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* [[Science Show]]: ''[[Good Eats]]'', ''Food Detectives'', and ''Ask Aida''. |
* [[Science Show]]: ''[[Good Eats]]'', ''Food Detectives'', and ''Ask Aida''. |
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* [[Screwed by the Network]]: Sara Moulton was a highly qualified, well-versed chef who cut her teeth working with Julia Child and quick enough to host a live call in cooking show when the network was just getting started. Later she was axed and had to leave for PBS when the network [[Network Decay|decided against more technically-based shows]] [[Viewers are Morons|in favor of marketable personalities and reality programing.]] |
* [[Screwed by the Network]]: Sara Moulton was a highly qualified, well-versed chef who cut her teeth working with Julia Child and quick enough to host a live call in cooking show when the network was just getting started. Later she was axed and had to leave for PBS when the network [[Network Decay|decided against more technically-based shows]] [[Viewers are Morons|in favor of marketable personalities and reality programing.]] |
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** This is, however, not the arbitrary decision it's made to sound like. ''The Next Food Network Star'' has had network executives make it clear repeatedly that their market research shows that the vast majority of their viewers are ''not'' watching for technical expertise or to get recipes, but to be entertained... thus shows that are simply recipes with an audiovisual component don't get the ratings. Whenever possible, they prefer [[Good Eats|shows that do both]]. |
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* [[Ship Tease]] / [[Foe Yay]]: |
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** Alton and W on ''[[Good Eats]]''. Despite the former being, y'know, ''married''. |
** Alton and W on ''[[Good Eats]]''. Despite the former being, y'know, ''married''. |
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