Yeah...What DID Happen to Emeril?

First of all, I'm shocked to realize that his live show stopped all the way back in 2007. But this may be true or not:

Fans were stunned when Emeril Live was cancelled in 2007, and the show's end marked the decline of Lagasse's television career. Lagasse put a brave face on, but the cancellation came as a blow. "When it ended, everybody felt like it was time for a little break," he told GQ in 2016. "I didn't necessarily think that, but that's what everybody else thought, that maybe it was time for a break from Emeril."

Emeril Live wrapped in 2007, and his other Food Network show, Essence of Emeril, was finished in 2008. Food Network wanted Lagasse to create reality shows, but he didn't like that idea. "I'm old-fashioned, and I want to teach people how to cook, how to eat, how to serve, how to shop, how to drink wine, how to mix a cocktail properly," he said. "I didn't necessarily at the time want to get into this competition stuff." Emeril's Florida debuted in 2013, but didn't bring him the same attention as his previous shows did.

I'm gonna need a real breakdown of whoever had the balls to come up with the idea of ditching Emeril in any scenario, considering he carried that damn network for years.