Bravo talkshow for Kathy Griffin

GriffinKathy Griffin will host an every week hourlong yakker for Bravo turning around popular culture and superstar gossip. Talkshow named "Kathy" is specific to bow early in the year. Show will even feature recorded segs and standup programs from Griffin, an Emmy champion on her past Bravo series "My Existence around the D List." Griffin has additionally signed for 2 more standup comedy special offers for cabler. In other programming news from Bravo throughout its Saturday sesh in the Television Experts Assn. press tour in Pasadena, the cabler has set "Iron Chef" mainstay Cat Cora and Curtis Stone as hosts of their globe-trotting cooking competish series "All over the world in 80 Plates." Series, featuring 12 chefs racing across 10 nations in 44 days, is placed to bow in May. Frances Berwick, prexy of Bravo Media and elegance Media, recommended a 25% spike in original programming slated for Bravo in next season. Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com