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Thoughts on Food Network
Posted on 6/26/15 at 10:09 pm
Posted on 6/26/15 at 10:09 pm
I just watched Ty Pennington and some big girl rebuild a place in Virginia, complete with a bunch of cheap decorations and crying family members which I would guess are carrying the mortgage.
This show along with all of the apparently so called reality shows have really made me rethink my commitment to cable tv. Today's supreme court ruling probably pushed Cupcake Wars into an Emmy nomination.
I'm disappointed and lost. Can the Two Hot Tamales, Two Fat Ladies and Molto Mario please come back?
Do you like this type of entertainent or do you actually like to see someone cook and learn about food?
I prefer LPB3 Create. They actually cook and teach..
The forum is open.
This show along with all of the apparently so called reality shows have really made me rethink my commitment to cable tv. Today's supreme court ruling probably pushed Cupcake Wars into an Emmy nomination.
I'm disappointed and lost. Can the Two Hot Tamales, Two Fat Ladies and Molto Mario please come back?
Do you like this type of entertainent or do you actually like to see someone cook and learn about food?
I prefer LPB3 Create. They actually cook and teach..
The forum is open.
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Posted on 6/26/15 at 10:12 pm to Shamalamadingdong
I turned on food network a few days ago and the Pioneer Woman was making soup. It was called 7 can soup. Directions were to open 7 cans of various things, dump in a pot, and bring to a boil.
Remind me again why anyone who really loves food and cooking would go to that channel?
Remind me again why anyone who really loves food and cooking would go to that channel?
Posted on 6/26/15 at 10:14 pm to Shamalamadingdong
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some big girl
You don't talk about my Amanda that way.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 10:18 pm to DanglingFury
She's a bit thick but that isn't such a knock. That Alex gal is a beast.
I just don't get the direction but I'm guessing I'm the minority. I'm not the demo they are looking for but for gods sake it is called the Food Network.
I just don't get the direction but I'm guessing I'm the minority. I'm not the demo they are looking for but for gods sake it is called the Food Network.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 10:21 pm to Shamalamadingdong
What the hell do you have against Walker's Diner of Farmville, Virginia?
Posted on 6/26/15 at 10:21 pm to Shamalamadingdong
I was a big fan years ago, but I never watch anymore. Best food TV now is on LPB. America's Test Kitchen, Cooks Country, a few others.
The stuff on FN is just "reality" crap these days.
The stuff on FN is just "reality" crap these days.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 10:22 pm to Shamalamadingdong
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Two Fat Ladies
Show was awesome. They did some serious cooking.
They were hilarious.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 10:24 pm to Shamalamadingdong
quote:
Can Two Fat Ladies please come back?
Not a chance. Paterson smoked/drank/ate herself to death.
Fin
Posted on 6/26/15 at 10:26 pm to Shamalamadingdong
I can't deal with Guy eating in the prep area on triple D.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 10:30 pm to Shamalamadingdong
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for gods sake it is called the Food Network.
FN is basically shows about eating and goofy cooking competitions. Chopped is good, and I'm not gonna lie, I love DDD.
Cooking channel is the more instructional of the two, but they don't have nearly the cooking talent that FN had in it's earlier years. It's basically aimed at people that are novice home cooks. Cooking Channel has all the Good Eats episodes at least.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 10:31 pm to Twenty 49
The Cooking Channel has some good shows. Extra Virgin and Dinner at Tiffani's are pretty good.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 10:31 pm to DanglingFury
And they had Nigella.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 10:35 pm to Shamalamadingdong
quote:
This show along with all of the apparently so called reality shows have really made me rethink my commitment to cable tv. Today's supreme court ruling probably pushed Cupcake Wars into an Emmy nomination.
More rationality. Less reaching.
quote:
I'm disappointed and lost.
Probably time to get over yourself.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 10:41 pm to Shamalamadingdong
Pepin episodes and cooking with Julia make create awesome.
Nick Stillino is funny, but you rarely learn anything from him.
Nick Stillino is funny, but you rarely learn anything from him.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 10:43 pm to Shamalamadingdong
I miss Good Eats.
I'll sometimes watch Chopped (the teen ones are fun) and DDD. I don't really watch much else on there.
I'll sometimes watch Chopped (the teen ones are fun) and DDD. I don't really watch much else on there.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 11:07 pm to BRgetthenet
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And they had Nigella.
Yes sir.
Posted on 6/27/15 at 12:21 am to BackWoodsTiger
Mmmmmm Nutella. I mean Nigella.
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.
Posted on 6/27/15 at 7:56 am to Shamalamadingdong
It's a damn shame. Shows like Mind of a Chef, that really make the audience connect with the content, are being shown on smaller networks to smaller audiences. Meanwhile donut and cupcake competitive cooking shows are being broadcast on the bigger networks. One can learn more about cooking by watching 2 hours of PBS on a Saturday than a from watching a weeks worth of FN programming.
Posted on 6/27/15 at 8:03 am to Shamalamadingdong
Chopped is pretty much all I watch there these days. Food Network Star, too.
Honestly, I must seem to only check what's on at the times of DDD and Chopped. I don't seem to see other choices ... oh yeah, Alton Brown's show that's similar to Chopped except contestants can buy options to screw the other chefs over.
Honestly, I must seem to only check what's on at the times of DDD and Chopped. I don't seem to see other choices ... oh yeah, Alton Brown's show that's similar to Chopped except contestants can buy options to screw the other chefs over.
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