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Restaurant Stakeout??

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Nancy2

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Mar 7, 2012, 4:19:40 PM3/7/12
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FN already has Restaurant Impossible, so I fail to see the point of
another show about rescuing a restaurant. Irvine's is doing just
fine, and next week, they move it to an earlier spot to give the new
one his spot. They need to develop some new ideas instead of copying
their own.

N,

Chemo the Clown

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Mar 7, 2012, 4:59:11 PM3/7/12
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they've run out of ideas.
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Julie Bove

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Mar 7, 2012, 5:55:56 PM3/7/12
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"Nancy2" <ellor...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I think they are running out of ideas.


Mark Thorson

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Mar 7, 2012, 9:32:25 PM3/7/12
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As long as it works, they'll make more. If people
didn't watch them, they wouldn't do that for long.

Dave Smith

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Mar 7, 2012, 9:43:59 PM3/7/12
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Not necessarily. Thanks to the marketing of bundles there are entire
networks that no one watches. Satellite and cable companies pick them up
to add to a bundle. Why pay $4 per month for the food network when you
can get a bundle of 5 channels,.... 4 of which you will never watch.

Ed Pawlowski

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Mar 7, 2012, 10:59:34 PM3/7/12
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Nothing new, but usually another network does the copy. TV shows have
been copied for decades. Remember in the 50's it was Westerns? Every
networks has a version of 60 Minutes. There was a wave of TV
detectives in the 60's. There are now two or three shows about pawn
shops, American Pickers, auctions, at least two for auto repossession.
Don't forget Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares. He was on BBCA long before
Rest. Impossible.

Ubiquitous

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Apr 28, 2012, 12:05:54 AM4/28/12
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I think they've been doing that for some time now.


Nancy2

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Apr 30, 2012, 3:11:32 PM4/30/12
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I think the host is the most obnoxious host on the FN.

N.

Patricia Martin Steward

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Apr 30, 2012, 4:13:31 PM4/30/12
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On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:05:54 -0400, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net>
wrote:
They're enough different that I don't mind.

Having said that, however, what I don't like about each of them:
RI seems too staged.
RS - that host flapping his hands about. Show more undercover stuff
already, that's what makes this one interesting.


Ubiquitous

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Apr 30, 2012, 6:35:22 PM4/30/12
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pat...@notterranews.com wrote:
>Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>>ellor...@gmail.com wrote:

>>>FN already has Restaurant Impossible, so I fail to see the point of
>>>another show about rescuing a restaurant. Irvine's is doing just
>>>fine, and next week, they move it to an earlier spot to give the new
>>>one his spot. They need to develop some new ideas instead of copying
>>>their own.
>>
>>I think they've been doing that for some time now.
>
>
>They're enough different that I don't mind.
>
>Having said that, however, what I don't like about each of them:
>RI seems too staged.

It fits, given what I've heard of Irvin's fake background.

(Why is he still on TV?)

--
"If Barack Obama isn't careful, he will become the Jimmy Carter of the
21st century."

anim8rFSK

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Apr 30, 2012, 7:50:06 PM4/30/12
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In article <jnn467$dkr$4...@dont-email.me>,
Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:

> pat...@notterranews.com wrote:
> >Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
> >>ellor...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> >>>FN already has Restaurant Impossible, so I fail to see the point of
> >>>another show about rescuing a restaurant. Irvine's is doing just
> >>>fine, and next week, they move it to an earlier spot to give the new
> >>>one his spot. They need to develop some new ideas instead of copying
> >>>their own.
> >>
> >>I think they've been doing that for some time now.
> >
> >
> >They're enough different that I don't mind.
> >
> >Having said that, however, what I don't like about each of them:
> >RI seems too staged.
>
> It fits, given what I've heard of Irvin's fake background.
>
> (Why is he still on TV?)

Not 'still' - he was removed for awhile and he's back. I think they
realized, who cares if he padded his resumé, given that he'd obviously
proved he could do the job.

--
So we're all agreed that Clod is as stupid as Charlie Sheen?

Ubiquitous

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Apr 30, 2012, 8:22:53 PM4/30/12
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anim...@cox.net wrote:
> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>> pat...@notterranews.com wrote:
>> >Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>> >>ellor...@gmail.com wrote:

>> >>>FN already has Restaurant Impossible, so I fail to see the point of
>> >>>another show about rescuing a restaurant. Irvine's is doing just
>> >>>fine, and next week, they move it to an earlier spot to give the new
>> >>>one his spot. They need to develop some new ideas instead of copying
>> >>>their own.
>> >>
>> >>I think they've been doing that for some time now.
>> >
>> >
>> >They're enough different that I don't mind.
>> >
>> >Having said that, however, what I don't like about each of them:
>> >RI seems too staged.
>>
>> It fits, given what I've heard of Irvin's fake background.
>>
>> (Why is he still on TV?)
>
>Not 'still' - he was removed for awhile and he's back.

That's what I meant. :-)

Ed Pawlowski

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Apr 30, 2012, 10:40:37 PM4/30/12
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"Ubiquitous" <web...@polaris.net> wrote
>>
>>Having said that, however, what I don't like about each of them:
>>RI seems too staged.
>
> It fits, given what I've heard of Irvin's fake background.
>
> (Why is he still on TV?)

Simple, he makes money for the network.
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