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December 15,1999
Ainsley Harriott crosses the Atlantic to cook up a show for America
“The Ainsley Harriott Show” is
Buena Vista Television’s new one-
hour syndicated talk strip hosted by
B ritain ’s
television
chef
extraordinaire, Ainsley Harriott.
Premiering January 10,2000, "The
Ainsley Harriott Show” is an
entertianment-talk-cooking show
spiced with its host’s exuberant
charm, showcasing his personality
and passion for people and food,
the very qualities that propelled him
to the top in the United Kingdom.
“The Ainsley Harriott Show” is
produced
by
V alleycrest
Productions Ltd., in association with
Merv Griffin Entertainment, Inc.
Each day, Harriott will invite guests
- ranging from celebrities and sports
figures to new sm akers and
musicians — to join him for an
unpredictable blend of fascinating
conversation and lively interaction
with the studio and viewing
audience. Harriott and his guests
also will feature a variety o f
entertaining and inform ative
segments, with topics ranging from
health and beauty to fashion and
finance, and, of course, food.
The show will be produced in New
York, and Harriott will head out of
the studio and into the city for live
remotes and pieces highlighting
events,
co lo rful
real-life
personalities and local culture.
Whether it’s teaching a group of
little girls how to serve a proper
English tea, popping up in a school
cafeteria to serve the kids lunch, or
hijacking a supermarket shopper
and taking her home to cook dinner,
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Burgess said the series will help
bring together the In tern et’s
entertainment sector with 18-to-34-
year-old Web surfers who are fans
of the Comedy Central show and
the movie, “South Park: Bigger,
Longer & Uncut.”
“Until now, virtually everything on
the Web has been created for some
other purpose _ TV, video games _
and then people used the Web as
another way to market it,” he said.
“"This is the other way around.
(These are) the first big stars that
are creating original properties for
the Internet.”
Shockwave.com offers access to
gam es, m usic, cartoons and
searches. Spiderman creator Stan
Lee has agreed to develop a comic
for the site.
Shockwave.com received 2.35
million unique visitors in October,
up from 1.75 million in September,
according to Media Metrix, a New
York firm that track« Web traffic.
viewers will experience Ainsley’s
own lighthearted and playful take
on the people and places he
encounters.
Harriott’s success as a chefbrought
him first to radio and then to
television, where he combined his
culinary talents with a flair for
performing. The host of numerous
shows airing on the BBC (including
“Can’t Cook, Won’tCook, ’’“Meals
in Minutes,” "Ainsley’s Barbecue
Bible” and “Ainsley’s Big Cook
Out”) as well as two primetime
entertainment programs (“Party of
a Lifetime” and “The Hidden
Camera Show”), Harriott also is a
best-selling author of cookbooks
that, like his TV series, are designed
to make cooking fun and accessible.
Merv Griffin Entertainment will
produce the “The Ainsley Harriott
Show,” with Griffin acting as
executive producer. Dan Berg
(“LIVE with Regis & Kathi Lee,”
Fox Television Network) directs,
and John G. Verhoff (“LIVE with
Regis & Kathie Lee,” “Attitudes”)
is supervising producer. In addition,
“LIVE with Regis & Kathie Lee”
executive producer M ichael
Gelman will bring his decade of
talk show experience to “The
Ainsley Harriott Show,” acting as a
consultant while continuing his
current duties on “LIVE.”
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Britain’s television chef extraordinaire, Ainsley Harriott, is the host o f "The Ainsley Harriott Show, Buena
Rsf Television’s new one-hour entertainment-talk-cooking show, premiering January 10, 2000, in national
syndication. Each day, Harriott will invite guests - ranging from celebrities and sports figures to
newsmakers and musicians - to join him fo r an unpredictable blend o f conversation, informative and
entertaining segments and lively interaction with the studio and viewing audience.
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