Jeff Zucker, President, CNN Worldwide, announced that the CNN Original Series Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown will begin its second season of eight episodes on September 15. The new season of the weekend lifestyle series will explore food, culture, and history and parts unknown within Spain, New Mexico, Israel, Copenhagen, Sicily, Detroit, Tokyo and India.

Hosted by the world-renowned chef, bestselling author and Emmy winning television personality, the first season launched on April 14 with an inside look at Myanmar. According to CNN, launch-to-date, Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown is delivering 389,000 viewers in the key Adults 25-54 demo in the U.S., up 440% versus the same period one year ago (72,000) and has ranked number one in cable news on Sunday in each of its first three weeks on the air. In total viewers, the series is up 122% (872,000 viewers vs. 392,000 viewers) at 9pm versus CNN programming one year ago.

Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown is produced by Zero Point Zero Production with Executive Producers and Founders Chris Collins and Lydia Tenaglia, along with Executive Producer Sandra Zweig. Zero Point Zero Production has produced programmes with Anthony Bourdain for more than a decade, including Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, The Layover, A Cooks Tour, and Decoding Ferran Adria.

“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,” said Zucker.  “In addition to its runaway ratings success, it is also quite the conversation starter, as anyone who follows social media can attest. We are so happy to announce season two, and I can assure you that audiences will love what is coming up on the show.”