Trips across Italy with Stanley Tucci in the popular docuseries Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy are potentially at risk of coming to an end. The fate of the travel/food show, which is currently in its second season airing in the US and the UK, could be up in the air because of apparent plans by CNN to pull back on its production of original TV shows and movies with outside partners, according to a report by Variety(opens in new tab).

Variety has shared details of a memo to employees shared by Chris Licht, chairman and CEO of CNN, that says, "Our long-term plan will no longer rely on commissioned projects with outside partners," with the cost of third-party series being the primary reason. "However, I want to be clear that longform content remains an important pillar of our programming," Licht adds.