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Gordon Ramsay fails to sizzle
Media commentators were all saying it ahead of his screening.
Last night, Hell’s Kitchen failed to set Nine’s oven on fire.
Only 625,000 viewers tuned in for the reality cooking show, thumped by TEN’s repeat of NCIS on 1.38m viewers.
Seven aired different movies in different cities which totalled 585,000 viewers.
TEN stormed home with a huge share of 31.3% over Seven’s 24.55 and Nine’s 24.1%.
Unless he can film a locally-produced series it seems viewers are well and truly over the swearing chef.
Week 15
Gordon Ramsay gets April Fooled
This is fun.
Look what happened to Gordon Ramsay while shooting Hell’s Kitchen in the US.
And it even looks genuine.
Nine’s Easter programming
In keeping with previous posts about programming plans for the Easter non-ratings period, here are the Nine shows you can expect to see in the week of April 5:
Continuing new episodes: 60 Minutes, A Current Affair, Customs, Footy Classified (select markets), World’s Funniest Videos, Commercial Breakdown, Hell’s Kitchen, Bridezillas, What’s Good For You, RPA, The Footy Show, Getaway, Adults Only 20 to 1, The King of Queens, Til’ Death, NRL, Australia’s Funniest Home Videos, Tropfest 2009.
Repeat episodes: Two and a Half Men, Underbelly, Cold Case, 20 to 1.
Movies will also screen …
American premieres in January
Ok, it’s a quiet news day. So you wanna know what’s returning to American screens in January? We won’t ask why…..
All dates are US dateline.
Jan. 6: After a nearly 11-month break, FX’s Nip / Tuck returns for the second installment of Season 5 (4 is on 9HD Mondays, while part 1 of S5 hasn’t started here yet).
Jan 6: ABC takes over Scrubs from NBC for what may – or may not – be its final season.
Jan. 7: Damages makes it long-awaited return with Glenn Close’s Patty Hewes keeping at least one …
Nine’s “first quarter” in ’09
Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities, Wipeout Australia, Aussie Ladette to Lady, Sea Patrol, Flashpoint, Crusoe (pictured) and Local Heroes are some of the shows Nine intends to air in the ‘first quarter’ of 2009.
Also due early in the new television year are the Jules Lund-hosted For Richer For Poorer, which seeks to find the perfectly wedded couple. Amongst the contestants on this show are a gay male couple.
What’s Good For You is back, now with new host Dr Andrew Rochford (The Waiting Room).
Also in the first quarter Nine will also screen …
Returning: CSI: NY. Gone: Gordon Ramsay
If it isn’t already known for it, Nine is now the Two and Half Men and CSI network.
CSI: NY is returning to screen to replace plans for Hell’s Kitchen, which in turn was replacing Kitchen Nightmares USA. Last night the Chef only managed 593,000 viewers -fourth in its timeslot.
“Personal Foul” the 19th episode of the fourth season returns at 9:30pm Wednesday October 15.
Yesterday Nine announced new CSI: Crime Scene Investigation from Monday October 13.
Even this website is beginning to lose track of what Nine episodes are going where these days.
Returning: Hell’s Kitchen. Gone: Kitchen Nightmares USA
When Gordon Ramsay is no longer working, we’re in serious programming trouble. But 712,000 viewers was all he attracted last night at 9:30pm, well down on his highs of 1.3 – 1.4m. Nine now gets that for repeats of Two and a Half Men.
Nine started the latest series of Kitchen Nightmares USA just days after its US screening. Airing on a Monday the first episode was virtually a recap, with Gordo going back to restaurants he had spruced up before. Last week the first “new restaurant” didn’t air til 10pm, following …