Worst Cooks In America is airing its season finale tonight at 10 pm. As we know, the winner of tonight’s episode receives $25,000. In some confessional shots last night, Jenny’s “White Trash” tattoo on her right bicep has been colored in. Obviously this was filmed at a later date then the rest [...]

I was a bit harsh on the first season of 10 Dollar Dinners… if by harsh I mean “really annoyed by the $10 concept that isn’t real.” So, with the second season, I decided to give it a second look. On initial viewing, I’d have to assume that the first season was enjoyed [...]

We caught the first episode here at the Inside Pulse studios and we’re very happy to see that Claire Robinson has been granted both a full new season and a whole new set. It looks like Food Network is throwing some money behind 5-Ingredient Fix. As we’ve said before, the 5 Ingredient concept [...]

1) I have skipped the last few weeks because, honestly, as I was writing the second episode column I realized that it wasn’t particularly interesting because, as I mentioned in the first column, I got a sneaky suspicion that this whole thing was a set-up to get Amanda Freitag on to the show. Look, [...]

1) With Cat Cora on lesbian maternity leave, Mario Batali kinda fired, and Michael Symon still behind both of them on the depth chart — the chairman decided it was high time to fill the ranks with a new Iron Chef. The latest incarnation of this show gives us five chefs from NYC, two [...]

Brian Boitano has a friend who a woman. So Brian decides to plan a house party where calls a bunch of friends and invites random women in the supermarket to come to his house and meet his friend. Does this sound like the plot of a pilot episode of a sitcom? It [...]

I started writing this column the evening following the first episode last week but, when I read it over, I felt like I was being too unfair. So I let it marinate for a week so I could watch a second show. While I know that these were probably all taped the same [...]

1) The recap at the beginning clearly draws battle lines. Jeffrey is the guy with the culinary experience. He’s the technically superior guy. Melissa is the underdog — but only in the culinary education department. She’s a businesswoman who’s lived the 100-hour work weeks and had a boatload of life experience [...]

1) Emeril’s been released from Fine Living Network exile? When did this happen? Why wasn’t I informed. This week is a cross-promotion with Julie & Julia, so the contestants will go watch the movie first. After that, they’ll use that inspiration to create a three-course meal for twelve “culinary elites” on [...]

1) As we return to the predictable final four, we are still in Miami. Your guest host for the week is Next Iron Chef winner Michael Symon. The first challenge this week will put each competitor in front of a live camera to do a four-minute demo on a Miami morning show. [...]