On Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:31:49 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:

> "Brian" > wrote in message
> ...
>> The other day I caught an episode of "Restaurant Impossible." I
>> believe that is the American version of "kitchen nightmares," which I
>> just did not like. Gordon Ramsay might be doing a "schtick" for the
>> cameras, but I still don't like him. I do like Robert Irvine's schtick,
>> however.
>
> No. We have Kitchen Nightmares here. Restaurant Impossible is a
> different show. And it's not Gordon Ramsey. It's Robert Irvine. He
> takes a failing restaurant and turns it around in 2 days for $10,000.00
> or less.
>>

I think that some clarification is needed here. What I said is not being
interpreted with the meaning I intended it to have.

First there is the show "kitchen nightmares". It may well be shown in
the US, but I believe it is actually produced in Britain. There are not
2 versions of it, one for the US, and one for the UK, (the same "version"
is shown in both places) at least I do not think there are. Kinda like
the show "Two Fat Ladies," it is shown in the US, but is actually made in
England. The episode I saw was on HULU, and I did not like it, so I did
not bother watching more there or trying to find what station it is on in
the US and if I got that station.

As for "Restaurant Impossible," what I mean by "American version" is that
FN's parent company (Viacom I think) saw that kitchen nightmares was
popular in Britain and was gaining popularity in the US, so they decided
to make their own version of a similar show. Like how ICA is the
"American version" of IC-Japan or Three's Company is the American version
of Man About the House or Sanford and Son is the American version of
Steptoe and Son.

I did not mean something along the lines of a single company making
"kitchen Nightmares" for the British audience, then making an "American
version", "Restaurant Impossible", for the American audience. I also did
not get the hosts mixed up. I know perfectly well that Kitchen
Nightmares = Gordon Ramsay and that Restaurant Impossible = Robert Irvine.

Brian Christiansen