jamie olivers food revolution

It's been a turbulent year so far for chef and healthy eating crusader Jamie Oliver. He may have recently won a battle in his war against unhealthy school cafeteria food, but it's been announced that ABC is benching his 'Food Revolution' during the all-important May Sweeps.

According to Deadline, Oliver's show has been pulled because of falling ratings. It will be replaced in the ABC primetime lineup by more 'Dancing With the Stars' coverage. Hour-long 'DWTS' recaps will now air in the Tuesday 8PM ET slot instead.

New episodes of 'Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution' will reportedly return to screens June 9, in the Friday night at 9PM ET Death Slot time slot.

The series follows British chef Oliver as he tries to change eating habits for the better and promote healthier options in school lunch programs in a U.S. city. The first season of 'Food Revolution,' in which Oliver tackled food-related problems in Huntington, West Virginia launched to respectable ratings in 2010, and it won an Emmy for Oustanding Reality Program.

Though still getting stonewalled by the LAUSD proper on 'Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution' (Tue., 8PM ET on ABC), all the attention Oliver's been getting in the region did get him a foot in the door.

It wasn't exactly the cafeteria he's been trying to gain access to, but instead one of the charter schools under the LAUSD. (As a charter, it has a bit more freedom.)

While the staff seemed generally happy to have Oliver and his crew on hand, a representative from the LAUSD was there with some last-minute demands. Once again, Oliver was to be barred from entering the cafeteria.

Last season, 'Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution' (Tue., 8PM ET on ABC) went to Huntington, W.V., one of America's unhealthiest cities. This year, he was off to one of its largest. Once there, he met resistance at just about every corner.

The Los Angeles Unified School District -- the second largest in the U.S., serving between 700,000 and 750,000 students -- refused him access to their schools. None of the national fast food chains that got their start in L.A. were willing to work with him. He did get a smaller local chain to open their doors, but the owner was reluctant to make expensive changes.

In an attempt to shock them, he decided to turn his attention to the flavored milk available in the school. While the perception is that this is a healthier alternative, it actually contains as much sugar as soda. So he set up a dramatic demonstration.

Chef Jamie Oliver has made it his mission to revolutionize the way Americans eat. Americans, it seems, just aren't that open to change. Shocker.

That resistance made for a tough battle while Oliver was shooting season 2 of his Emmy-winning reality show 'Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution' (premieres Tuesday, April 12, 8PM ET on ABC), in Los Angeles this year.

Long story short, Oliver was determined to shake up L.A. school district cafeterias, but the district banned him (banned!), forcing him to get creative with how to get his message to kids and parents.

And that he did, opening up a demo kitchen to the public, working the drive-thru at a fast food restaurant and cruising around the city in a food truck designed for mobile healthy eating education.

I caught up with Oliver to hear about his struggle, the bigger issue of the public having no control over "public" things and how much fun he had tackling the challenges, shunning the system and working around their ridiculous ban.

It seems not everybody wants a 'Food Revolution' -- The Los Angeles Unified School District has rejected an offer to take part in Jamie Oliver's reality series.

According to TV Guide, Oliver faced resistance when he filmed the first season of 'Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution' in West Virginia, and Los Angeles -- the proposed location for season 2 -- is also proving to be difficult. The school district's director of partnerships in the superintendent's office, Melissa Infusino, sent a letter to the show's producers saying participating would take up too much time.

"We believe our direct work with nutrition experts, health advocates, the community, schools and students is the most effective strategy for our continued success and improvement," Infusino said.

ABC says the show is still in early creative stages and would not comment on a possible location change.

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Couldn't get enough of 'Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution' the first time around? You'll be able to join British chef Jamie Oliver for a second season, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

ABC has ordered six more episodes of the the Emmy-winning show, but with a slight format change. While the first season focused on Oliver's efforts to completely overhaul the lunch program at a school in West Virginia, season 2 will see him hit up schools, offices, homes and restaurants in Los Angeles.

It's the season finale of 'Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution' (Fri., 9PM ET on ABC). Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver leaves the town of Huntington, West Virginia. But then, three months later, he revisits Huntington -- and learns that things have not gone very well in his absence.

Watch the video after the jump.

Soon, chef Jamie Oliver will be leaving the city of Huntington, West Virginia. It's considered one of the unhealthiest cities in America, and Oliver went there to improve the diets of the local schoolchildren. But there's only so much that Oliver can do by himself, and at this point, everything depends on changing the attitudes of the local residents.

Watch the video after the jump.

'Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution' (Fri., 9PM ET on ABC) is set in one of the unhealthiest cities in America -- Huntington, West Virginia. And on the show, Chef Jamie Oliver has embarked on a quest to bring healthy cooking to the masses. On the latest episode, Oliver makes a bet with a local rival, radio DJ Rod Willis. To win the bet, Oliver must get a thousand people to cook a healthy meal. And he has five days to make it happen.

Watch the video after the jump.

Jamie Oliver's 'Food Revolution' is only two episodes in but it has already brought some serious numbers for ABC. Anyone that has been watching the series, though, can tell that the celebrity chef's mission to bring healthy eating habits to Huntington, West Virginia has not been an easy task. Tears have been shed, chicken nuggets have been dumped, lunch ladies have been angered.

For viewers, most of this article from the New York Post is pretty much stating the obvious, saying that a majority of school children are not pleased with the state of things. What is interesting, though, is the rise of brown bag lunches from home (mostly chips and cookies) and some thoughts from the food services director on how the change has been implemented.

'Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution' (Fri., 9PM ET on ABC) is set in Huntington, West Virginia, home to one of the unhealthiest populations in America. On the latest episode, Oliver confronts a school principal and some lunch ladies over the controversial issue of... utensils.

Watch the video after the jump.

Here's tonight's TV lineup (all times Eastern).

• At 7, ABC has Figure Skating, followed by new episodes of 'Extreme Makeover' and 'Desperate Housewives' and the series premiere of 'Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution.'
• CBS has a new '60 Minutes' at 7, then new episodes of 'The Amazing Race,' 'Undercover Boss,' and 'Cold Case.'
• NBC has a new 'Dateline' at 7, followed by new episodes of 'Minute To Win It,' and 'The Celebrity Apprentice.'
• FOX has two new episodes of 'Til Death' at 7, then new episodes of 'The Simpsons,' 'The Cleveland Show,' 'Family Guy,' and 'Sons of Tucson.'
• At 8, Food Network has a new 'Challenge,' followed by new episodes of 'Ultimate Recipe Showdown' and 'Iron Chef America.'
• Discovery, Animal Planet, Green, and TLC have the series premiere (two episodes) of 'Life' starting at 8.
• Nickelodeon has a new 'Dora the Explorer' at 8.
• Style has a new 'Ruby' at 8.
• At 9, A&E has the season premiere of 'Gene Simmons' Family Jewels,' then the series premiere of 'Kirstie Alley's Big Life.'
• HBO has a new episode of 'The Pacific' at 9, followed by a new 'How To Make It In America.'
• At 10, AMC has the season premiere of 'Breaking Bad.'
• History Channel has a new 'Ax Men' at 10.
• At midnight, Cartoon Network has a new 'Aqua Teen Hunger Force.'
• At 12:30AM, Cartoon Network has a new 'Tim and Eric's Awesome Show, Great Job.'

Check your local TV listings for more.

'Castle' might be reeling that they aren't scoring the coveted Sunday slot, but at least it's not going to some dreary rerun and maybe even a worthy cause.

'Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution,' the reality series in which the famed British chef attempts to spark change in the West Virginia city that the Centers for Disease Control named the unhealthiest in America, will air on Sunday, March 21 in the 10 p.m. slot followed by repeats and new episodes every Friday.

The show mirrors his attempt to revamp the British school food program. This time, it chronicles the chef's attempt to "plant the seed" of change in Huntington, W.V., the same town that scorned his help and drove him to the brink of tears. Here's just a taste of the town's reaction to his offer to help. I'm shocked that the guy in this clip was spitting hamburger crumbs at Jamie as he refused to eat "lettuce".