I do watch a few of the shows. Mostly when nothing else is on. Hard to believe that when there are over 200 chanels.

I think Emeral is the biggest pant load on tv. If I never saw or heard him again it would be too soon. Emeral's in Vegas is a crappy and overpriced restaurant to boot.

Alton Brown is OK in small doses. I want that bitchen tea kettle with the revolving rockets.

Anthony Bourdain's show is usually somewhat interesting.

Rachel Ray. Not inspiring to me on "any" level.

More wine shows would be nice but there just aren't that many out there.

Oh well, there is always PBS.

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Here in Spain, we are able to pick up a travel channel broadcast from England. They have a cooking show called Floyd Uncorked.
( www.floyduncorked.com )The chef is Keith Floyd. He likes to travel all over europe, Australia etc. cook local dishes and drink a lot of wine. It is very entertaining and if it ever makes it to the US you should check it out.

barca, the problem is that general public in the US cannot comprehend anything of this sort, it's too european. they will probably complain about the accents too. at best, the network minds will highjack the idea, replace cool knowlegable people with non-photogenic morons and send them around the globe to annoy everyone. the approach is the same, as was in the former USSR: don't give the people anything they can't understand, it might make them THINK!

Free Martha!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by grunhauser:
barca, the problem is that general public in the US cannot comprehend anything of this sort, it's too european.

Grunhauser;
You are correct up to a point, now that i think about it, I do not think American TV is allowed to show someone actually drinking wine. However, I think the American audience would appreciate the show. It is very unpretentious and entertaining.

barca, they are cracking down everywhere. i read an article in RVF, about public display of alcohol consumption on tv in France and it's pretty much the same. no official figure will be shown with a glass of wine again! i just love how they shield us from smoking and drinking, while pumping violence 24/7.

Free Martha!

I think FoodTV can use some "sprucing-up". Iron Chef was fun, but the new one is stupid. Captain Kirk should stick with Priceline.com.

The Thirsty Traveller on the Fine Living channel is pretty good, but new shows are necessary. As usual, limited rogramming...

Anybody else like "American Chopper"?

Hey Grunhauser, looks like they're going to
"Free Martha"!

A thumbs up for Andrea Immer

Bob Thinks It's A-Okay

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