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It's a television show that has attracted entries from 20,000 people who want to appear on the air. And it's not "American Idol."
It's "Check, Please!" on which a mix of three everyday diners instead of food critics each get to pick their favorite restaurant and wax rhapsodic, then bicker about them.
Creator and executive producer David Manilow calls it "Zagats meets Siskel and Ebert" and he hopes that it inspires viewers to leave their comfort zones and try new restaurants or cuisines..."
source: "Check, Please!": Reality TV that believes a viewer's heart is in his stomach" by Tara Burghart (Associated Press, Aug.2,2006)
related link:
"Check, Please!" web site