What I imagine to take place at a food network internal marketing meeting:
Marketing VP: People, our Q3 ratings are slipping. I need ideas people… ideas! Let's hear 'em!
Junior Exec 1: I'm on it boss. my people have already instructed all cameramen to get extra closeups of Giada de Laurentiis' mouth. We've also instructed her to moan 50% more when tasting something delicious.
Junior Exec 2: And my group has created concepts for 30 new episodes of "$40 a day" where Rachel Ray will end up in a bikini at some point.
Junior Exec 3: But that's not all, boss! We've also added a new show with some unknown latina woman with amazing cleavage. Our low-cut top budget is blown for 2008, but I think we'll see big returns in the male 18-34 demo.
Marketing VP: Brilliant ideas, people! Brilliant! And they said I was crazy to hire an all male under 20 marketing staff!