# Am I the only person who watched Kitchen Confidential last night? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 7, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-watched-kitchen-confidential-last-night/334439 "2005-12-07T01:32:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-watched-kitchen-confidential-last-night/334439/1 "2005-12-07T01:32:18Z")
The sitcom _Kitchen Confidential_ is finally back on, at least for a little while. I know some of you here don’t like it, 'cos it’s not the book. But last night’s was cool. Jim from Utah got packed in ice with a heap of fish. ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-watched-kitchen-confidential-last-night/334439/2 "2005-12-07T01:35:03Z")
My boyfriend and I watched it for the first time last night. We both really liked it. I think we might have a new show to add to our list of must watch. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-watched-kitchen-confidential-last-night/334439/3 "2005-12-07T01:48:36Z")
Too bad it’s already cancelled. I enjoyed last night’s episode the best so far, mostly for the introduction of Adam, the creepy baker from the book. I find the show horribly amoral, which shouldn’t bother me as a fan of James Ellroy and crime fiction in general, but I find the KC characters to be pretty morally bankrupt, mean, and nasty for what should be a comedy show. I loved Bourdain’s book, dark parts and all, so go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-watched-kitchen-confidential-last-night/334439/4 "2005-12-07T03:29:49Z")
I just saw it. I don’t know how they did it but I’m consistently impressed with the level of food knowledge and realism on the show. Too bad the rest of it is generic hollywood schlock. Pity it’s going to be cancelled. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-watched-kitchen-confidential-last-night/334439/5 "2005-12-07T06:10:10Z")
Are you kidding? Bradley Cooper _and_ Michael Vartan on the same episode?? Of course I watched it! 😃 I really like this show, too, and am sad that it’s cancelled. ---
**Author:** ![Skott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Skott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skott)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-watched-kitchen-confidential-last-night/334439/6 "2005-12-07T07:06:03Z")
My wife and I laughed pretty hard during the show, especially during the whole _Silence of the Lambs_ parody. I though poor what’s-his-name was going to have a slit in his side waking up in all that ice 😃 It’s a shame it’s to be cancelled… it didn’t even get a chance to flounder around. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-watched-kitchen-confidential-last-night/334439/7 "2005-12-07T14:04:50Z")
I record both it and Arrested Development, when they’re on. Pretty amusing. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-watched-kitchen-confidential-last-night/334439/8 "2005-12-07T15:04:24Z")
Sad. The show is getting much better. They are really efforting to minimize the parts that annoyed me the most from the early episodes. I liked that Vartan got deported for tax evasion and it was then revealed that he had removed the lamb. Funny stuff. This episode kind of reminded me of the old Cheers fued between the gang at Cheers and the patrons of Gary’s Olde Town Tavern. Only this one involved anchovies up the butt. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-watched-kitchen-confidential-last-night/334439/9 "2005-12-07T16:03:08Z")
It’s back and I missed it? Darn! I’ll have to try again next week. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-watched-kitchen-confidential-last-night/334439/10 "2005-12-10T13:50:19Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > It’s back and I missed it? Darn! I’ll have to try again next week. [Too late!](http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271%7C99024%7C1%7C,00.html) > [@](#): > > FOX has pulled the plug on the first-year comedy, which hardly got off the ground early in the season and was absent for all of November sweeps. When it finally did return Monday (Dec. 5), it did so to meager ratings, leading the network to pull the show. > [@](#): > > It’s doubtful that any other episodes produced will air, as FOX says the show “has had its final air date.”