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[sunshine45]

right now i have 50+ different instructional cooking shows on my on demand.....more on the tv apps.

barefoot contessa

americans test kitchen

30 minute meals

milk street

the great british baking show

good eats

burt wolf

food network kitchen classes

project fire

food network kitchen cooks

food flirts

cook like a chef

semi homeade

guys big bite

great chefs of the south

suppertime

great chefs of america

sweets made simple

back to back chef

the paleo way

real food real kitchens

not my mamas meals

secrets of a restaurant chef

chef school

nigella bites

hawaii cooks

graham kerrs kitchen

great chefs of hawaii

just wilsons easy cooking

julia and jacques

whats for dinner

cucina amore

jacques pepin celebrates

jacques pepin fast food my way

road grill

take home chef

make this tonight

jamie olivers 15 minute meals

raw vegan not gross

sweeten

breakfast at tastemaee

struggle meals

nourish

so many more.......

[qbetzforreal]

PBS is the way to go if you would like to see cooking shows.

[SandySparkles]

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@Spurt wrote:

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@SandySparkles wrote:

I think because there is such a wide variety of cooking shows on other networks, on YouTube and other websites now, they had no choice but to promote, and air the programming that garners the most viewers. It seems to me that the "appetites" of their audience has evolved.

Several of your favorite chefs now offer paid cooking classes as well. I tune in to Guys Grocery Games on occasion, and like the cooking shows on Create TV- no frills, just cooking!

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

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@SandySparkles 

Its the Philosophy of who runs the network---Kathy Finch who oversees programming for HGTV and The Food Network.....Here's what she has to say--

“Our job is not to teach people how to cook. Our job is to make people want to watch television.  What we need to do at Food Network at night and prime is entertain people. That’s why we have competition shows. We have shows that have a big payoff at the end because you’re not gonna necessarily watch somebody cook a meal after you’ve eaten your own meal. We sort of have a big entertainment focus at night on Food Network. But then, during the day, and on Cooking Channel, it’s a little bit more instructional. It’s Ina Garten, it’s Ree Drummond. But at Food Network, it is more about entertainment. ”

And then she totally disregards what even her daughters and friends say about the cooking shows---

“I have three young daughters in their 20s. More and more, when I meet their friends, what they will say to me is, Oh, my god. I learned how to cook by watching the Food Network. That’s a really nice thing to feel like we’ve done. That’s never been our goal, but when you look out at the generation of young people that learned how to cook, learned how to enjoy food, maybe wanna be a chef, it’s really inspiring, and I think that’s one of the things that makes us feel really good at Food Network.”

So even though the demographic that advertisers CRAVE love the cooking shows, she ignores them....Things that make you go hmmmmmmm...SMH!!

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@Spurt wrote:

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@SandySparkles wrote:

I think because there is such a wide variety of cooking shows on other networks, on YouTube and other websites now, they had no choice but to promote, and air the programming that garners the most viewers. It seems to me that the "appetites" of their audience has evolved.

Several of your favorite chefs now offer paid cooking classes as well. I tune in to Guys Grocery Games on occasion, and like the cooking shows on Create TV- no frills, just cooking!

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

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@SandySparkles 

Its the Philosophy of who runs the network---Kathy Finch who oversees programming for HGTV and The Food Network.....Here's what she has to say--

“Our job is not to teach people how to cook. Our job is to make people want to watch television.  What we need to do at Food Network at night and prime is entertain people. That’s why we have competition shows. We have shows that have a big payoff at the end because you’re not gonna necessarily watch somebody cook a meal after you’ve eaten your own meal. We sort of have a big entertainment focus at night on Food Network. But then, during the day, and on Cooking Channel, it’s a little bit more instructional. It’s Ina Garten, it’s Ree Drummond. But at Food Network, it is more about entertainment. ”

And then she totally disregards what even her daughters and friends say about the cooking shows---

“I have three young daughters in their 20s. More and more, when I meet their friends, what they will say to me is, Oh, my god. I learned how to cook by watching the Food Network. That’s a really nice thing to feel like we’ve done. That’s never been our goal, but when you look out at the generation of young people that learned how to cook, learned how to enjoy food, maybe wanna be a chef, it’s really inspiring, and I think that’s one of the things that makes us feel really good at Food Network.”

So even though the demographic that advertisers CRAVE love the cooking shows, she ignores them....Things that make you go hmmmmmmm...SMH!!

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😲  My jaw dropped when I read this. It absolutely puts it into perspective. Thank you so much for posting this, as I love being informed, and this was certainly informational! Although I understand somewhat, it is really sad to read, having been a huge fan of their cooking shows for years. This article leaves me scratching my head.🙁

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

[kivah]

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@Spurt wrote:

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@kivah wrote:

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@bachspal wrote:

Where did all the cooking shows go?  Now I have time to watch Ina Garten, Giada and that cute Chinese/Jewish percussionist chef, and they've nowhere to be found.  What gives?  I hate food contests...pointless!

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Most of tv is unwatchable. The news programs are the new entertainment.They try to SHOCK us every day.

I'm still waiting for Steve Allen, Jack Paar, Johnny Carson to reappear as tv hosts. I miss those real entertainers: Frank Sinatra and his ratpack, comics,dancers, singers, etc. I sit with the remote changing channel continuously - especially when most of the program is commercials, station breaks, previews of other show, weather, etc.

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@kivah 

You can see reruns of the old Johnny Carson shows on Antenna TV check their website to see if its available in your area....

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I don't like watching reruns - because I remember all the people who are not with us anymore. Depressing.

[Moonlady]

Create TV used to be good, but they've changed, too, and have jettisoned many cooking shows in favor of two-hour blocks of travel programs.

Martha Bakes, which I enjoyed, used to be on a lot and America's Test Kitchen and Cook's Country don't appear as often. When they do, it's at an odd hour. One-time ATK crank, Christopher Kimball, appears on his Milk Street, which appears to have supplanted ATK/CC in frequency of airings.

Classic Julia Child is on now, but...c'mon. IMO, this "New Create," which they're touting, has far too much travel, home improvement, and painting--and not enough cooking.

[Financialgrl]

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@bachspal wrote:

Where did all the cooking shows go?  Now I have time to watch Ina Garten, Giada and that cute Chinese/Jewish percussionist chef, and they've nowhere to be found.  What gives?  I hate food contests...pointless!

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Ppl may hate her but Rachael Ray is the last person I see that mostly cooks without the cute little back story (for example Ina's show now takes up time shopping at specialty stores and then head back to cook for "friend's parties" in the Hamptons).  There's few things of hers that I bother to make - her food is good but I often don't have the time needed to shop for/cook one of her recipes.  Nothing more cringeworthy to me than watching Ina cook for children's parties of friends.  She's so out of her element.  Hers is one that needs to get back to the "old Ina" days.

As for Rachael, love her or hate her - but she's one of the few that cooks more like we always did when I was growing up.  I'm also sick of all the food competitions.