Comments on: Chopping Block gets the axe http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/04/01/chopping-block-gets-the-axe/ Recipes from scratch and a lot of chatter about food ( plus a little about politics ) Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:15:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ellaella http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/04/01/chopping-block-gets-the-axe/#comment-5071 ellaella Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:36:15 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/?p=2719#comment-5071 I'm glad you enjoyed it, Phil. I know from friends in real life and from reading boards and especially from the Top Chef-related search terms that bring people here what really interests people about that show and it's not the food. Bravo knows that. And speaking of Shear Genius, when they built a new show around a contestant, was it a winner? No, a loser...who was the bitchiest of them all. And to think it wasn't too many years ago Bravo was known for Biography! :D I’m glad you enjoyed it, Phil. I know from friends in real life and from reading boards and especially from the Top Chef-related search terms that bring people here what really interests people about that show and it’s not the food. Bravo knows that. And speaking of Shear Genius, when they built a new show around a contestant, was it a winner? No, a loser…who was the bitchiest of them all.

And to think it wasn’t too many years ago Bravo was known for Biography! :D

]]> By: Phil Barron http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/04/01/chopping-block-gets-the-axe/#comment-5069 Phil Barron Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:09:29 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/?p=2719#comment-5069 Ha! I am pleased. Your critique of Stanley's analysis is well-taken. All she had to do is browse the many episode recaps of TC floating around the Web to see that many - if not most? - viewers tune in for the melodrama, not the rarefied approach to the subject. If Stanley really thinks Bravo's viewers represent a "demographic with highfalutin tastes and insider knowledge," she's clearly unfamiliar with the network and its offerings. Shear Genius, Workout, Real Housewives? Stanley's analysis=fail. Time to discard the NYC-centric viewpoint, Alessandra. As for White: Cancellation looks good on him. <abbr><em>Phil Barron’s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PhilipBarron/~3/WPGCxHnLVVI/" rel="nofollow">Let’s just hollow out the city</a></em></abbr> Ha! I am pleased.

Your critique of Stanley’s analysis is well-taken. All she had to do is browse the many episode recaps of TC floating around the Web to see that many – if not most? – viewers tune in for the melodrama, not the rarefied approach to the subject. If Stanley really thinks Bravo’s viewers represent a “demographic with highfalutin tastes and insider knowledge,” she’s clearly unfamiliar with the network and its offerings. Shear Genius, Workout, Real Housewives? Stanley’s analysis=fail. Time to discard the NYC-centric viewpoint, Alessandra.

As for White: Cancellation looks good on him.

Phil Barron’s last blog post..Let’s just hollow out the city

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