Shouting profane language and insulting everyone in sight, Gordon Ramsay is his usual self on the new FOX series, Kitchen Nightmares. Based on the British hit, the Americanized version features Ramsay visiting a different struggling restaurant each week, criticizing nearly everything about it (quite enjoyably, I might add), and fixing it up to his own high standards.

After premiering to much controversy, including a lawsuit filed against Ramsay from a manager featured in the second episode, Kitchen Nightmares premiered to a modest 7 million viewers, but won the time-slot amongst the coveted 18-49 demo. Since then, it has held steady in both those categories.

Airing Wednesdays at 9pm, against major players such as Private Practice, Bionic Woman, and Criminal Minds, Kitchen Nightmares continues to be a solid player; because of this, it has been renewed for a second season.

Personally, I find that the antics of Gordan Ramsay never get stale, even if the show can sometimes come off as over-the-top. There is nothing more enjoyable that turning on your TV to see an angry British man yelling at some very troubled restaurateurs. Some might call that distasteful; I call it excellent entertainment.

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Kitchen Nightmares airs Wednesdays at 9pm on FOX.