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• It's the last night of the Republican National Convention, and the news channels, some PBS stations, and CSPAN will have all-night coverage. The networks join in at 10.
• NBC has football at 7, the Redskins vs. the Giants.
• At 8, CBS has a new Big Brother.
• FOX has the two-hour season premiere of Kitchen Nightmares at 8.
• USA finishes their coverage of the U.S. Open at 8.
• Discovery Channel has two new episodes of Some Assembly Required at 8, then a new Destroyed in Seconds.
• At 10, Comedy Central has a new Gong Show, followed by a new Reality Bites Back.
• Sundance Channel has a new Live From Abbey Road at 10.
• Also at 10: Spike has a new TNA Impact.

Check your local TV listings for more.

It's rather interesting, when you think about it, that chef Gordon Ramsay has not one but two shows on FOX, Hell's Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares. And this isn't like Rachael Ray having 22 different shows. She has a show that is syndicated to many stations around the county, and her other shows are on a cable station, Food Network, where she is a brand and one of the top stars. FOX is a major network, with not as many time slots as a cable station, so FOX must really believe in Ramsay to give him shows that air year-round, not just in one season.

Fans of the first season are going to be particularly interested in what happens on the very first episode.

What's more entertaining than seeing acclaimed British chef Gordon Ramsay go ballistic on Hell's Kitchen contestants and inept restaurant managers? Seeing a 9 year-old Gordon Ramsay go ballistic on inept restaurant managers and his own mom.

That's the gist of these two videos (after the jump) from Caterer.com, a hospitality job site. The first one shows a little Gordon Ramsay (great hair) getting ticked off at the "anemic" school lunch his mom has packed for him. The second clip shows him out at an anniversary dinner with his parents, where he freaks out on a waitress and her boss when the food doesn't arrive on time, even though the restaurant is completely empty.

I know these were made as promotion for Caterer.com, but they should include them as extras on any Ramsay DVDs and show them on his TV shows as well. He even has his own web site.

It's no secret: I'm the only non-U.S. blogger here at TV Squad. I live in Quebec City, the capital of Canada's French province. Living here means that I have access to American, Canadian, and French-Canadian TV channels on basic cable. Canadian and American TV lineups are pretty much alike, especially since a lot of the U.S. shows also air on the Canadian airwaves. But French-Canadian TV is somewhat different than the two other ones because of the language, the culture, etc. However, the influence of American TV can be felt throughout the French-Canadian lineup. One of the main areas influenced by U.S. TV is reality programming.

Reality TV, like it or not, is definitely a major part of TV today all around the world. A lot of the U.S. reality shows originated in other countries, while some U.S. shows made their way around the world. In Canada, we have our own version of American Idol and America's Next Top Model, for example. In Quebec, there is a singing competition, Star Académie, not unlike Idol and a Big Brother-like show too and some U.S. reality shows are dubbed. That got me thinking, what are the reality shows that are watched elsewhere around the globe?

Well, she's making over America one salon at a time. The former Shear Genius contestant will be saving America's hair stylists in Tabatha's Salon Takeover. She'll visit salons on both coasts that are in dire need of her direction. Coffey has just a week to work her magic.

This is the "hair version" of Kitchen Nightmares. The press release goes on to say that her comments are mean and jarring. The salon owners and employees probably won't like her at first. But they'll realize that it's her passion and intensity that "drives her sincere quest to turn these salons around." After one week with Coffey, who started as a salon assistant when she was 14-years-old, we'll see dramatic results. Coffey will also recommend people to be fired and tell some of the better stylists that they should raise their rates. Kitchen Nightmares, right? I'm not saying I wouldn't give this a try though. I like Kitchen Nightmares.

Tabatha's Salon Takeover premieres Thursday August 21st at 10 p.m. ET on Bravo.

TV fans in the United States are accustomed to hearing Chef Gordon Ramsay's swears bleeped and blurred out on FOX's Hell's Kitchen, but in other parts of the world, you can hear and see the whole thing.

In Australia, for example. One of the chef's other shows, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (where he goes into troubled restaurants and helps them get back on their feet) airs at 8:30, and Senator Cory Bernardi wanted the words banned because "there is no excuse for gratuitous bad language to be broadcast repeatedly." No excuse? Has the Senator ever seen some of the restaurants and restaurant owners that Ramsay has to deal with?

But fear not, Australian fans of swearing. The Senate there has said no to the calls to ban the words, even if Ramsay did use two words 80 times in the span of 40 minutes in one episode of the show. That must have been one dirty kitchen.

FOX announced its plans for the 2008-2009 season today. Here are the highlights:

Returning: The Moment of Truth, So You Think You Can Dance, The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad, American Idol, America's Most Wanted, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Bones, Cops, Don't Forget the Lyrics!, Hell's Kitchen, House, King of the Hill, Kitchen Nightmares, MADtv, The Moment of Truth, Prison Break, Talkshow with Spike Feresten, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, 'Til Death

Out: Back To You, Canterbury's Law, K-Ville, Nashville, New Amsterdam, Next Great American Band, Return of Jezebel James, Unhitched

New: Sit Down, Shut Up; The Cleveland Show; Dollhouse (Midseason); Fringe; Do Not Disturb (formerly The Inn); Secret Millionaire (Midseason)

Schedule and detailed descriptions of the new shows after the jump.

Victoria Beckham, a.k.a. Posh Spice, would have to go a long way to be compared to the foul-mouthed, in-your-face TV chef Gordon Ramsay, but that's what Fox TV is hoping for if they want her proposed new show, Fashion Nightmares, to ape Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. The net is talking with the former Spice Girl and fashion "scion" with her dvb Style denim brand to do a show in the style of Kitchen Nightmares. In that US version of the BBC hit, the chef goes to troubled restaurants and diagnoses what's wrong and how they must fix it. Ramsay's way includes many expletives deleted and mucho histronics. Like the UK version, Fox's US variation has been a hit.

If you've ever watched the US version of Kitchen Nightmares, the show where chef Gordon Ramsay goes around to different failing restaurants and tries to fix them, you've probably wondered what happens 3 or 6 months or a year down the road. Do the restaurants stay on track and continue to be a success?

Well, not always.

Sebastian's, a Burbank, CA restaurant featured on the show, closed over the weekend, according to WhatWouldRamsayDo.com. In a message, the owners said that they are moving back to the Boston area for family reasons. LAist says that the owner hinted that a network was interested in him having his own food/reality show.

• At 8, CBS has the season finale of Kid Nation, then new episodes of Criminal Minds and CSI: NY.
• ABC has a new Pushing Daisies at 8.
• NBC has a new, two-hour Deal Or No Deal at 8 (with cast members from The Office), followed by a new Dateline.
• There's a new America's Next Top Model on The CW at 8, then the series premiere of Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants.
• At 9, FOX has a new Kitchen Nightmares.
• TBS has three new episodes of House of Payne starting at 9.
• Lifetime has the movie Holiday Switch at 9.
• Discovery has a new Mythbusters at 9.
• HGTV has a new Christmas episode of Deserving Design at 9, then a new Christmas episode of Design on a Dime.
• Also at 9: Food Network has a new Tyler's Ultimate.
• At 10, TNT has Christmas in Washington, with Andrea Bocelli, Vanessa Hudgens, Ne-Yo, Alan Jackson, and others.
• Bravo has a new Project Runway at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 8, CBS has a new Kid Nation, then new episodes of Criminal Minds and CSI: NY.
• NBC has Christmas in Rockefeller Center at 8, followed by new episodes of Bionic Woman and Life.
• ABC has the Christmas special Shrek The Halls, then the 40th Anniversary Special Edition of How The Grinch Stole Christmas, then new episodes of Pushing Daisies and Dirty Sexy Money.
• FOX has a new 'Til Death at 8, followed by a new Kitchen Nightmares.
• There's a new America's Next Top Model on The CW at 8, then a new Gossip Girl.
• CNN has a Republican Presidential Debate at 8.
• At 9, PBS has a new Great Performances, with Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Willie Nelson, Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy, Sheryl Crow, Bill Murray, and others.
• Discovery has a new Mythbusters at 9.
• ABC Family has The Christmas List at 9.
• Hallmark has A Christmas Visitor at 9.
• Also at 9: Food Network has All Star Holiday Gifts.
• At 10, Bravo has a new Project Runway.
• HBO has a new Inside the NFL at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

I didn't know much about chef Gordon Ramsay and his TV work until I had the chance to watch the latest season of Hell's Kitchen over the summer. Even if I'm not the greatest cook around, I did enjoy the series and its colorful chef. Having been entertained by Ramsay's tantrums unique style of mentoring and coaching chefs to be, I was looking forward to this fall's Kitchen Nightmares. A few weeks after the premiere, I must admit that I'm hooked to Ramsay's latest reality serving.

• At 8, ABC has a new Pushing Daisies, followed by new episodes of Private Practice and Dirty Sexy Money.
• CBS has a new Kid Nation at 8, then new episodes of Criminal Minds and CSI: NY.
• NBC has new episodes of Phenomenon and Deal or No Deal (two hour episode).
• There's a new America's Next Top Model on The CW at 8.
• PBS has a new Wired Science at 8.
• TCM has Singin' in the Rain at 8.
• Disney has The Santa Clause 2 at 8.
• Also at 8: FX has Christmas with the Kranks.
• At 9, FOX has a new Kitchen Nightmares.
• Discovery has a new Mythbusters at 9.
• At 9:30, HGTV has a new Design on a Dime.
• At 10, Bravo has a new Project Runway.
• HBO has a new Inside the NFL at 10.
• At 11, Lifetime has a two-part Will & Grace Thanksgiving ep.

Check your local TV listings for more.

What's happening on other blogs via the interweb.

• NBC is moving Life to Mondays at 10...at least temporarily.
• Jane Espenson on writing comedy and drama for television.
• The script for every single Kitchen Nightmares that will ever be made.
• TV and film execs are worried about these things called "books."
• Nancy Grace is out of the hospital.
• Stephen Colbert is the Comedy Rambo.
• Salon names Mad Men's Jon Hamm the Sexiest Man Alive (not dead).
• Mo Rocca, Kyle MacLachlan, John Gibson, and Leonard Nimoy are Men Who Look Like Old Lesbians.

Looks like FOX likes food, reality shows, and people who swear a lot.

The network has ordered another season of the Gordon Ramsay restaurant show Kitchen Nightmares. The show is in its first season right now, and is actually doing rather well considering it has been up against the hype of the new Bionic Woman, Criminal Minds, and the Grey's Anatomy spinoff Private Practice. This means we'll see a lot of Ramsay on FOX in the future, since Hell's Kitchen is on the network and does well in the ratings too.