The Chopping Block

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 11, 2009
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 4 out of 9

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  1. mitchb
    Mar 31, 2009
    9
    It's way better than Law and Order! I've had enough of law and stupid cop shows. They are all the same. Why start a show that will have a winner and cancel it 3 episodes in? What's that point in that? At least finish out the season so we see who wins! Bad move by NBC. They ax everything. Freeks and Geeks, great show, they pulled the plug.
  2. RayRay
    Apr 1, 2009
    10
    I love the show but it doesn't always seem to be on it isn't on tonight 04-01 What gives!? Is it on every week? I can't find it on the NBC schedule! I'm pissed!
  3. HoraceH
    Mar 12, 2009
    0
    Wow. Really awful. It really showed me how good Top Chef really is. I am still shocked at how obnoxious the host and the food critic was, how the couples thing made no sense (why is one a "chef" and one worthless?), and how they were given no time to come up with a concept which gave viewers no time to figure out who/what we liked. Talk about terrible editing. The concept is stolen from Wow. Really awful. It really showed me how good Top Chef really is. I am still shocked at how obnoxious the host and the food critic was, how the couples thing made no sense (why is one a "chef" and one worthless?), and how they were given no time to come up with a concept which gave viewers no time to figure out who/what we liked. Talk about terrible editing. The concept is stolen from Top Chef's "restaurant wars," but I'd rather watch a Top Chef re-run every week than this show ever again.… Expand
  4. JeffL
    Mar 15, 2009
    8
    I thought Marco was a nice change from the frothing at the mouth Ramsay and the overly smug Colicchio. He's a highly regarded chef who seems to have a bit of heart. I like his style and thus the show.

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#98 Best TV Season of 2009
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#99 Most Discussed TV Season of 2009

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
42

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 10
  3. Negative: 3 out of 10
  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Devra First
    40
    The show has seasoned reality TV talent behind it, so it's a surprise to find The Chopping Block structurally jumbled, with hardly any time spent introducing the contestants.
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Jessica Shaw
    25
    White tries way too hard to live up to his meanie rep (he did train Gordon Ramsay, after all), but instead he looks and sounds ridiculous, delivering predictable, bitchy sound bites, all while sockless in checkered Vans.
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  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Ray Richmond
    50
    This new effort from NBC is literally a chop off the old block.
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