On 1/4/2014 7:13 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Jan 2014 15:34:38 -0800, "Cheri" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>> I agree, both The Cooking Channel and Food Network have little of worth
>> anymore IMO.
>
> I think some posters in rfc hate it when "everyone" can get a channel
> and there is nothing left for an imagined "in crowd" to crow about.
>
> Just a tiny example: Before my city was wired for cable, there was a
> lot of chatter here about how great FN was, people talking about
> various shows (Barefoot Contessa for one), throwing the term EVOO
> around like the latest high school slang word... and then it seemed
> like as soon as my city was wired and I could figure out what everyone
> was talking about, nobody had anything good to say about it anymore...
> just a lot of snide remarks like that "of little worth" comment. They
> have a lot of worth, I just don't like competitions and fake reality
> shows crowding out real cooking content.
>
> In fact, I think Dancing with the Stars, Duck Dynasty, The Voice etc
> are trash television and yet somebody seems to like them.
>
Someone must be watching that crap because it's everywhere. I don't
even know who those dancing "stars" are. Duck Dynasty... apparently
all you have to do to get a TV show these days is act like a redneck.

Jill