Cooking

Saturday

5:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Guy travels to St. Louis, Phoenix and Kentucky.

5:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Eastern European sausage in Minnesota; new twist on old favorites at a soup and sandwich joint.

6:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Savory soups; secrets of the square pizza; turkey fritters.

6:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, DriveIns and Dives Baked-from-scratch French bread in Kentucky; burger joint’s double-cheeseburger.

7:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives A standout burger; roasted oysters and wild mushroom cobble; banh xeo and suon nuong xa.

7:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Savory chicken sopes and posole; cannelloni and seafood cioppino; veggie sammies and pig and grits.

8:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives A pimento cheeseburger in Little Rock, Ark.; kimchi fried rice in Napa, Calif.

8:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Bacon jam burger and duck flatbread in Charlotte, N.C.; tacos in Cancun; empanadas in Houston.

9:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives A barbecue food truck dishing out pulled pork and ribs; shrimp fritters; fish dip; savory seafood.

9:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Flavors from all over the world; a Middle Eastern smorgasbord; real-deal Mexican tortas.

Sunday

5:00 p.m. FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Guy Fieri brings four food scientists to Flavortown to showcase their molecular gastronomy skills. HIST The Food That Built America Pizza Hut and its rival, Domino’s, compete for dominance of America’s go-to pizza choice. (In Stereo)

6:00 p.m. FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Guy gives the chefs a list of ingredients they can’t use when making spaghetti and meatballs.

HIST The Food That Built America A chemist invents a condensed soup that brings this rare luxury to the nation for the first time. (In Stereo) 7:00 p.m. FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games For Mother’s Day, Guy recruits three all-star chef moms for cooking challenges in their own homes.

HIST The Food That Built America At the turn of the 20th century, Kraft challenges thousands of years of cheese-making tradition. (In Stereo) 8:00 p.m. FOOD Worst Cooks in America Former recruits watch and comment on an episode with mentor Rachael Ray. (N)

8:02 p.m. HIST The Food That Built America A chef invents the hamburger bun; Nathan Handwerker invests his life savings into a hot dog stand. (In Stereo)

9:05 p.m. HIST The Food That Built America A rivalry that will birth countless iconic soda products and memorable marketing stunts. (In Stereo)

9:30 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Eddie Jackson and Anne Burrell hope to trip up Bobby Flay with some stellar competition.

Monday

6:00 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Anne Burrell gets a little help from her friend Valerie Bertinelli on the mission to bring down Bobby Flay. They recruit Napa Valley’s Elizabeth Binder and Washington, D.C.’s Mike Ellis to help them see this mission through with a win.

6:30 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Tensions erupt as titan Daniel Holzman dukes it out with fellow New York chef Palak Patel.

7:00 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Pastry chefs Clarice Lam and Avery Ruzicka heat up the ovens for the chance to take on Bobby Flay.

7:30 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Amanda Freitag and Jo Koy show up to boo Bobby Flay out of his kitchen.

8:00 p.m. FOOD Best Baker in America The nine bakers must make their own upscale version of Maryland’s Smith Island cake. (N)

9:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped Sweets The competing chefs face an odd, traditional Japanese sweet and a very large egg.

Tuesday

6:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped A dish of poutine in the appetizer round and a colorful snack food in the dessert round.

7:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped The competing chefs find unusual cupcakes and a curious jarred candy in the round two baskets.

8:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped In the appetizer round, the chefs wonder what’s up when they find footwear in the ingredient basket. (N)

9:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped The chefs get fries and thighs in every basket; a delicate protein paired with a newfangled starch.

Wednesday

6:00 p.m. FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Guy uses his newest game, the Aisle Wheel, to restrict the chefs to just one aisle in each round. 7:00 p.m. FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Guy Fieri challenges chefs to use their noodles to outwit his challenges in three rounds of games.

8:00 p.m. FOOD Guy’s Grocery

Games (N)

9:00 p.m. FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Guy invites chefs to Flavortown and tells them they can shop for ingredients under five dollars.

Thursday

6:00 p.m. BRAVO Top Chef The chefs make a dish with mushrooms; the cheftestants are paired up to create a surf and turf dish.

FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Canadian Alida Solomon and Italian-born Pasquale Cozzolino compete to beat Bobby Flay. 6:30 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Richard Blais and Laura Vitale enlist the help of food enthusiasts Reza Setayesh and Andy Gaynor.

7:00 p.m. PBS Cooking on the Wild Side BRAVO Top Chef (N)

FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Lela Loren pairs up with Bobby Flay’s pal Michael Symon to try to get Bobby to shut down. (N)

7:30 p.m. PBS Cooking on the Wild Side

FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Miami chef Adrianne Calvo goes head-to-head with German native and Pennsylvania chef Ben Thomas.

8:00 p.m. FOOD Restaurant: Impossible Robert faces the most difficult challenge of his career when he must save an immigrant’s dream. (N)

9:00 p.m. FOOD Chef Boot Camp Chef Cliff Crooks helps a first-time head chef in Portland, Maine, understand budgeting. (N)

Friday

6:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives In Phoenix, a pork dish; Toronto, Canada, Asian pork ribs. 7:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Gangster green chili and mile-high burgers; perfect pickle chips and a savory scone sandwich.

7:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives An authentic beef specialty and a gas station dishing out brisket; an out-of-the-box burger joint.

8:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives In Miami, Guy and a couple buddies hit up a Haitian place for the first time. (N)

8:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Guy digs into everything from pretzels to paella to elevated pub grub.

9:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Bison burritos and cornmeal waffles; pho and barbecue pork; monster burgers.

9:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives A time-tested sausage recipe; rabbit and chitlings.