WBZ-TV & myTV38 Extend Phantom Gourmet
Boston, MA– Tuesday, March 25, 2014 – CBS Boston's WBZ-TV and myTV38 (WSBK-TV) announce a five-year contract extension to air Phantom Gourmet on myTV38 Saturdays and Sundays at 10:30AM and 11AM, feature news segments on Fridays in WBZ-TV News at 5PM, on cbsboston.com in addition to phantomgourmet.com, as well as the annual specials like the "Pregame Marathon" and "Three Stooges Marathon." With this five-year extension, Phantom Gourmet will mark 26 years on television making it one of the longest running, locally produced programs ever to air in Boston.
"We're thrilled to continue our relationship with Phantom Gourmet for five more years," said Mark Lund, President and General Manager of CBS Boston's WBZ-TV & myTV38 when announcing the extension. "Phantom Gourmet is one of the best-known, highly-regarded local brands in the market, the show's content and production are exceptional, and the ratings are consistently among the best in the time-period, which is a testament to their incredibly loyal fan base."
"We've had an unbeatable and innovative partnership with CBS Boston's WBZ-TV and myTV38 for over a decade, and I look forward to five more years of building on our success," said Dave Andelman, President and CEO of Phantom Gourmet, Inc. "CBS Boston's multi-media platform is ideal for us to serve 'Phantom Gourmet. Food and Fun. That's all we serve.' to the largest combined audience available. And having just bought the Mendon Twin Drive-In, we added the 'big screen' (actually two of them) to our distribution platforms, and we've topped 200,000 social media 'phans'."
ABOUT PHANTOM GOURMET:
Phantom Gourmet, Inc. owns and produces the Phantom Gourmet. Food and Fun. That's all we serve. Phantom Gourmet is one of Boston's best known locally grown brands. From its humble beginnings on cable in 1993, Phantom Gourmet graduated to broadcast television on myTV38 Saturday and Sunday 10:30AM and 11AM. Phantom Gourmet is also a feature on Fridays on WBZ-TV News at 5PM. The show is on CW28 in Providence Saturday 10-11AM and Fox23 in Maine Sunday 11AM. Phantom Gourmet videos appear daily on Boston.com. Our combined social media following on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram is over 200,000 Phans. The Phantom Gourmet Restaurant Gift Card is one gift card accepted at your choice of 200 restaurants. The Phantom Gourmet Guide to Boston's Best Restaurants was a Boston Globe Best Seller. Phantom Gourmet also produces Boston's biggest and best food events, including the Phantom Gourmet Food Festival, Phantom Gourmet BBQ Beach Party, Phantom Gourmet Wine & Food Phest, and the Phantom Gourmet Hot Dog Safari to benefit the Joey Fund and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Tens of thousands of Phans will attend our events this year, many of them wearing the company's trademark purple. We're also the proud new owners of the Mendon Twin Drive-In, a gorgeous sixteen acre, tree-lined property with two giant screens each showing two first run Hollywood movies. The company is led by the beloved Andelman brothers, with Dave serving as CEO, Mike heading the business division, and Dan heading the content division. Our passion for restaurants runs so deep that we formed the Restaurant And Business Alliance, providing restaurants and businesses with their seat at the table in government and media. For more information about the R.A.B.A., please visit RestaurantAndBusinessAlliance.com. For more information, please visit: www.phantomgourmet.com. Follow Phantom Gourmet on Facebook and Twitter.
ABOUT CBS BOSTON'S WBZ-TV & myTV38::
CBS Boston's WBZ-TV and sister-station myTV38 (WSBK-TV) are part of CBS Television Stations, a division of CBS Corporation. For more like us on Facebook at CBS Boston and follow us on Twitter @CBSBoston
