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If you learn one thing from "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited" (8 p.m. EDT on BBC America), it's that people start restaurants every other day without knowing a thing about how to run them. Seeing all of their amateur mistakes and tasting their poorly prepared food makes chef Gordon Ramsay sneer in disgust -- which is why this show is so fun to watch. But for all of his hot-tempered asides, Ramsay offers lots of very practical plans for getting these restaurants to turn a profit, and the very satisfying results -- great food, happy customers and proud restaurant owners -- make "Hell's Kitchen" looks like a foolish three-ring circus by comparison. Fox apparently agrees, and plans to air an American version of the show this fall. So tune in soon so you can say, "The British version is sooo much better!" You know you want to.
Also…
Two shows wrap up their seasons on MTV: The fourth season finale of "Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out" airs at 10 p.m. EDT, and the 14th season finale of "Cribs" follows at 10:30 p.m. EDT.
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Regis and KellyABC, 9 a.m. EDT |
Evangeline Lilly, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Ne-Yo, Ryan Reynolds (repeat) |
The ViewABC, 11 a.m. EDT |
Marg Helgenberger, Mario Cantone, guest co-host Lorraine Bracco (repeat) |
Ellen DeGeneresSyndicated, check local listings |
Mel Gibson, Jo Frost, Mary J. Blige (repeat) |
Oprah WinfreySyndicated, check local listings |
"How Happy Are You?" (repeat) |
Charlie RosePBS, check local listings |
Brett Ratner, Chris Tucker, Steve Buscemi |
Larry KingCNN, 9 p.m. EDT |
Preempted by CNN documentary "God's Warriors" |
Jon StewartComedy Central, 11 p.m. EDT |
Lt. Col. John Nagl |
Stephen ColbertComedy Central, 11:30 p.m. EDT |
Joe Klein |
David LettermanCBS, 11:30 p.m. EDT |
Tina Fey, Venus Williams, Steve Earle |
Jay LenoNBC, 11:35 p.m. EDT |
Matt Damon, George Foreman, Stephen Stills (repeat) |
Tavis SmileyPBS, check local listings |
David Brody, Bill Engvall |
Jimmy KimmelABC, 12:05 a.m. EDT |
Ethan Hawke, Elisha Cuthbert, Harris Wittels (repeat) |
Conan O'BrienNBC, 12:35 a.m. EDT |
Mike Myers, Seth Rogen, The Academy Is ... (repeat) |
Craig FergusonCBS, 12:35 a.m. EDT |
Samuel L. Jackson, the Cliks |
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