Emeril: Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?
Don't worry all you "Emeril Live" fans, the Food Network (in all of it's infinite wisdom) has that new Paula Deen show "Paula's Party" to replace "Emeril Live". It is an exact copy of the Emeril show, with all of the stupid jokes and contrived dialogue, except that instead of saying "Bam" a 100 times a show, Paula says "y'all".
It's not that I don't like Emeril or Paula, in fact, I like their old shows "The Essence of Emeril" and "Paula's Home Cooking" where it is just them in a kitchen cooking and not clowning to a live audience. The best show the Food Network ever had was "Molto Mario", where it was just Mario cooking for a few friends.
The Food Network needs to change their focus group demographic or something. They take a good show with good host and concept and try to make it bigger and better and just end up ruining it in the process.
Emeril is at heart, a trained chef who worked his way up the ranks in actual restaurants and he should be applauded for that. He put in his time and now is wealthy and successful. Because of his name recognition, he has done a lot for cooking and food, but the overly scripted and predictable "Emeril Live" is past it's prime and needs to go.
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