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Luvmom
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10-17-2000

Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 7:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Luvmom a private message Print Post    
Thanks Darrellh.I'll bring my dd over there and check it out.

Curlyq
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07-10-2002

Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 8:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Curlyq a private message Print Post    
Sorry to his fans, but that boy was getting on my last nerve. Yes, I well remember Bobby Flay standing on his counter at the end of his Iron Chef competitions. However, this kid is not Bobby Flay, and the competition wasn't anywhere near finished when he began wasting time with the posturing and running around in circles touching everyone's hands. The fact that he had time to do that makes me wonder how the difficulty of his menu compared to those of the other two contestants.

Well, now that I've seen the Patti LaBelle episode I guess I can skip the rest of this. I think I'd enjoy it more if they tossed out the "celebrities" and had the chefs compete directly against each other. This is the second time I've watched a reality show where the experts were more recognizable to me than most of the celebrities (Skating With Celebrities being the first).

Zummat
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01-31-2006

Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 12:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zummat a private message Print Post    
I tried to watch this show too but didn't make it through the first episode. It just didn't grab me and I thought it was rather boring. I guess I don't really care if celebrities can cook or not.

Jan
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08-01-2000

Thursday, April 20, 2006 - 4:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
NBC cancels "Celebrity Cooking Showdown"

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - NBC has taken "Celebrity Cooking Showdown" off its primetime menu after three nights of abysmal ratings.

The reality series was originally scheduled to run five consecutive nights beginning April 17, but the network shelved "Showdown" on Thursday with two servings still to go.

The show averaged a measly 1.8 rating among adults 18-49 demographic. Tuesday opposite "American Idol" was particularly pathetic, with NBC bottoming out with a 1.1 rating and 3 share in the 9 p.m. hour. "Idol" did an 11.0/31, by contrast.

NBC is replacing "Showdown" with repeats of "Will & Grace" and "My Name Is Earl" on Thursday and "Deal or No Deal" on Friday. The fourth episode of "Showdown" will air on NBC.com.

Yahoo

Woofy
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08-09-2001

Thursday, April 20, 2006 - 5:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Woofy a private message Print Post    
OMG ... Amen!

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Thursday, April 20, 2006 - 6:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
rofl ...

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Thursday, April 20, 2006 - 7:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Oh thank goodness! I was afraid I was the only one who hated this show! LOL

Cdbga
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10-04-2004

Friday, April 21, 2006 - 4:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cdbga a private message Print Post    
Not that I'm defending the show or anything, I thought it was awful, but it was only supposed to run for 5 nights as it was...it is hard to believe that after all the heavy promotion, they didn't even air the whole thing. Even worse, this didn't even rate a move to one of its other networks (like Bravo), it was banished to online status. Wow!

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Friday, April 21, 2006 - 7:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fruitbat a private message Print Post    
I am not surprised. I watched the first 10 minutes and last 5 of one show. Just terrible.

One woman was eliminated because a judge did not like the salty cheese in the steak. She was given that recipe to make! ????

Kc103
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07-13-2004

Friday, April 21, 2006 - 10:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kc103 a private message Print Post    
Cdbga, I agree that was pretty harsh of NBC. The show was certainly far from great...but they could have at least ran the last episode where the final 3 competed. Heck, I was just happy to enter the drawing for the "Dream Kitchen." (That would have been great for the house I recently bought with all the older appliances included!) But..alas, no luck! LOL

Kc103
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07-13-2004

Friday, April 21, 2006 - 10:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kc103 a private message Print Post    
Just heard that NBC will be showing the last 2 episodes tomorrow (Sat.) night from 7:00-9:00. Wonder if they'll still be giving away more kitchens??? LOL

Nancypj
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08-17-2001

Friday, April 21, 2006 - 12:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancypj a private message Print Post    
The NBC site says it will run a "special REbroacast" of the finale at 8:00 tomorrow followed by the show where the winner is announced at 9:00. And the site no longer has a link to watch the finale online (the one that was supposed to be on last night). Guess they got a lot of flack for the way they handled it. After the way they handled Last Comic Standing last year, what they did with this show is not too surprising.

Robok
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10-28-2003

Friday, April 21, 2006 - 6:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Robok a private message Print Post    
Wow, I had to check if the show was on the aready been canceled network.

Sherbabe
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07-28-2002

Friday, April 21, 2006 - 8:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sherbabe a private message Print Post    
Besides the constant screaming on this show, the reality of how much chef prepared food is touched by human hands is a bit disturbing. Tom Arnold sweating like a pig over his food. I don't know, it just made actually seeing this..something we don't want to see. Best left behind closed doors.

Glenrie
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03-24-2006

Friday, April 21, 2006 - 9:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Glenrie a private message Print Post    
If we're making a disturbing list, how about that man (don't know who he was) cooking in a sleeveless shirt and constantly holding his arms up above his head? ewwww

Cdbga
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10-04-2004

Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 3:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cdbga a private message Print Post    
How is it a special "re" broadcast, if they never broadcast it in the first place? Or does webcasting count as a "broadcast" now? Ugghhh, I can't keep up with these people and their line-up changes. Years ago, I worked at an NBC affiliate, I can tell you that a lot of work is required to pull off complete schedule changes on such short notice...it would impact the local commercial sales, the program logs would have to be rebuilt (among other things).

Sherbabe, I agree with you on all the food contact on this show being kind of gross. The funny thing is, I watch other cooking shows and have never been grossed out by the contact. When I see the Iron Chefs handling food, for example, I guess I just think they are washing up first and paying attention to the sanitation issues...maybe it's the chef's coats or something. But these celebrities? Just gross.

Puzzled
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08-27-2001

Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 9:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Puzzled a private message Print Post    
ROFL--what brainiacs thought this show would fly in the first place? After about 20 minutes, I changed channels. Boring.

Roteach
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06-01-2003

Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 6:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roteach a private message Print Post    
OK, how could we vote if we didn't see the finals until tonight? Give me Iron Chef any time!

Rslover
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11-19-2002

Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 7:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rslover a private message Print Post    
The "Vote" declared Cindy the winner. I was rooting for Chelsea. The master chefs all cooked but no one touched their food??? I agree - this show was BAD!!

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 7:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
who got to vote?

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 8:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
There was some disclaimer flashed on the screen at the end of the results show that said something about the voting but it left too fast for me to read it.

Kind of odd... this whole thing.

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 8:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Oh, I just checked their website. The finals show was shown online and folks could vote after viewing that apparently.

The results show was really bizarre. You watched the three master chefs cook, and then they split to everyone wearing different clothes with two of them not even on site for the winner announcement. Are we to believe that the winner announcement was just filmed last night or today??

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 8:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
well, Miss USA wasn't there if it was last night or tonight because of the pageant. I, personally, think this whole thing was fixed. Does Cindy Margolis have a show coming up on NBC or something? LOL ...