The chef and author will receive his own show on CNN starting in early 2013 and will air on Sundays and repeat episodes on Saturday.
The channel seems to be desperately trying to attract viewers with more lifestyle programming, considering the cable news channel faced their lowest viewership numbers in over a decade last month.
Bourdain's new deal with CNN begins once production on the first eight episodes of the new show stars this fall. The deal also stipulates that Bourdain will be guest-contributing on other CNN shows and that his "No Reservations" online blog will move over to CNN.com
Mark Whitaker, the CNN Worldwide Executive Vice President and Managing Editor, says Bourdain was frustrated that he had restrictions on where he could travel while filming "No Reservations." When the war between Israel and Hezbollah escalated in 2006, Bourdain and his crew were filming but were forced to be evacuated by U.S. Marines and Bourdain has said that he felt "persistent shame and regret" over the events.
Meanwhile, Bourdain's current show, "No Reservations," is on its eighth season.
Bourdain will leave “Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations,” which he has hosted on the Travel Channel since 2005.
His Sunday night CNN show will “examine cultures from around the world through their food and dining and travel rituals.”
CNN said Bourdain’s new show “will mark a further step in broadening and distinguishing CNN’s weekend programming from its traditional weekday news coverage.”
CBS may drop ‘Jesse Stone’
In another indication of how demographics rule TV decisions, Variety is reporting that CBS won’t be carrying any more of Tom Selleck’s “Jesse Stone” movies because the audience is too old.
“Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt,” the eighth film in a series originally based on Robert Parker novels about a small-town police chief, drew about 12 million viewers earlier this month.
But its share of 18- to 49-year-olds was small, and like other networks, CBS wants younger eyeballs.
The series could still be picked up by another network. Hallmark, TNT or Lifetime might be candidates, though none has made any public comment.
A spokeswoman for Sony Pictures, which produces the Stone movies, said no information was available Tuesday.
Ch. 7 news director leaving
WABC/Ch. 7 news director Kenny Plotnik, under whose hand Ch. 7 has become the dominant player in local news, will leave at the end of this week.
In a memo circulated Tuesday, Plotnik praised the staff as “the New York Yankees of TV news” and said it was “a very difficult choice” to leave.
He noted he has had 25 years on the job, and did not indicate where he is going.
A spokeswoman for Disney, WABC’s parent company, said WABC general manager Dave Davis will be available as needed to handle any issues that come up, and a replacement will be named “when the station determines the right candidate.”
In the highly competitive local news market, Ch. 7 newscasts lead at 4:30 a.m., noon, 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.
The channel seems to be desperately trying to attract viewers with more lifestyle programming, considering the cable news channel faced their lowest viewership numbers in over a decade last month.
Bourdain's new deal with CNN begins once production on the first eight episodes of the new show stars this fall. The deal also stipulates that Bourdain will be guest-contributing on other CNN shows and that his "No Reservations" online blog will move over to CNN.com
Mark Whitaker, the CNN Worldwide Executive Vice President and Managing Editor, says Bourdain was frustrated that he had restrictions on where he could travel while filming "No Reservations." When the war between Israel and Hezbollah escalated in 2006, Bourdain and his crew were filming but were forced to be evacuated by U.S. Marines and Bourdain has said that he felt "persistent shame and regret" over the events.
Meanwhile, Bourdain's current show, "No Reservations," is on its eighth season.
Bourdain will leave “Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations,” which he has hosted on the Travel Channel since 2005.
His Sunday night CNN show will “examine cultures from around the world through their food and dining and travel rituals.”
CNN said Bourdain’s new show “will mark a further step in broadening and distinguishing CNN’s weekend programming from its traditional weekday news coverage.”
CBS may drop ‘Jesse Stone’
In another indication of how demographics rule TV decisions, Variety is reporting that CBS won’t be carrying any more of Tom Selleck’s “Jesse Stone” movies because the audience is too old.
“Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt,” the eighth film in a series originally based on Robert Parker novels about a small-town police chief, drew about 12 million viewers earlier this month.
But its share of 18- to 49-year-olds was small, and like other networks, CBS wants younger eyeballs.
The series could still be picked up by another network. Hallmark, TNT or Lifetime might be candidates, though none has made any public comment.
A spokeswoman for Sony Pictures, which produces the Stone movies, said no information was available Tuesday.
Ch. 7 news director leaving
WABC/Ch. 7 news director Kenny Plotnik, under whose hand Ch. 7 has become the dominant player in local news, will leave at the end of this week.
In a memo circulated Tuesday, Plotnik praised the staff as “the New York Yankees of TV news” and said it was “a very difficult choice” to leave.
He noted he has had 25 years on the job, and did not indicate where he is going.
A spokeswoman for Disney, WABC’s parent company, said WABC general manager Dave Davis will be available as needed to handle any issues that come up, and a replacement will be named “when the station determines the right candidate.”
In the highly competitive local news market, Ch. 7 newscasts lead at 4:30 a.m., noon, 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.
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