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I just posted about the new show Chopped that premiered last night.  Blech.  What I am really wondering is what is going on with the programming?  I can tune in any time of day and have no clue half of the shows they are plugging.  Who are these people?  Okay, I know who some of them are, but why do they have their own show?  I would like to think we, the viewer, have some sort of voice in what we are subjected to on air.  

Ann Burrell.  She is Mario Batali’s sous chef on Iron Chef America.  She looks like a goofy Cabbage Patch Doll… that can make pasta dough.  Seriously, Secrets of a Restaurant Chef?  I don’t want to know their secrets.  I want them to cook good food.  Period. 

Now Sunny Anderson already annoys me.  No one is that peppy.  Leave being cute for puppies and little kids.  They do a much better job.  Cooking for Real?  Versus what?  Conjuring food out of a cauldron with Harry Potter?  Lame. 

I know there are so many more shows that I can’t even begin to think about.  Big Daddy’s House is already making me record every show on Food Network just so I can fast forward through the advertisements.  Next Food Network Star needs to work on creating a star… other then Guy Fieri (the network’s work horse), the winners that have kind of sucked.  For experts, they are expertly stinking up that network. 

Bring back the good stuff!!  I loved Alton’s Feasting On Waves although it was just a short mini series.  Thank God for Good Eatsor there would be nothing worthwhile on primetime for them.  I would love for them to revive Good Eats, I know it had a long run, but some new ones might be just the thing given Alton Brown’s huge following.

I will say Ultimate Recipe Showdownis pretty rad.  The man who won the burger episode was a legally blind, retired plastic surgeon.  I love it!!!!  Once again hosted by Guy Fieri.  Does that man see his family?  Or are they all robots?

What are some other shows you would like to see more/less of?  If I have to watch the Neely’s practically mount one another on screen one more time, I’m going on strike.

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