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re: Thoughts on Food Network
Posted on 6/27/15 at 12:59 am to Trout Bandit
Posted on 6/27/15 at 12:59 am to Trout Bandit
Food TV went whore for reality/cooking competition shows, just as did HGTV for the same in design on a dime/etc..They both wanted sheep, simpletons, aka tv ratings.
They have their offshoots in Cooking Channel and DIY for their "how to" shows, and yet even they are now also filled with fluff stuff on the schedules.
Much like YouTube for music videos/songs instead of the MTV and VH1 channels that no longer air them. The straight-up cooking shows and home repair/renovation types, have largely been relegated to YouTube, PBS Create, genre specific tv tiered channel status.
As much as I love DDD or Love It or List It,etc..as a whole I enjoyed FoodTv and HGTV's overall schedules much more so about 15 to 20 years ago.
It seems if you want to want to stay a Top 50 Cable channel, you have to dumb it down, and keep quickly flowing for the masses.
They have their offshoots in Cooking Channel and DIY for their "how to" shows, and yet even they are now also filled with fluff stuff on the schedules.
Much like YouTube for music videos/songs instead of the MTV and VH1 channels that no longer air them. The straight-up cooking shows and home repair/renovation types, have largely been relegated to YouTube, PBS Create, genre specific tv tiered channel status.
As much as I love DDD or Love It or List It,etc..as a whole I enjoyed FoodTv and HGTV's overall schedules much more so about 15 to 20 years ago.
It seems if you want to want to stay a Top 50 Cable channel, you have to dumb it down, and keep quickly flowing for the masses.
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Posted on 6/27/15 at 1:31 pm to TheRoarRestoredInBR
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Food TV went whore for reality/cooking competition shows, just as did HGTV for the same in design on a dime/etc..They both wanted sheep, simpletons, aka tv ratings.
They have their offshoots in Cooking Channel and DIY for their "how to" shows, and yet even they are now also filled with fluff stuff on the schedules.
Much like YouTube for music videos/songs instead of the MTV and VH1 channels that no longer air them. The straight-up cooking shows and home repair/renovation types, have largely been relegated to YouTube, PBS Create, genre specific tv tiered channel status.
As much as I love DDD or Love It or List It,etc..as a whole I enjoyed FoodTv and HGTV's overall schedules much more so about 15 to 20 years ago.
It seems if you want to want to stay a Top 50 Cable channel, you have to dumb it down, and keep quickly flowing for the masses.
This nails it for me. I don't watch as much FN as I used to either, but it's still a network about food, it's just from a different reality angle that most of us here don't care as much about. But it's great for people who like food but don't want to think about making it themselves, the increasing crowd that is cooking at home less and eating out more.
I'm happier anyway seeking out online specific videos for specific styles of cooking or dishes when I want to see them. My minds is more "how does Emeril (or whoever) do X dish" more than it is "I'm going to tune in to see what Emeril is doing tonight on TV and hope it interests me."
And speaking of seeking out videos, anyone have any favorite modernist cooking shows/people/you tube channels?
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