{"id":11111,"date":"2018-04-10T03:33:55","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T07:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/ovation-picks-pair-jamie-oliver-shows\/"},"modified":"2018-04-10T10:45:03","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T14:45:03","slug":"ovation-picks-up-pair-of-jamie-oliver-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/ovation-picks-up-pair-of-jamie-oliver-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Ovation Picks Up Pair of Jamie Oliver Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"
The U.S. arts network Ovation has licensed a pair of series fronted by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver in a deal with FremantleMedia International.<\/p>\n
The channel went for the first season of\u00a0Jamie\u2019s American Road Trip<\/em>\u00a0and three seasons of\u00a0Jamie & Jimmy\u2019s Food Fight Club<\/em>. The deal also includes the documentary\u00a0Alinea in Residence Madrid<\/em>. All three titles will air on the linear network as well as on JOURNY, Ovation\u2019s AVOD travel channel.<\/p>\n \u201cThe culinary arts, including foraging and gastronomy, make for a fitting and tasteful addition to the Ovation family,\u201d said Scott Woodward, executive VP of programming at Ovation. \u201cJamie Oliver, Jimmy Doherty and Grant Achatz are all at the top of their game and we are confident they will take Ovation\u2019s viewers on a first-class culinary adventure.\u201d<\/p>\n Caroline Kusser, senior VP of sales and distribution for FremantleMedia International for North America, said: \u201cWe\u2019re excited to be bringing these varied culinary titles to U.S. audiences with Ovation and JOURNY. Viewers will enjoy Jamie Oliver\u2019s fun and engaging personality, both alongside his childhood friend Jimmy and on the road in America, while Grant Achatz\u2019s reinvention in Madrid is an inspirational watch.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The U.S. arts network Ovation has licensed a pair of series fronted by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver in a deal with FremantleMedia International.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":11112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[327,2681],"class_list":["post-11111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-fremantlemedia-international","tag-ovation","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n