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Gordon Ramsay cooks up new show

gordon_ramsay_foxFox's master foodie is at it again. Gordon Ramsay has conjured up a new show called MasterChef, only it's not really his idea. See, it's already been done in England and Australia, but Gordon will put his spin on this show. So for all intents and purposes, it's another Gordon Ramsay project. (Like the Alan Parsons Project without Alan Parsons and a small 'p').

In MasterChef, amateur chefs will compete to master the perfect dish. These will be everyday people, not sous chefs or short order cooks, but backyard grillers and homemakers who have a specialty at which they excel. Sounds to me a bit like the Food Network Challenge shows in which people try to make the best chili or the definitive hamburger.

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Hell's Kitchen: Season Finale - open thread

Hell's Kitchen
I haven't watched this season of Hell's Kitchen since the second episode. But I have them all recorded just in case I wanted to get back into it and maybe I'll take one of these weekend days and do a marathon. Of course, since I'm writing this post I already know who won, but it won't ruin the season for me. It's all about the journey (and a chef yelling at people).

So were you surprised by who won?

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Gordon Ramsay gets animated

Gordon Ramsay, At Your ServiceAs if Hell's Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares weren't enough, Gordon Ramsay will be hosting another television show called Gordon Ramsay, At Your Service. Only this time, the show will be stop-motion animation by the same team that brought you Celebrity Deathmatch on MTV, Cuppa Coffee Studios.

This idea is reminiscent of those Saturday morning cartoons that would involve a fictional world surrounding a particular celebrity, usually Jackie Chan or Mr. T. or someone like that. Will Gordon Ramsay moonlight as a chef by day and solve crimes at night? Will he fight food-based super-villains? Will his kitchen be his high-tech headquarters where everything is operated by ladle? Will he face down with other celebrity chefs like Emeril or Rachael Ray?

Given his penchant for strong language, I suspect either this will be shopped to one of the channels of more adult content (HBO, Showtime, etc.) or every word coming out of Ramsay's clay mouth would be a beep.

The Jay Leno Show: Drew Barrymore

Drew BarrymoreYesterday, Leno mocked "Cash for Clunkers" by mocking up a "Cash for Flunkers" video. Tonight he tapped the same well with a "Cash for Chunkers" joke. I guess that's common in the late night arena, but I've never been a fan of using the same exact set-up on different nights to get a different joke. Unless you acknowledge how weak it is when you do it.

Tonight's correspondent was The Hangover's Rachael Harris, who came on to show us the lost art of bartering in this tough economic times. Like most of the other correspondent segments, it had some funny moments, but it just seemed to go on forever.

Continue reading The Jay Leno Show: Drew Barrymore

What's On Tonight: Crash Course, The Beautiful Life, Top Chef, Black Gold

Dark Blue
  • ESPN2 has WNBA Basketball Playoffs all night.
  • At 8, ABC has a new Wipeout, followed by new episodes of Crash Course and Primetime: The Outsiders.
  • NBC has a new, two-hour America's Got Talent at 8, then a new Jay Leno Show.
  • FOX has a new So You Think You Can Dance at 8, followed by a new Glee.
  • The CW has a new America's Next Top Model at 8, then the series premiere of The Beautiful Life.
  • There's a new Live From Lincoln Center on PBS at 8, with the New York Philharmonic.
  • Spike has a new, two-hour UFC Fight Night at 8, followed by a new Ultimate Fighter.
  • Cartoon Network has a new Bobb'e Says at 8, then a new Dude, What Would Happen?
  • At 9, TBS has two new episodes of Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns.
  • Syfy has a new Ghost Hunters at 9, followed by a new Destination Truth.
  • History Channel has a new Nostradamus Effect at 9, then a new MysteryQuest.
  • BBC America has a new Gordon Ramsay's F Word at 9.
  • At 10, TNT has the season finale of Dark Blue.
  • Bravo has a new Top Chef: Las Vegas at 10.
  • MTV has a new Real World at 10.
  • Travel Channel has a new Man vs. Food at 10.
  • TruTV has a new Black Gold at 10.
  • Also at 10: Food Network has a new Dinner: Impossible.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

Continue reading What's On Tonight: Crash Course, The Beautiful Life, Top Chef, Black Gold

Is Hell's Kitchen doing some creative editing?

Hell's Kitchen
Remember when Tek was voted off of Hell's Kitchen a few weeks ago? Then what the hell was she doing working in the kitchen on this week's episode?

This wasn't one of those deals where a former contestant comes back to help the remaining contestants for some reason, this was... odd. They didn't interview her or point her out and Ramsay didn't say "Tek, what the hell are you doing here, you donkey?! Didn't I kick you out? And how did you get your chef's jacket back? Jean-Philippe, what's going on?"

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What's On Tonight: Top Chef, Leverage, Ghost Hunters, Meet the Browns

  • Gordon RamsayAt 8, ABC has a new Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
  • FOX has Octomom: The Incredible Unseen Footage at 8.
  • NBC has two new episodes of America's Got Talent at 8.
  • Nickelodeon has another new Glenn Martin, DDS at 8.
  • Cartoon Network has a new Bobb'e Says, then new episodes of Dude What Would Happen? and The Othersiders.
  • At 9, Bravo has the season premiere of Top Chef: Las Vegas, followed by the season finale of Top Chef Masters.
  • TBS has two new episodes of Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns at 9.
  • TNT has a new Leverage at 9, then a new Dark Blue.
  • Discovery has a new Man vs. Wild at 9.
  • There's a new Dog The Bounty Hunter on A&E at 9, followed by a new Criss Angel Mindfreak.
  • History Channel has a new MonsterQuest at 9.
  • BBC America has a new Gordon Ramsay's F Word at 9.
  • Also at 9: Syfy has a new Ghost Hunters.
  • At 10, MTV has a new episode of The Real World.
  • Food Network has a new Dinner: Impossible at 10.
  • At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Michael & Michael Have Issues.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

Continue reading What's On Tonight: Top Chef, Leverage, Ghost Hunters, Meet the Browns

TV Squad Ten: Things I learned at the TCAs

Gordon Ramsay cooks along w/ the critics @ TCAsAs usual, I've come back from the TCA press tour with a voice recorder full of great interviews and a brain made of mush. Because of the mush-brain part, I'm sure I'll go back and listen to some of the interviews and find that the ones I thought were full of golden nuggets of wit turn out to be full of nothing but platitudes.

That's okay, though; the tour was a lot of fun and I got to talk to a lot of interesting people. I mean, where else can you talk to Maria from Sesame Street, Alan Alda, Norman Lear, and Patti Smith.... all in the same day? It's amazing who you feel empowered to talk to when you have a press credential around your neck and a voice recorder in your hand.

But I also learned a bunch of other things during the tour, mostly about the upcoming season, but also a few other things as well:

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Will Fox let us see the other Gordon Ramsay?

gordon_ramsay_cookingWhile reading Joel's account of the Fox media panel, I was curious about the announcement of a new special called Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live. It sounds like a variation on Food Network's Emeril Live or Paula's Party, but hopefully, it'll be a lot better. And perhaps we'll get to see the Gordon Ramsay Fox has not revealed up to now.

Unless you've been living in a cave the past five years or so, you know that celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has emerged as one of the biggest stars on TV. But if you only watch Gordon on his Fox TV shows -- Hell's Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares -- you've only seen one side of the bellicose chef. On those shows, he's a screaming, cursing, demanding, hard-driving taskmaster. He's compelling, but you wouldn't want to be on the other side of one of his verbal tongue-lashings.

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Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Sarah Silverman among upcoming Simpsons guests - TCA Report

Fox logoIt's Fox day, at the TCAs, and they've started the day by giving us some announcements:

  • Guest voices on the 21st season of The Simpsons will include: Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Anne Hathaway, Chris Martin, Sarah Silverman, Angela Bassett, Chuck Liddell, Jackie Mason, Neve Campbell, Eli and Payton Manning, Bob Costas, and the late Eartha Kitt.
  • From November 9 through November 15, Fox will hold a Simpsons "scavenger hunt" with clues scattered through their programming.
  • Gordon Ramsay will conduct a live one-hour cooking demonstration on December 15 at 9 ET. The show is called Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live.
  • Finally, Britney Spears will receive the "Ultimate Choice" award at the Teen Choice Awards.

More stuff to come during the day. Of course, for the latest, follow our Twitter feed.

Hell's Kitchen: Episode 4 - open thread

Hell's Kitchen

I'm not even sure I want to watch this show anymore. I will because I'm kinda invested in it, but I'm getting sick of the formula and Ramsay's screaming (and the screaming of others) just seems half for show, half real. Last night he yelled at Bobby for swearing and yelling in the kitchen in front of customers. Yeah chef, we wouldn't want to have any of that in Hell's Kitchen.

What did everyone else think?

Hell's Kitchen: Episode 3 - open thread

Hell's Kitchen

As it turns out, Joseph really is a bitch.

So last night we had the big resolution of the Ramsay/Joseph confrontation. Kind of an anti-climax, really, though. Fans who thought that Joseph would stay around in some way might be disappointed.

But is this show getting too crazy, too predictable, too "reality show-ish?" I don't want to see swearing and yelling just to have some swearing and yelling, and most of these cooks just seem too immature. I'm actually thinking about not watching it anymore. Next week is going to have to impress me.

Some Kitchen Nightmares restaurants survive, some don't

Chef RamsayOne thing I'd like to see on certain TV shows are follow-ups to stories. Specifically I'm talking about real-life shows like Cops or design shows. Another show I'd add to the list is Kitchen Nightmares, the FOX (and Channel 4) show that has Gordon Ramsay going into restaurants and helping them get their act together.

Some episodes of the show feature Ramsay visiting the place weeks or a few months later, but I'd like to see the restaurants a year or two later, to see if they're still doing things Ramsay's way or not (and if they're still in business).

Continue reading Some Kitchen Nightmares restaurants survive, some don't

Subtle Subtitles: Hell's Kitchen

FrankenIf you haven't seen our game before, we give you a picture from a recent episode of a TV series and you provide the caption! Last week's winner is ac with this caption:

"Now I remember why I never watched C-SPAN."

This week's photo is from this week's Hell's Kitchen, the end-of-the-second-episode confrontation between Chef Ramsay and contestant Joseph:

Hell's Kitchen

Hell's Kitchen: Season six premiere - open thread

Chef Ramsay

"I'm not no bitch!"
- Joseph

Yeah, me not no bitch either. Me talk good! This might be the oddest bunch of Hell's Kitchen contestants yet. So much food sent out raw. Why? You know that Chef Ramsay is just going to send it back and you'll have to redo it so you're not hurrying up the process and getting food served. Everyone is arguing, and there are more threats of violence in this episode than in other seasons (including one to Ramsay - cliffhanger!).

The show seems to be a lot of BS now (Ramsay swearing because that's his thing, contestants picked because of controversy or lack of skills, the editing, etc) but it's still entertaining. What did you think? (Video of the cliffhanger after the jump.)

Continue reading Hell's Kitchen: Season six premiere - open thread

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