Star-Studded Travel Series "My Happy Place" to Premiere Sunday, April 27 on CNN
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASENEWS PROVIDED BY CNN NEW YORK, NY - (March 25, 2024) - CNN Original Series My Happy Place will premiere on Sunday, April 27 at 10pm ET/PT on CNN and around the world on CNN International. Produced by Boardwalk Pictures, this CNN Original Series follows six different hosts on deeply personal journeys, as they reveal why specific destinations have become their sanctuaries. The series will air Sundays at 10pm ET/PT on CNN and CNN International. My Happy Place invites viewers on an immersive excursion across the world anchored by an all-star cast of hosts including Emmy(R) and Tony(R) Award winning actor Alan Cumming; Academy Award(R) nominee and Golden Globe(R) winning actress Taraji P. Henson; award-winning actor Simu Liu; Grammy(R), Emmy(R) and three-time Tony(R) Award winning performer Billy Porter; Academy Award(R) winning actress Octavia Spencer; and Academy Award(R) winning filmmaker and Grammy(R) winning musician Questlove. Across six visually stunning episodes, each host reflects on why these meaningful sites have become their escape, revealing a never-before-seen side of the person and the destination. "My Happy Place is a perfect extension of CNN Originals' legacy of premium, host-led travel programming featuring dynamic and beloved personalities," said Amy Entelis, Executive Vice President for Talent & Content Development, CNN Worldwide. "These talented storytellers let viewers into their home away from home, and the result is as poignant as it is illuminating." Episode descriptions for My Happy Place include: Scottish Highlands with Alan Cumming | Airs Sunday, April 27 at 10pm ET/PT
Bali, Indonesia with Taraji P. Henson | Airs Sunday, May 4 at 10pm ET/PT
Austin, Texas with Questlove | Airs Sunday, May 11 at 10pm ET/PT
Mykonos, Greece with Billy Porter | Airs Sunday, May 18 at 10pm ET/PT
New Orleans, Louisiana with Octavia Spencer | Airs Sunday, June 1 at 10pm ET/PT
Bangkok, Thailand with Simu Liu | Airs Sunday, June 8 at 10pm ET/PT
Executive Producers for My Happy Place are Andrew Fried, Jamie Granet Bederman and Jane Yusim for Boardwalk Pictures along with Amy Entelis, Lyle Gamm and Katie Hinman for CNN Original Series. Showrunner Alexandra Lowry is an Executive Producer. My Happy Place will stream live for pay TV subscribers via CNN.com, CNN connected TV and mobile apps on Sunday, April 27. It will also be available on demand beginning Monday, April 28 to pay TV subscribers via CNN.com, CNN connected TV and mobile apps, and Cable Operator Platforms. AboutAbout CNN OriginalsThe CNN Originals group develops, produces and acquires original, long-form unscripted programming for CNN Worldwide. Amy Entelis, executive vice president of talent, CNN Originals and creative development, oversees the award-winning CNN Originals portfolio that includes the following premium content brands: CNN Original Series, CNN Films, CNN Flashdocs, and CNN Studios. Since 2012, the team has overseen and executive produced more than 60 multi-part documentary series and 70 feature-length documentary films, earning more than 110 awards and 445 nominations for the cable network, including CNN Films' first Academy Award(R) for Navalny. Acclaimed titles include the Peabody Award winning and 13-time Emmy(R) Award-winning Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown; five time Emmy(R) nominee, Apollo 11, directed by Todd Douglas Miller; Carville: Winning is Everything, Stupid directed by Matt Tyrnauer; Emmy(R) nominated Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico; the Emmy(R) Award-nominated "Decades Series": The Sixties, The Seventies, The Eighties, The Nineties, The 2000s, and The 2010s, executive produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman; The Last Movie Stars, directed by Ethan Hawke about the lives and careers of actors and humanitarians Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman; the Emmy(R) Award winning Little Richard: I Am Everything, directed by Lisa Cortés; Luther Vandross: Never Too Much, directed by Dawn Porter; The Many Lives of Martha Stewart; Primetime Emmy(R) and duPont-Columbia Award-winning, RBG, directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen; See It Loud: The History of Black Television, executive produced by LeBron James and Maverick Carter; Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight in partnership with the BBC; the Producers Guild Award and three-time Emmy(R) Award-winning Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy; This is Life with Lisa Ling; BAFTA nominee and Directors Guild Award winner, Three Identical Strangers, directed by Tim Wardle; the five-time Emmy(R) Award-winning United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell; the American version of the long-running UK comedy series, Have I Got News For You, hosted by Roy Wood Jr; and the five-time Emmy(R) Award-winning The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper. CNN Originals can be seen on CNN, the CNN Original Hub on Max and discovery+, the CNN Originals FAST channel, and for pay TV subscription via CNN.com, CNN apps and cable operator platforms. About Boardwalk PicturesBoardwalk Pictures is an award-winning production company that creates non-fiction, character-driven entertainment for audiences across the globe. The company is best known for its many critically acclaimed and popular hits, including Chef's Table, Netflix's longest running original series, Welcome to Wrexham, Cheer, Pepsi Where's My Jet, and America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, among others. Boardwalk continues to push the boundaries of non-fiction storytelling while creating and producing some of today's most recognizable series and films. To learn more about Boardwalk Pictures and the company's work, visit boardwalkpics.com. About Warner Bros. DiscoveryWarner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD) is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates and distributes the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content and brands across television, film and streaming. Available in more than 220 countries and territories and 50 languages, Warner Bros. Discovery inspires, informs and entertains audiences worldwide through its iconic brands and products including: Discovery Channel, discovery+, CNN, DC, Eurosport, HBO, HGTV, Food Network, OWN, Investigation Discovery, TLC, Magnolia Network, TNT, TBS, truTV, Travel Channel, Max, MotorTrend, Animal Planet, Science Channel, Warner Bros. Film Group, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Games, New Line Cinema, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies, Discovery en Español, Hogar de HGTV and others. For more information, please visit www.wbd.com.
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April 25, 2025 9:00am ET by Pressparty |