Check, Please!

Check, Please!

(2001)

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26 min/ep

October 2, 2001

Overview

Check, Please! is a popular restaurant review program that first aired on Chicago's PBS member station WTTW in 2001. The show's popularity inspired spin-offs in several other markets. A San Francisco version of the show, Check, Please! Bay Area, began its first season in 2005, airing on KQED. A Miami version for WPBT, Check, Please! South Florida, debuted in January 2008. Check, Please! Kansas City then began airing on KCPT in 2009, and Check, Please! Arizona on Phoenix's KAET made its debut in 2010. A Seattle version, Check, Please! Northwest, began airing on KCTS in 2012. The format of the show is simple: three people sit down with a host to discuss three local eating establishments, one favorite chosen by each guest. Before the program is taped, each person chooses a favorite restaurant, and everyone in the group is required to visit each person's selection. Afterwards, everyone describes their eating experiences. Although many participants select trendy, upscale restaurants, just about any eating establishment is fair game including hot dog stands and "neighborhood joints".

Network

Status

Returning Series

Type

Documentary

Season 1

Season 1

12 EpisodesAir Date: October 2, 2001

Restaurants. We love to talk about them. We want to know where to go, what to eat, what's hot...and what's not. Check, Please!, hosted by Spago's Amanda Puck, compares notes on favorite local eateries with a variety of price ranges. In each show, Puck will moderate an ever-changing panel of three diners, who are not professional restaurant critics.

Season 2

Season 2

12 EpisodesAir Date: October 10, 2002

Restaurants. We love to talk about them. We want to know where to go, what to eat, what's hot...and what's not. Check, Please!, hosted by Spago's Amanda Puck, compares notes on favorite local eateries with a variety of price ranges. Every week, Amanda invites three new guests, who are not professional restaurant critics, to try each other’s recommendations, and then discuss their dining experiences on the show.

Season 3

Season 3

12 EpisodesAir Date: October 17, 2003

Restaurants. We love to talk about them. We want to know where to go, what to eat, what's hot...and what's not. Check, Please!, hosted by Alpana Singh, compares notes on favorite local eateries with a variety of price ranges. Every week, Alpana invites three new guests, who are not professional restaurant critics, to try each other’s recommendations, and then discuss their dining experiences on the show.

Season 4

Season 4

12 EpisodesAir Date: October 15, 2004

Restaurants. We love to talk about them. We want to know where to go, what to eat, what's hot...and what's not. Check, Please!, hosted by Alpana Singh, compares notes on favorite local eateries with a variety of price ranges. Every week, Alpana invites three new guests, who are not professional restaurant critics, to try each other’s recommendations, and then discuss their dining experiences on the show.

Season 5

Season 5

12 EpisodesAir Date: October 7, 2005

Restaurants. We love to talk about them. We want to know where to go, what to eat, what's hot...and what's not. Check, Please!, hosted by Alpana Singh, compares notes on favorite local eateries with a variety of price ranges. Every week, Alpana invites three new guests, who are not professional restaurant critics, to try each other’s recommendations, and then discuss their dining experiences on the show.

Season 6

Season 6

12 EpisodesAir Date: October 6, 2006

Restaurants. We love to talk about them. We want to know where to go, what to eat, what's hot...and what's not. Check, Please!, hosted by Alpana Singh, compares notes on favorite local eateries with a variety of price ranges. Every week, Alpana invites three new guests, who are not professional restaurant critics, to try each other’s recommendations, and then discuss their dining experiences on the show.

Season 7

Season 7

12 EpisodesAir Date: October 12, 2007

Restaurants. We love to talk about them. We want to know where to go, what to eat, what's hot...and what's not. Check, Please!, hosted by Alpana Singh, compares notes on favorite local eateries with a variety of price ranges. Every week, Alpana invites three new guests, who are not professional restaurant critics, to try each other’s recommendations, and then discuss their dining experiences on the show.

Season 8

Season 8

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Restaurants. We love to talk about them. We want to know where to go, what to eat, what's hot...and what's not. Check, Please!, hosted by Alpana Singh, compares notes on favorite local eateries with a variety of price ranges. Every week, Alpana invites three new guests, who are not professional restaurant critics, to try each other’s recommendations, and then discuss their dining experiences on the show.

Season 9

Season 9

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Restaurants. We love to talk about them. We want to know where to go, what to eat, what's hot...and what's not. Check, Please!, hosted by Alpana Singh, compares notes on favorite local eateries with a variety of price ranges. Every week, Alpana invites three new guests, who are not professional restaurant critics, to try each other’s recommendations, and then discuss their dining experiences on the show.

Season 10

Season 10

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Restaurants. We love to talk about them. We want to know where to go, what to eat, what's hot...and what's not. Check, Please!, hosted by Alpana Singh, compares notes on favorite local eateries with a variety of price ranges. Every week, Alpana invites three new guests, who are not professional restaurant critics, to try each other’s recommendations, and then discuss their dining experiences on the show.

Season 11

Season 11

0 Episodes

Restaurants. We love to talk about them. We want to know where to go, what to eat, what's hot...and what's not. Check, Please!, hosted by Alpana Singh, compares notes on favorite local eateries with a variety of price ranges. Every week, Alpana invites three new guests, who are not professional restaurant critics, to try each other’s recommendations, and then discuss their dining experiences on the show.

Season 12

Season 12

0 Episodes

WTTW’s Emmy award-winning weekly restaurant review series Check, Please! is hosted by master sommelier Alpana Singh, who moderates a rotating panel of three “real people” reviewers. Each panelist chooses their favorite Chicago eatery and sends the other two to dine there and give their opinions.

Season 13

Season 13

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WTTW’s Emmy award-winning weekly restaurant review series Check, Please! is hosted by Catherine De Orio, who moderates a rotating panel of three “real people” reviewers. Each panelist chooses their favorite Chicago eatery and sends the other two to dine there and give their opinions.

Season 14

Season 14

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WTTW’s Emmy award-winning weekly restaurant review series Check, Please! is hosted by Catherine De Orio, who moderates a rotating panel of three “real people” reviewers. Each panelist chooses their favorite Chicago eatery and sends the other two to dine there and give their opinions.

Season 15

Season 15

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WTTW’s Emmy award-winning weekly restaurant review series Check, Please! is hosted by Catherine De Orio, who moderates a rotating panel of three “real people” reviewers. Each panelist chooses their favorite Chicago eatery and sends the other two to dine there and give their opinions.

Season 16

Season 16

0 Episodes

WTTW’s Emmy award-winning weekly restaurant review series Check, Please! is hosted by Catherine De Orio, who moderates a rotating panel of three “real people” reviewers. Each panelist chooses their favorite Chicago eatery and sends the other two to dine there and give their opinions.

Season 17

Season 17

0 Episodes

WTTW’s Emmy award-winning weekly restaurant review series Check, Please! is hosted by Catherine De Orio, who moderates a rotating panel of three “real people” reviewers. Each panelist chooses their favorite Chicago eatery and sends the other two to dine there and give their opinions.

Season 18

Season 18

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WTTW’s Emmy award-winning weekly restaurant review series Check, Please! is hosted by Alpana Singh, who moderates a rotating panel of three “citizen” reviewers. Join us as we continue the journey around Chicago neighborhoods.

Season 19

Season 19

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WTTW’s Emmy award-winning weekly restaurant review series Check, Please! is hosted by Alpana Singh, who moderates a rotating panel of three “citizen” reviewers. Join us as we continue the journey around Chicago neighborhoods.