I want to go on record as saying that the new Iron Chef disappoints me. William Shatner? Michael Burger? "Iron Chef American" and "Iron Chef Asian"?
Just what is American cuisine (besides an oxymoron)? Will I still be able to see Morimoto Masahatu, Sakai Hiroyuki, and Ota and Fukui-san on the Food Network twice a day? And what is the deal with all of the hockey player-sounding names, like Jean-Francois Meteigner and Marcus Samuelsson? Do I just watch too much hockey?
Wow, Bruce Vilanch will be a judge on the first show. Interesting... but a lot of the humor of the original series came from the fact that no one was really being irreverent--that everyone took the show gravely seriously. This created some very odd situations (like an upstart young chef staking his fledgling career on a 'Tuna Battle') that were quite delightful to watch.
I'm afraid to think what Iron Chef American would make with tuna.
But mostly, I just fear change, I suppose. Since I don't get UPN, I probably just shouldn't worry about it anyway...