Food Network USA: my conclusion

Turned on the Food Network tonight, Tuesday, watched for 15 minutes, turned it off. My conclusion: Food Network tonight, one more contest from which I learn nothing.

Geo

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I agree..been watching the Cooking Channel more..some of it is old FN shows but the majority of the shows on there are more instructional...just like how Food Network used to be..

IMHO, the only thing worth watching on FN is Good Eats.

Everything else, it seems, is geared to the lowest intellectual common demoninator.

Dont get me started on Aunt Sandy and The Next Food Network Star show.

I just recently found the cooking channel on Wisconsin Cable and have been enjoying that in its place.

(I'm embarassed to say that I sent in a video for TNFNS when they were asking for videos for season one.)

I love foodnetwork for shows like Barefoot Contessa and Secrets of a Restaurant Chef but all those competitions get on my nerves. I don't think I should have to pay comcast extra to watch the cooking channel because I want shows about the process of cooking when I already pay for Foodnetwork. Foodnetwork Canada > Foodnetwork USA any day of the week!

j0emv—I spend 7 months of the year in Montréal, and I'm here to tell you that you're exactly right: Food.ca tv is infinitely better than food.USA tv. I actually *learn* things when I watch the Food Network up there.

Geo

I used to love the food network back in the day when Sara Moulton had her Cooking Live show. Now, I skip over 95% of it's televised content and just check out the snark on http://www.foodnetworkhumor.com. The women running this site do hysterical write-ups of all the bad shows on FN.