How Does the White House Do Iron Chef?

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Food & Home, Prime Time, Reality, Cable, Gossip

One of the Food Network’s most intense cooking competitions will soon move to Washington, D.C. Address: 1600 Pennsylvania. First Lady Michelle Obama has invited Iron Chef America to compete in the House’s kitchens, featuring ingredients from the property’s own vegetable garden.

In the episode, Mrs. Obama will take over the Chairman’s responsibility of unveiling the secret ingredient. The chefs to be featured on the episode include Bobby Flay, Mario Batali and Emeril Lagasse. White House chef Cristeta Comerford will also compete. The biggest disappointment of this - and really, it’s a great idea - is the fact that Morimoto won’t be featured. Bummer.

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FOX Orders More Gordon Ramsay

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Food & Home, Prime Time, Reality, FOX, News, Video

FOX will be dishing out a third series featuring saucy Brit Gordon Ramsay. In addition to his duties at Hell’s Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares, Ramsay will soon be starring in MasterChef.

In the series, non-professional chefs will attempt to create dishes that Ramsay approves - a hard enough task even for the greatest cooks in the world. Expect swearing to ensue. Watch Ramsay destroying a chef in the clip above - but beware of the graphic language.

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This Week on TV (11/2-11/8)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, Bravo, Cable, CBS, NBC, Heroes, Medium

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MONDAY (11/2)

• Heroes (NBC, 8pm):  “Hiro has another chance to save Charlie (Glee‘s Jayma Mays) when he travels three years into the past, where he also encounters Samuel.” NBC has now resorted to reversing time to steal FOX’s thunder.
• Accidentally on Purpose (CBS, 8:30pm):  “Billie and Zack have their first big fight after Zack, hoping to surprise Billie, installs a low-flow toilet without consulting her first.” She didn’t appreciate having to flush twice after her #2’s.
• The Big Bang Theory (CBS, 9:30pm):  “Sheldon tries to teach Leonard the fundamentals of football.” Despite his wealth of knowledge, Sheldon still couldn’t explain the cheese-on-heads ritual.

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VIDEO: Natalie Portman Cracks Jokes with Top Chefs

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Food & Home, Prime Time, Reality, Bravo, Cable, Top Chef, Gossip, Video

Natalie Portman spiced up Top Chef with her recent appearance, making the table laugh with her somewhat ribald joke. And she looks so sweet!

Want to hear the quip? Watch the clip!

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Sweet! Top Chef Does Desserts

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Food & Home, Prime Time, Reality, Bravo, Cable, Top Chef, Gossip

Bravo has recently picked up a Top Chef spin-off, titled Top Chef: Just Desserts. Casting is underway, and the show is expected to air in 2010 after production wraps.

Though Top Chef offers great reality TV fare, desserts aren’t often on the menu. “Their Achilles heel is usually the desserts,” Frances Berwick, Bravo executive Vice President and general manager, admitted. “We’ve been thinking it would be fun to do a Top Chef with experienced pastry chefs. We’ve had a few pastry chefs…but they haven’t gone too far. It’s just a different skill.”

One that will finally have its own Top Chef spotlight, apparently. No hosts or judges for the show have been revealed, but it’s all supposed to come together in upcoming weeks.

Read More | Variety

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This Week on TV (10/26-11/1)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Drama, Food & Home, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Sports, ABC, Bravo, Cable, CBS, FX, MTV, NBC, The CW, 30 Rock, Heroes, Top Chef

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MONDAY (10/26)

• Heroes (NBC, 8pm):  “Claire and Gretchen go through hazing, but they’ve got other problems facing them.” They could just be blackballed from the entire network.
• Trauma (NBC, 9pm):  “Tyler and Boone are called to a Halloween party that has gone haywire.” Every year, someone takes “Dead Man’s Party” literally.
• Gossip Girl (CW, 9pm):  “Elsewhere, Dan is rattled when he watches one of Olivia’s on-screen sex scenes.” No one wants to think about Lizzie Maguire having sex.

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TV Extensions, Renewals and Cancellations (10/23)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, Cable, HBO, NBC, The CW, Top Chef, Renewals

Here’s an update on the shows you’ll be seeing more of in the months to come:

EXTENSIONS

• Castle (ABC) - Full season order
• Community (NBC) - Full season order
• Lie to Me (FOX) - Three more episodes ordered
• Melrose Place (CW) - Five more episodes ordered
• Mercy (NBC) - Full season order
• Parks and Recreation (NBC) - Full season order
• The Vampire Diaries (CW) - Full season order

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TV on DVD: October 20, 2009

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Prime Time, Reality, BBC, Bravo, Cable, CBS, NBC, Showtime, DVD

Here are some of the TV on DVD options available today.

• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (Complete Series)
• Fawlty Towers (Remastered) (Complete Collection)
• Hawaii Five-0 (Season 7)
• Homicide: Life on the Street (Complete Series)
• It’s Garry Shandling’s Show (Complete Series)
• The L Word (Final Season)
• Numb3rs (Season 5)
• Route 66 (Season 3, Vol. 2)
• Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs (Complete Series)
• Top Chef: New York (Season 5)
• Vega$ (Season 1, Vol. 1)

Make sure to also check out the DVD and Blu-ray film options for this week.

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This Week on TV (10/19-10/25)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, Cable, CBS, MTV, NBC, The CW, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, The Hills

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MONDAY (10/19)

• How I Met Your Mother (CBS, 8pm):  “Barney tries to persuade Robin to become a U.S. citizen.” He’s never had a sex with a freshly-minted citizen.
• Trauma (NBC, 9pm):  “Rabbit has a surprising reaction during a turbulent flight.” Rabbit realized the whole bouncing thing was overrated.
• Two and a Half Men (CBS, 9pm):  “When Alan and Charlie publicly humiliate Jake, he says he no longer wants to live with them.” At this point, he figures he can support himself off his royalty checks.

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Tuesday Ratings: FOX was Hot, NCIS was Hotter

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Food & Home, Prime Time, Reality, Talk Shows, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Hell's Kitchen, Dancing With The Stars, Ratings

It took a two-hour Hell’s Kitchen finale to finally put a dent into CBS’ strong Tuesday night lineup. The FOX series helped the network win in the demos last night, even though NCIS broke the 20 million mark (again) in viewers yesterday. The reality show also managed to improve 19% from its recent May finale.

8pm

• NCIS (20.4 million, 4.5/12 in 18-49) had the best numbers all around.
• The Biggest Loser (3.4/9) weighed in at 9 million viewers.
• Approximately 8 million watched Dave Levey win the sixth season of Hell’s Kitchen (3.8/10).
• Shark Tank (1.6/4) ate 5.4 million up.
• 90210 (1.1/3) turned in 2.4 million.

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