List of Cake Boss episodes  "Cake Boss" is an American reality television series, airing on the cable television network TLC. The series is set at Carlo's Bake Shop in Hoboken, New Jersey and stars Buddy Valastro, the shop's owner, his retired mother, four older sisters, and two brothers-in-law in their everyday life of running a bakery store. "Cake Boss" premiered on April 18, 2009. , a total of 236 episodes and 9 stand-alone specials have been broadcast. The first three seasons, along with the first half of season 4, have been released on DVD in Region 1. Up until halfway into the fifth season, each episode title employed alliteration.