premiering on Thursday, March 8, 2012, at 7:00 p.m.
Already one of the top-rated locally produced series in five other cities including Chicago and San Francisco, Check, Please!is a
fun, lively, unpredictable showcase for Seattle and the Northwest's vibrant food scene, featuring some of the world's best chefs
and a bounty of locally grown foods.
Do you love good food and good conversation? Apply to be a guest on the first season of Check, Please! Northwest.
Every week, Check, Please! brings three guests from all walks of life together to hash it out over their favorite restaurants,from
the down-homiest diners to the fanciest four-star destinations. Each guest picks one restaurant for the other two reviewers to visit
anonymously. After sampling each other's recommendations, they reconvene on the show to discuss, dispute, and celebrate
their dining experiences. At the end of each show, restaurants are rated based on the panel’s discussion.
"Our viewers are going to love this series," says producer Nicole Metcalf. "Seattle is a food lover's paradise. Check, Please!lets
regular diners take center stage to share and defend their opinions on the best food our city has to offer."
Watch then state-senator Barack Obama on an August 2001 episode of Check, Please! on Chicago's WTTW.
“I love Seattle,” says series creator and executive producer David Manilow from Chicago, where Check, Please! is entering its
fifth season as the highest-rated local program on public television station WTTW. “The city has a wonderful blend of
neighborhood favorites and cutting-edge restaurants. I'm thrilled that we can bring an authentic, diverse and mouth-watering look
at this thriving food scene every week.”
“We strongly believe that this program will quickly become one of the most popular locally produced series in the Pacific
Northwest, once again reinforcing the value that KCTS provides the viewing public,” says Ron Sevart, CEO of the Space Needle,
the main sponsor of Check, Please! Northwest. “As the icon of Seattle, we are always looking at new ways to continue to show
off the best that our city has to offer. This program will become a regular must-see show for food lovers at every level."
Support for Check, Please! Northwest is provided by Space Needle LLC and KCTS 9 members.
About KCTS 9
Seattle PBS station KCTS 9 brings quality public television programming to more than 2 million viewers each week in
Washington state and across Canada. To watch or learn more about any of our programs, visit KCTS9.org.
About the Space Needle
The Space Needle officially opened on April 21, 1962, the first day of the World’s Fair and will celebrate its 50th anniversary in
2012 as one of the most popular attractions in the Pacific Northwest. The Space Needle was instrumental in bringing Check,
Please! to Seattle, agreeing to underwrite the show's full development and production costs.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
Jason Pagano
KCTS Television
206.443.6791
[email protected]