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Is QVC becoming the new Food/Cooking Network???

corita — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 23:59:58 GMT

So many cooking/food shows!!!! David now has three, Stacey has one, Mary has one, Rick has one...many Gourmet Holiday shows. Then David's Thursday show has food and Jill's Home shows have food too!! And every time there is a food or kitchen product as a TSV, there are multiple one hour shows.

And all shows are selling versions of the same products and brands!! Overkill, QVC!!! Maybe the Q3 channel needs to focus solely on Food/Cooking shows!!

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KACEE1115 — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 00:01:12 GMT

Agree,I’m burned out already , FRI YAY 😫

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January121 — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 00:12:03 GMT

I rather watch the “food” shows than watching Wen, Logo, IT & a few others that are on every other minute 🙃

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homedecor1 — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 00:16:02 GMT

@corita : and the hits just keep coming with the programming😮

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mspatmac — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 00:26:07 GMT

I would like to see real cooking shows! HSN has Curtis Stone who cooks the whole time he is on. How many Mrs Prindible apples, cookies, nuts etc can one have, Alco so very tired of the kitchen gadgets that for the most part don't work. I guess someone is buying this stuff eo make it profitable!!!

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1Snickers — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 00:42:07 GMT

I don’t cook so am not interested in the cooking shows.

I don’t purchase food from QVC because I can find it elsewhere and cheaper.

I did buy the tins of chocolate at Christmas and it was mostly pretzels or cheaper fillings. The tins were cute, but I found similar in the same brand at a local store at 60% off!

When the food shows come on I switch channels.

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Phantom41 — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 01:07:48 GMT

No interest in watching people eat for hours.

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Spurt — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 01:51:16 GMT

Yep, nothing like QVC overkill.....Im just watching less and less there's not much left to even entice me to buy....

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wildflowerblue — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 04:31:19 GMT

Plus, it is obsene and immoral, the amount of food wasted. Sell lobsters, for instance and they think a display of - I dunno - 20 is the thing to do. Cows and chickens go through what they do to feed us, but QVC wastes their lives displaying multiples on a table - all for simply making money. And venders constantly cut steaks, for example - over and over and over, with multiple presentations. Just wrong, IMO. Yes. I no longer watch.

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Imaoldhippie — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 11:30:21 GMT

If you dont like it why are you watching and posting? There are many other channels on your TV. Yes its your opinion and you certainly are entitiled to it. Isnt it nice we have a variety and the remote for our TV?

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shaggygirl — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 12:14:06 GMT

And the nut vendors who keep pouring out container after container after container into dishes when there are already dishes overflowing with nuts sitting there on display.

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FranandZoe — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 12:27:06 GMT

You're so right. And I don't watch food/cooking shows.

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LilacTree — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 14:46:38 GMT

I have never watched food/cooking shows of any kind on any station ever. I find them boring and sometimes even disgusting. It seems people, especially Americans, are obsessed with food. No wonder we are the most obese nation in the world.

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Spurt — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 15:05:45 GMT

@Imaoldhippie wrote:
If you dont like it why are you watching and posting? There are many other channels on your TV. Yes its your opinion and you certainly are entitiled to it. Isnt it nice we have a variety and the remote for our TV?

@Imaoldhippie

I don't think people sit there and force themselves to watch something unappealing....they could merely be commenting after checking The Program Guide or flipping through channels.....

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Caaareful Shopper — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 15:25:21 GMT

SALES, SALES, SALES.

Food on QVC is never shown with that price comparison chart that they do with all other kitchen items. That’s because food prices here are marked up so much, it is the veritable cash-cow for QVC.

That HUGE mark-up means they clear an inordinate amount of revenue after expenses from those chicken cutlets, Parmesan meatballs, and seasoned nut mixes. It’s the food shows that cover some losses QVC has in other categories.

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Krimpette — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 15:36:55 GMT

I agree. Just too many food shows and too much food in the Kitchen shows. It seems like they used to have more interesting gadgets, etc., in the Kitchen shows. Now, it's even an iPad. Lost me as a viewer. (Not that they care!)

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SeaMaiden — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 15:39:50 GMT

It is like Evine with HOURS AND HOURS of Crystal junk or ugly huge watches..... sick of it.

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ScarletDove — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 19:21:28 GMT

@corita wrote:

"... And all shows are selling versions of the same products and brands!! Overkill, QVC!!! Maybe the Q3 channel needs to focus solely on Food/Cooking shows!!...."

@corita That is a great idea!

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corita — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 19:24:16 GMT

@Imaoldhippie wrote:
If you dont like it why are you watching and posting? There are many other channels on your TV. Yes its your opinion and you certainly are entitiled to it. Isnt it nice we have a variety and the remote for our TV?
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Of course I change the channel!! Please don't use the worn-out "change the channel" admonishment!!
And I don't watch...that is the point!! This is a 'for profit-commerce channel' that relies mainly on TV show presentations to sell their products. If I don't watch, I don't buy!!

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ScarletDove — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 22:58:16 GMT

Just cannot watch ITKWD or ITKWM any more....and Rick's Friday evening show with his personality, food and wine is over the top and unwatchable for me. Many of the Gourmet Food Shows, depending on the hosts, can be intolerable to watch. The only one worth watching is Stacey Stauffers Monday 6pm Q2 Step-by-Step Cooking with Stacey; like her common-sense recipes of which many are healthier, love to see her "apron-of-the week" and generally the way she handles the show which is more laid back and tolerable than her involvement on ITKWD! Unfortunately, I do not like Stacey's strident, gutteral voice which can get loud and overwhelming at times; fortunately, the design of her show usually keeps her voice more tolerable.