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Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy is an American travel and food show that premiered on February 14, 2021, on CNN. The series follows American actor Stanley Tucci, who travels around Italy visiting each region and exploring their cultures, cuisine, and history.
The series has received seven Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning Emmys for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series in 2021, 2022, and 2024. Its second season premiered on May 1, 2022.
CNN canceled the show in December 2022 as part of the network's revamp and cancellation of all original programming because of Warner Bros. Discovery's cost cuts. Tucci expressed interest in continuing the show on another network. In 2024, Tucci filmed another 10 episodes exploring Italian cuisine for National Geographic. The first season of that followup show, Tucci in Italy, premiered on May 18, 2025.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Tucci acknowledged the influence of another CNN original series, Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown. Tucci said: "The show that we are doing is distinctly different than his: I am not nearly as adventurous as Tony was, not nearly. Or as brave. But what he did is open the doors to all of us who were interested in food, and travel, to explore in our own ways. He was an extraordinary writer, a nice person, and a great explorer of the human condition through food." In a February 2022 interview with People magazine, Tucci said that he would "never try to take [Bourdain's] place".
Amy Entelis, CNN's executive vice president of talent and content development, said: "The Bourdain show was a big experiment at the time, but it quickly became clear that our audience was very interested in stories beyond breaking news, but that were interesting, substantive, thought-provoking stories about food and culture around the world". Entelis added, “There was never a question in our minds about whether we would return [to the genre], it was going to be, what is the right show, who is the right person, what is the right time in terms of launching something new. I think we feel really good right now about putting this show out in the world.”
Four of the episodes in the first season were filmed in the fall of 2019, while the episodes set in Naples and Bologna were filmed in the summer of 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
The series was renewed for a second season on February 24, 2021.
On January 19, 2022, it was announced that the second season would premiere on March 13, 2022. However, on March 2, it was announced that the premiere had been postponed to an unspecified date later in the spring, due to CNN's continuing coverage of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. On April 12, 2022, it was announced that the premiere had been rescheduled for May 1, 2022. The second season's first four episodes aired in May (then on BBC Two in October), and its final four episodes aired beginning on October 9, 2022.
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Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy is an American travel and food show that premiered on February 14, 2021, on CNN. The series follows American actor Stanley Tucci, who travels around Italy visiting each region and exploring their cultures, cuisine, and history.
The series has received seven Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning Emmys for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series in 2021, 2022, and 2024. Its second season premiered on May 1, 2022.
CNN canceled the show in December 2022 as part of the network's revamp and cancellation of all original programming because of Warner Bros. Discovery's cost cuts. Tucci expressed interest in continuing the show on another network. In 2024, Tucci filmed another 10 episodes exploring Italian cuisine for National Geographic. The first season of that followup show, Tucci in Italy, premiered on May 18, 2025.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Tucci acknowledged the influence of another CNN original series, Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown. Tucci said: "The show that we are doing is distinctly different than his: I am not nearly as adventurous as Tony was, not nearly. Or as brave. But what he did is open the doors to all of us who were interested in food, and travel, to explore in our own ways. He was an extraordinary writer, a nice person, and a great explorer of the human condition through food." In a February 2022 interview with People magazine, Tucci said that he would "never try to take [Bourdain's] place".
Amy Entelis, CNN's executive vice president of talent and content development, said: "The Bourdain show was a big experiment at the time, but it quickly became clear that our audience was very interested in stories beyond breaking news, but that were interesting, substantive, thought-provoking stories about food and culture around the world". Entelis added, “There was never a question in our minds about whether we would return [to the genre], it was going to be, what is the right show, who is the right person, what is the right time in terms of launching something new. I think we feel really good right now about putting this show out in the world.”
Four of the episodes in the first season were filmed in the fall of 2019, while the episodes set in Naples and Bologna were filmed in the summer of 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
The series was renewed for a second season on February 24, 2021.
On January 19, 2022, it was announced that the second season would premiere on March 13, 2022. However, on March 2, it was announced that the premiere had been postponed to an unspecified date later in the spring, due to CNN's continuing coverage of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. On April 12, 2022, it was announced that the premiere had been rescheduled for May 1, 2022. The second season's first four episodes aired in May (then on BBC Two in October), and its final four episodes aired beginning on October 9, 2022.