TORONTO – CHUM Television has purchased the new talk show by Rachael Ray, who looks like she could be the Martha of the new Millennium, from CBS Paramount International Television. 
Ray (left) is already familiar to Food Network fans as host of 30-Minute Meals, $40 a Day, Inside Dish and Tasty Travels and is the author of eleven cookbooks. Her new, monthly magazine, Every Day with Rachael Ray, premiered in the fall of 2005.
CHUM has purchased Ray’s new hour-long, Oprah-backed talk show for the fall of 2006. The release didn’t say if it will be carried on Citytv, A-Channel or both.
"CHUM Television is thrilled to obtain the Canadian rights for Rachael Ray,” said Ellen Baine, vice-president, programming, CHUM Television. “Rachael can relate to her audience in a way few people can. The new show will be a great addition to CHUM’s daytime schedule."
The new series, to be based in New York City, will be produced by King World Productions, in association with Harpo Productions, Scripps Networks, Inc. and WATCH Entertainment, Inc. and internationally distributed by CBS Paramount International Television. Ray will continue to appear on the Food Network, too.
Ray got her start in television doing a weekly segment, 30-Minute Meals, for the evening news on WRGB-TV in Albany, NY. Her TV work grew to include a series of lifestyle and travel segments following the theme of, "You do not have to be wealthy to lead a rich life." The Food Network picked up 30-Minute Meals in November 2001, after seeing Rachael on The Today Show.
