Upfronts 2015: FYI Greenlights 'Food Porn' Series

FYI has commissioned a new reality series that looks at the most talked about food dishes on social media, the network announced Thursday.

The series, Food Porn, will be hosted by New York restauranteur Michael Chernow and will chronicle the most buzzed about food in America, There are currently more than 50 million posts on Instagram with the hashtag #foodporn, and the phrase is tagged nearly every two seconds on Twitter, according to FYI.

“People are obsessed with photographing, sharing and discussing the food they eat on social media,” said Jana Bennett, President of FYI and LMN. “FYI will be capturing this convergence of mouth-watering food and social trends in a unique and entertaining format.”

Food Porn is produced by Loud TV with Bethenny Frankel Nick Rigg, David George, Jordana Hochman, and Brent Montgomery serving as executive producers for the series.

R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.