I <3 food network - probably because it's one of the only channels out there that my entire extended family is content to watch.
Alton Brown is about the best thing on the station, though he does have a habit of making me feel guilty for not griding my own spices and actually enjoying processed cheese.
I also am not one of the people who has the foresight to prepare a Thanksgiving turkey by soaking it in brine for a week and a half, or what have you. I therefore don't typically use his recipes. I do enjoy the oven camera, though. I also want all his kitchen gadgets, though, as established, I would get very little use out of them.
Beef and cookie gravy is just odd enough to be one of those life-altering foods (or condiments, I suppose). I must try it. Now.