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Food Network comeback?

I find it amazing that the Food Network Executives don't read things like this and try to do something about their programming. I am one of those people who went from watching nothing but TVFN to just turning on something there for a minute and then switch off in disgust.
another thing that really bothers me is that there is no place to put comments on their website. i am sure they would be innundated with droves of people begging them to change.
but then i think, very disheartened that something must be happening right for them and someone must be watching that drivel and so they continue to produce that kind of programming.
SOME ON SHOULD START A CHANNEL: NOT THE FOODNETWORK

foodonmymind at 11:03AM on 10/09/07

From Serious Eats

Game Over for Mario at the Food Network

Oh how I hate the FN. I wonder if it'll ever change. I actually enjoyed watching it when it first started and now I just switch it on to see which idiot is pushing inane noncooking nonsense.
Have to rely on PBS and discovery channels.
Also, tried to send comments on the FN websites. Apparently there is no way of doing that. Am I right? Can someone check and if one can comment, can we all protest together?
Foodonmymind

foodonmymind at 10:55AM on 09/07/07

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Game Over for Mario at the Food Network

SOOO sad to hear he is done
I really enjoyed his show

mcento at 8:10PM on 07/15/08

From Serious Eats

Game Over for Mario at the Food Network

I have wrote FN about the shows they are putting out lately. They never wrote back apparently we the viewers don't have a say in what garbage they are putting on. It's so disappointing I use to enjoy the cooking shows, now it's like watching food porn. I haven't watched PBS yet but I will definitely be checking it out.

lilyx5100 at 11:36AM on 07/06/08

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Food Network comeback?

rerun rerun and reruns I'm damn tired of them there's so much programing that you can watch the same Iron chef rerun 3 times in a day give me a break and then on the weekend rerun rerun rerun, heres a challange to food net quit with the rerun......I can't see how rating can go up if its a damn rerun

Markbb at 2:58PM on 10/09/07

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Food Network comeback?

I used to watch FoodTv pretty much all the time years ago as well. What I don't understand is why so many "foodies" think that the Food Network executives are a bunch of idiots because they've shifted the sort of programming they have. They know how to read ratings books and they know what kinds of shows are actually garnering them larger audiences. Sure, they might be sacrificing the relatively few people who write on blogs such as this one but they're clearly gaining far more people than they're losing. If you watch the ads that air on FoodTv these days, it's pretty clear that the network is not geared to foodies. Banquet complete crock pot dinners (just add water) was the most frequent ad during some recent program I watched (had to be either Good Eats or Ace of Cakes).

I, too, lament the loss of Mario Batali, Emeril from the early days, Ming Tsai (I know he's on PBS) and the like...but FoodTv is very much unlikely to shift back to those sorts of shows simply because the shows they have on are clearly drawing more people than those previous ones did.

ccbweb at 1:45PM on 10/09/07