Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
DocuseriesNonfiction storytelling across episodes.This show: 10/10Food & cookingCooking and food culture at the center.This show: 9/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 8/10Social commentaryDeliberate critique of how society works.This show: 7/10Visually strikingComposition and imagery worth pausing for.This show: 7/10AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 7/10
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Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 6.6 | ||
| S2 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 7.0 | ||
| S3 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.1 | 8.8 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 6.7 | ||
| S4 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 6.6 | 7.6 | |
| S5 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 6.2 | ||
| S6 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 6.4 | ||
| S7 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.5 | |||
| S8 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.6 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 6.4 | |
| S9 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.4 | |||
| S10 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 6.4 | ||
| S11 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 8.4 | |||
| S12 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.8 |
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About
"Travel writing turned into television, with a conscience"
Anthony Bourdain travels the world, eating and drinking with locals in places ranging from war zones to quiet fishing towns, using food as a doorway into politics, history, and grief. The show feels less like a travel guide and more like a series of essays: unhurried, curious, often melancholy, always literate. Bourdain's narration carries it, wry and self-aware, never pretending tourism is simple. Some episodes are joyful, others deeply sad, especially knowing how his own story ends. It rewards patience over spectacle, prioritizing conversation and atmosphere over checklists of must-see sights or must-eat dishes.
Watch it for
Bourdain's narration, which turns every meal into a meditation on place, politics, and mortality.
Maybe skip if
you want breezy food-and-scenery escapism without melancholy or political complexity.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons
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Season 12013
7.82K95h 44m
The first season of Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown, hosted by the world-renowned chef, bestselling author and Emmy winning television personality, premiered on Sunday, April 14, at 9pm, ET.
The premiere episode of the Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown offers an inside look at Myanmar. In his maiden voyage to the country formerly known as Burma, Bourdain and his crew discover the fabled beauty and local cuisines of a country that had been, up until recently, off-limits to outsiders. Further episodes include tours of Libya, Colombia, the Quebecois side of Canada, Koreatown in Los Angeles, Tangier, Peru and the Congo.
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Season 22013
7.82K95h 44m
CNN’s original series, ‘Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown’, which has been nominated for four Primetime Emmys in the 2013 competition, launched its second season on Friday, September 20 at 9pm, ET.
The first episode, ‘Jerusalem’ features tours of Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, marking the first time Bourdain has filmed in these locations.
This season of the weekend lifestyle series also takes Bourdain and his crew into “parts unknown” within Spain, New Mexico, Copenhagen, Sicily, Detroit, Tokyo and South Africa.
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Season 32014
7.91K95h 43m
Season three of the top-rated Emmy and Peabody award-winning CNN Original Series began on Sunday, April 13 at 9pm, ET, with a look at the people, food, culture and history of India’s Punjab region. The eight-episode season also features excursions to Las Vegas, Lyon, France, Mexico City, the Mississippi Delta, Russia, Bahia, Brazil, and Thailand.
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Season 42014
8.11K105h 44m
Season four of the top-rated Emmy and Peabody award-winning CNN Original Series Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown, began on Sunday, September 28 at 9pm ET/PT with a tour of Shanghai, China.
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Season 52015
7.71K96h 23m
Season five of the top-rated Emmy and Peabody award-winning CNN Original Series Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown began on Sunday, April 26 at 9pm ET/PT with twist – a tour of the forward-looking culture of South Korea with each scene presented in reverse order. The eight-episode season also features trips to Miami, Scotland, Madagascar, New Jersey, Budapest, Hawaii and Beirut.
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Season 62015
7.71K95h 40m
Season six of the top-rated Emmy and Peabody award-winning CNN Original Series Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown began on Sunday, Sept. 27 at 9pm ET/PT with the host’s tour of Cuba. The eight-episode season also featured trips to Marseille, Okinawa, Ethiopia, California’s Bay Area, Borneo, Istanbul and Charleston, S.C.
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Season 72016
7.898885h 36m
Season seven of the top-rated Emmy and Peabody award-winning CNN Original Series Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown began on Sunday, April 24 at 9pm ET/PT with the host’s tour of Manila, The Philippines. The seven-episode season also features trips to the Greek Islands, Chicago, Montana, Georgia, Cologne, and Senegal.
Originally an eight episode season, what was to be the season finale (Buenos Aires) was moved to Season 8 when its original broadcast was pre-empted by coverage of the Orlando nightclub shooting.
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Season 82016
8.11K106h 18m
Season eight began on Sunday, September 25 at 9pm ET/PT with a trip to Hanoi, Vietnam featuring dinner with president Barack Obama. The nine-episode season also features tours of Nashville, Sichuan, London, Houston, Japan, Minas Gerais, Buenos Aires, and Rome.
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Season 92017
8.090785h 37m
6 continents. 4 Emmy Awards. Millions of fans. And now... frostbite. Season nine premiered on Sunday, April 30 2017 with a Latino-themed trip to Los Angeles. The eight-episode season also features tours of San Sebastian, Laos, Queens, NY, Antarctica, Oman, Trinidad and Porto, Portugal.
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Season 102017
7.688895h 36m
Season 10 began on Sunday, October 1 at 9pm ET/PT with a trip to Singapore. The eight-episode season also features tours of the French Alps, Puerto Rico, Lagos, Nigeria, Seattle, Sri Lanka, Pittsburgh, and southern Italy.
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Season 112018
8.198585h 51m
Season 11 began on Sunday, April 29 at 9pm ET/PT with a trip to West Virginia, in a special extended episode. The eight-episode season also features tours of Newfoundland, Uruguay, Armenia, Bhutan, Berlin, U.S. Cajun country, and Hong Kong.
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Season 122018
7.970475h 24m
The final episodes premiered Sunday, September 23 with a trip to Kenya Featuring W. Kamau Bell. The seven-episode season also includes trips to Indonesia, Texas, Spain, and New York City’s Lower East Side, plus two specials.
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Anthony Bourdain Self - Host, Self, Host and narrator
Tom Vitale Self
David Scott Holloway Self
Eric Ripert Self
José Andrés Self, Self - Guest Co-Host
Darren Aronofsky Self
Asia Argento Self
Morgan Fallon Self
David McMillan Self
Frédéric Morin Self
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