Re: Valerie Bertinelli Trashes Food Network, Says "It's Not About Cooking And Learning" Anymore

On 2024-04-18 11:37:54 +0000, NoBody said:

On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 10:32:29 -0400, Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net>
wrote:

 Valerie Bertinelli made some negative remarks about The Food Network several
months after she was let go from the channel’s reality cooking competition
series, “Kids Baking Championship.”
 “I fell in love with Food Network two decades ago because of all the amazing
ITK [in the kitchen] shows,” the 63-year-old star wrote on the social media
app Threads, calling out Rachael Ray’s show “30-Minute Meals,” Ina Garten of
“Barefoot Contessa” fame, and “Giada at Home” star Giada De Laurentiis
specifically.
 “I learned so much. It’s sad it’s not about cooking and learning any longer.
Oh well, that’s just business, folks.”
 Her comments came in response to a Thread by cookbook author Marlynn
Schotland. She wrote, “I miss actual cooking shows on @foodnetwork. Remember
those? Do you know what this world does NOT need? Yet another cooking
competition show.”

 It's the Food game show network now.

Most TV networks have become the "reality TV' networks - it's far easier and cheaper for them to put drivel on-screen than it is to make proper shows.  :-(