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TV Media Weekly | October 17 - 23, 2015 By Andrew Warren TV Media T hey said it was impossi- ble. They said it couldn't be done. But they weren't expecting the combined star power of Ted Al- len and Robert Irvine. OK, so that may be making things seem way more dramatic than they actually are, but with a name like "Chopped: Impossi- ble," I'd say it's darn near im- possible to not treat this like a Tom Cruise action movie. The special "Chopped" series — one of two premiering this month — premieres Thursday, Oct. 22, on Food Network. "Chopped," of course, is the never-ending hit that's the back- bone of Food Network's cooking competitions. Four chefs are giv- en the nigh-impossible mission of preparing restaurant-quality dishes in a woefully tiny amount of time using a basket of mys- tery ingredients that don't often work well together. "Restaurant: Impossible," on the other hand, features Robert Irvine (who always looks like he's on the brink of bursting out of his shirt) going into failing restaurants and performing the impossible — namely, yelling at people until they run their busi- ness better. Well, "Chopped: Impossible" isn't in the restaurant improve- ment business, but nonetheless, chef Robert will be on hand with Ted Allen in this very spe- cial "Chopped" series. He'll be sitting in as a judge for what might seem at first blush to be a normal episode of "Chopped" — until the competitors open up their baskets of ingredients. Food Network is describing the baskets as "mind-blowingly impossible," which, considering some of the bizarre ingredients that have been in the baskets in the past, does not bode well for the contestants. Cooking edible food with the most far-out ingredients that "Chopped's" producers can find — it's a tough mission, but is it impossible? Of course, since this is an "impossible" mission, there has to be another twist. As is usual for "Chopped," the competitors cook over three grueling rounds until one is declared the winner, and that lucky chef gets to take home $15,000. This time, though, there's a fourth round. In this wild-card round, the winner faces off against Irvine himself with the toughest basket yet. If the champion can manage to beat Mister Impossible himself, he or she will pocket an extra $25,000. "Chopped" is already leg- endary among chefs for being a grueling competition, but "Chopped: Impossible" sounds, well, impossible. 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