The Chopping Block

2009

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  • 1

5.3| 0h30m| en| More Info
Released: 11 March 2009 Ended
Producted By: Granada Entertainment
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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The Chopping Block is an American reality television series, based on the Australian reality television series of the same name. The series aired on the NBC network and followed participants in an attempt to open a restaurant. It is hosted by British celebrity chef Marco Pierre White. The first episode premiered on March 11, 2009 to low ratings. Two more episodes aired, each with worse ratings than the last. On March 26, 2009, NBC canceled the series, choosing to run repeats of Law & Order: Criminal Intent in the timeslot. The series completing "airing" on NBC.com and Hulu, releasing one a week. On April 24, 2009, NBC announced the series would return to television in Friday, June 19, despite airing on the internet already. After the fourth episode aired on the 19th, it was pre-empted on June 26 by television coverage surrounding the deaths of Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson the day before. The show returned Friday, July 3. It then proceeded to air until Friday, July 24, the day the final episode aired on NBC. On April 27, 2009, British TV began showing the series on ITV2, immediately following the finale of Hell's Kitchen, also hosted by Marco Pierre White, on ITV1 of which 6 of the episodes being aired, although episode 7 was not shown on Monday at 8 o clock as would be expected, and there has been no explanation as to what has happened to the series in the UK or why the episode was not shown.

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Pat When voting on this show, I really felt that I was overrating it by giving it a 1.How can anyone even think that this show has any resemblance to the brilliant Gordon Ramsay's shows??? Chef Ramsay teaches. Marco White criticizes. Chef Ramsay demonstrates a passionate love for cooking. Marco White certainly does not, from what I saw. Chef Ramsay educates the viewing audience. Marco White does not. Chef Ramsay uses intensity to push his chefs to greater culinary excellence. Marco White seems to thoroughly enjoy demeaning, belittling and demoralizing the chefs on his show.I am so glad that this pompous man impersonating a chef had his show canceled.Just a question: was I the only one who saw Marco White sitting down with his legs crossed? I couldn't tell if he was wearing skin-tight ugly mustard-yellow socks or if he had no socks on. Second show I saw that it was his bare skin. UGGGGHHHHH.
djpickles999 All I can say is, OH MY GOD. How did this make it to air!!! Seems like all the people who went thru the test screening all tuned out in under 20 minutes. I lasted 7 minutes before tuning out and my friend made it to 11 minutes. But we had to sit there and be tortured by watching the remaining test screening. Hit the green button with your left thumb if you like what you see or hit the red button with your right thumb if you do not like what you see. Put it this way, my right thumb needed to be iced down after hitting that damn red button so much. Watching this felt like watching a train wreck waiting to happen ....but never happening.