Watched a little bit of the Iron Chef USA on television today. I'm not sure, because Food TV Canada has a different programming schedule than its US counterpart, but I believe this was a reairing of the episodes that were made last year on UPN. In any case, the show was horrendous. For one thing, it is impossible to take William Shatner seriously while he does anything, and in general, it is very annoying having to listen to the idiotic US commentators make really pointless observations about the food. I think the Japanese show had a certain quirkiness to it which is all but overwhelemed by typical red, white and blue crassness.