Once upon a gorgeous Friday afternoon, I travelled to San Francisco city to be part of the show View From the Bay. I was ecstatic to receive free studio tickets from the show weeks prior to the taping. Now I was headed towards the studio building located at Green St. corner Front St. near the Embarcadero. I was by myself since my mom was working that day. View from the Bay is a family-oriented talk show that tackles issues catering to the Bay Area families/residents. Think of Martha Stewart and Rachel Ray show combined. That day was the last day of taping for the show. After 900plus episodes, the show has come to an end. I was lucky to be part of their last episode. It wasn’t live unfortunately but taped. And my 2 seconds to fame will be shown on Sept 10th at 4pm.

I’ve never watched the show completely before but I’ve seen it in passing when I channel surf. The studio set was really small. Audience member size is about fiftyish. The hosts Spencer Christian and Janelle Wang were witty and engaging. They spent time interacting with the audience before the show started which was really pleasant. The show is usually a live one but this episode will be the last episode they will air on TV. That day, taping consisted of 3 cooking segments, 2 talks with guest speakers, and 2 off-studio taped segments. In my opinion they have too many things jammed in the show that there’s no substance and meaty information to be gathered from each segment.

For one hour, I sat on the audience seat area, just watching, smiling, clapping as we have been told to. Unlike in my previous TV show experience, I wasn’t fed in this one even though they presented and cooked 2 recipes. There were no snacks, prizes to be won (like in Ellen), autographs to be signed, and no picture taking (only after when the taping ended)! The only “consolation” was their souvenir shop is selling items half-off. It was boring and disappointing. Oh well, next time I do this, I’ll try Ellen.

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