I liked Kitchen Nightmares, too. Peter was insane. I was waiting for Ramsey to rip that gaudy watch right off of his arm and sell it to pay back the loan sha . . . I mean "bill collector". I remember him making one of the guys in the BBC version give up his "A-1 Chef" vanity plates. So wanted that to happen here. I think he has got to be one of the worst owners ever to be on this show. I doubt the turn around lasted much longer than it took the cameras to stop rolling.

I caught a few minutes of Kid Nation when flipping during the ANTM commercials. I liked enough of what I saw to watch the repeat on Saturday. I loved Taylor, beauty queen comment and all. She's 10, so she gets a lot of slack.

As for Survivor, sorry but I was bored out of my mind tonight. None of these people seem even remotely interesting. I hate the wrestler woman and the card player intensely already. I kind of dug the grave digger and thought the conservative Christian DJ woman was very cute kinda being a mother hen with him. Supremely annoyed by the 4th grade teacher who is now running around in her bra and panties with her dress wrapped around her waist. Helloooo, have you never seen this show before? Why in the hell would you wear that to your first day of Survivor? I barely even remember anyone else.

Survivor had a few people that could turn out ok. A lot of obnoxious people were featured tonight. I'm almost amused at how ill-suited the Coffee Shop waitress was-- the definition of hangry. She can't last long.

OMG! Laura on Tim Gunn's show. The fabulousness, it is too much. Second awesome life coach in a row.

Survivor: I'm going to try to reserve judgement, because I hated the beginning of last season, too, and then BAM! Earl, Yau Man, Crazy!Dreamz and an awesome second half pick up. But honestly, even the camps this season are underwhelming. It looks like generic jungle 101. Why go to China if you're just going to plop them in the middle of what could be anywhere? And no, using dragons in the first challenge and giving them the Cliff Notes version of The Art of War don't make up for it.

Ooh, I thought that Laura should be on Tim's show. Now I must watch this week's episode.

I really am enjoying Veronica Webb on this show more than I ever thought I would. I still find her voice annoying, but she's a good foil for Tim.

The make-over candidate is kinda boring. She was just boring pre-make-over, not really a train wreck. But dude, Laura! And she was still fabulous! I so wanna be Laura when I grow up.

Guess I'll have to look for a weekend repeat. (They're not repeating 'til 1 am.)

Well, Survivor was the usual intro-show boring, but I think it could be an interesting season. I love the Art of War and can't WAIT until they vote off uber-obnoxious waitress chick.

Our favorite so far is John, the shy but incredibly well-built gravedigger. We also are NOT liking judgemental "I only bow down to Jesus" Radio Chick.

Hee. "I'm not a religious person - I just have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ." @@

Though that was her coaching John, wasn't it? That was kind of a cute moment. Paraphrase - "Honey you don't have to be charming. Just ask them a couple of questions, they love to talk about themselves." Possibly the best social networking advice I've seen on this show.

And to a certain extent - well, she did try. And she did seem really upset about it. I think there's a gulf between the type of folks who would have got all indignant about it from the get go, and her "I can't help it, it felt like worship."

So I dunno. I think she could go either way, depending.

I am betting that she will not be this annoying again, but her overly literal interpretation of the ceremony (do you think Jesus prefers you be disrespectful to unwittingly Buddhist?) and "I'm not religious" were obnoxious.

Actually I thought the Christian Radio Woman wasn't so bad. In voice over to the camera she was a little Jesusy, but when she was talking to Jeff I thought she was diplomatic about it. She could have been much more religious much more "I 'm a Christian and it doesn't matter what you call it we were bowing down and worshipping an false idol which is against the Ten Commandments! And I will only bow down to My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." Plus she actually tried, which is why I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt.