Tommy says…

Iron Chef won’t be on SBS tonight (schedule) for the second week in a row, and no word on when it might be back on. It’s been displaced by “Great Australian Albums – Woodface By Crowded House”. This is the second time this year that SBS has jerked its Iron Chef fans around. Back in January, Iron Chef was replaced – no warning – by the creepy (and crappy) American abomination called Iron Chef America – complete with an obviously Caucasian man dressed in a Chinese shirt waving a Chinese sword around in a tatami covered room, claiming to be Chairman Kaga’s nephew. Following “audience feedback”, Iron Chef America got axed and the original Iron Chef was restored. And now it’s been taken off with little explanation. I don’t know what the programming dudes up at SBS are thinking.

Speaking of programming, I’m still waiting for Nine to bring on the new season of Hotel Babylon. I loved the first season last year, and Channel Nine claimed to be continuing it this year – but no sign of it as yet, 8 months into the year. I might have to go find DVDs in the UK.