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Originally Posted by Kerryclan

...my only fear in the TVFN evolution is that good, but less pretty and perky cooks, will not be on anymore. If you saw Rachael Ray on earlier shows, she was much more normal and there was only an occassional giggle. Now, she's so put on and excruciatingly perky that I can't stand to watch her even though I think she is a good cook.

ITA about RR. She's a good cook - that's true. But unfortunately, TVFN personalities tend to morph into a 24/7 version of what TVFN molds them to be. All anyone remembers Emeril for is "pork fat rules" and "bam." He's so much more than that.

SandySlop has no place on any cooking channel. Especially for novice cooks. She is a hazard to learning about food and cooking.

Sweet Jesus, can I get an AMEN?

I've been watching the Create channel more these days. They have Jacques, Ming, Lidia, and some interesting veggie/wholistic chefs on and it's more about food and cooking and less about being cute.

OK, spill the beans! Where does one find the Create channel? Is it offered by a specific broadcast company (like Comcast or DirecTV) or is it available to all??

I find myself watching TVFN more for laughs than instruction or new recipes. I hope you're wrong about the masses preferring this fluff, but we'll see.

Semi-Ho is definitely for laughs and nothing else. As for Big Head and Ina and only enough other decent cooks to be counted on one hand, I still glean the occasional gem from them making their shows worth my time. As for TVFN trying to appeal to the masses by offering mindless fluff, it was probably the decision of a "business" person and not the suggestion of a "culinary" person. Culinary people should always be running TVFN. Bean counters can remain in their support role but TVFN should always be about quality culinary programming.