Celebrity chef and food critic Anthony Bourdain has another TV hit with Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, his new show on CNN. The network announced today that the show will get a second season.
Bourdain joined CNN a year ago after hosting the popular No Reservations on the Travel Channel. Parts Unknown is similar in structure, with Bourdain traveling to unique parts of the world to try out the local flavors.
CNN’s Jeff Zucker announced that the show has earned eight more episodes, which will air starting on Sept. 14.
“Tony and Zero Point Zero Production have created a spectacularly beautiful, informative and entertaining series for CNN that has resonated with viewers in a profound way,” Zucker commented.
Bourdain’s show has helped CNN on the weekends, averaging 389,000 viewers in the key 25-54 demographic a week for the network, which previously averaged just 72,000 during the same time period last year. It averages a total of 872,000 viewers each week.
Parts Unknown debuted on April 14 with an episode set in Myanmar (Burma). New episodes feature trips to Quebec, Tangier, Libya, Peru and the Congo.
Parts Unknown will also air on CNN International.