Emeril sitcom on NBC

[Mezzaluna]

I read yesterday that Emeril will have a sitcom on Tuesday nights on NBC starting in the fall. He'll play *surprise!* a chef. Given the fact that he's not an actor, how do you think this show will fare (no pun intended... )?

[Pooh]

I'm sick of him already! Need I say more?

[markdchef]

Actually, this would be the perfect vehicle for him. BAM! there I said it. (or typed it)

Does this mean we will be spared the oversaturation of him on FOOD TV?

[Pooh]

LOL! We'll have oversaturation on NBC, CBS and ABC with all the talkshows! And I bet he'll have some energy left in him to continue BAMMING on the Food Network!

GRRRRRRRRR

[logose]

Markdchef, I agree with you. Everytime I click to that channel, there he is. Could it be an American version of BBC's sit com called Chef?(absolutely halirious, anyone else ever watched this? ) If so, Emeril would not have been my first choice.

[Svadhisthana]

Mon, I'd watch that show! Maybe you should talk to some execs at the networks.

Svadhisthana

[markdchef]

Chef! was a great show. Garreth Blackstock was hilarious. Too bad it went off the air.
I used to watch it on public television about five years ago. Wish they would put it back on the air.

[Pooh]

I loved that show, Logose and Markdchef!

Maybe Emeril's will be along the lines of "Kitchen Confidential"?? Who knows!

[nancya]

Chef! is on the BBC America channel, but I'm not sure when...so that's really not so helpful...

[ May 19, 2001: Message edited by: nancya ]

[markdchef]

Emeril (Comedy) Studio: NBC Studios Producers: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and Harry Thomason Premise: Bam! The animated chef takes viewers behind the scenes of a cooking show. Stars: Emeril Lagasse, Lisa Ann Walter ("Breaking News" ) and Michael Jeter ("Tales of the City" . Status: Picked up for fall

[mofo1]

Career suicide!!! I cannot imagine how bad this will be. I actually don't have too much of a problem with Emeril on Food Network. Anything that gets people interested in good food is ok with me, but c'mon. Please, please go back to the kitchen where you belong.

[thebighat]

Chef was a great show. I stopped my life to watch it. My favorite was the one where he went looking for unpasteurized stilton. There was another short-lived show called Tattinger's with Annie Potts as the chef and the guy who plays the minister on Seventh Heaven as the owner.

[Isa]

A chef who think he is to scream BAM every few minutes to sustain the attention of the public should take a few step back and look carefully at what he does. If I want to see clowns I’ll go to the circus.

[Kimmie]

OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I AM GOING TO SCREAM!!!

[Kimmie]

Well, after all that screaming and mini-nervous breakdown, and now that I feel better for venting, let me tell you that I just loved BBC's CHEF!

Too bad they didn't make more episodes. They don't seem to know a good thing when they see one!

So, I thoroughly enjoyed it the time it lasted!