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Bam! For a decade, Emeril Lagasse cooked in front of a cheering studio audience and a live band, and Food Network had a household name. Emeril Live ran on the network from October 1997 to December 2007, 1,653 episodes of garlic, pork fat, and a catchphrase that got applause every single time.
Alton Brown explained why the recipe worked, with cameras inside the oven, Dutch angles, a cast of fake relatives and a running war on single-use kitchen gadgets. Julia Child plus Mr. Wizard plus Monty Python, by Brown's own formula — the cooking show that taught a generation to think instead of follow.