Youknowwhoiam says:

Whether she likes Bob or not, there was no reason for her to scold the public like that.

Byrdie says:

If we aren’t supposed to pick on Bob (grow your own pair Bob), didn’t she dis him when she stated she voted with Flay because he was cuter? OOPS, seems like a two faced comment/directive to me.

And by the way Susie, can you please remove the bracelets to avoid the continual banging on the desk while your talking? You would think a TV person would realize that is annoying.

Cat Chow says:

Fogelson Dearest: NO.MORE.TUSCH.COMMENTS…EVER!

Lana says:

The look on her face … she’s being facetious ’bout Bob. It’s not like FN doesn’t know ALL the major players get picked on.

More to the point, I think the personal stories are kinda weird too. I understand talking about the food – but tell me the story about the food, right? Not Grandpa Joe, Aunt Mimi or the kids. Doesn’t motivate me at all. Tell me about why you’re using which ingredients, where they came from … I dunno. Guess I’m lookin’ for Alton-y kinda stuff. *big sigh8

stixx23 says:

Looks like she just came in off the prairie to do that bit.

Love how she admits up front that next week’s episode is all about Debbie and whether she can triumph over adversity. nah, the winner hasn’t been decided yet.

Teague says:

This is why FN and Suze are so F-ED up:

Suze gave an interview to the ‘other’ FN blog and in it she plainly states (remember she the VP in charge of marketing) thatin the all the years she has been at FN she had never met Ina one of the biggest and most popular people on FN until just prior to filming this episode. Why would she even admit to that. Seem plainly incompetent and arrogant. It’s not IBM with tens of thousands of employees. This is FN with a half a dozen ‘stars’ that they reuse all the time. She can’t be bothered to met them all?

It struck me as very twisted.

Lefty says:

That other FN blog is written by guy who works for the network. Isn’t it obvious ? He sucks up to anyone remotely involved with The FN so much his middle name is Hoover.

Freezezzy says:

While the bracelets clashing on the desk every time she put her arms down was somewhat distracting, what really got to me was the repeated flashes every time there was some kind of edit. I thought I was gonna go into an epileptic seizure after a while, but I made it to the end just fine.

The part that really got my attention was right near the end, when she mentioned Debbie’s name 3 times in almost 10 seconds. This was right after she mentions that Debbie’s gonna take a whack to the face.

RD says:

Isn’t it obvious that other guy on that other blog works for FN? It’s on the blogroll of the FN’s blogs. AND, also he recently admitted that he gets some press access to the FN’s events (although he’s a lowly blogger, supposedly) so there.

Back on topic, though, Diane, I love you! You are my hero.

Hank Moody says:

The Food Network is just kissing his ass because they know 25 people read his blog. Fact is they’re desperate for any good, positive marketing they can get. More and more people are growing uneasy with their programming – if that site and us readers aren’t proof of that, what is?

Teague says:

Okay let try this again. The point of my post was not about who writes who they work and last but not least their sexual orientation.

It just struck me as bizarre, lame and typical FN that it took the head of marketing several years to get around to meeting one of their biggest ‘stars’. And it’s not Suze has thousand of ‘stars’ to meet she has six or seven. I thought it odd that she would admit to this half assed approach to her job. But then FN is so out of touch that she’s a typical deaf, dumb, and blind FN exec. Which is why FN is what it is.

(Although the dude on the other blog did add a long post justifying her lack of action.)

S9 says:

Not that Susie isn’t a dirty liar, but I think it was Ina that didn’t really care to meet the newer people at Food Network. I was surprised to see her do the show. Until just recently, she’s avoided all their little get together and specials like the plague.

hey says:

wow a lot of anger on a site named “foodnetworkhumor”, what gives

don’t watch much but my wife loves it and I got sucked in to this food network star thing

hope that fat korean chick gets tossed next time, super annoying

hey says:

but I’m not angry about it!

(and she is a fat korean chick)

Erin says:

You know, I found myself thinking about this post over the weekend (I watch a lot of FN on Saturday ams). I really don’t care about personal stories from the chefs/cooks. Couldn’t care less. Show me how to cook, and cook well. I am one of your VIEWERS; you think you know what we want? I think Susie is out of touch with reality for a number of reasons, but smugly insisting that she and Bob know what WE want, when we’ve told her it’s something we DON’T want? Very arrogant.

emma says:

No Nella she’s laughing AT us if Debbie’s already the winner.

If.

I’m surprised they don’t want a real 2 person finale that a lot of people would watch.

If they don’t know their marketing demos then Debbie’s it.

If.

Canthandle bobnsuze says:

these two morons don’t get it at all. the professionals tell them they don’t like the giddy talkers, yet they continue to tell them to keep talking. The pros on Bravo’s Top chef and the other tv professionals don’t use any of these ridiculous tactics and they are great to watch. Keep up with the nitwit programming and I will completely disappear. I really only enjoy Ina Garten (who doesn’t babble incessantly). The two of them (Bob and Susie) are laughable and barely watchable at all. They go for the one that has annoying tv personalities and turn away the ones who can cook. Yuck…….