What the Heck? Oh yeah. It's Reality.

I'm back and blogging a little late but oh well. Here we go.

Yay! Fox decided to let Hell's Kitchen continue. I like this show. Yeah there's a lot of drama, yelling and whining but it's all really well done. There's solid cooking and Gordon Ramsay stays tough with his high standards. This week Trevor was bounced back to the men's team and for some odd reason, the men didn't appreciate it. Hello, when you have more people on your team, you have better odds of staying. So first, the chefs had their test of taste buds. First, Ramsay proved they had the palates of peasants by listening to them ooh and ah over packaged foods. Note to future contestants: learn to shut up or say, "I don't hate it." Then the chefs had to ID food items. The chefs once again proved pork tastes like chicken and truffles aren't that impressive. I love when the person who brags the most does the worst. In the past, this test held a lot of weight with Ramsay and the same can be said this time. Nona ID'd the most items. The prize was shopping and lunch. Whatever! At dinner service Nona and the men had total meltdowns. The law firm chef couldn't turn out decent scallops until his 10th try. The Italian guy looks totally exhausted and his cooking became sloppy and the cocky guy made the ultimate mistake taking underdone chicken to the pass. Ramsay's fuse is short these days and he kicked all the offenders out of the kitchens. Poor Trevor was left to finish dinner service by himself. I doubt he was all by himself. Chef Scott and Ramsay probably lent a hand but it wasn't shown. Well, duh. The women's red team won. Trevor made wise elimination choices but in the end, the law firm chef was booted. The next day, the chefs did their cooking relay. The women were doing really well until Jillian dropped the fish on the floor. Of course she blamed it on someone else. The men won kind of by default. The prize was shopping in a cookery store and dinner. Okay. Sounds quite redundant. I think it's more about not getting punishment. At dinner service, there was only one thing that Ramsay had to shout about. Of course, it was the guy's team. This time, the Italian guy's luck ran out and he was booted but they made the elimination about winning the apron for the single cooking group called the final 6. Whoopee. So if you go home next, you're still a big loser. Now it's mostly women and Nona has pulled her finger out.

Survivor is getting sickening. I can't seem to stop watching these despicable people. Marty spent his time running off at the mouth. Some chess master. Who the heck tells his game plans to everyone? They finally start having luxury challenges which of course, all involve eating in the prize. The group splits into 2 for the challenge and as luck would have it, it's men against women. Chase is the odd man out and doesn't have to participate but does have to choose a group to stick with. He chooses the women. I'm not sure if this was a strategy move or not because no matter what happened, he'd know what the women were up to. I think it was just a way for him to spend some time with Brenda, who he clearly has the hots for. The challenge involved breaking through stick and brick walls and of course the men won. The men tried to connive together during the prize but it was really all about the food. The elimination challenge involved memory. These people don't know how to use mnemonics. Brenda won even though Marty gave it a really good try. At tribal council, I notice these people just let everything spill out of their mouths. Nayonka really put her foot in her mouth and people let it be known they want to go the end with her evil highness. In the end, Jane got her wish and Marty was voted out. I'm sure he was sorry he hadn't kept his hidden immunity idol.

Top Chef Masters is getting to the last chefs. The quickfire involved making chocolates inspired by their lives. Zach's were about the people in his life. Okay...Zzzzz. Morgan gave a nice heart string tugger and won. I do have to say, his chocolates did look the most professional. The chefs then met the oldest man on earth and were told they were to make a cake for an anniversary celebration. His spouse turned out to be the cake lady with the huge glasses. Once again, Morgan made things look easy while everyone else scrambled and ran around. Zach made what he deemed, a cake disaster. Here's a hint. When you already have a pile of crap, don't add more crap. His cake looked like the party version of the iceberg that took down the Titanic. Danielle made a grey cake but it was kind of cool with the piano keyboard running around it and it was judged to be delicious. Morgan said piping was easy but he didn't do it well. Yigit was too ambitious and couldn't finish what he started. Danielle finally won her pot of money and Zach was sent home.

The Fashion Show is back and way better than last year. This time the teams are 2 houses and the people can actually sew. The designers had to be inspired by Iman. The teams were Emerald Six and Nami (Iman backwards). That Philipino guy with terrible english but a big ego tried to walk all over his team and fighting ensued. In the end, the House of Nami had beautiful clothes and were declared the winners with Cesar the ultimate winner. The boring girl from Emerald Six made it 5 by being booted. I'm loving Iman. She's right out there with her opinions and I wish she'd just say, "I'd die before I wore that." Mizrahi seems to be the good cop this year but does give good advice. Think if Tim Gunn were a judge on Project Runway.

America's Next Top Model went to Italy again. First stop, Venice. I'm glad to see the girls have to share beds and a small living space. It's more real and they'd better get used to it. For the photo shoot, the girls worked in groups of 3's posing with a guy in a gondola while dressed in Italian hooker garb. Once again, Ann laid there like a sack of potatoes and the judges loved it. This time though, Chelsea, the girl who looks like a young Lauren Hutton, won. I said Liz was sent home last week, but I was mistaken. She was sent home this week. Tyra hates people who make excuses all of the time.

On The Apprentice, they started out with a firing. Stupid Anan was called out for cheating and totally lied to the Don. First he cheats and then lies about it? That was double stupid. Trump fired him so fast, it made his head spin and for once, the contestants were speechless. So now it's basically girls against boys because that one girl on the men's team hardly stands out. The task is to make a display for Perfumania advertising Kim Kardashian's new perfume. I about fell on the floor laughing when Trump told Kim what a great girl her sister Chloe was. Really? Was that the same girl you berated harshly for drunk driving and then fired on the spot? Okay, anyway, the women's team went way too blingy cheap on their display. It looked like a bad prom prop and Kardashian was not impressed. Lisa tried to nix all the stupid sequins and stuff but was over run by the BFF blondes. The men made a tasteful, cool and modern looking display. When advertising a perfume, you might want to actually show the bottle girls. Otherwise, how do you know which perfume it is? The men won of course and Poppy was sent home and...nobody noticed.

I Love Money had their stripper pole hang in there challenge. Women are good at this for one reason. Skimpy bathing suits. Bare thighs hang onto a pole much better than long shorts and clenching arms. In the end I think Hotwings won. Ya gotta love the names these people choose for themselves. Garth, the gorilla of the group dropped off his pole first and his check was voided right there. Well, it was a way to get him out, from under the wing of Punisher. The women tried to band together but it didn't work and one of the dumb girls was sent home. Bye! I feel sorry for the contestants. It seems all they get is Mexican food. I'll bet they're dying for a cheeseburger. They also aren't impressed by the stupid touristy prizes the get on the dates. If you've ever been to Ensanada, you know the best prize is to go home. The place is a total armpit.

The Next Iron Chef had it's last challenge before Kitchen Stadium finale. First, the had to make a cocktail with an hors deourve to go with it. I thought Ming Tsai would do really well at this one since he does this all the time on his show. When the chefs find they have a problem? Why don't they change the game plan? I think there's a ego problem. Canora won again. The chefs were then, each given a luxury main ingredient like wagyu beef, a rich pork, lobster and a rich fish to work with. Canora was able to choose his. Then the chefs were let loose with their item to make 3 of the best dishes with it. Do these chefs know the show? I expected the item to be used at least 2 or 3 different ways in each dish. You know. Like beef in beef sauce with beef chips on a bed of beef noodles. I think the chefs are tired and getting somewhat sloppy. This time, Canora won again and Tsai and the lone woman, chef Teo were sent home. Now it's down to Canora and Forgione. All I can say is, Canora's ego is so unappealing, I'll never watch his episodes if he becomes an Iron Chef. He doesn't seem pleasant at all from the small screen but then again, it would be the first iron chef we'd root against.

The Amazing Race went to Oman. I felt sorry for the contestants. It's the middle of summer (no snow in Russia) and they have to run around the desert. Even though Chad and Steph overslept, it didn't seem to hurt them at all. The challenges involved hunting for stuff. First they had to drive themselves to a certain area that looked like the Grand Canyon. The teams that had maps seemed to do the worst. Nat & Kat and Gary and Mallory thought they didn't need to ask for directions. They should've known that things in the Middle East are renamed every week depending on who's in charge and who's living there at the time. So the teams had to rappel down a mountain and then the one person had to hunt in the heat for a ring in one of many Aladdin's lamps. Ugh. Then they drove to a tourist spot and then had a choice of gathering wedding soup ingredients or hunting for a house that needed a water delivery. None of the teams chose the wedding soup. I think it was a subconscious choice. It's 120 degrees. Do you want to think about soup or cool water? Even though Jill and Thomas hit the mat first, they made the mistake of hiring a cab to lead them to a destination. During their 30 minute penalty wait, Chad and Steph (newly engaged by the way) were given the top prize. Now they have a honeymoon to go on. Yay! Gary and Mallory never did recover from their navigation mistake and got to the finish mat wayyyyy behind everyone else. You can tell because they were the only ones with no daylight when they checked in. Where the heck did they drive to? Egypt?

Sarah Palin has a reality show of her own called Sarah Palin's Alaska. Y'know what? It's really cool. Due to their long summer days, they can film a lot of stuff and therefore, cut out a lot of boring crap. Mrs. Palin is enthusiastic about her state and if you've ever been there, you know it's really incredible. I love that her kids aren't that impressed with the cameras. I noticed there are a lot of weird names in the peripheral family too. Was that kid's name really Happy? They showed a day of salmon fishing with the youngest daughter, Willow's boyfriend sneaking up to her room when he was told not to and a painful to watch mountain climbing day. I'm thinking Sarah learned her lesson with Bristol and got that boyfriend out of her daughter's bedroom pretty quick. He really thought he could sneak up with Sarah sitting right below the stairs? Not too bright. They have a paparazzi like neighbor who watches them from his balcony. I would suggest throwing bits of raw meat up on his balcony. He'd be bombarded by bald eagles and up to his neck in bird crap. These people don't know college pranking? The word crevasse was used way too much during the mountain climbing. It think it was just a way to say ass a lot on camera. Todd Palin's most pithy comment seemed to be, "Yeah." Still waters run deep? I do have to say, it was quite good cuz they did show Alaskan life. It wasn't meeting with friends, drinking, shopping and arguing which I can't stand of the Housewives. Go Sarah. But don't think it'll make me vote for you in the next presidential election.

Well, that's about it. I still recommend The Big Bang Theory, Outsourced, The Middle, Modern Family, Raising Hope, The Simpsons, Law & Order: UK, Psyche, Mike and Molly, Three and a Half Men, No Ordinary Family, Smallville and Law & Order: Los Angeles. My friends recommend Glee, NCIS (all of them), Boardwalk Empire, Vampire Diaries and Gossip Girl.

Happy watching people. The Holidays are coming and we should see a lot more warm and fuzzy stuff coming soon.