Recipe Rehab

Last updated
Recipe Rehab
Genre Cooking show
Presented by Daniel Boome (season 1)
Evette Rios (seasons 2–3)
Starring
  • Web series:
  • Daniel Boome
  • Laura Vitale
  • Mareya Ibrahim
  • Govind Armstrong
  • Spike Mendelsohn
  • Television series:
  • Calvin Harris (season 1)
  • Candice Kumai (season 1)
  • Tana Amen (season 1)
  • Scott Leibfried (season 1)
  • Richard Rosendale (seasons 2–3)
  • Vikki Krinsky (seasons 2–3)
JudgesVarious families
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasonsWeb series: 1
Television program: 3
Production
Executive producers
  • Dave Morgan
  • Peter Sniderman
  • Mark Koops
  • Eric Day
  • Ben Wolin
  • Veronica Brooks
  • Sheva Mokarram
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running timeWeb series: 8 minutes
Television program: 30 minutes
Production companies Everyday Health
Trium Entertainment
Original release
Network YouTube
ReleaseApril 2, 2012 (2012-04-02) –
2012 (2012)
Network ABC
Release2012 (2012) –
2013 (2013)
Network CBS
Release2013 (2013) –
July 25, 2015 (2015-07-25)

Recipe Rehab is an American cooking competition television program that originally debuted as a short-form web series on YouTube on April 2, 2012, and subsequently became a half-hour television series on October 6, 2012 as part of the ABC station-primarily syndicated Litton's Weekend Adventure block. [1] As such, it was the first web series produced as a YouTube original program to become a weekly network television series. [2] Since September 28, 2013, Recipe Rehab has aired on CBS as part of Litton's CBS Dream Team Saturday morning block; first-run episodes continued to air until July 25, 2015, with reruns airing until September 26. The television program is designed to meet educational programming requirements defined by the Federal Communications Commission.

Contents

Format

The program features healthy lifestyle and competition elements, with each episode featuring two competing chefs who each develop their own healthier versions of the featured family's recipe. The winning dish is determined by a panel of certified nutritionists (as of the 2014–15 season, Stephanie Clarke and Willow Jarosh, both registered dietitians with master's degrees in science) and the family featured in the given episode. Each dish is rated on a categorical score from 1 to 10, based on the total percentage of total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sugar and sodium content reduced in the "rehabbed" recipe in comparison to the original; the ease and length of preparation between the two "rehabbed" recipes (both categories are determined by the nutritionist panel); and the taste of the healthier dish (which is determined by the family). These scores are combined into the maximum cumulative score of 30, determining the chef with the episode's winning recipe.

The YouTube format was an eight-minute program featuring two of three chefs – Daniel Boome, Laura Vitale and Mareya Ibrahim – who alternated depending on the episode. The television version is a 30-minute format, which initially saw Boome reassigned to hosting duties with three new chefs – Calvin Harris, Candice Kumai and Tana Amen – being brought into the rotation. [3] After the show moved from Litton's Weekend Adventure to the CBS Dream Team in 2013, the program became hosted by Evette Rios, with Richard Rosendale and Vikki Krinsky serving as the competing chefs. [4] Episodes also feature multiple-choice trivia questions at the end of the first and, in some episodes, second segments regarding a particular element of nutritional value, as well as "food fact" graphics at the bottom of the screen during the preparation segments that pertain to the nutritional value, origins and uses of a particular ingredient used in the recipes.

Both formats show the preparation of each dish by the two chefs – who are given either 45 or 60 minutes to prepare the dish depending on the ease of the individual recipe, with the segments condensed due to time constraints – during each episode; the preparation segments encompass the first two segments of the television format. In the television format, the third segment features the family preparing the dish with the ingredients and certain food preparation utensils used in the chef's recipes (which are delivered in separate red- and yellow-colored boxes – individually colored to define each chef's recipe – which also contain tablet computers pre-programmed with the instructions for both recipes as well as nutritional fact comparisons between the original recipe and the "rehabbed" red and yellow recipes).

Deviating from the regular competition format, the television version occasionally features special "ask the chef" episodes, featuring questions submitted to one of the chefs by the children of various families that have participated in past and upcoming episodes during the taping of the at-home cooking segments about healthy food alternatives, and demonstrations of recipes preparable in approximately ten minutes.

History

Recipe Rehab was first launched on YouTube on April 2, 2012 as a co-production of Everyday Health and Trium Entertainment, with the initial episodes made available on the video sharing website's Everyday Health channel. The program was one of several web series directly funded by YouTube as a part of its initiative to provide premium original video content. [5] Everyday Health wanted to move Recipe Rehab to broadcast television to allow cross-promotion between the two versions, and entered into a partnership with Litton Entertainment to produce the show as a television series.

Upon its debut on October 6, 2012, the television version of the show initially aired on Litton's Weekend Adventure (a syndicated educational programming block produced by Litton for ABC's owned-and-operated stations and affiliates), replacing a self-titled series produced by Everyday Health on the block's now-defunct "Health and Wellness Hour" (consisting of health and culinary programs that filled the block's third hour during its first three seasons); this version expanded the program's format to 30 minutes. An executive for Everyday Health indicated that it was expected that Recipe Rehab would earn more revenue from product placements and similar arrangements than from advertising sales. [2] [5]

Litton moved Recipe Rehab from Weekend Adventure to the CBS Dream Team (an educational program block formed through a time-lease agreement with Litton to program CBS' children's programming time period on Saturday mornings) upon the block's launch on September 28, 2013, for the series' second television season. [4] [6] Recipe Rehab was among the two programs (along with All In) that were not included on the CBS Dream Team's fall 2015 schedule when it was announced on July 30, 2015 (five days after the last episode of the series aired). [7]

Related Research Articles

"Saturday-morning cartoon" is a colloquial term for the original animated series and live-action programming that was typically scheduled on Saturday and Sunday mornings in the United States on the "Big Three" television networks. The genre's popularity had a broad peak from the mid-1960s through the mid-2000s; over time it declined, in the face of changing cultural norms, increased competition from formats available at all times, and heavier media regulations. In the final two decades of the genre's existence, Saturday-morning and Sunday-morning cartoons were primarily created and aired to meet regulations on children's television programming in the United States, or E/I. Minor television networks, in addition to the non-commercial PBS in some markets, continue to air animated programming on Saturday and Sunday while partially meeting those mandates.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">ABC Kids (TV programming block)</span> U.S. childrens television programming block (1997–2011)

ABC Kids was an American Saturday morning children's programming block that aired on ABC from September 13, 1997 to August 27, 2011. It featured a mixture of animated and live-action series from Walt Disney Television Animation and Disney Channel, aimed at children between the ages of 6 and 14. This was the only time Disney Channel content aired on over-the-air television in the United States.

The Phantom Gourmet is a food-related television program featuring profiles of New England area restaurants. The show airs on WSBK-TV in Boston, Massachusetts, WNAC-DT2 in Providence, Rhode Island, and WPXT in Portland, Maine each Saturday and Sunday morning, with an hour episode composed of older clips followed by an hour-long episode. While the original format featured reviews by the "Phantom Critic" and numerical ratings of the restaurants, the reviews and numerical ratings have been discontinued. The show continues to feature local restaurants but focuses on describing dishes and profiling chefs and owners. In late spring of 2006, the company behind the show came out with its first Boston restaurant guide, entitled The Phantom Gourmet Guide to Boston's Best Restaurants.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Food reality television</span>

Food reality television is a genre of reality television programming that considers the production, consumption and/or sociocultural impact of food.

Ching-He Huang (Chinese: 黃瀞億; pinyin: Huáng Jìngyì; Wade–Giles: Huang2 Ching4-i4;, often known in English-language merely as Ching, is a Taiwanese-born British food writer and TV chef. She has appeared in a variety of television cooking programmes, and is the author of nine best-selling cookbooks. Ching is recognized as a foodie entrepreneur, having created her own food businesses. She has become known for Chinese cookery internationally through her TV programmes, books, noodle range, tableware range, and involvement in many campaigns and causes.

Daniel Robert Boome,, is a chef, athlete and health enthusiast. He is also the host of the syndicated TV show Recipe Rehab when aired on Litton's Weekend Adventure. He grew up in Peterborough, England and began his career as a professional ice hockey player. He became Captain of England at the age of 16 and capped over 20 times for Great Britain.

In regard to children's television programming, CBS has aired mostly animated series, such as the original versions of Scooby-Doo, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, Jim Henson's Muppet Babies, Garfield and Friends and the 1987 incarnation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This article outlines the history of children's television programming on CBS including the various blocks and notable programs that have aired throughout the television network's history.

In regard to children's programming, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) has aired mostly programming from Walt Disney Television or other producers. This article outlines the history of children's television programming on ABC including the various blocks and notable programs that have aired throughout the television network's history.

The Hearst Media Production Group is an American media and production company based in New York City, New York as a division of the Hearst Television subsidiary of Hearst Communications, with three additional offices in Boston, Washington, D.C., and Burbank, California. Many of HMPG's programs comply with federally mandated educational and informational requirements.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Weekend Adventure</span> Saturday morning educational program block syndicated to ABC stations

Weekend Adventure is an American syndicated programming block that is produced by Hearst Media Production Group, and airs weekend mornings on the owned-and-operated stations and affiliates of ABC. The block features live-action documentary and lifestyle series aimed at a family audience that meet educational programming requirements defined by the Children's Television Act. Announced on May 24, 2011, Litton's Weekend Adventure premiered on September 3, 2011, replacing the ABC Kids block.

CBS Weekend is an American children's programming block programmed by Hearst Media Production Group which airs Saturday mornings on CBS under a time-lease agreement.

MasterChef Pakistan is a Pakistani competitive cooking reality television game show based on the hit international format MasterChef. It was produced by Paragon Productions, an in-house production arm of Urdu 1, under licence from Shine Group. Restaurateur and Chef Khurram Awan, Chef Zakir Qureshi, and Chef Mehboob Khan served as the show's main judges and presenters.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">One Magnificent Morning</span> Educational programming block on The CW

One Magnificent Morning (OMM) is an American programming block that is programmed by Hearst Media Production Group and distributed by CBS Media Ventures, and debuted on October 4, 2014, as a replacement for the animation block Vortexx. It airs on Saturday mornings on the owned-and-operated stations and affiliates of The CW, the block features live-action documentary and lifestyle series aimed at teenagers between the ages of 13 and 18, the same style of programming that Litton provides for competing blocks seen on ABC, CBS, and NBC. All of the programs in the three-hour block are designed to meet federally mandated educational programming guidelines.

<i>Samayal Samayal with Venkatesh Bhat</i> TV series or program

Samayal Samayal with Venkatesh Bhat is a 2014-2018 Tamil language Indian television series featuring chef Venkatesh Bhat cooking 100 of his top recipes, that everyday-cooks and viewers can try. The program focuses on what have been described by Times of India as "exciting recipes, especially South Indian" cuisine.

<i>The Inspectors</i> American crime drama television series

The Inspectors is an American crime drama television series, created by Dave Morgan. and produced by Litton Entertainment. Centering on the criminal investigations of U.S. postal inspectors, it was the only show on commercial television paid for by a U.S. government agency, with its funding coming from the United States Postal Service asset forfeiture and consumer fraud awareness funds. The half-hour series ran from October 3, 2015 to May 25, 2019, and aired on Saturday mornings on CBS as part of the network's Dream Team Saturday morning three-hour block of children's programming.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The More You Know (TV programming block)</span> Educational program block on NBC

The More You Know (TMYK) is an American programming block that is programmed by Hearst Media Production Group, and debuted on October 8, 2016 on NBC as a replacement for the animation block NBC Kids. It airs on weekend mornings on NBC and Telemundo, and as of 2017 is replayed Sunday mornings on sister network Cozi TV. The block's programs are also available through all of NBC's video on demand venues, including the network's site/app, Peacock, and cable/satellite services.

<i>Cooking with Dog</i> Television series

Cooking with Dog is a Japanese cooking show web series. It premiered on YouTube on September 9, 2007. The show features a Japanese woman known only as "Chef" who prepares the featured dish of the episode while her toy poodle Francis narrates the process. While Chef speaks in Japanese, Francis narrates the episodes in English, a decision designed to expand the show's audience. Though initially focusing on Japanese cuisine, the show later expanded to include cuisine from other regions. New episodes were uploaded each Friday, before switching to a different release structure in early 2017. Despite the show's popularity and public appearances by Chef, the identities of both Chef and the show's producer are intentionally undisclosed out of privacy concerns.

<i>CBS Saturday Morning</i> American Saturday morning television program

CBS Saturday Morning is a Saturday morning television program that broadcasts on the American television network, CBS. It is currently anchored by Michelle Miller, Dana Jacobson and Jeff Glor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Babish Culinary Universe</span> American online cooking series

Babish Culinary Universe, formerly Binging with Babish, is a YouTube cooking channel created by American cook and filmmaker Andrew Rea that recreates recipes featured in film, television, and video games in the Binging with Babish series, as well as more traditional recipes in the Basics with Babish series. The first video in the series was uploaded on February 10, 2016.

The 2023–24 morning network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday and weekend Morning hours from September 2023 to August 2024. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning and cancelled shows from the 2022–23 season. The daytime schedules for the five major networks that offer morning programming are expected to remain consistent with the prior television season.

References

  1. ↑ Mike Shields (September 24, 2012). "YouTube Hit Jumps to TV—Albeit Saturday A.M." AdWeek . Retrieved September 29, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Everyday Health's New TV Series, "Recipe Rehab," Is First Show From A YouTube Original Channel To Air On Network TV". Reuters . New York City: Everyday Health, Inc. September 28, 2012. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2014– via PR Newswire.
  3. ↑ Mallory Russell (September 24, 2012). "Everyday Health Buys Lonelygirl15 Producer EQAL in Expansion to New Genres". Advertising Age . Crain Communications. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  4. 1 2 Judy Hamilton (October 22, 2013). "Former Greenbrier Chef is TV's newest celebrity chef on 'Recipe Rehab'". The Charleston Gazette . Retrieved August 6, 2014. Story also cited in article titled "Former Greenbrier chef now stars in 'Recipe Rehab'", published by the Associated Press on September 7, 2013.
  5. 1 2 Amir Efrati. "From YouTube to TV". The Wall Street Journal . News Corporation . Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  6. ↑ Meg James (July 24, 2013). "CBS partners with Litton Entertainment for Saturday teen block". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved July 25, 2013.
  7. ↑ Michael Logan (July 30, 2015). "CBS Adds New Crime Drama and Some Chicken Soup to Saturday Mornings". TV Insider. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.