Deadline released the Basic Cable ratings for 2013, and Food Network's total viewers decreased by 7% from 2012. The total viewers in the key demographic (Adults ages 18-49) decreased by even more, and was down 12% from 2012.Here is how the viewership for the Food Network has changed over the past few years (according to Deadline - Links are there for each year):
| Year | Total Viewer % Change From Previous Year | Key Demographic (18-49) Change From Previous Year |
| 2010 | +3% (1.147) | +1% (.566) |
| 2011 | +3% (1.177) | +1% (.571) |
| 2012 | +4% (1.235) | -1% (.570) |
| 2013 | -7% (1.122) | -12% (.492) |
So the viewership is at its lowest level since at least 2010 (I couldn't find numbers for previous years), and the key demographic is down pretty significantly and at its lowest level as well.
I am sure the Paula Deen fans who said they have stopped watching the network (and constantly comment on things) will claim victory over the Food Network. Others will attribute the decrease in viewership to the programming options and the direction the Food Network is going.
Either way, the Food Network can't be happy with the latest numbers and will definitely look to improve them.
You of course know what this means...
ReplyDeleteMORE DDD and GGG
UGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH!!!
I stopped watching at night during endless "Chopped", "DD and D" and my absolute least favorite "Cupcake Wars". Instead of dedication the entire prime time evening viewing to a marathon of one show....mix it up. There is no variety in the evening so off FN went.
ReplyDeleteAnd this is a surprise?
ReplyDeleteHow long, have viewers been saying they're sick of reality shows & competitions and want more cooking? But nnooooooo, they just put on another 3 more episodes of DDD or RI or yet another rerun. . Good grief, where will it end? Cook something!
"No one is on 3 times a day until everyone is on twice." FN would be far
ReplyDeletebetter off to follow that philosophy. That would put a stop to alot of this repetition. We need more variety. Not game-show variety, cooking variety. -Crouton40, creator of top5best.com
"No one is on 3 times a day until everyone else is on twice."
ReplyDeleteI think FN would be far better off to follow that philosophy. It would seriously cut down on all the repetition. We need more variety. Not game-show or competitions, but cooking.
Also, see how 2013 really takes a nose-dive and then ask yourself: Doesn't this match-up, wasn't this happening at the same time we all saw a rise of even more repeats of DDD, and more reality stuff like Grocery games, and Cut-throat kitchen, and reruns of RI, etc? What does this tell you??
People don't want game-shows, they want more cooking! You just saw, "as more competitions and reality shows go up, ratings go down." Too many reruns. --Croutton40, creator of www.top5best.com
I agree. The idea that somehow there can't be an instructional show on after 7pm, I think is a big mistake.
ReplyDeleteInstead of all the reruns, I say give others more exposure (i.e.weekend people?), but NO ONE is on more than 2 episodes per day! They could take their 3 most popular *Cooking* shows (not competitions) and maybe have them on twice a day, max, say at 1:30pm and then again at 9:30pm, But that's it. No more repetition that that. More variety. Add NEW Cooks! That's much better. :)
The new shows this year have really been awful. The game shows are just dumb gimmicks with zero integrity. GGG and CT are both unwatchable for me. The bad acting on shows like MD and RS are just as offensive. Hopefully these numbers make them realize they have made bad decisions and its time for a change.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it funny how the Bloggers knew it before the numbers came out? Food Network does deserve Kudos though, for having the courage to show these numbers to the readers here. Let's hope they learn from it. They've strayed too far from their roots.
ReplyDeleteRatings down? The comments at http://www.foodnetworkgossip.com/2013/12/food-networks-solution-for-declining.html#disqus_thread says it all. That, and too much RI, Chopped, Cutthroat Kitchen. Get back to recipes and superb dishes.
ReplyDeleteWell, I am shocked; SHOCKED I tell you!!!
ReplyDeleteYou mean to tell me that having Fieri 24/7 is not what viewers want??? It's not like they have told us over, and over, and over again in all kinds of media!
AMEN! Preach it, girl.
ReplyDeletethey need to bring back paula deen
ReplyDeleteIf you google the FN chefs profiles....many of them have skeletons in their closets and legal problems.
ReplyDeleteI don.t believe that ratings are down because of Paula Deen not being here. That is a tiny drop in the bucket compared to the irritation and frustration more people are feeling from seeing DDD and Chopped over and over so many times. People want cooking but they get games and marathons. They have become bored to death and have left.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I can't imagine that even fans of Guy Fieri and DDD want to watch the same episode a million times. I love Chopped, but I won't watch an episode more than once or twice. As much as I enjoy watching Chopped, I think they're playing it too often too.
ReplyDeleteI like Cutthroat Kitchen but agree with everything else you said.
ReplyDeleteAre you going to blog about Food Network, or have you already? I checked out your site but couldn't find anything like that. Did you just start your website?
ReplyDeleteMy website (as I write this) is strictly to provide a wide variety of info, quickly. 24 Topics. It is more of a set-it-up-and-leave-it type of thing. Have had it for awhile. I hope people find it interesting and a good time-saver. I do occasionally update it. (I did earlier tonight).
ReplyDeleteBut I don't Blog there. I write about Food Network shows & chefs here in these Food Network blogs. (maybe 10% on Twitter). Food Network STAR is the main reason I'm even here at all. I watch it every season. Season 9 gave us a very good winner, Chef Damaris Phillips. Hoping "Southern at Heart" gets renewed for 2014. She's a good teacher and we learn from her show. People like her, the camera likes her, and her cooking is excellent!
One more thing: I expect that I will still be here again, for Season 10 of Food Network STAR, but I doubt I will ever again have quite the energy or persistence I had during season 9 and up til now. It's been kind of exhausting. It's been long and drawn out with waiting and wondering if the winner gets a show that stays on. I hope so. Then, onward to season 10, to see who else I (and other viewers) might get enthused about. As always, whoever it is, will have to:
ReplyDelete1. Be an awesome cook
2. Be able to teach/communicate simply/clearly
3. Be likeable (good-on-camera is also included here)
4. Not be weird, loud, freaky or conceited turn-off. (my criteria). Ok, that's it for now. Thanks for reading. :)
I'm glad I'm not the only one who is growing tired of the same old repeats of repeats of repeats.I can't watch Guy F. He seems so phony and full of himself. Yet night after night after night it's more Guy repeats. Guy's Grocery Game show is pathetic and so is Cupcake Wars. Cutthroat Kitchen was interesting but it's so NASTY.I watched 3 episodes and don't watch anymore.It's too mean-spirited for me and it doesn't prove anything. So some contestant had all their knives taken away and they must use plastic knives to cut everything. Then they lose-as expected. What does it prove ?
ReplyDeleteI used to like Restauarnt Immpossible but the show is so formulaic. This year Chef Irvine is now a family shrink. It galls me to hear him talk about all the dirt and filth in the restaurants then his team puts up the cheesiest artsy-craftsy dust catchers that will look horrendous within 2 weeks.
Restaurant Stakeout has lost it's way.Both Irvine and Willie Degel need to go back to school and learn English. It's sad to see these highly paid men murder the English language at every turn.
I stopped watching Mystery Diners after I read the article that said the entire show was faked and scripted and used as a marketing tool to get people into thebars/restaurants that are featured.
In short,their is NO CREATIVITY.The producers must know that grown adults are their biggest group of viewers.Yet they continue to run stupid,moronic game shows for idiots.
Sad to say even CC has become a dumping ground for failed pilots and series with a dozen episodes (if that many) that repeat ad nauseum.
ReplyDeleteThey're just doing what many other cable nets are nowadays...catering to the lowest common denominator out there. Even if it's completely insipid, as long as it's getting the ratings and the $ (and preferably for the least production $ outlay), "works for us!"
ReplyDeleteI agree. Way too much Guy Fieri and competition shows. I want to see more "cooking" shows like Pioneer Woman, Giada at Home, Southern at Heart, etc. DDD used to be enjoyable in the first couple seasons but now he just visits any random restaurant, and the show is on WAY too much. It's overkill. Do the execs really think we want to watch hours and hours of boring Chopped? Hopefully someone at the network reads these comments and changes things up for those of us who are interested in learning different cooking techniques.
ReplyDeleteYes!! Exactly!
ReplyDeleteTV Food Network had to innovate just to get started. And through that innovation, they created a group of relatable hosts who could carry programmes on their own.
ReplyDeleteTuschman and crew saw what was good about those years and did their management thing, milking those cows for all they were worth. They line extended the hell out of what they had, getting every dollar out of it.
Now, it looks to me like the line extension trick is running dry, as everyone knew it would. They haven't created any new personalities, just used old ones in hackneyed copies of other networks innovative shows.
When you have some great old cows, you can only milk them so much. Eventually, you gotta get new cows. But TFN hasn't been able to do that, because the daytime cooking shows where talent is developed have become so formulaic that no personality is allowed to emerge. They are designed like a Swanson TV Dinner; everything inoffensive and right down the middle, no chance of alienating people, no chance of innovating.
Maybe they could have used a subsidiary, like Cooking Channel, to let rip, get young turks in, innovate, let shows have character again, then take those characters to the big time. But they didn't. They knew the secrets to success and repeated and repeated and repeated them. That's why I hate watching Food Network Star; the bosses tell the contestants how to do it the TFN way and eliminate any rough edges. Only personality is in the rough edges,
The seeds of our failure are always in our last success. Most people keep trying that same formula over and over again until it fails, and then they have to find a new way to do it.
Can TFN freshen up? Or maybe the real question is if TFN can freshen up under Tuschman et al?
As I have said before, TFN is becoming as overprocessed as the frozen meals its sponsors sell, mainstream but without smarts and soul.
They will try to do something, but I suspect they will do more of what has worked in the past. But they will miss the part where the creators made something innovative that this management team learned to milk very effectively.
More diversity, more character, more edge, more freshness, more heart, more brains.
I just don't think the current management team can do that.
After looking at 2012 and especially the 2013 ratings, I hope they finally realize that the lowest common denominator ISN'T working.
ReplyDeleteWow, what a post. I find myself very strongly agreeing AND disagreeing. When you say "When you've got some great old cows, you can only milk them so much. Eventually, you gotta get new cows", I completely agree. They should have done it much sooner and never started with the relentless reruns.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I disagree strongly about daytime TV and no personality. Many viewers like the personalities of different daytime cooks just fine. Furthermore, many viewers are writing in and posting that they are sick and tired of "personalities" like Guy. They are even more concerned about getting a good recipe and learning, than personality. This whole idea of "innovation" is overrated as if nothing else matters. I'm all for new things but let's make it new recipes and genre's and techniques, not oddball contests and in your face personalities. Maybe Tuschman isn't the best one to be running things. Now it seems they're just throwing up (pun intended) every unusual concept they can dream up just to be "Innovative." i.e the crazy game-shows. "Get back to your roots!" Where is Sarah Moulton now? Emeril wasn't just personality, he made superb meals! Was Sarah really known for her larger than life personality? Ha! Not hardly! Did people love her to pieces anyway? You bet! FN, think about that.
It used to be about the food. Sure enough, we see more and more viewers posting and saying just that (if they're still here and haven't left the network in disgust already). Someone had to say it...
TFN is never going to be a cooking channel again. The market for that is too small, no matter how much the old hands loved it.
ReplyDeleteI watch "Sara's Weeknight Meals" on create and am always impressed at how sharp and clean Ms. Moulton is, but I also know that she is never going to be a star. And seeing John Besh on Create shows me why the producers picked Michael Symon to be the first Next Iron Chef, even though he was a worse cook.
Cooking shows are great, sure. But TFN needs that nighttime mass audience, needs the guys that Guy brings, needs a family demo. That makes old hands unhappy, but it's true.
The truth about cooking shows, though, is that they are personality based. You spend a half-hour in the kitchen with your friend and cook something nice. Hubert Keller may be a greater chef, but I'd much rather spend time with Jacques Pepin. This is what Gordon Elliot knew in creating The Chew; it's about personality, with food as a vehicle.
TFN needs breakthrough personalities to support breakthrough formats. Emeril Live was a real thing, even though I am not a fan of Mr. LaGasse. And breakthoughs come from innovation.
TFN will always have cooking shows, but the center of the plate will always be personalities in formats that engage the household.
That won't happen, though, if they keep taking all their ideas about creativity from mainstream chain restaurants. .
I think we'll just "agree to disagree". I want to be reasonably polite but I think you are *too* sold out on personality & innovation at all costs and as if no daytime instructional cook deserves any place in the evening line-up, or could ever be "engaging." I disagree. You also sound like some top exec who believe everything the marketing or programming dept. ever says because "the research shows".....
ReplyDeleteYou make it sound as if everyone who likes cooking shows is "an old hand", as if no new viewer or anyone under 30 could possibly tune-in and not also think all the DDD repetition is too much or that *they* might like a good cook who makes good food and to learn something--more than contests.
The fact is, FN HAS been programming and giving us "innovation" and "personalities" in 2012 and even more so in 2013...and the numbers just keep getting worse. I think what I said in my 1st post holds up well.
Justin Warner was all innovation and breakthroughs. So much for that idea.
ReplyDeleteRussell Jackson and his culinary sins was an "innovation." It bombed.
Pie-style was a way-of-life and a "breakthrough." It was an embarrassment.
Whoever is in charge of "breakthroughs" at Food Network is just digging the network in deeper.
Paula Deen's ratings were falling off long before the scandals broke. I think FN was going to kill her contract even before it got ugly.
ReplyDeleteAlso a lot of Canadian programming, which is also the mainstay of HGTV.
ReplyDeleteGet rid of chopped ALL cake and cupcake competitions..get rid of DDD..and get rid of all restaurant impossible type shows..I'm sick of watching it..bring back Tyler Florence more Ina..less guy fieri..all together..he needs a hiatus lol..big daddy house is a good show and I love sunny Anderson..Anne Burrell uses too much salt..giadas food looks flavorless and she's an airhead..I love Rachel ray but she always sounds so tired ..not nearly as energetic as she used to be..
ReplyDeleteI used to like Chopped but they've shown it so much that I'm sick of it now. I would rather see Tyler Florence and Big Daddy in the evening than a DDD marathon.
ReplyDeleteI like Chopped but it is on too much - I can't stand Guy Fieri and DDD. The ratings are dropping because TFN has drifted from its original mission and lost its viewers. It needs to go back to its roots. It needs to balance real competition with real cooking shows.
ReplyDeleteI hear you on all of the above. I actually feel sorry for Rachel as she drags her butt through her week's worth of meals. Something has to give and I'd wager she is contractually obligated to FN for this thing or wouldn't be doing it. She should buy herself out of that deal.
ReplyDeleteYep...so they FN tried to make themselves look good at Paula Deens expense when in reality they were not going to renew her contract. She way overexposed by FN. That may have had something to do with her falling ratings. FN used her up and spit her out.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on Chopped. I used to watch it until they flooded us with it.
ReplyDeleteThe responses to your post make it clear that most people who comment on FNG want TFN to go back to the good old days.
ReplyDeleteThat makes a lot of sense, because those who feel betrayed by TFN are the most likely to take the energy to find this space and then to comment.
I have my own favourite version of TFN, which might be obvious because I use TFN as the acronym. I like the old, raw, fresh days, typified to me by shows like Molto Mario. Cheap and scrappy shows that kept things switching up.
But to say to me that I must be someone who lives by research misses the entire point of what I wrote. I wrote that Tsuchman and the current management run too much by formula, by research.
I do, though, accept the reality that any operation succeeds by success. And for a TV network, success is in bringing in the bucks, which means selling ads, which usually means ratings. Advertisers go where they get bang for their buck, or where they feel comfortable spending their dollars.
TFN worked hard to make a safe space for corporate ad execs to spend money. They did that the same ways the big companies make products for the mass market, by following formulas. "Look, guys, it's like Top Chef, but for the middle market!"
If we want TFN to move beyond formulaic programming, then they have to deliver more bang for the buck. Shows that draw eyeballs that viewers want to tune into.
I'm absolutely sure that does not mean going back to a former version of TFN, the ones so many commenters here are nostalgic for. I understand your sense of betrayal, but I also understand that TFN needs to be fresh to go up in ratings, which is the point of this post.
I want TFN to move beyond formulaic TV, yes. I want it to be fresh and engaging and fun, not prechewed pap. I feel betrayed by management that took a big picture and turned it into milking the old cash cows to the point of diminishing returns.
But going back to the old days? My fave old days, with fresh anything can happen TV, or your fave old days with familiar faces doing familiar shows?
Not going to happen. Sorry.
If the ratings continue to slide, though, and they probably will, some change will have to happen.
I understand your sense of betrayal. I just don't think time ever runs backwards.
Food Network, unfortunately, has become a derivative network...of itself; what used to be fun, positive, and affirming is now cutthroat, back-stabbing, and mean. Their stars are over-exposed and the formula is tired. Our DVR used to be filled with a variety of FN titles but no longer. Sad.
ReplyDeleteIf I hear Robert Irvine use "them" instead of "those" one more time...where are the producers? This isn't live TV for goodness sake...whenever he uses bad grammar, stop recording and do the scene over, or at least overdub the audio! Or is he considered to big of a star to correct?
ReplyDeleteI think I can agree with you about Tuschman and repeating a formula too much. But I have to stop there.
ReplyDeleteYou just sound so "dismissive" about people...ie..when you say the ones writing in are the ones feeling betrayed. As if no new viewer could also feel that way and prefer more cooking. Or, as you talked about in an earlier post, as if those writing in are all just a bunch of "old hands" (as if that means their input is invalid or doesn't count). In fairness, you didn't say those exact words in your latest reply, but reading all you've said so far, the tone strikes me as if you're just blowing off viewers who want more cooking as if they somehow just don't get it. The network is who doesn't get it. That's why ratings are down. I get it about advertising and money talks but its obvious advertising, money and "innovation" isn't working and has gotten considerably worse. btw--i, too, did like Mario Batali. Looking over the numbers (plusses) by these posts, it looks as if more people see it the same way I do. If the ones writing are feeling betrayed, they are right. The others aren't writing because they've already left. People miss Sarah Moulton, Emeril, etc. and more good recipes without hype or gimmicks. I say, rightfully so. Again, ratings are DOWN. (I go back to my first post again). Reality shows aren't working.
FN seriously needs to read these posts.
ReplyDeleteEveryday expression. Get over it. Only high school english teachers care, so apply for a job and go teach. You might get to rap a few knuckles and feel good about yourself. Does it bother you when the silverware isn't lined up parallel on the dining room table? Do your bath towels have to hang perfectly even and the same height up from the floor? Most people might think that someone saying they ain't gonna, sounds more hick-like than someone saying they aren't going to but chances are they wouldn't say anything about it. You sound like you'd be up another hour and a half later at night pacing the room and losing a decent nights sleep over it.
ReplyDeleteI guess you've never watched Irvine in Restaurant Impossible; he would be totally bothered if the silverware wasn't lined up correctly. In fact, he is a loud and outspoken advocate for everything being "perfect" for the customer and his whole shtick is to get every little detail correct. If his role was to be the plain-spoken neck beard guy it would be one thing; but he is positioned as the consumer savvy perfectionist whose job is to make sure everything is just right. Networks that use hosts or experts typically expect basic, correct grammar, particularly a network like Food that focuses its pitch to advertisers on the upscale end of its demographics. BTW, you can disagree with me without your juvenile attempts at disrespecting me; you obviously have no idea of basic television production and the subsequent marketing and selling of that production.
ReplyDeleteWasn't talking about tv production. You are deflecting. If you work for the network then perhaps you should consider that you don't know so much, yourself. The ratings have gone down and so your production could benefit from some revamping. You seem to have an I know better than anybody else attitude. Yes, a host should speak clearly but if it were that much of an issue more people would be posting about it. They aren't. You are. Have a beer.
ReplyDeleteWay too many game shows and cooking competitions. What made Food Network popular were the instructional shows. The other problem is FN keeps recycling the same cooking hosts over and over for their new shows and instructional shows. How about some new instructional shows like low carb, reduced fat cooking or cooking with fresh, organic foods? Everyone is trying to get healthier and cook reduced fat, reduced sodium foods...why not do some shows that introduce us to better cooking and foods that will help people eat better and live longer rather than the high fat, high cholesterol foods that are featured on many of your current programs. And while we're at it, how about some new hosts instead of the usual Guy Fierrei, Giada, Rachael, Bobby Flay, Ina Garten stuff...BORING!
ReplyDeleteYes, get some new chefs and more variety instead of so many times with the same few.
ReplyDeleteThey have new chefs..they aren't using them..all of those newer food network stars don't get ANY play.I see melissa arabian more but hell..she can't cook..and she's dull..where's artie..Justin big daddy..even the new bimbo isn't on much..I hate the fact that she's cooking with people's husbands ..touching them and stuff..why isn't she cooking with women??
ReplyDeleteThey should give other Chefs a chance. Melissa is starting to sound like she has yelled at too many softball games. Big Daddy is a wonderful cook. He can cook for me. The new girl Damaris is also very good. I would watch her cook all by herself or with guests.
ReplyDeleteFN has stooped to an ALL TIME LOW... rightfully so, no good cooks... no morals, and absolutely NO interesting "personalities." PERIOD... from the liberal host to the biased judges... not to mention all of the other IDIOTS this very liberal, very politically correct program attracts!!! I've already found a NEW HOME, with REAL cooks, with REAL class, as in FAMILY!!! HUGE disappointment ... I literally once planned "my" schedule to accommodate "theirs!" Yup... I was pretty stupid, I predict this show will SOON be lower than low and slower than slow!!! NO CHEFS, NO COOKS, NO PERSONALITY.... no show!! Opining away... NO MORE FN for this foodie!!!
ReplyDeletethey really have no real cooks... it's all about glam and glitz for this show now!! It really is time to "MOVE!!" So sick of the weird sickos with all the Hollywood mentality, apparently they think ALL Americans are still falling for that delusion!!!
ReplyDeleteOMG... WHY? Can't we all just get along????? Seriously... CUTTHROAT? The name speaks VOLUMES, for me and MANY MANY OTHERS!!! Bye Bye, to chaotic chatter and foodless networks!!!
ReplyDeleteFact is... regardless, they sure are an awfully politically motivated program, so yup... probably you are RIGHT... I did like her personality and cooking, she was easy to "relate," to, and very different from ALL of the other NON cooks. Ina has more boyfriends than recipes and Sandra Lee, well she just an OLD washed up alcoholic!!! So sick of all the "hahaha gottacha and suckered YOU in," SICK OF FOOD NETWORK, PERIOD... they really went OVER THE TOP with bring Michelle Obama and her lavishness on the show, and then of course, there's teddy boy and his new partner too! THESE THINGS DO NOT MAKE WELL FOR A FOOD OR COOKING SHOW, and I could care less as to who you are or WHERE you're from... good old home cooking is what attracts FANS.... not politics and sexual orientation!!! Guess that's simply to logical for Foodless Network executives!!!
ReplyDeleteand they kept that British : ( guy... they CAUGHT lying... Robert Irvine, me thinks is his name!!! YIKES....
ReplyDeleteBingo......the celebrity chefs are all a bunch of wealthy snobs that I, as an average working person, cannot relate to. FN....start cooking for the masses!
ReplyDeleteI understand the need to have a broad appeal and to provide a variety of programming. I'm even thankful for it. But, in my opinion, they've taken it much too far.
ReplyDeleteFor myself, I like Iron Chef and Bobby Flay's Throwdown for competitions but that's really about it for me. Once in a great while, a very occasional Chopped but I have seen them too many times and now I can hardly stand it and usually just watch something else. Same with DDD. I likedit in its 1st or 2nd season but now it is just waayyyy too much. I realize I'm just one person but that's how I feel about it. By far, I prefer good cooks and good recipes with good teaching and great finished dishes! From reading many other people on FoodNetworkGossip and FN-Dish, I see I'm not alone. So, who can give us that?
Emeril did but he's gone. Mario Batali was very good but when was the last time we saw him on FN between noon and 10pm? I have to say, I see no point in 4 or 5 back-to-back showings of DDD. I wouldn't want that for ANY show. It just burns-out the audience. Look at all the people writing/complaining? Who can really blame them? It's Overkill. Badly. Yes, the network will want to try new things. But, again in my opinion, there has been a whole slew of what I will call "bad concepts" for new shows. I try to watch and give 'em a chance but alot of them just don't keep me interested. Running around w/grocery carts, sabotage, and greasy spoons just aren't doing it for me. What was good? Rachel Ray's old show "40 Dollars a Day" was good. I still like reruns of Bobby Flay's Throwdown (but not 4 episodes in a row, and not 4 or 5 nights a week). It was more about awesome food/cooking.
Suppose instead of 5 straight DDD's in a row, they showed (in the evening):
1. Tyler Florence cooking (6:30pm)
2. Ina Garten (7pm)
3. Damaris Phillips (7:30pm)
4. Aaron McCargo (8pm)
5. Bobby's Throwdon (8:30pm)
6. Amy Theilen (9pm)
7. DDD (once) 9:30pm
8. Chopped (once) 10pm)
Now.ask: how many wouldn't much prefer THIS rather than rerun after rerun of DDD? If part of Guy's appeal is to get male viewers, gee, you would think there must be some female cook to put on in the evening that men would like to see. Anyway.....I'm still here...but it was better when it was more about the food. Looks like lots of others feel the same way.
They have become like politicians thinking that the masses are ignorant and just don't know how it all works, etc. The ratings go down and they just compound the problem with their programming.
ReplyDeleteSomehow, the thought that you may have inside knowledge of what you've said keeps nagging at me. Where is your new home? There is too much political correctness, reality tv and loudness. If it weren'r for Bobby's Brunch, Giada at Home and Ina Garten, I'd be long gone already! Too many silly shows and hype.
ReplyDeleteThis is for my mom. She says she used to like the food network but now it sucks. She says there are less than a handful of good ones left and she thinks if they don't get some new good cooks that food network will fizzle out in six months. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteFor me, the big problem with The Food Network is there are no new innovative shows. They have been using the same formula for far too long and the audience is bored.
ReplyDeleteI think this once "admired, and enjoyable," network has LITERALLY gone to the dogs!!! SICK soooo sick of all the political correctness HERE, of all places... OUR FOOD programs... I suspect they'll continue to REAP what they have sown.... which amounts virtually to NOTHING.... nasty, non=appealing host/ess and down right STUCK ON STUPID.... no thank you very much, NO MORE of this progressiveness for ME or MINE!!! Ta-da... and Good BYE FOREVER, norealfood network!!
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