NBC’s The Chopping Block, Dollhouse, True Blood, And The New Ratings Game

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After  a whopping three episodes aired, NBC has pulled the plug on the new cooking competition show The Chopping Block.  It seems I barely put together an article on the thing, and though my reaction was rather middle-of-the-road, NBC needs a bit of a wake-up call.  I didn't love the show, and though he may be a genius of the culinary world, Marco Pierre White just doesn't make for really … [Read more...]

The Chopping Block – NBCs Last Restaurant Standing

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NBC is bringing Last Restaurant Standing to America under the (apparently) hipper moniker The Chopping Block, and they've managed somehow to create a cooking/restaurant show that doesn't star Gordon Ramsay.     This particular venture into culinary reality stars Marco Pierre White (at one time involved with the UK's version of Hell's Kitchen), Ramsay's mentor, competition, friend, … [Read more...]