"The Food Network will air reruns of Emeril Live! in the afternoon. But corporate sister the Fine Living Network will pick up the show at 7 p.m. starting on July 7." [via Food Network Addict]... More
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia has bought the Emeril brand for a cool $50 million ($45 million in cash, $5 million in stock). What does buying Emeril's brand entail exactly? Everything but the Bam! man's restaurants. According to the Associated Press, Martha and company are buying: Television programming: The Essence of Emeril and syndication episodes of Emeril Live on the Food Network and food correspondent segments on ABC's Good Morning America Cookbooks: A library of 12 cookbooks, including Delmonico and There's a Chef in My World Web property: emerils.com Licensed kitchen products: Emeril-branded cookware by All-Clad, cutlery by Wüsthof, tableware by Wedgwood, electrical appliances by T-Fal Food products: Including Bam! B-Q sauce, spices, marinades, coffee, and more What does all this... More
Bam! The news hit the blogosphere and the airwaves like a ton of gumbo. The Food Network was canceling Emeril Live, the long-running piece of "eatertainment" that put both its star and its network on the cultural and culinary map on our collective psyches. So what does a serious eater make of all this? Now that prime-time television is going to be an Emeril-free zone for the first time in what seems like forever is that cause for celebration? In some ways, yes. The show had run its course. The Food Network had ridden the Emeril horse to death. Think about it. Emeril Live had been coming into our lives in prime-time Monday through Friday for ten years. Not once... More
According to a spokesperson for the Food Network, Emeril Lagasse is not severing all his ties with the cable network that give him his start, contrary to what was mentioned here earlier today. Emeril Live, however, is no longer in production (repeats will probably air into the next century). Essence of Emeril, his daytime cooking show ("stand and stir," as these shows are called in the biz), will continue in production. It airs at 2 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. Saturdays. He will also continue to host and participate in specials on the Food Network. The spokesperson would not comment on whether the cancelation of Emeril Live means that Emeril is no longer involved in an exclusive arrangement with the... More
From mediabistro.com: "Contract negotiations between Emeril and parent corporation Scripps have broken down. Lagasse is leaving the Food Network as a result and the last day of production for Emeril Live will be on December 11." [Update: Emeril not leaving Food Network]... More
I'm not sure what cheers me up more this incredibly dreary, incredibly wet East Coast morning: that Louisiana's 2007 State Easter Egg has a tiny Emeril inside of it, or that there is a guy named Jacob out there somewhere who loves the Food Network so much that he's been running a blog called Food Network Addict since last June. (And yes, he has the photos from Iron Chef Cat Cora's FHM shoot.)... More
