EmerilLagasse-related stories
Posted Oct 9th 2009 12:00PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, Industry, OpEd, Reality-Free
When you're a cable network and you're only reaching 55 million households and want to reach twice that amount, what do you do? If you're Scripps Networks, you rebrand the channel and give it a new name. That's why
Fine Living will become the Cooking Channel in 2010.
The way I see this, since Scripps owns the Food Network, the Cooking Channel will be sort of a Food Network annex. Food Network 2.0. Food Network, Two. In actuality, a lot of the programming on Fine Living now is connected to Food Network. Old
Iron Chef episodes, Emeril LaGasse and Mario Batali and Wolfgang Puck ... all cooking shows that were once on Food Network.
Now that it's going to drop the Fine Living angle and concentrate on cooking, all the overflow from Food Network will have somewhere to go.
Continue reading Fine Living will become the Cooking Channel
Posted Jul 20th 2009 8:00PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Food/Home/DIY, Industry, Celebrities, Pickups and Renewals, Casting
I love
Top Chef (well, the regular version... this oddball
Masters edition seems to be just summer filler until the real show starts again). I especially enjoy the hosting stylings of Padma Lakshmi, and not just because of her looks. She has a presence, seems to know her food, and displays an intelligence that fits well in the cerebral nature of the show.
But the word "funny" has never come to mind when I've seen her work. Which is why I'm scratching my head at the news that
NBC is developing a sitcom for Lakshmi. You heard me. As in most cases in the world of TV, the premise can be boiled down into one oh-so-confidence-infusing sentence, according to
Variety: "Building on her
Top Chef credentials, the show will star Lakshmi as a woman working in the culinary world." One possible title?
Single Serving.
Oofah. The show's got "two week mid-season stinker" written all over it, doesn't it?
[via
TV Week]
Posted Aug 27th 2008 1:38PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, Daytime, Reality-Free
Oh, boy, I can't wait! Finally, after all this time we're going to get to go behind the gates, into the exclusive, much-discussed but rarely filmed Martha Stewart estate. Actually, not the whole estate, but part of it. On her syndicated show,
Martha Stewart's 153-acre Bedford, New York farm will be on display in the season ahead.
When the show returns with new episodes on September 15, Ms. Martha will share all the fun stuff she grows and prunes and plants. You know what this means, don't you? Compost heap! Seriously, Martha believes in natural recycling.
There will also be her state-of-the-art greenhouses and her extensive flower and vegetable gardens. Over a hundred guests will join Martha on her tour of the farm.
Continue reading Ol' McMartha has a farm, ee-ay, ee-ay-oh!
Posted Jun 5th 2008 8:02PM by Paul Goebel
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 S
plit Ends, Divorce Court and other new shows.
Continue reading Reality Show casting calls
Posted Mar 1st 2008 4:36PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Food/Home/DIY, Programming, Cable/Satellite, Celebrities
Just a few weeks ago, TV Squad reported that
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia acquired Emeril Lagasse's media properties. Now, the Bam-man will be starring in a new daily cooking show. Celebrity chef and restauranteur
Emeril Lagasse will star in Emeril Green, a show that will be shot entirely at Whole Foods Market. The enterprise will be shot in front of a live audience, and will air on Planet Green, Discovery Communications' new 24/7 eco-lifestyle television network, PG launches in June 2008 with a bunch of new shows, including
Emeril Green which will launch in July.
Continue reading Jolly green Emeril
Posted Feb 19th 2008 1:43PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, Late Night, Daytime, Music and Variety, Celebrities
How's this for a winning recipe? Domestic diva Martha Stewart has
snagged superchef Emeril Lagasse for her empire. Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. announced today the acquisition of Emeril's franchise -- all those cookbooks, kitchen products and TV shows in which he stars -- for $45 million in cash and $5 million in stock at closing. That $50 million could swell by $20 million more if "if certain benchmarkets are achieved."
Martha's purchase, however, does not include Emeril's Homebase, which includes the chef's 11 stellar restaurants, including Emeril's New Orleans and Delmonico's Steakhouse in Las Vegas.
Continue reading Martha snags Emeril
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