I watch all the shows pretty much. Chopped is my favorite as long as it uses all those wonderful chefs who toil without fame. Some of them are amazing. The kid version is plain annoying at this point. Flay’s new competition show is very good although he consistently wins which loses something in excitement. My all-time favorite was Nigella but they no longer run her on the Cooking Channel. When you can get Z-grade celebs making burgers, why bring in a foreign cook who looks like a movie star from the 1950s?
My favorites:
Jacques Pepin (on PBS)
Great Chefs series (also PBS)
Two Fat Ladies (Food Network)
Sara Moulton (Food Network)
One we like is Cooks Country Test Kitchen on PBS>
Good cooks, recipes, instructions.
Learned how to foolproof soft boil eggs, cook edible brown rice on that show. (I know, wow)
Great cookbook you can order.
https://www.cookscountry.com/