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Brasserie Les Halles is a French brasserie style restaurant located on 15 John Street ( between Broadway & Nassau Street ; in the Financial District ) in ___MASK72___ in ___MASK26___ . Previous locations were in Tokyo , Miami , and Washington , D . C . Carlos Llaguno was the executive chef , his predecessor having been author and television host Anthony Bourdain . In a modern sense , comedy ( from the , " kmidía ") refers to any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter , especially in theatre , television , film , and stand - up comedy . The origins of the term are found in Ancient ___MASK2___ . In the Athenian democracy , the public opinion of voters was influenced by the political satire performed by the comic poets at the theaters . The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance which pits two groups or societies against each other in an amusing agon or conflict . Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a " Society of Youth " and a " Society of the Old ". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions that pose obstacles to his hopes . In this struggle , the youth is understood to be constrained by his lack of social authority , and is left with little choice but to take recourse in ruses which engender very dramatic irony which provokes laughter . Kitchen Confidential is an American television sitcom that debuted on September 19 , 2005 , on the Fox network , based on Anthony Bourdain ' s ___MASK100___ Times bestselling book , Kitchen Confidential : Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly . Bradley Cooper played the Anthony Bourdain - inspired lead character , Jack Bourdain . After the show ' s first three episodes aired on Fox , the show was put on hiatus due to Fox ' s coverage of the Major League Baseball playoffs . In November 2005 , Fox announced the show would not air during sweeps and that only 13 episodes would be produced as it was only averaging 4 million viewers . The show returned on December 5 , 2005 , with its fourth episode , but only received 3 . 38 million viewers . Four days later , Fox announced the cancellation of the series . Anthony Michael Bourdain ( born June 25 , 1956 ) is an American chef , author , and television personality . He is a 1978 graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and a veteran of numerous professional kitchens , including many years as executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles . Although Bourdain is no longer employed as a chef , he maintains a relationship with Les Halles in ___MASK100___ . He became widely known for his 2000 book "". His first food and world - travel television show was " A Cook ' s Tour ", which ran for 35 episodes on the Food Network from 2002 through 2003 . In 2005 he began hosting the Travel Channel ' s culinary and cultural adventure programs "" ( 2005  2012 ) and " The Layover " ( 2011  2013 ). In 2013 , he switched to CNN to host "". A situation comedy , or sitcom , is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who carry over from episode to episode . Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy where a troupe may use new characters in each sketch , and stand - up comedy where a comedian tells jokes and stories to an audience . Sitcoms originated in radio , but today are found mostly on television as one9 of its dominant narrative forms . This form can also include mockumentaries . Travel Channel ( originally The Travel Channel from 1987 to 1999 ) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by Scripps Networks Interactive . The channel is headquartered in Chevy Chase , ___MASK82___ , United States .