CNN Originals To Launch New Tour Series Featuring Celebrity Hosts

CNN Originals has ordered a six-episode travel series featuring various celebrities, which will launch next year.

On the topic of performance My Happy PlaceThe series will feature celebrities as they “struggle to find meaning in their lives,” the network said.

Alan Cumming, Taraji P. Henson, Simu Liu, Billy Porter, Octavia Spencer and Questlove are on the guest list.

The series is the latest travel offering from CNN Originals. The network earlier this year was installed Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico. That followed two seasons of Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy. The series was axed in 2022 as the network dropped originals from outside providers, and Tucci has taken the show to National Geographic.

CNN Originals is up again. Amy Entelis, senior vice president of talent for CNN Originals and creative development for CNN Worldwide, said My Happy Place “it's a new take on the genre, with iconic characters guiding our viewers on this enlightening journey.”

Major producers of My Happy Place by Andrew Fried, Jamie Granet Bederman, Sarina Roma and Jane Yusim for Boardwalk Pictures, and Entelis, Lyle Gamm and Katie Hinman for CNN Original Series. Alexandra Lowry is the producer and executive producer.