HOLY MOTHER OF JESUS!! Yet Another Blasted Challenge Show Coming to Food Network!!!

[Sherman]

Hold onto your hats, guys & gals!

We are about to be graced with another blasted challenge show on the Food Network!!

This one will be titled Cupcake Wars, which will air on the prime-time line-up, I think on Tuesdays.

This is just plain ridiculous!! :shock: :shock: :shock:

[Keltin]

Bleh, I hate baking shows. Won't be wasting my time.

The network needs new programming as it goes along.....can't just keep playing re-runs.....got to have something new. But baking shows blow the high hard one.

[Sherman]

I don't mind watching baking shows, but why all those friggen challenge shows at night?!

Another reason to stay away from that channel at night!! :sad: :sad: :ohmy:

[Sherman]

Bleh, I hate baking shows. Won't be wasting my time.

The network needs new programming as it goes along.....can't just keep playing re-runs.....got to have something new. But baking shows blow the high hard one.



Espsecially that blasted Food Network Challenge!!

When are they going to pull the plug on that one and yank it off the airwaves? It has run its course and has become so worn out and tired!!! :bb:

[Sass Muffin]

This is why I no longer tune into Food Network much.
Whatever happened to cooking shows.. you know, one host, perhaps a guest, demonstrating, plating and wowing?

If it's not about reality or challenging, seems like nothing has a place on television these days for entertainment.

[lilbopeep]

This is why I no longer tune into Food Network much.
Whatever happened to cooking shows.. you know, one host, perhaps a guest, demonstrating, plating and wowing?

If it's not about reality or challenging, seems like nothing has a place on television these days for entertainment.
I agree with you Sass!! They need to bring back shows that actually TEACH something!!

[buckytom]

i'm both dismayed by it, but also happy that no one seems to be offended by a thread about a new food channel show entitiled "holy mother of jesus".

i hope this kind of tolerance in freedom of speech continues in other areas.

soory to be off topic; back to how much the food channel sucks.

[Sass Muffin]

Tom, you crack me up lol

[Sherman]

This is why I no longer tune into Food Network much.
Whatever happened to cooking shows.. you know, one host, perhaps a guest, demonstrating, plating and wowing?

If it's not about reality or challenging, seems like nothing has a place on television these days for entertainment.



All of the regular cooking shows featuring one host, have been moved to the morning / afternoon line-up. I still watch those.

But the only two shows that I'll watch at night is the Next Food Network Star, and that airs on Sundays, and Unwrapped.

Everything else TOTALLY STINKS!!!

[Sass Muffin]

All of the regular cooking shows featuring one host, have been moved to the morning / afternoon line-up. I still watch those.

But the only two shows that I'll watch at night is the Next Food Network Star, and that airs on Sundays, and Unwrapped.

Everything else TOTALLY STINKS!!!

Shermie, I have always liked Unwrapped because it is interesting to watch.
Since I don't watch much television in the morning, I guess I have missed out on the better part of Food Network.

FN was great when it started out.
What I miss are the old cooking shows like Yan Can Cook..Frugal Gourmet.. cooking programs that had nowt to do with a network specifically made for that purpose.

[lilbopeep]

Shermie, I have always liked Unwrapped because it is interesting to watch.
Since I don't watch much television in the morning, I guess I have missed out on the better part of Food Network.

FN was great when it started out.
What I miss are the old cooking shows like Yan Can Cook..Frugal Gourmet.. cooking programs that had nowt to do with a network specifically made for that purpose.
those are also some of my favorite oldies also along with Madeleine, julia and jacque and the galloping gourmet.

[Sass Muffin]

those are also some of my favorite oldies also along with Madeleine, julia and jacque and the galloping gourmet.
Those were the days Peeps.
Yep, loved Julia Child on PBS and Graham Kerr when he had a morning cooking/chat show way back when.
There used to be this other guy that was local on Ohio PBS stations, but his name escapes me at the moment.

[lilbopeep]

Those were the days Peeps.
Yep, loved Julia Child on PBS and the Graham Kerr when he had a morning cooking/chat show way back when.
There used to be this other guy that was local on Ohio PBS stations, but his name escapes me at the moment.
I also loved David Rosengarten. I can't remember if he was PBS or early FN.

[Sherman]

Shermie, I have always liked Unwrapped because it is interesting to watch.
Since I don't watch much television in the morning, I guess I have missed out on the better part of Food Network.

FN was great when it started out.
What I miss are the old cooking shows like Yan Can Cook..Frugal Gourmet.. cooking programs that had nowt to do with a network specifically made for that purpose.



Yeah, at night, the Food Network is not like it was several years ago. I HATE it at night!!

[smoke king]

This is why I no longer tune into Food Network much.
Whatever happened to cooking shows.. you know, one host, perhaps a guest, demonstrating, plating and wowing?

If it's not about reality or challenging, seems like nothing has a place on television these days for entertainment.

Well said-You took the words right out of my mouth Sass.

I like to bake, but the "challenge" shows have run their course. I caught part of "Cupcake wars" the other night, and it is as ridiculous as it sounds, as were the cupcakes that they made.

What about that "New"(?) food channel? Aren't they playing a lot of those old (dare I say "classic"?) FN shows? I've also noticed over the past 6 months or so that some of the public TV stations-Nebraska & Iowa are what we get, have some decent cooking shows from time to time. I know that we get Rick Bayless every other day, and Hubert Keller about once a week. Those kind of shows I love-new ideas, recipes and techniques clearly demonstrated for you, and they have accompanying websites for follow up. Theres alternatives out there-you just have to look around a bit!

[Sherman]

Also, did any of you know that DYI or whatever that home improvement network is, is also part of the Food Network, and a new challenge home improvement show (forgot the name of it) is also about to debut there if it hasn't already?

Seems the Food Network and it's sister channels are nothing but blasted challenge shows at night!! The Cooking Channel (formerly Fine Living Network) is STILL running the ols Iron Chef reruns, and even THAT show has run it's course!

[Sass Muffin]

This is why I prefer the local PBS station if I want to watch really good cooking programs.

Some that my station carries:
New Scandinavian Cooking With Andreas Viestad
Tommy Tang's Easy Thai Cooking
Coastal Cooking With John Shields
Amish Cooking From Quilt Country
America's Test Kitchen
Rachel's Favorite Food At Home
Perfect Day
Baking With Julia
Lidia's Italy

[Keltin]

This is why I prefer the local PBS station if I want to watch really good cooking programs.

Some that my station carries:
New Scandinavian Cooking With Andreas Viestad
Tommy Tang's Easy Thai Cooking
Coastal Cooking With John Shields
Amish Cooking From Quilt Country
America's Test Kitchen
Rachel's Favorite Food At Home
Perfect Day
Baking With Julia
Lidia's Italy


Amish Cooking From Quilt Country

Wow, that sounds like a really cool show. I'd like to see that one. How is it?

[Sass Muffin]

Amish Cooking From Quilt Country

Wow, that sounds like a really cool show. I'd like to see that one. How is it?
One of the best PBS has ever carried, IMO.
http://www.wbgu.org/community/local/MarciaAdams/QuiltCountry/index.html

[mhend]

Love Lidia's Italy. :)

[GotGarlic]

All of the regular cooking shows featuring one host, have been moved to the morning / afternoon line-up. I still watch those.

But the only two shows that I'll watch at night is the Next Food Network Star, and that airs on Sundays, and Unwrapped.

Everything else TOTALLY STINKS!!!

Have you thought about recording the daytime shows and watching those at night? That's what I do :idea:

[luvs]

wow.
wait, wait; i've thought this through!
'kay, as we were well aware, sandra lee leaves us utterly specchless (i mean, WHOM, on thier OWN, would blend blue tint into thier can of frosting for a blue-tinted frosting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! her unabashed ingenuetity leaves me weepy & on, & on.....
we've purchased hankies by the thousands in anticipation of her culinary achieviements. jake uses the pink hankies, whereas i prefer the uncolored type.
CUPCAKES, though!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!! thanks that we got them there 'ol hankies; i used 45 as the utter brilliance that was dagnabbin damn-near overlooked, was given a slot.

[buckytom]

lol, luvs.


i read recently that mama cuomo, mother of sandra lee's boyfriend andrew cuomo, made fun of her (get this) "tomato soup and cottage cheese lasagna".

:yuk::yuk::yuk::yuk::yuk::puke1:

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/06/mother_cuomo_trashes_sanda_lee.html

[Sass Muffin]

wow.
wait, wait; i've thought this through!
'kay, as we were well aware, sandra lee leaves us utterly specchless (i mean, WHOM, on thier OWN, would blend blue tint into thier can of frosting for a blue-tinted frosting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! her unabashed ingenuetity leaves me weepy & on, & on.....
we've purchased hankies by the thousands in anticipation of her culinary achieviements. jake uses the pink hankies, whereas i prefer the uncolored type.
CUPCAKES, though!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!! thanks that we got them there 'ol hankies; i used 45 as the utter brilliance that was dagnabbin damn-near overlooked, was given a slot.
:yum:
Luvs, I shall never forget her Kwanzaa cake moment.
Remember? That thing looked like.. well.. I don't know!
:puke1:

[luvs]

so you're saying that was a cake?! & here, i've made bundt-pan after bundt-pan of blue-frosted meatloaves for those i love.
i'll be making that cottage cheese & tomato soup lasagne, although cream-of soups were on sale, so i'll sub that for the tomato.

[Sass Muffin]

so you're saying that was a cake?! & here, i've made bundt-pan after bundt-pan of blue-frosted meatloaves for those i love.
i'll be making that cottage cheese & tomato soup lasagne, although cream-of soups were on sale, so i'll sub that for the tomato.
:lol::applause::flowers:

[luvs]

he-he. luv ya, too! :)

[luvs]

um, sass, could that blue-frosted bundt-meatloaf be contributing towards jake packing his stuff & bitterly weeping on meatloaf day, & taking me for a restaurant-dinner when that's feasable.....
the other morning i found him bitterly shedding tears after i said i was making the meatloaf again; THAT was baffling.
i'm plain 'ol baffled.

[Sherman]

Believe it or not, there's yet ANOTHER challenge show that is about to debut on the Food Network's primetime line-up!!

This one is called 24-Hour Restaurant Battle.

Don't know all of the details yet, but isn't it high time that they just can this ridiculous farce?!!

[buckytom]

jesus h f'in christ! not another one!

we're gonna run out of religious figures to blaspheme before they stop making bad shows. :tongue:

:D

[Sherman]

But brace yourself.

There's yet ANOTHER blasted challenge one coming on Sunday night!!! It's called The Great Food Truck Race!! Tyler Florence will be the host.

When will this crap cease?!!!

[buckytom]

the end is nigh, sherman!

beware the tribulation, all ye who take his name in vain.

[Kimchee]

FOOOD TRUCK!
WOo hoo, sounds fun.
I want a food truck!

[Keltin]

But that which beareth contests and challenges is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.

But, FN, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany true cooking, though we thus watch.

[mhend]

LMAO!

I love food trucks! :)

[Sherman]

FOOOD TRUCK!
WOo hoo, sounds fun.
I want a food truck!




You can HAVE it!!

I'm watching Food Detectives obn the Cooking Channel, which used to be on the Food Network not too long ago. :applause:

[Kimchee]

Yeah, cold hard truth of the matter is...
if the cooking networks did nothing but cooking shows...
they would go off the air.

Seen a video lately on MTV or CMT? Nope.
THere's soooooo much more to food than cooking. Gotta make it entertaining.
And, in my humble opinion only, you can only watch so many hours of "how to cook XXX".

So I'll watch the challenges and you can watch the how to cooks, and we'll both be happy! (But I will be happier because I like both! LOLOL)

(said in humorous tones, I understand your POV totally.)

[Sherman]

But there IS such a thing as overdoing it.

And THIS is what I think & feel has happened with the Food Network.

All of the regular cooking shows are on the daytime line-up to make way for all those blasted challenge shows that are often wasting up and monopolizing too much TV air time!!

Nothing wrong at all with the regular cooking shows or just a few of those challenge shows, but they are dominating the evening line-up way too much!! Which is why I watch this channel far less at night!

[buckytom]

But there IS such a thing as overdoing it.!

like the continuation of this thread, perhaps? :whistling:

[Sherman]

No.

More like the Foodnetwork's programing at night.

[luvs]

i would say 'bye' to this thread; the humor was lost ages ago.

[Sass Muffin]

like the continuation of this thread, perhaps? :whistling:
Ya know, perhaps Shermie fancies himself the one to keep us informed of "all things suck" concerning FN.
Being one who doesn't watch FN now at all, I find Sherm's updates full of humour. Must be like glimpsing a train wreck, then tearing your gaze away, then running to inform teh neighbourhood of what you jest witnessed.
:lol:
Shermz, dahhling.. stick to the Cooking Channel.
If we want to know the latest crap on FN, we'll Google for the info, baby!

[Sherman]

Why is this train wreck allowed to continue?! Here's your train wreck.

Don't mind the old pic because it's still a train wreck. Hah!! :yum: :yum:

[Sass Muffin]

Boy Sherm. Now that's a train wreck!

BTW, feel free to amuse and delight us with your regular Food Network rants 'n updates.
They're kinda growin' on me now.. 7953

[Sherman]

Thank you!

[Sass Muffin]

Thank you!
welcome!
*Sends Shermie big hugs*! :kiss:

[buckytom]

jesus mary and joseph, you're encouraging him? :glare:

:respect:

[Sherman]

Holy skunksweat!! Is THAT what's happening?! :brows:

[Sherman]

jesus mary and joseph, you're encouraging him? :glare:

:respect:




Bucky, this is for you and I happily want to inform you;

Tune in to the Food Network. Be graced by their presense to watch yet ANOTHER challenger show!! Hah!! This one is called Extreme Chefs, and it is on now!!

The hits just keep on coming!! What stark-raving idiocy!!! :corny:

[Cooksie]

I've been watching The Next Food Network Star and enjoying it. I think there's some rigged stuff in there, but I still find it entertaining.

A little drama :twak:


Photo from http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/food-network-star-season-7-behind-the-scenes-of-episode-6/pictures/index.html

http://img.foodnetwork.com/FOOD/2011/06/30/FUME_Evaluation-Group-02_s4x3_lg.jpg

[Sherman]

At least that one is only on ONCE a year.

[luvs]

i now stick 2 the travel channel & the cooking channel, pbs, 'cept 4 a few shows on food network

[Kimchee]

I enjoy Chopped!, Extreme Chef, Next Foodnetwork star, some of the cake challenge shows, Iron Chef, but not the cupcake ones.

And golly gee, I also like the cooking shows!

But I STILL want them to do a version of Chopped with everyday cooks like us.
THAT would be great!

[Sherman]

I only watched Chopped, DD&D and Throwdown at night.