# the "let's make fun of food network!" thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 22, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-make-fun-of-food-network-thread/619547 "2012-04-22T01:39:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-make-fun-of-food-network-thread/619547/21 "2012-04-25T12:45:48Z")
Not entirely on topic, but when the heck did the Travel Channel turn into Food Network 2? Between now and midnight they are airing 12 (!) episodes of _Man vs. Food_, 3 episodes of _Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations_, and one each of \*Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmerman \*and something called _Diner Paradise_. I used to enjoy the Travel Channel when they used to have, you know, \*travel \*shows. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-make-fun-of-food-network-thread/619547/22 "2012-04-25T15:59:21Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Then you should love Food Network. I can’t remember the last time I saw a show there that was actually about cooking. Looking at their schedule for tonight: _Cupcake Wars_, _Cupcake Wars_, _Chopped_, _Chopped_. So, game show, game show, game show, game show. That’s The Littlest Briston’s dream evening – she simply cannot get enough of those two shows. In fact, we’ve had her do a “home version” of _Chopped_ now, once for [breakfast](http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3343231106793.2153292.1449202104&type=3) and once for [dinner](http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3624742904412&set=a.1980368756086.2117430.1449202104&type=1&theater). ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-make-fun-of-food-network-thread/619547/23 "2012-04-25T16:04:31Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > The cooking shows are on in the middle of the day. And on Saturday mornings. My wife’s Saturday morning ritual is to camp in front of the TV and watch the cooking shows. But, yes, the Food Network guys created Cooking Channel to show many of the cooking shows (including re-runs of old Food Network shows like _Good Eats_) because they’ve moved to competition and reality shows during prime time on Food Network. What’s humorous in watching Giada’s shows is to see how big her breasts are. In some segments, they’re quite noticeably bigger than in others. My wife claims those are episodes which were shot when she was pregnant, but she still looks skinny in the waist to me. I wonder if she got implants. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-make-fun-of-food-network-thread/619547/24 "2012-04-25T16:05:58Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > … Dear Food Network: Go premium, take Nigella’s clothes off, and all will be forgiven. I wholeheartedly approve of this suggestion. _subscribes to **KneadToKnow** ’s newsletter_ > [@Smeghead](#): > > I heard that food network was very unpopular in high school. Also that it smells bad, and its momma dresses it funny. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-make-fun-of-food-network-thread/619547/25 "2012-04-25T16:09:20Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > I wholeheartedly approve of this suggestion. _subscribes to **KneadToKnow** ’s newsletter_ I’m in, too: [http://s1.hubimg.com/u/794764\_f520.jpg](http://s1.hubimg.com/u/794764_f520.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-make-fun-of-food-network-thread/619547.md?page=1)