"Good Eats" recently shot its final episode

[IndyJones]

However Food Network started a new network called "The Cooking Network" which is just all of The Food Network's cooking shows and none of the crazy stuff.

I wish The Travel Channel and, to a lesser extent, The History Channel, would take that approach as well.

They kinda do with History International...

Yeah, I was thinking of that. It's why I said I was less concerned about The History Channel...the thought just never made it to the keyboard.

 

[ToddKent]

I've noticed that over the years that Food Network has tried to become the Travel Channel and the Travel Channel has tried to become Food Network.

As for AB's recipes, yeah several of them can be obnoxiously and unnecessarily complicated (like his Spaghetti & Meat Sauce) but there are several that have worked really well for me.

I recommend the Slow Cooker Pepper Pork Chop recipe (although I use pork ribs instead of pork chops), Sweet Corn Bread Pudding & Oven Roasted Broccoli.

 

[Christopher]

I've noticed that over the years that Food Network has tried to become the Travel Channel and the Travel Channel has tried to become Food Network.

Commercial cable broadcasters all depend on ad revenues, so they all have to make their advertisers happy, and the advertisers are all trying to appeal to the broadest range of consumers, at least within their preferred demographic. As a result, cable networks tend to become more homogeneous over time. It's an evolutionary pressure away from specialization.