Paula's Party

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{{Infobox television

| image = Paulas party logo.JPG

| caption =

| runtime = 60 minutes

| creator = Paula Deen

| starring = Paula Deen

| country = United States

| first_aired = {{start date|2006}}{{cite book|author=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.|title=Britannica Book of the Year 2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jXadAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA79|date=1 March 2013|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.|isbn=978-1-62513-103-4|pages=79–}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2008}}

| network = Food Network

| num_episodes = 41

}}

Paula's Party is a show on the Food Network hosted by Paula Deen. Unlike her other show on the Food Network, Paula's Home Cooking, Paula's Party was originally taped in front of a small audience at Uncle Bubba's Oyster House in Savannah, Georgia,{{cite book|author=Mary Ellen Snodgrass|title=Beating the Odds: A Teen Guide to 75 Superstars Who Overcame Adversity: A Teen Guide to 75 Superstars Who Overcame Adversity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g69zCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA16|date=30 August 2008|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-34565-4|pages=16–}} and Deen herself frequently interacts with audience members. In 2008, taping of the show moved from Savannah to Food Network studios in New York City.[http://foodnetworkaddict.blogspot.com/2008/02/paulas-party-in-nyc.html food network addict: Paula's Party in NYC]

In the program, Deen offers help to audience members who have culinary problems. This new format allows her to be friendly with her guests; frequently she sits on the laps of various male audience members and feeds them sensuously, often making food-related double entendres.

Almost all of Paula's family have appeared on the show: sons Jamie Deen and Bobby Deen, husband Michael Groover, daughter-in-law Brooke Deen, grandson Jack Deen, brother Bubba Hiers (owner of Uncle Bubba's Oyster House), and ex-husband Jimmy Deen.

Paula's Party was first broadcast on September 29, 2006, and is currently broadcast on Saturdays at 7:00 PM Eastern Time on the Food Network.

On June 21, 2013, the Food Network announced that they would not renew Deen's contract due to controversy surrounding Deen's use of a racial slur and racist jokes in her restaurant, effectively cancelling the series. In 2014, Deen's company Paula Deen Ventures bought distribution rights to the episodes from the Food Network.[https://variety.com/2014/digital/news/paula-deen-buys-online-rights-to-her-shows-from-food-network-which-wasnt-using-them-anyway-1201310935/ "Paula Deen Buys Online Rights to Her Shows from Food Network, Which Wasn’t Using Them Anyway"]. Variety, September 22, 2014 | Todd Spangler