Cake Boss
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| Genre | Reality |
| Starring | Buddy Valastro |
| Opening theme | "Sugar, Sugar", sung by: The Nerds (2009–11) Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights (2011–2015) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 8 |
| No. of episodes | 230 (list of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) | Laney McVicker Casey Bauer |
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| Running time | 22 minutes, special 42 minutes |
| Production company(s) | High Noon Entertainment, Cakehouse Media |
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| Original network | TLC |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | April 19, 2009 – present |
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| Related shows |
Next Great Baker Kitchen Boss |
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Cake Boss is an American reality television series, airing on the cable television network TLC. The show follows the operations of Carlo's Bake Shop, an Italian-American family-owned business in Hoboken, New Jersey owned and operated by siblings Buddy Valastro (to whom the series' title refers), Lisa Valastro, Maddalena Castano, Grace Faugno and Mary Sciarrone. The show focuses on how they make their edible art cakes, and the interpersonal relationships among the various family members and other employees who work at the shop.
The show premiered on April 19, 2009, and four additional seasons followed, premiering October 26, 2009, May 31, 2010 (returning in October), January 31, 2011 (returning in September), and May 28, 2012, respectively. The show's sixth season debuted on Monday May 27, 2013 at 9PM ET; the second part of the sixth season began airing on December 30, 2013. The seventh season premiered live on September 8, 2015.
On January 26, 2015 Cake Boss was renewed for two additional seasons. TLC has announced new episodes will begin airing September 8, 2015.
The popularity of the show has resulted in increased business for Carlo's Bake Shop, and increased tourism to the Hoboken area. Due to the series's popularity, Carlo's Bake Shop has become a tourist attraction, with lines to enter the bakery often extending down the block and around the corner. In 2010, Hoboken renamed the corner of Washington Street and Newark Street to "Carlo's Bakery Way" in honor of the bakery's centennial.
Season one averaged 2.3 million viewers while season two averaged 1.8 million viewers. In 2016, a New York Times study of the 50 TV shows with the most Facebook Likes found that Cake Boss's "audience is generally not urban; in fact, one hot spot is Appalachia".
On November 2, 2010, Buddy Valastro's book, Cake Boss: Stories and Recipes from Mia Famiglia, which is based on the series, was released. Published by Atria Books (a division of Simon & Schuster) in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Carlo's Bake Shop, the book features the history and stories of Valastro's family and the bake shop, along with recipes.
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