Kitchen Nightmares
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| Genre | Reality television |
| Based on | Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares |
| Developed by | Daniel Kay |
| Directed by | Brad Kreisberg (season 1–2) Jay Hunter (season 3–6) Glenn Taylor (season 7) |
| Starring | Gordon Ramsay |
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| Opening theme | "Miserlou" |
| Composer(s) | David Vanacore |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 92 (including revisits) |
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| Original network | Fox |
| Picture format | HDTV 1080i |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Original release | September 19, 2007 – September 12, 2014 |
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Kitchen Nightmares is an American reality television series formerly broadcast on the Fox network, in which chef Gordon Ramsay is invited by the owners to spend a week with a failing restaurant in an attempt to revive the business. It is based on the British show Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares.
The show premiered Wednesday September 19, 2007. On June 23, 2014, Ramsay announced he was ending the series.
The show was produced by ITV Studios America and Optomen, in association with A. Smith & Co. Productions, with Arthur Smith, Kent Weed and Patricia Llewellyn serving as executive producers.
In the UK, the series is broadcast under the name Kitchen Nightmares USA and Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA on Channel 4, which also produced the original UK version. Reruns, along with the British series, are frequently shown on BBC America.
The first season focused on restaurants in the southern California and New York City areas.
Season two included episodes in the upper-midwestern United States as well as New York and California.
The third season was originally scheduled to premiere on Wednesday, January 27, 2010, but it was postponed to Friday, January 29, 2010, due to the State of the Union address.
In May 2010, the Fox network announced the return of Kitchen Nightmares for a fourth season. The fourth season aired from January 21, 2011 to May 20, 2011 on Fox.
In March 2011 the producers of the show announced a casting call for a fifth season. The fifth season premiered on Friday, September 23, 2011 and ended on March 30, 2012.
In February 2012 the Fox network announced it renewed Kitchen Nightmares for a sixth season, which premiered on Friday, October 26, 2012.
Season 7 was originally set to premiere on February 28, 2014, but was delayed until April 11, 2014.
In September 2007, a case was filed by Martin Hyde, the former general manager of Dillon's, against Ramsay for allegedly staging disasters and hiring actors to trick the viewing audience. The case was dismissed and went into arbitration.
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