Kitchen Confidential (TV series)

Kitchen Confidential
GenreSitcom
Created byDavid Hemingson
Based onKitchen Confidential by
Anthony Bourdain
StarringBradley Cooper
Nicholas Brendon
John Francis Daley
Jaime King
Bonnie Somerville
Owain Yeoman
Theme music composerMark Walk
ComposersDaniel Licht
Mark Killian
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producersDavid Hemingson
Jim Rosenthal
Darren Star
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time22 minutes
Production companiesHemingson Entertainment
Darren Star Productions
New Line Television
20th Century Fox Television
Original release
NetworkFox
ReleaseSeptember 19 (2005-09-19) –
December 5, 2005 (2005-12-05)
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Kitchen Confidential is an American television sitcom that debuted on September 19, 2005, on the Fox network, based on Anthony Bourdain's New York Times bestselling book, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly. Bradley Cooper played the lead character, Jack Bourdain, inspired by Anthony Bourdain.

After the show's first three episodes aired on Fox, the show was put on hiatus due to Fox's coverage of the Major League Baseball playoffs. In November 2005, Fox announced the show would not air during sweeps and that only 13 episodes would be produced because it was only averaging 4 million viewers.[1] The show returned on December 5, 2005, with its fourth episode, but only received 3.38 million viewers. Four days later, Fox announced the cancellation of the series.[2]

  1. ^ Brian Ford Sullivan (November 10, 2005). "FOX to Close 'Arrested,' 'Kitchen' After 13 Episodes This Season". The Futon Critic. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
  2. ^ Brian Ford Sullivan (December 9, 2005). "FOX Closes 'Kitchen Confidential,' Doubles Up 'Arrested'". The Futon Critic. Retrieved November 17, 2010.