No More FOOD NETWORK? WTF??

Fat Freddy wrote:

The standoff has come to an end... Food Network and HGTV returned to our cable lineup last night. Thank Goodness. After three weeks I was starting to go through "Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives" withdrawal...

That is a great show!

Fat Freddy wrote:

The standoff has come to an end... Food Network and HGTV returned to our cable lineup last night. Thank Goodness. After three weeks I was starting to go through "Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives" withdrawal...

That's good news. I'd hate it if they took it off here. I watch that channel quite a bit. I've gotten some great cooking ideas from it.

Metallic Blaze wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

The standoff has come to an end... Food Network and HGTV returned to our cable lineup last night. Thank Goodness. After three weeks I was starting to go through "Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives" withdrawal...

That's good news. I'd hate it if they took it off here. I watch that channel quite a bit. I've gotten some great cooking ideas from it.

Some great cooking fantasies, too!

7thSaviour wrote:

Metallic Blaze wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

The standoff has come to an end... Food Network and HGTV returned to our cable lineup last night. Thank Goodness. After three weeks I was starting to go through "Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives" withdrawal...

That's good news. I'd hate it if they took it off here. I watch that channel quite a bit. I've gotten some great cooking ideas from it.

Some great cooking fantasies, too!

7thSaviour wrote:

Some great cooking fantasies, too!

You mean. like the one about Rachael Ray and Giada De Laurentiis, a couple of cucumbers, and a LOT of extra virgin olive oil?

Fat Freddy wrote:

7thSaviour wrote:

Some great cooking fantasies, too!

You mean. like the one about Rachael Ray and Giada De Laurentiis, a couple of cucumbers, and a LOT of extra virgin olive oil?

Now we're talkin'!

Metallic Blaze wrote:

7thSaviour wrote:

Metallic Blaze wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

The standoff has come to an end... Food Network and HGTV returned to our cable lineup last night. Thank Goodness. After three weeks I was starting to go through "Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives" withdrawal...

That's good news. I'd hate it if they took it off here. I watch that channel quite a bit. I've gotten some great cooking ideas from it.

Some great cooking fantasies, too!

Here we go again, folks... now Disney (owner of ABC) is in a fight with Cablevision over fees/rates for the ABC network. They say that the local ABC channel may get yanked by this weekend if a compromise isn't reached.

...Dammit, if they pull that channel I'm gonna miss LOST!! Then I'll be SOOPER pissed!!!

Cablevision is evil. Then again, so is Disney. I dont' know who to root for at this point.

Fat Freddy wrote:

Here we go again, folks... now Disney (owner of ABC) is in a fight with Cablevision over fees/rates for the ABC network. They say that the local ABC channel may get yanked by this weekend if a compromise isn't reached.

...Dammit, if they pull that channel I'm gonna miss LOST!! Then I'll be SOOPER pissed!!!

Cablevision is evil. Then again, so is Disney. I dont' know who to root for at this point.

LOL!!!!!!! Cablevision sucks!!!!!

BTW - if you lose ABC you can watch lost for free on hulu.com the next morning

Fat Freddy wrote:

Here we go again, folks... now Disney (owner of ABC) is in a fight with Cablevision over fees/rates for the ABC network. They say that the local ABC channel may get yanked by this weekend if a compromise isn't reached.

...Dammit, if they pull that channel I'm gonna miss LOST!! Then I'll be SOOPER pissed!!!

Cablevision is evil. Then again, so is Disney. I dont' know who to root for at this point.

My cable server (Time Warner) had a fued with Fox recently. I don't watch Fox that often but i hate when the choices get less and less...

Wow, I must have it pretty good. DirecTV never takes off channels.

thejokeriv wrote:

LOL!!!!!!! Cablevision sucks!!!!!

BTW - if you lose ABC you can watch lost for free on hulu.com the next morning

Yea, I know that... but it's the PRINCIPLE of it. My cable bill keeps going up and up and up, yet I lose a channel (again) because a couple of millionaire A-Holes are too busy having a prick waving contest to think about their customers...

Fat Freddy wrote:

thejokeriv wrote:

LOL!!!!!!! Cablevision sucks!!!!!

BTW - if you lose ABC you can watch lost for free on hulu.com the next morning

Yea, I know that... but it's the PRINCIPLE of it. My cable bill keeps going up and up and up, yet I lose a channel (again) because a couple of millionaire A-Holes are too busy having a prick waving contest to think about their customers...

Yeah, that's just flat out lame dude! I'd be PISSED if I were you.

I watch ABC more than any other channel besides CBS.

I wonder if Disney knows what they're doing... if they yank that channel, little old ladies are going to be pissed cuz they can't watch "Wheel of Fortune" or their favorite soap opera, the "Oprah" crowd are going to be up in arms, and millions of "Losties" are going to be rioting in the streets.

If they yank that channel on Sunday, Disney execs are going to wake up on Monday morning to find ALL of them gathered at the front gates of the Magic Kingdom waving pitchforks and torches.

...actually, that would be pretty freakin' cool.

Fat Freddy wrote:

I wonder if Disney knows what they're doing... if they yank that channel, little old ladies are going to be pissed cuz they can't watch "Wheel of Fortune" or their favorite soap opera, the "Oprah" crowd are going to be up in arms, and millions of "Losties" are going to be rioting in the streets.

If they yank that channel on Sunday, Disney execs are going to wake up on Monday morning to find ALL of them gathered at the front gates of the Magic Kingdom waving pitchforks and torches.

...actually, that would be pretty freakin' cool.

Welp, they did it.... as of 12:01 AM today, the local ABC affiliate (Channel 7) is pulled from our cable. Guess I'm gonna have to get used to watching "LOST" via the Internet for the time being.

That's totally insane dude. To pull a huge network like ABC is just ludicriss.

The people just aren't going to put up with that. I know I wouldn't. I'd be cancelling my cable for sure.

Too bad you can't get Direct TV. Great customer service and I get all the channels I want! I didn't know Rachel Ray could look that hot.... Wow!

MetalH wrote:

Too bad you can't get Direct TV. Great customer service and I get all the channels I want!

Ditto. Seems like cable is going down the toilet nowadays. I've had direcTV for years now. No problems with any channels being taken off ever.

I just got Direct TV last year, mainly because I wanted ESPN and the NFL Network so I could catch all the games. I also really dig the History and Discovery channels. I love all the crime/cop shows so pretty much any time of the day Law and Order or CSI is on on some channel.

CSI rules. Easily my favorite show. I like them all three.

Well, that was a quick standoff ... ABC is back on Cablevision as of right now. I bet Oprah the Mighty must've made a few phone calls.

Fat Freddy wrote:

Well, that was a quick standoff ... ABC is back on Cablevision as of right now. I bet Oprah the Mighty must've made a few phone calls.

Man, that's just weird. I'm glad you got ABC back though. I bet a lot of people were PISSED!!!

I'm hearing that someone contacted the FCC and they stepped in to put a stop to it.

Metallic Blaze wrote:

CSI rules. Easily my favorite show. I like them all three.