Ramsay

Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA is the most scripted reality show I have ever seen. The oohs and aahs are all out of sequence (which to be fair is in the small print in the end titles as is the fact that the programme contributes towards customer bills), the effing and jeffing is forced, every week follows an identical pattern of events. Every restaurant owner is a grumpy bastard who stepped off the set of The Sopranos who eventually sees the error of his ways after old torn face has called him a lazy fucker for 30 minutes.There's no doubt that Ramsay's schtick is wearing thin but at least on the UK show it doesn't seem so contrived and filmed in the same street every week.