HUGE fan of Gordon Ramsay. Watch all his shows religiously, and very often. It's the sort of trashy tv that feels like it's not, really. Gordon's personality really carries the shows he is in... this one is... really...First things first, all his shows are obviously at least somewhat scripted, and I get that. But it just does so many ridiculous things and expects the audience to believe it, things like Ramsay making the "patrons" who were eating there "by chance" not go home and wait 24 hours so they can come back and test the waters. He even tells them to let their families know! It's way too ridiculous, even by reality tv standards. About the 24 hours... I'm really not sure. I think it could be possible with a lot of backbreaking work but all the kitchens shown so far were absolutely filthy, the second one having a very bad rat infestation... I can believe a 24 hour renovation, maybe even a quick culinary crash course for chefs who have lost their spark... but being able to resolve things like infestations so fast is jusy yucky! Another point I'm sure people would agree with is the fact that the sheer grossout in this is overkill. There's enough gross stuff shown in one episode to fit a whole season of Kitchen Nightmares! Seriously, it's THAT BAD. I watch the show online so I've resorted to tabbing out for most of those segments... and they are LONG. Like 10-15 minutes. We get it, the kitchens are in bad shape. This time could have been better used to show the renovation process. I seriously don't want to see rat carcass again.Now for the owners... oh man. Every single one is more depressing than the next. I wouldn't call it exploitive, because I guess the show wants to "help", but it really just makes the show so unfun. First guy's brother dies and it kills his drive, second guy has his wife cheat on him with a 19 year old leaving him with three(!) kids to care for, third guy's son was SHOT and MURDERED and the guy is clearly disassociating the entire episode. Like, downright hard knocks depressed. Everyone is constantly crying and it's such a bummer. The episodes like this on KN were the worst for me, so all the episodes being that cranked up to 11 is so... unenjoyable. These people need more help than just with their businesses...Here's the most important gripe: Ramsay. Man does he take the back seat in this. Him dressing up is pretty fun, but no one is over surprised he's there (cause the show is pretty scripted.. and to be honest all the episodes are so similar from wait staff behavior to how owners act im sure its 90% scripted). He is so drowned out by all the grossout, depressing owners and stupid gimmicks. Seriously. It feels like he was forced to do this show. Maybe if they showed him directing the renovation more... if only... he doesn't even intervene during the cooking lesson! Some random chick, bless her soul, does it... but yeah this show is a MESS. If it gets renewed for a new season I'll be mystified. It's so so so SO soulless.

The original Kitchen Nightmares was awesome why change the formula when you had something that worked so good viewers wanted more. When he would inspect the kitchens and rip into the owners/chef was one of the best parts of the show it's now missing. Adding a 24-hour clock trying to make it more exciting is not helping it made it worst. Seems rushed like Gordon has lost his passion in redoing restaurants. They need to bring back more of the original format.

It was not horrible, nor was it great, but it seemed more of the same as it was basically, "Kitchen Nightmares" but with the lame twist of having only 24 hours to revamp an eatery. Things seemed rushed, people MUST have been very tired doing this overnight. The set up of the show is that a failing eatery is supposedly being filmed for renovation, but unknown to them, Gordon Ramsay, is really doing his typical Kitchen Nighmare show instead. When they revealed it was actually Gordon, there was not much surprise shown, and the entire show seemed a bit set up and fake in some ways. Maybe the idea is just getting old, or maybe it never was all that real to begin with, but the drama seems way over the top, and everything comes together too well in most of these shows. Not a lot of finesse and just comes off seeming staged a bit.

I wanted to like this new series as I remember GR doing series in the U.K. maybe 15 years ago. But, this appears to be so scripted and "fake". Maybe it will get better but show lost it's place on the DVR. I have a hard time understanding how with editing tv shows just can't hold their audience, at least make me want to watch the next episode.