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CNN Hopes to Gain Sustenance From Tony Shalhoub’s ‘Breaking Bread’
CNN will debut a new food and travel documentary series led by actor Tony Shalhoub this fall that focuses on breads from around the world
The six-part series, “Tony Shalhoub Breaking Bread,” will debut this fall and marks CNN’s latest effort to captivate audiences with original documentary programming featuring an interesting personality traveling the globe to analyze food and culture. As Shalhoub journeys with viewers to different parts of the world, they learn “how bread connects to history and to culture and, especially, to other foods.” He thinks they will be willing to travel along with him because “I don’t pretend to be an expert baker. In 1996, he was one of the stars — interestingly enough with Stanley Tucci — in the movie “Big Night” about two brothers who hope to use a special dinner to gain enough notice to keep their restaurant open for business.
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