Food TV (aka) Food Network

[Fishawn]

[Texas-Hunter]

Well the good news for some of us is their will be a new cooking network coming May 31st. If any of you that have The Fine Living Network it will change that morning to The Cooking Channel.. You can read more about it Here

It looks like something fresh... Shame I do not have that channel..

[HawgHeaven]

I agree also. My brother says my buddies and I should start a show... Meat grilling and smoking, drinking, drinking, loud music, beer shampoo, sports and drinking. Anyone else is welcome to the concept but probably can't do it as good as us (at least the drinking part of it)

Sounds like a Throw Down to me...

Yeah, FN sux out loud anymore. Friggin cake challenges up the wazoo, and mega-reruns of shit they had on 6 years ago. WTF?! Their only saving grace is DDD and Alton, IMHO. Iron Chef is okay at times, butt that's getting old too.

They are getting stale... they need new blood and new ideas. I'm thinking more BBQ themed shows are in order, such as a program featuring REAL BBQ folks that show how to cook REAL BBQ... maybe call it, "BBQ America" or something simple like that. Or maybe a show featuring all us S-M forum folks, doing what we do best!

[Richtee]

I'd kinda like a "seat of the pants" normal cooking thing. Yeah I.C. does something similar, but let's face it...how often are we challenged to come up with dinner using freakin' puffer fish or whatever?

Pork/Beef/Boid/Fish- and the basics of spicing/flavors/sides to compliment them...THAT'S what aspiring cooks need. How to spotlight the flavors and not bury them or destroy them. THEN onto Guatamalan iguana or whatever.

[meatballtn]

How bout a cooking show with a chef that looks like Linda Carter and be nekkid!!! call it" The Nekkid Chef". She could drink ,and cuss .and cook,and have her nekkid female friends over.Of course it don't have to be Linda Carter, just as long as it isn't somebody like the bearfoot contessa . Sorry Jamie Oliver

[SmokinLee]

Dangit Ken I was just gonna suggest a cake making forum. I know what you mean, too many cake shows and to much flash on most all the rest of them shows. There are a couple cooks I still enjoy, but find myself flippin over to watch Andrew Zimmern down some grubs rather than a stupid lookin cakescraper.

What are your thoughts?

Seems to me they have gone down hill the last two years.. And if I see one more damn cake making show I will cut my wrists...

[RowdyRay]

I'd kinda like a "seat of the pants" normal cooking thing. Yeah I.C. does something similar, but let's face it...how often are we challenged to come up with dinner using freakin' puffer fish or whatever?

Pork/Beef/Boid/Fish- and the basics of spicing/flavors/sides to compliment them...THAT'S what aspiring cooks need. How to spotlight the flavors and not bury them or destroy them. THEN onto Guatamalan iguana or whatever.

That's what I'd like to see. The average joe cooking show. Can't stand most of the cooking shows. I don't know anyone who has half of the ingredients they use, nor could most of us afford them.

[blues_n_cues]

Sounds like a Throw Down to me...

Yeah, FN sux out loud anymore. Friggin cake challenges up the wazoo, and mega-reruns of shit they had on 6 years ago. WTF?! Their only saving grace is DDD and Alton, IMHO. Iron Chef is okay at times, butt that's getting old too.

They are getting stale... they need new blood and new ideas. I'm thinking more BBQ themed shows are in order, such as a program featuring REAL BBQ folks that show how to cook REAL BBQ... maybe call it, "BBQ America" or something simple like that. Or maybe a show featuring all us S-M forum folks, doing what we do best!

there's a show on pbs called BBQ America(which usually sucks btw).
i'll watch DDD & Alton but thats about it.
now,if they could do a cake that looks like a rack of ribs or a sliced brisket w/ smokering i'd be all in.kinda like the dead armadillo cake.

[lynsey123]

Love DDD, Alton is funny sometimes but we lost alot of good shows when the CRTC decided we needed more CDN content and lost a bunch of great shows.

Now if Bourdain was on there I'd be in like Flint.

[HawgHeaven]

there's a show on pbs called BBQ America(which usually sucks btw).

Oops, I didn't know dat... Oh well. We still need a show about real BBQ tho.

[lcruzen]

Still a few I like such as Tyler Florance, Guys Big Bite, D3, and Best Thing I Ever Ate but I'm tired of the reality type shows. Hoping I get the new network but not sure.

[chisoxjim]

I wouldnt get too excited about that new Food channels debut. It is being marketed as a younger, more hip version of the current FN.

I will watch a few shows on FN if I catch them: Iron Chef, Bobby Flays stuff, & Guy's shows. The rest I really have no use for(although giada is nice to look at)

[Beer-B-Q]

Food network definitely took a dive when they got rid of Emeril and Mario... Only thing there now worth wathing is Giada's Cleavage and DDD...

[Texas-Hunter]

I wouldnt get too excited about that new Food channels debut. It is being marketed as a younger, more hip version of the current FN.

I will watch a few shows on FN if I catch them: Iron Chef, Bobby Flays stuff, & Guy's shows. The rest I really have no use for(although giada is nice to look at)

Why not??? Just because they are targeting that demographic does not mean they wont have some good ideas...

[chisoxjim]

Why not??? Just because they are targeting that demographic does not mean they wont have some good ideas...

possibly, but I am guessing there will just be alot more folks & shows describing food as "yummy, and yummo".

Plus the new network is owned/operated by Food Network I believe, & the apple typically does not fall to fat from the corporate tree.