Bravo accumulates Kathy Griffin talker

GriffinKathy Griffin will host an every week hourlong yakker for Bravo turning around popular culture and superstar gossip. ''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.'' Among 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 ''Around the planet in 80 Plates.'' Frances Berwick, prexy of Bravo Media and elegance Media, recommended a 25 % spike in original programming for Bravo in 2012. Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com