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No surprise...NBC axes The Chopping Block

Posted Mar 27th 2009 11:15AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, Cancellations

It cannot come as a big surprise that NBC's reality series The Chopping Block has been chopped after three episodes. The show started poorly in the ratings and have sunk lower in the subsequent two broadcasts.

Ratings alone aren't the reason for The Chopping Block being sent back to the kitchen, or thrown down the garbage disposal, or any other food euphemism you might want to suggest. The Chopping Block was dumped and deservedly so because it was not a good reality competition show.

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NBC okays restaurant reality show

Posted Mar 18th 2008 4:43PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Food/Home/DIY, Pickups and Renewals

There's more reality being served up by NBC: a food-based competition show in which couples vie to open a restaurant. British chef Marco Pierre White will be the judge. NBC has greenlit The Chopping Block for next season, calling it a sort of Top Chef meets Hell's Kitchen. Actually, it sounds like a twin for BBC America's Last Restaurant Standing. That one has nine couples competing for one restaurant with Chef Raymond Blanc as the judge. The NBC incarnation will have eight couples, and unlike Chef Blanc who has earned two Michelin stars for his restaurants, Chef White has three.

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No surprise...NBC axes The Chopping Block