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Archive through May 25, 2004

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Tobor7
Member

07-19-2002

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 12:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Way down in the ratings.

Not a wonder why.


Scorpiomoon
Member

06-06-2002

Monday, May 17, 2004 - 2:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
UGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH!

Get this:

NBC has pulled this show (with only 2 episodes left). In June, they plan on re-airing it again STARTING FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND SEASON!!! We won't get to FINALLY see the last two episodes until July.

Details are in this article

Anything having to do with this show is like having a wisdom tooth pulled...

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Monday, May 17, 2004 - 5:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Gawd! now NBC is acting like ABC!

Llwynn
Member

07-19-2003

Monday, May 17, 2004 - 7:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
HOW IRRITATING! Maybe the whole thing will be settled by then and we will see what actually happens? Who knows, I have no clue how long something like this will take to litigate.

Ryn
Moderator

08-11-2000

Monday, May 17, 2004 - 10:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That link loads very slowly - if at all - futon critic is moving domains or something. All it says in addition is the series will re-start June 9th (a Wdnesday).

Watching2
Member

07-07-2001

Monday, May 17, 2004 - 8:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Geeeeeeeze... I didn't find out until tonight the show had been pulled. It IS irritating. The Crossing Jordan they put on its place was a REPEAT! I could see if it was a new episode, but a repeat.. they might as well have just showed the last 2 shows instead of messing with the schedule. Grrrrrrrrrr....


Tobor7
Member

07-19-2002

Monday, May 17, 2004 - 8:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Poor ratings on a reality offering?! Do tell!



Gemma120in2002
Member

07-05-2003

Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 9:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think that Rocco is just so off-putting that people couldn't stomach him. (yes, I know, kill the punster! snicker snicker!)

Honestly, He may actually be a wonderful cook, but from what I've seen, he's not someone I would want to work for or be in business with.

He was hoping to have a wonderful reaction from the public like Donald Trump has had, and be seen as a likeable guy cooking wonderful food and honoring his heritage. Unfortunately, he comes across as an unlikeable philanderer who spends more time massaging his own ego and groping 'fans' than he spends in any function relating to his restaurant.



Tobor7
Member

07-19-2002

Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 9:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
They have tried very hard to make him likable, but they can only do so much with editing. What they have here is a main character that most viewers just don't like. Not a good formula for success.



Abby7
Member

07-17-2002

Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 9:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Since dh and I eat out and order in so much, I hate to "know the truth".

One thing one always needs to do is this: check out their restroom. If that is dirty, not kept up, you know the kitchen is dirty.

Ohiomobprincess
Member

11-07-2003

Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 8:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I've only had a chance to watch 2 episodes on Bravo. I don't know why I'm not as in to this season as I was with the first. Maybe I'm getting tired of Rocco's whining LOL.

Weinermr
Member

08-18-2001

Friday, May 21, 2004 - 1:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
So, does anyone know if this has been cancelled? Will episodes resume next week? Inquiring minds want to know. And so do I.

Pcakes2
Member

08-29-2001

Friday, May 21, 2004 - 1:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The website says that it returns on Saturday, May 29th.

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Friday, May 21, 2004 - 7:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sat?? new eppys on Sat?

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Friday, May 21, 2004 - 7:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
never mind I just saw Scopio's post about the last 2 eppys being in july

Weinermr
Member

08-18-2001

Saturday, May 22, 2004 - 8:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok, thanks Pcakes, Pamy, and Scorpio.

Gweshaw
Member

03-28-2004

Saturday, May 22, 2004 - 11:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have no way to verify this, but I heard on TV last night (am not sure the channel, was in the other room, just heard it) that starting May 29 they would show the Last 3 Shows. I don't mean to start unconfirmed rumors, but I KNOW I HEARD it, just don't know if it was a reliable source or not!?


Scorpiomoon
Member

06-06-2002

Saturday, May 22, 2004 - 1:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yep. Gweshaw you heard right. I just went to the NBC "The Restaurant" page. It says the show "returns" on the 29th.

Can someone please explain this to me? First they say the show is pulled until June 9th--when they will rerun all the episodes shown thus far. Now, they're bringing it back next Saturday.

So, are they going to rerun the previous episodes, or are they going to pick up where they left off? And why air it on a Saturday night? And why say the 6/9 then change it to the 5/29? And why bother with all this confusion when, if I'm not mistaken, the show only has 6 episodes (3 of which have already aired)?

Do they want people to watch this freakin' show or not?

Weinermr
Member

08-18-2001

Saturday, May 22, 2004 - 3:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yep, I'm confused too. Well at least SOME of us want to see the show. We'll tune in on May 29, and see what happens.

Costacat
Member

07-15-2000

Monday, May 24, 2004 - 7:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I find it interesting that TV Guide (print) for tonight shows two eps of "The Restaurant" being aired. Guess I'll tape just in case... :-)

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Monday, May 24, 2004 - 7:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Eastcoasters...were the 2 eppys new tonite?

Costacat
Member

07-15-2000

Monday, May 24, 2004 - 7:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hmm... TV Guide Online says that the 9:00 slot is a rerun of Fear Factor, and the 10:00 slot is a L&O SVU repeat.

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Monday, May 24, 2004 - 8:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
the online one is prolly right.

Scorpiomoon
Member

06-06-2002

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - 7:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
At last! Some clarity:

NBC Banishes 'Restaurant' to Saturdays
(Monday, May 24 02:30 PM)
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - It's the TV equivalent of being seated at a table next to the restroom: NBC has dumped the remaining episodes of "The Restaurant" onto Saturday nights.

The final three episodes of the Mark Burnett-produced series will air over the next two Saturdays. The fourth and fifth episodes will air May 29, starting at 8 p.m. ET, with the series finale set for 8 p.m. June 5.

NBC pulled "The Restaurant" from the last two weeks of May sweeps after its first three episodes averaged an unappetizing 6.9 million viewers on Monday nights. That's more than 4 million viewers below the 11.3 million that the three cycles of "Average Joe" drew in the same spot this season. Even "Adam Returns," the lowest-rated "Joe" installment, brought in more than 10 million viewers per week.



Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - 7:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Scorpio!