Beyond Presents New Season of Chuck’s Day Off

SYDNEY: Beyond Distribution has a new season of the food series Chuck’s Day Off, with a number of deals already in place ahead of its MIPCOM launch.

The second series has already been picked up by Living Channel of New Zealand; Asia Food Channel in Southeast Asia; BBC Lifestyle for Poland; Ananey Channels in Israel; TV Paprika for Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia; Chello Central Europe; Sanoma Television in Finland and Globosat in Brazil. The series, originally launched at MIPTV 2009, follows the culinary adventures of a chef on his only day off each week.

Hans Rosenstein, executive producer of Chuck’s Day Off, commented, “We are tremendously pleased with the growing popularity of the series. It is a perfect mix—a well-produced show with a charismatic star being served to the international market place by a great partner in Beyond and we are eager to get the new series out there to feed Chuck fans around the globe.”

Munia Kanna-Konek, the head of sales for Beyond Distribution, added, “Chuck is going to be the gourmet version of our Mythbusters. A gorgeous host dishing up wonderful food. Chuck’s Day Off is set to become a wonderful brand that you should definitely not schedule in moderation.”