Bourdain on Scripps Howard Buying Travel Channel
Bourdain interview where he talks about the folks that run Food Network buying the Travel Channel
Anything else you'd like to tell me today. Anything you'd like to close out with?
No, but I'm sure that I will be talking about how Scripps Howard just bought my network. The parent company of the Food Network just bought my network.
Is that going to create some discomfort for you, considering your relationship with the Food Network?
Um, yes. We are about halfway through shooting season six, ratings have never been higher, but I think... I'm definitely taking a wait-and-see [approach]. I'm not happy about sharing a hot tub with Guy Fieri, is what I'm saying.
By KTinNYC
on Nov 18, 2009 10:11 AM
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Interesting interview! And yes, with the owners of TFN now owning the Travel Channel, his last line is true:
"So, what next in view of our new parent company? Hey, it's - what's that line from "The Mickey Mouse Club"? "Hey, it's Wednesday, it's anything-can-happen day!" "
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As Bourdain once said of Food Network, They have food shows that aren't really about food and travel shows not really about travel. I fear for the Travel Channel.
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He said pretty much the same thing at an appearance in Denver earlier this week. Or so I heard from people who were there. Tickets at $35-$65 each deterred some of us foodies from attending -- esp when $26 bought a 3-course meal at 40+ restaurants during the First Bite Boulder promotion that ran 11/14-26..
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Love the hot tub line. Wouldn't want to share one with Fieri either!
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If they buy PBS (don't think they can, can they?) I'm moving to Outer Mongolia.
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Just think of all the cross promotion opportunities:
http://foodnetworkhumor.com/2009/11/i...
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More and more I get the feeling that Mr. Bourdain is grasping at any straw for an opportunity to engage in snark. The Travel Channel is being sold by one huge media conglomerate, Discovery Communications, to another huge media conglomerate, Scripps Networks Interactive. Each of these corporations have a collection of cable networks in their portfolios with a variety of shows which run the gamut from decent to complete schlock. In the words of Mr. Townshend, "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss."
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