Kitchen Nightmares debuts on Fox Wednesday the 19th Sept. It's based on the UK Channel 4 series that spun off four Series which began in 2004, the last one starting from Nov last year. I watched the first of Series Four last night when he went abroad for the first time to Spain...it was a pretty good episode.
The Fox series has already had controversy where an ex-mgr from a NY restaurant named Dillons filed a lawsuit against Gordon claiming he had to resign from the rest. due to fraud by Gordon. The guy claims that spoilt meat, fake patronage, and other things were a set-up. As of last week the suit has been dismissed. I guess they paid him some dosh!