TV-Reviewed » Good Eats http://www.tv-reviewed.com Episode Reviews and Previews of Your Favorite Television Shows Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:10:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Is Food Network Trying to Kill Good Eats? http://www.tv-reviewed.com/2011/03/14/is-food-network-trying-to-kill-good-eats/ http://www.tv-reviewed.com/2011/03/14/is-food-network-trying-to-kill-good-eats/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:51:17 +0000 James Chamberlin http://www.tv-reviewed.com/?p=6937 ]]> With Food Network gearing its network more and more for competitive cooking shows, it doesn’t surprise me that they’re running out of room for some shows. We’ve seen a few cancelled, but when I saw the horrible timeslot they’re giving Good Eats, I was shocked.

Alton Brown - Good Eats

For Good Eats to be relegated to an 11:30pm EST timeslot, it left me with one conclusion: they’re trying to kill it. Plain as day. Watching Alton Brown has been a real treat over the years. I just can’t imagine many people being willing to stay up that late to watch Good Eats. It’s the same time as the late-night shows (Leno, Letterman, etc) – that’s too late for a primetime show.

Looking at Monday night’s schedule, you’ll find Unwrapped; Kid in a Candy Store; Diners, Drive-ins, and Drives; Meat and Potatoes; The Best Thing I Ever Ate; and Ice Brigade as all premiering before Good Eats. Not only are half of those episodes repeats, but shows are frankly not particularly original.

Food Network owes Good Eats a great deal of credit for its success in my view. It’s one of the only shows left on the network that actually feels original and not a clone of a million other cooking shows. Regardless of the timeslot, I’ll be Tivoing the episodes until Food Network eventually cancels the show.

]]> http://www.tv-reviewed.com/2011/03/14/is-food-network-trying-to-kill-good-eats/feed/ 0 Good Eats – S07E02 – Q Review http://www.tv-reviewed.com/2005/07/07/good-eats-s07e02-q-review/ http://www.tv-reviewed.com/2005/07/07/good-eats-s07e02-q-review/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2005 09:55:16 +0000 James Chamberlin http://www.tv-reviewed.com/?p=1129 ]]> I’ve not yet tried to make Barbecue, but AB always seems to make things seem easier, and I’m certainly going to consider giving it a try. Whether the origin of the word, “Barbecue”, or making a proper Barbecue-making device, AB explains it all. Why spend several hundred dollars or even a couple thousand on an expensive grill or smoker, when you can make a decent one for less than $50. You don’t even need to call MacGyver to build it for you.

I highly recommend this episode to folks who haven’t given “Q” a try.

Good Eats – Q
Original Air Date: June 11, 2003

Rating: 8.5

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