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LindaL.
05-17-2004, 09:23 PM
I went to watch the restuarant tonight and was annoyed to discover a old crossing jordan episode! At first I thought I had the wrong night but my tv guide was showing it for tonight. I came online to discover this article. It just got cancelled today! I don't know if anyone else watches this but it seems kinda strange to just cancel 7 hours before it was to air with only 3 episodes left. I know there are a lot of legal problems but I really enjoyed watching it.

Anyone else feel the same way??


http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,14119,00.html

NBC's "Restaurant" Closed?

by Lia Haberman
May 17, 2004, 1:30 PM PT



NBC has removed The Restaurant from the menu.

The meatballs-and-machinations reality series has been dropped from the network's schedule for the rest of sweeps--not a promising move for the series, which could shape up to be Mark Burnett's first high-profile cancellation

A call to NBC was not returned Monday.

Rocco DiSpirito's on-air experiment--launching his restaurant Rocco's on 22nd under 24/7 camera surveillance--entered its second season April 19 with a piping hot batch of six new episodes.

But the show has been plagued with on- and off-screen problems, including a legal battle for control of the restaurant between the chef and his financier Jeffrey Chodorow, which has become the show's main story line. DiSpirito claims Chodorow cooked the books. The money-man claims the camera-friendly foodie isn't worth his salt.

The duo's feud, which was the subject of a recent New York magazine cover story, has Manhattan residents fascinated. After all, New York City's trendy restaurant openings and closings are tracked about as carefully as fluctuations in the stock market.

However, TV viewers were less entranced with the kitchen drama's second season, with a measly 6.9 million tuning in per week for the first three episodes.

On top of that, the restaurant's real-life diners have had few good things to say about Rocco's chow and service. Ditto the New York Health Department, which cited the restaurant last August for six violations of the city's health code.

It apparently proved all too much for NBC to stomach and the net yanked the series with three episodes left to air. Repeats of Crossing Jordan and Law & Order: SVU will fill the Monday night time slot with Restaurant expected to return some time later this month, according to Variety.

The news is surely a blow to executive producer Burnett who has managed to cook up so many other successful series, including Survivor, Eco-Challenge and The Apprentice.

But TV's King Midas is unlikely to cry over Rocco's spilled Chianti. In addition to further installments of Survivor and The Apprentice next season, the Brit is also working on two additional reality skeins, this summer's Fox offering The Casino and NBC's midseason boxing series The Contender.

Gumball1960
05-17-2004, 09:28 PM
I'm gonna miss The Restaurant but they could have at least picked an episode of Crossing Jordan that hadn't already been on 3 times before. :rolleyes:

seawind
05-18-2004, 04:57 PM
cancelled prolly because the whole legal thing going on with rocco and wats his name ouch hope they work something out :p i only watched it if i caught it on while flipping threw the chans but yeah id watch it occasionally to bad..

FreeBnutt
05-18-2004, 10:17 PM
Too bad they cancelled it when it was getting good!! Got to the point who cared about the day to day of running a restaurant, the employee's who know it all, but when it came to doing something to save the restaurant because you would rather play then work, and your 'silent partner' is not thrilled because your losing money? then it got good.

For those of you who live in NYC I bet Rocco's on 22nd Street is no longer Rocco's!!

Passions27
05-18-2004, 10:47 PM
I'm shocked. Thanks for letting us know, I had no idea. My mom just thinks Rocco is a cutie. LOL!

seawind
05-19-2004, 08:11 AM
Too bad they cancelled it when it was getting good!! Got to the point who cared about the day to day of running a restaurant, the employee's who know it all, but when it came to doing something to save the restaurant because you would rather play then work, and your 'silent partner' is not thrilled because your losing money? then it got good.

For those of you who live in NYC I bet Rocco's on 22nd Street is no longer Rocco's!!

prolly right anybody live in ny that can go drive by? :rolleyes: just curious lol

LindaL.
05-19-2004, 09:07 AM
Alright I was curious so I called.... I know I'm a little obsessive but I needed to know. They are definitly open. Spoke to Julie at the front desk. I didn't ask if rocco still worked there or not but at least we know they are open... if anyone else wants to call or find out more info or perhaps make reservations the phone number is 212-353-0500

LindaL.
05-19-2004, 09:16 AM
Alright I was curious so I called.... I know I'm a little obsessive but I needed to know. They are definitly open. Spoke to Julie at the front desk. I didn't ask if rocco still worked there or not but at least we know they are open... if anyone else wants to call or find out more info or perhaps make reservations the phone number is 212-353-0500


Oh yeah and the name is still the same

seawind
05-19-2004, 10:03 AM
yeah well if wats the other guys name that owned it with him owned the name roccos then it wouldent matter if rocco was fired or not he could still keep the name i wonder if rocco still works there for some reason i doubt it :p

buttrfli
05-22-2004, 06:20 AM
new to me! i can't believe they cancelled it and left us hangin like that

Gumball1960
05-22-2004, 12:42 PM
I read on the TV Guide site the other night that they will bring it back at the end of the month after sweeps have finished. By then it won't affect the ratings. :rolleyes:

Jolie Rouge
05-27-2004, 01:22 PM
'The Restaurant' relegated to Saturdays

LOS ANGELES, -- NBC has relegated "The Restaurant" to Saturday nights after pulling the U.S. reality series from its primetime schedule during ratings sweeps. The final three episodes of the show based on opening and
running a New York restaurant will air over the next two Saturdays, with two episodes airing back to back Saturday and the season finale set to air June 5, Zap2it.com reported Tuesday.

NBC pulled "The Restaurant" from the last two weeks of May sweeps after its first three episodes averaged a weak 6.9 million viewers on Monday nights. In comparison, "Average Joe" averaged 11.3 million weekly in the same spot during its three seasons.

Lafwthme2
06-13-2004, 06:57 PM
Just an fyi- I heard on tv in the past couple days that Rocco was court-ordered to stay away from his restaurant while the court battle continues. Not sure what the outcome will be, but that's the latest info I know of.

melsh
06-26-2004, 11:35 AM
They have been showing these on Bravo if you missed any.

I wonder what happened to Tony (the chef), he seemed so nice. Get a raise one day, get fired the next. :confused:

Does anyone else think Rocco needs to grow up?

KManiac
03-13-2008, 06:09 PM
This was practically the only reality show I watched... Besides Hell's Kitchen..