"Celebrity Cooking Showdown" off the menu
So NBC has already ditched "Celebrity Cooking Showdown," not bothering to air the final episodes of the reality competition. (Of course, you'll be able to watch and vote online -- I would love to see the numbers on who actually bothers to download it.) And I totally understand why. We taped the first two episodes, and I watched the first one on Tuesday. And promptly deleted the other one without watching it.
First of all, the celebrities didn't actually have to do much of anything. Their recipes were made up by the likes of Wolfgang Puck and Cat Cora, and they had to simply learn a few recipes. Nor were they alone in the kitchen -- each got help from their chef on critical steps in the process.
I wanted to see cookng disasters, celebrities I care about being creative on their own, and plenty of cheese and ham. I got none of the above. NBC took what should have been a fun concept and drained it of any taste at all.
