BobbyFlay-related stories
Posted Oct 8th 2009 1:02PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Interviews, TCA Press Tour, Top Chef
Given the
popularity of the second-season opener of The Next Iron Chef, I figured it was a good time to pull out this interview I did with the show's host,
Alton Brown, at the network's TCA party in July. It was definitely the tastiest party of the tour, as each
Iron Chef contestant plied the critics with delectable morsels of their creativity at various stations.
In a bit of a surprise, one of the contestants,
Amanda Freitag, was being assisted by her friend
Ariane Duarte, one of the more popular contestants from rival program
Top Chef's New York season (I was so flabbergasted by the turn of events,
I snapped a pic of the two with my cell phone). When I pointed this tidbit out to Brown, his response was very interesting...
Continue reading Alton Brown calls Top Chef a "sous chef kind of show"... then takes it back
Posted Sep 29th 2009 11:33AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Food/Home/DIY, Programming, OpEd
Yes, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but this a bit much.
TLC has given the greenlight to BBQ Pit Masters, a new food show about American barbecue competitions. Does
Bobby Flay, Mr. Food Network grill master himself, know about this? I can see him getting as red as his hair when he reads about it.
So,
TLC is saying that this new show, a documentary about the über-competitive world of competitive grilling, will run for eight hour-long episodes commencing December 2. How this will be different from similar food competitions on other networks -- like Food Network -- remains to be seen.
Continue reading TLC wants to master the barbeque grill
Posted Jun 30th 2009 3:25PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, Law and Order, Reality-Free
Well, that's a relief. After months of speculation that NBC would be bringing
Law & Order: SVU back for the 11th season without the two stars that have anchored the show, there's good news.
Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni have re-signed with
SVU. They pair agreed to stick with NBC's top-rated Neilsen drama for two more seasons.
Good news is probably an understatement. It's really great news because with
SVU moving to Wednesday, 9 p.m., the show really didn't need to shake up the cast at this point in time. Stability mattered and NBC found a way to bring the two stars into the fold, offering them both the flexibility they sought.
Continue reading Meloni & Hargitay sign on for more Law & Order: SVU
Posted Aug 12th 2008 5:23PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, Celebrities, Reality-Free, Hell's Kitchen
You know why
Rachael Ray is smiling all the time? She's the richest food star in the world. According to the latest
Forbes list of top-earning celebrity chefs, Rachael Ray leads the pack. In fact, of the top 10 names, all but two are TV stars.
Therefore, you better believe that all that exposure on Food Network, Bravo, Travel Channel, Fine Living, BBC America, and Fox -- not to mention syndication and appearances on talk shows and demonstrations on the
Today Show -- makes a big difference.
Continue reading TV stars dominate Forbes's list of top-earning celeb chefs
Posted Jun 25th 2008 4:23PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, Programming, Reality-Free
Summer's here and that can mean only one thing -- food! Okay, maybe that's only what it means at the Food Network.
The Food Network will kick off six new shows for the summer beginning right after the Fourth of July. Here's what's on tap:
• Grill It! with Bobby Flay - This is the latest from Iron Chef and master griller
Bobby Flay. It's sort of a competition/fantasy show, but not a Throw Down (that's another show). Bobby will introduce 13 viewers who've sent in their videos showing their grilling expertise and why they should be on air to grill alongside BF. The show premieres on July 6 at 9 o'clock a.m. with a shrimp episode.
• How'd That Get On My Plate? - From the field to the plate, hostess Sunny Anderson -- who just started on FN in April with
Cooking for Real -- shows how the things we eat make it to our tables. The first episode is July 6 at 11 p.m. The food in question will be strawberries.
Continue reading Food Network cooks up six new summer shows
Posted Mar 24th 2008 5:40PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, Programming, Pickups and Renewals
They're cooking up
a new show for Bobby Flay, the Food Network chef who is quickly becoming the boy who just can't say no. The guy is cooking everywhere -- CBS'
Early Show, Boy Meets Grill, Throwdown with Bobby Flay and, of course, he's one of the principals on
Iron Chef America. And that doesn't include reruns of
BBQ with Bobby Flay. But it's clearly not enough.
Continue reading More grillin' for Bobby Flay
Posted Mar 4th 2008 8:03AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, Cable/Satellite
Remember when you were young and your parents told you things like "cheaters never prosper"? Well, it's true. (All right, not all the time, but at least this time!) As
TV Squad reported recently, Chef Robert Irvine, star of Food Network's
Dinner: Impossible, has been hoist on his own petard. Now that the truth is out --
that he lied and padded his resume -- the network
has dumped him. His fire has been extinguished.
Dinner: Impossible will go on, but not with Chef Irvine as chief cook and chef extraordinaire.
Food Network president Brooke Johnson said in a statement, "We appreciate Robert's remorse about his actions, and we can revisit this decision at the end of the production cycle, but for now we will be looking for a replacement host."
Continue reading Chef Irvine gets axed
Posted Feb 14th 2008 9:57AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Casting
A day hasn't gone by where we haven't received some sort of tip or email asking us, the TV Squad, how to get on [insert reality show here]. Unfortunately no, Simon Cowell does not work for us, and Donald Trump isn't my BFF, so we really can't help all that much.
The folks at
RealityWanted.com often send us a list of new and existing reality shows that are looking for new, er, talent, and they've given us permission to make mention of them here. We'll try to make this a regular feature as often as we get a new list.
This time we have
Million Dollar Password, Dress My Nest, Grill It!, Divorce Court, Whose Wedding is it Anyway? and several new shows.
Continue reading Reality show casting calls
Posted Jun 14th 2007 5:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 8, ABC has a new Fast Cars and Superstars, followed by the NBA finals. - FOX has a new Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader at 8, then a new So You Think You Can Dance.
- CBS has a new Pirate Master at 8.
- TCM has Mr. Lucky at 8, then The Adventures of Robin Hood.
- At 9, TLC has a new American Chopper.
- USA has a new Starter Wife at 9.
- At 10, NBC has a new Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
- Food Network has a new Throwdown with Bobby Flay at 10.
- At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Showbiz Show with David Spade.
- Also at 10: Spike has a new Ultimate Fighter.
Check your local TV listings for more.
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