If you've never seen the show, or are even just nostalgic for their humor and honesty, beginning next Monday, October 6th, you can catch them in heavy rotation.  To find out more, visit Fine Living Network's site for the show.

Like I said, cooking and crafting is not my thing. Because I am much better acquainted with being a battle scarred veteran of a contentious and complicated mother-daughter relationship, I have nothing but love for Alexis Stewart, only child of Miss Martha and co-star of Fine Living Network's, Whatever Martha! (Tuesdays, 9 p.m. Eastern).  The show, which, ironically, is executive produced by Martha, has Alexis and her willing accomplice, Jennifer Koppelman Hutt, watching and commenting on old Martha Stewart Show clips.

The two deliver laughs as they make fun of the domestic diva that is Miss Martha. The premise is simple, just a couple a girls sitting around talking.  You got the ultra-snarky, fabulously droll, long-legged Alexis whose dry delivery of her uncensored lines provides the show with wonderfully funny, "oh no she didn't say that" moments.  

And then there is her shorter, red-haired, blissfully cheery, counterpart, Jennifer, who can deliver a humourous zinger or two herself.  (In a recent episode, Jennifer called something, "ridonkculous". I loved it. It's going into my permanent lexicon.) 

The appeal of the show lies in the fact that Alexis is how you would have imagined Martha's daughter to be -- too over it for words. At times, Whatever Martha! is more revealing than a good tell-all book. For example, while watching a segment in which Martha, along with a very nervous and highly forgetful employee, make a cheesecake, Jennifer comments that Martha, who is laughing during the fiasco, probably feels sorry for the employee.  Alexis says, "She's never felt bad for me."  Ouch! Girl, I feel your pain.

Whatever Martha!, is sanctioned, mother-approved, payback time for Alexis.  During a segment in which Martha, along with a her personal trainer, demonstrates a few exercises, Alexis reveals that Martha is "not a fan of 'no pain, no gain' and calls her lunges "sissy."

The girls go back and forth as Martha and the trainer do squats:

"She's pooping."

"No, she's giving birth."

"Sometimes, you poop while giving birth."

Okay, TMI (Too Much Information). It's this crossing-way-over-the-line is why I love Whatever Martha! where I perfect cringing, holding my mouth agape and laughing all at the same time.

Scripps Networks has announced that it will have “lifestyle” channels on YouTube that will carry clips from its television properties such as Food Network, DIY Network, HGTV and Fine Living Network.

President of the interactive group at Scripps Networks, Deanna Brown, said "Having Scripps Networks channels available on YouTube offers our brand enthusiasts another touch-point with HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network and Fine Living Network; while also giving those new to the brands a chance to sample our content."

Brown knows this area well; she had been general manager of Yahoo’s Media Group’s Lifestyles business unit before joining Scripps Networks.

This would definitely bring higher quality video to YouTube but the question will be whether these “lifestyle” channels fit the YouTube viewers.

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See the Scripps Networks channels YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/hgtv

http://www.youtube.com/foodnetworktv

http://www.youtube.com/diynetwork

http://www.youtube.com/finelivingnetwork

i was wondering what the hell was going on. emeril live was supposed to end on the food network, but still rears it's played out head in the 7pm time slot. looks like emeril's moving his act over to the fine living network to do the live show once a week at 8pm, the big daddy of time slots. good luck. his show has been pretty lame for years, but you can't discount the impact he's had on tv culture and the food network in particular.

"Come on, let's go watch Battle Squid Guts!.. Oh no, he is making ice cream!"