Emeril is out at the Food Network…sorta.

Emeril Live — the annoying dog-and-pony-show with a sycophantic crowd of rubes that cheers whenever the guy uses salt or garlic and smiles and nods to one another approvingly whenever Emeril repeats a trope concerning the superlative quality of fat rendered from a pig — is no longer.

But The Essence of… — the show where Emeril (not drunk on his own stardom) pulls together a cogent 30 minutes of cooking — lives on.