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If You Can't Stand the Heat: "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares" Returns Tonight to BBC America

2 December 2009 7:48 AM, PST | Televisionary | See recent Televisionary news »

Gordon Ramsay isn't always the blustery, cuss-prone figure that he cuts on such programs as Hell's Kitchen. In fact, on series like The F Word and Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, both of which air on BBC America, Ramsay allows his softer side to come through: calm, supportive, and empathetic. He offers a particular brand of tough love on his less showman-esque series that doesn't really come through amid the stageyness of Fox's Hell's Kitchen. Which isn't to say that he doesn't scream to the high heavens. Because he does, especially when he can't get through the thick skull of one of the struggling restaurateurs he's attempting to save from financial ruin, as on Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, which returns to BBC America beginning tonight with two new episodes. Despite offering a significantly shorter season than the previous entries in Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (the two episodes were originally transmitted as Great British Nightmare »

- Jace

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YouTube launches UK TV section with more than 60 partners

19 November 2009 6:07 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »

UK section to host full-length episodes of Peep Show, Hollyoaks and other shows from providers including Channel 4 and ITN

YouTube has launched a new shows section for UK users as it taps into rising online demand for full-length television programmes.

The new section provides the first shows from a landmark deal with Channel 4 announced last month and will include full-length episodes of Peep Show, Hollyoaks, Gordon Ramsay's F Word and Jamie at Home. Shows from other media partners include Dead Ringers, ITN News and Baywatch.

At launch, YouTube is posting around 5,000 videos, of which almost 4,000 are full-length programmes, from more than 60 partners. YouTube said it "expects this to significantly increase in the coming months" and the full range of Channel 4 shows will be available in early 2010.

For established broadcasters, including Channel 4, partnering with YouTube is a response to the trend of both viewers and advertisers leaving television channels for the internet. »

- Katie Allen

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Ask the Flying Monkey! (November 16, 2009)

15 November 2009 9:20 PM, PST | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

Have a question about gay male entertainment? Send it to aftereltonflyingmonkey@yahoo.com! (Please include your city and state and/or country.)

Q: I'm curious about Project Runway's Christopher Straub. The ring he wears suggests he has a husband / partner / significant other. What details might you know on this? Every time Heidi had him in tears, I found myself strongly torn between wanting to give him a hug and going all Cher on him. – LgH, Houston, TX, Usw, Earth

Christopher Straub

A: “I am married!” Straub tells the Flying Monkey. “Well, not legally, but Ronnie and I had a commitment ceremony two-and-a-half years ago. We've been together for over five years. He's a little scientist, and we really don't understand what each other does for a living.”

I asked what the two of them do for fun. “We like to travel, watch TV – I like reality shows and he »

- Brent Hartinger

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ITV's 'Collision' loses 1.2m for second ep

11 November 2009 2:56 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

ITV's five-part drama Collision drew 6.3m last night, early figures show. The week-long series, which follows the lives of those caught in a car pileup on the A12, dropped 1.2m since yesterday's episode, logging 6.32m (26.5%) at 9pm. It was, however, the most-watched programme during the 9pm hour. Yesterday's opener drew a respectable 7.5m (30.4%). Channel 4's second helping of Gordon Ramsay's F Word topped its first week figures, drawing 1.86m (7.8%) compared to last Tuesday's 1.77m (7.4%). Over on the BBC, Around The World In 80 Days brought in 3.88m (16.3%), while Horizon and CSI Miami took 1.69m (7.1%) and 1.99m (8.3%) on BBC Two and (more) »

- By Kris Green

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ITV's 'Collision' opens to 6.3m

11 November 2009 2:56 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

ITV's five-part drama Collision opened to a strong audience last night, overnight figures show. The week-long series, which follows the lives of those caught in a car pileup on the A12, kicked off its run with 6.32m (26.5%) and was the most-watched programme during the 9pm hour. Channel 4's second helping of Gordon Ramsay's F Word topped its first week figures, drawing 1.86m (7.8%) compared to last Tuesday's 1.77m (7.4%). Over on the BBC, Around The World In 80 Days brought in 3.88m (16.3%), while Horizon and CSI Miami took 1.69m (7.1%) and 1.99m (8.3%) on BBC Two and Five respectively. During the 8pm hour, Holby City (more) »

- By Kris Green

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AfterElton Briefs: "A Single Man" Gets De-Gayed, Hot Shirtless Boy Bands, "South Park", and more.

9 November 2009 3:26 PM, PST | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

People are talking about precisely who Colin Firth wants to be in bed with.

Following this assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a refreshing pic of a hot man in underwear. Yes, we're serious.

Above, you can see the one sheet for Tom Ford's A Single Man, which more than one blog is crying about the marketing being de-gayed. And not just gay blogs, because indieWIRE says the new trailer has also been de-gayed. It's not fresh news right now, but I'd like to thank reader Darrien for pointing out that Jan Moir was named Bigot Of the Year  by Stonewall in the U.K. after a last minute nomination for her hateful articles about Boyzone singer Stephen Gately. Adam Lambert was profiled by the L.A. Times yesterday and says he's more interested in being Beyonce than Daughtry. There are a stack of really good, funny »

- lostinmiami

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'Ramsay's F Word' returns to 1.8 million

4 November 2009 1:57 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Gordon Ramsay's F Word pulled in 1.77m (7.4%) for Channel 4 last night, according to early viewing figures. The series five opener, which aired at 9pm, came last in its timeslot. BBC One's Around The World In 80 Days won the hour, bringing in 4.08m (17.1%). Its nearest rival, the finale of ITV1's Seven Days On The Breadline, had 3.18m (13.3%). CSI: Miami and Horizon logged 2.7m (11.3%) and 1.85m (7.8%) for Five and BBC Two respectively. At 8pm, Holby City drew 5.78m (23.7%) for BBC One, 3.4m (13.9%) watched Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (more) »

- By Dan French

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Katie Price: 'I'm not high maintenance'

30 October 2009 1:46 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Katie Price has said that she is not high maintenance. The glamour model made the claim during the recording of a new series of Channel 4's cookery program The F Word, The Sun reports. Price told host Gordon Ramsay: "I'm not high maintenance, believe it or not." Ramsay responded: "Katie Price, excuse me? That's like me saying I'm a vegetarian!" Price said: (more) »

- By Mayer Nissim

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Gordon Ramsay: 'I had chin surgery'

27 October 2009 1:03 PM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Gordon Ramsay has reportedly revealed how he underwent a painful beauty treatment to have the deep grooves on his chin filled. The F Word host admitted that he was advised to undergo the surgery by Simon Cowell after his recent success in the Us. He told Radio Times: "My mother said they were smile lines. I could deal with that at 21, but not at 42. Simon Cowell suggested that now I'm a success in America, I should do something. So I had a filler put under the deep crevices. It hurt." (more) »

- By Oli Simpson

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Weekend Shopping Guide 10/16/09: Boosh Is Mighty

16 October 2009 3:56 PM, PDT | Quick Stop | See recent Quick Stop news »

The weekend’s here. You’ve just been paid, and it’s burning a hole in your pocket. What’s a pop culture geek to do? In hopes of steering you in the right direction to blow some of that hard-earned cash, it’s time for the Quick Stop Weekend Shopping Guide - your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted…

(Please support Quick Stop by using the links below to make any impulse purchases - it helps to keep us going…)

Those fans that have only experience the butchered editions of weird and wonderful The Mighty Boosh that have been running on Adult Swim need to run - not walk - to their favorite DVD emporium and snag copies of the new-to-the-us unexpurgated editions of The Mighty Boosh seasons 1-3 that have now been collected into the massive Mighty Boosh Special Edition DVD set (BBC, »

- UncaScroogeMcD

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The F Word – Series Three DVD – Win Yours Here

25 September 2009 10:51 AM, PDT | AreYouScreening.com | See recent AreYouScreening news »

Fans of Gordon Ramsay are certainly familiar with Hell's Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares, but The F Word hasn't gotten a lot of attention in the U.S., despite airing on BBCAmerica. While I have a special fondness for Kitchen Nightmares, The F Word is probably the next most entertaining of Ramsay's shows. It's a very different sort of ballgame in the F Word restaurant, and there's a lot less shouting, and a lot more culinary fun. The show is a real smorgasbord of entertainment avenues, with celebrity guests facing off with Gordon in recipe challenges, hopeful chefs trying to prove their worth in Gordon's kitchen, food knowledge snippets, and much more. Competing chefs square off in Gordon's The F Word restaurant, where diners only pay if they like their food, and celebrities from just about anywhere put their skills to the ultimate test. »

- Marc Eastman

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What's On Tonight: Presidential Address, America's Next Top Model, Glee

9 September 2009 2:02 PM, PDT | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

At 7, ESPN2 has more coverage of The U.S. Open. At 8, ABC, CBS, NBC, C-span, and the news channels have the Presidential Address. Fox has the season premiere of So You Think You Can Dance at 8, followed by the series premiere of Glee. The CW has the two-hour season premiere of America's Next Top Model. Cartoon Network has a new Bobb'e Says at 8, then a new Dude, What Would Happen? At 9, ABC has a new Wipeout, then a new Primetime: Crime. NBC has a new America's Got Talent at 9. There's a new Leverage on TNT at 9, followed by a new Dark Blue. Discovery has a new Man vs. Wild at 9. BBC America has a new Gordon Ramsay's F Word at 9. Showtime has a new Inside the NFL at 9. Also at 9: Syfy has a new Ghost Hunters. At 10, Bravo has a new Top Chef: Las Vegas. MTV has a »

- Bob Sassone

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What's On Tonight: American Masters, Ghost Hunters, Man vs. Food

2 September 2009 2:03 PM, PDT | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

At 7, Espn has more of The U.S. Open. At 8, ABC has a new Wipeout, followed by new episodes of Crash Course and Primetime: Crime. NBC has a two new episodes of America's Got Talent at 8. Fox has a new So You Think You Can Dance at 8, then a repeat of the series premiere of Glee. PBS has a new American Masters at 8. TCM has Mr. Smith Goes To Washington at 8, then Casablanca. Also at 8: Cartoon Network has a new Bobb'e Says, followed by a new Dude, What Would Happen? At 9, TBS has two new episodes of Meet the Browns. TNT has a new Leverage at 9, followed by a new Dark Blue. Discovery has a new Man vs. Wild at 9. Syfy has a new Ghost Hunters at 9. BBC America has a new Gordon Ramsay's F Word at 9. At 9:30, A&E has a new Dog The Bounty Hunter, then a new Criss Angel Mindfreak. »

- Bob Sassone

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

19 August 2009 2:06 PM, PDT | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

At 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. »

- Bob Sassone

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What's On Tonight: Wipeout, Man vs. Wild, Top Chef Masters

12 August 2009 2:01 PM, PDT | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

At 8, ABC has another new Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, then new episodes of Wipeout and Primetime: Crime. NBC has a new, two-hour America's Got Talent at 8, followed by a new episode of The Philanthropist. At 9, TNT has a new Leverage, then a new Dark Blue. There's a new Dog The Bounty Hunter on A&E at 9, followed by the season premiere of Criss Angel: Mindfreak. History has a new MonsterQuest at 9. Syfy has a new Ghost Hunters International at 9. Discovery has a new Man vs. Wild at 9. BBC America has a new Gordon Ramsay's F Word at 9. At 10, Bravo has a new Top Chef Masters. Food Network has a new Dinner Impossible at 10. TV Land has a new How'd You Get So Rich at 10, then a new Make My Day. Also at 10: Travel Channel has a new Man vs. Food. At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Michael & Michael Have Issues. »

- Bob Sassone

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What's On Tonight: America's Got Talent, Leverage, Real World

29 July 2009 2:03 PM, PDT | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free

At 8, Fox has a new, two-hour So You Think You Can Dance. PBS has a new Time Team America at 8, then a new Ascent of Money.

At 9, ABC has a new I Survived A Japanese Game Show, followed by a new Primetime: Crime.

NBC has a new America's Got Talent at 9, then a new episode of The Philanthropist. TNT has a new Leverage at 9, followed by a new Dark Blue. History Channel has a new MonsterQuest at 9. There's a new Throwdown with Bobby Flay on Food Network at 9. BBC America has a new Gordon Ramsay's F Word at 9.

Also at 9: Syfy has a new Ghost Hunters International. At 10, Bravo has a new Top Chef Masters. MTV has a new episode of The Real World at 10. SoapNet has the series premiere of Holidate at 10.

At 10:30, Comedy Central »

- Bob Sassone

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Hell's Kitchen Begins Another Search For America's Top Not-Particularly-Talented Chef Who Can Endure the Most Verbal Humiliation

21 July 2009 1:30 PM, PDT | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »

If you have ever seen Gordon Ramsay's BBC America show The F Word, then you know that the angriest chef in the biz has a soft side for his beloved pigs and amateur cooks. But something about that transcontinental flight must put a bee in his bonnet because the contestants on Hell's Kitchen, starting its sixth season tonight, subject themselves to the worst working conditions imaginable for a shot at a chef job. Last time we checked, sending a resume and cover letter results in less emotional scars. »

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Havana Marking, Afghan Star

8 July 2009 6:15 AM, PDT | Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews | See recent Filmmaker Magazine_Director Interviews news »

Talent Show Contestant Lima Sahar In Director Havana Marking'S Afghan Star. Courtesy Zeitgeist Films. Following in the footsteps of such filmmakers as James Marsh (Man on Wire), Stephen Walker (Young@Heart) and Parvez Sharma (A Jihad For Love), Havana Marking is the latest director of a British TV-funded documentary to find her film in the theatrical spotlight Stateside. The intrepid director went to school in Dorset, England, before studying Anthropology at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies. Subsequently, she began working in documentary television, progressing from researcher through to producer, on shows as disparate as Himalaya with Michael Palin, the Gordon Ramsay studio cooking show The F Word, and... »

- Nick Dawson

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The Insatiable Viewer: Not All Food Shows Are Created Equal

1 July 2009 9:19 AM, PDT | Televisionary | See recent Televisionary news »

Now is a very good time to be a television-loving foodie, with several networks other than stalwarts Food Network or PBS devoting air time to culinary-themed programming. In fact, it's safe to say that cuisine as a whole has entered the general zeitgeist in a way that it couldn't really have done before the public's embrace of reality programming. But there's a rather large caveat: not all food programming is equal. While television offers a bountiful cornucopia of culinary series, there's still a large difference in the quality of these programs, not to mention a staggering range of subjects being covered. There are docusoaps that focus on cake-makers, competition series pitting chefs against each other, old fashioned cook-offs, food-focused travel series, and product spotlights. While I'd never be able to offer up a comprehensive discussion of all of these series (they are too numerous to even contemplate as a whole »

- Jace

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Fine Dining, Kitchen Fires, and Foul Mouths: "Gordon Ramsay's F Word" Returns

17 June 2009 7:10 AM, PDT | Televisionary | See recent Televisionary news »

I'm a huge admirer of Gordon Ramsay's F Word, the kitchen-based series from the foul-mouthed Gordon Ramsay, who has become has much a reality TV staple here in the States as he is in the UK. I'm even more pleased that BBC America, which will launch the fourth season of F Word tonight, is returning this provocative and compelling series to primetime, where it ought to be after stripping the third season weekdays in daytime. Unlike, say, Hell's Kitchen, which is really more about showmanship and contestant humiliation than, say, culinary matters, the emphasis here is firmly on food. After all, that's the f-word of the title. I had the chance to watch the first three episodes of Season Four of F Word and was once again completely sucked into Ramsay's kitchen world. The fourth season of F Word finds the chef/author on a mission to transform people's beliefs »

- Jace

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