Do you watch the Reality Show "The Restaurant"?? Just found out it was cancelled!!!

[LindaL.]

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.

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[Gumball1960]

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.

[seawind]

cancelled prolly because the whole legal thing going on with rocco and wats his name ouch hope they work something out i only watched it if i caught it on while flipping threw the chans but yeah id watch it occasionally to bad..

[FreeBnutt]

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]

I'm shocked. Thanks for letting us know, I had no idea. My mom just thinks Rocco is a cutie. LOL!

[seawind]

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? just curious lol

[LindaL.]

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.]

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]

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

[buttrfli]

new to me! i can't believe they cancelled it and left us hangin like that

[Gumball1960]

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.