I’d be lying if I said Bordain’s original show "No Reservations" was not heavily influential to me during my own travel experiences, especially when starting out. I’m excited to see Anthony Bourdain’s move to CNN, a network more appropriate to an authentic travel experience than his former home. The new show (Parts Unknown), or at least the episodes I’ve seen thus far are excellent TV and represent a good watermark for us to strive for in our own unique way, with our own unique show “Raw Travel”.
The fact that Mr. Bourdain includes an underground rock band in Myanmar, or features LA’s Koreatown (once on our own rundowns for Season 1) and Colombia (2 of our already produced episodes for Season 1), doesn’t bother me, it encourages me me as validation we’re on the right track creatively and I think “Parts Unknown” success will only help us as gain traction during our 1st season.
If you haven’t caught “Parts Unknown” on CNN yet, you should. And if you are still wondering if authentic travel has a place on U.S. television screens, this ought to put any of those doubts to rest.
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown Continues to Lead Key Cable Demo Adults 25-54
MORE THAN DOUBLES AUDIENCE OF CLOSEST COMPETITION
MORE THAN DOUBLES AUDIENCE OF CLOSEST COMPETITION
CNN’s Sunday Night Weekend Series Delivers 974,000 Total Viewers In Second Outing April 21, Up 30% From Premiere
Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown, CNN’s new weekend series airing at
9:00p.m. ET on Sundays again topped all cable news time period
competition among adults 25-54 in its latest outing, and was also the
top cable news program on Sunday. The April 21 episode delivered 470,000
adults 25-54, up 67% vs. its premiere week and more than double the
deliveries of its cable news competitors Fox News Channel and MSNBC
(208,000 and 187,000 respectively). Bourdain also had a strong week
among total viewers (974,000), up 30% vs. its premiere week performance
(747,000).
In Sunday’s episode, Bourdain explored the Koreatown section of Los
Angeles and spotlighted the talents and food preferences of
award-winning chef Roy Choi and acclaimed graffiti artist, painter,
portraitist David Choe.
On the digital front, Anthony Bourdain
Parts Unknown has received more than 1 million page views in its first
two weeks on CNN.com. (Source: Adobe Analytics) On social media, the
premiere received 9,000 social mentions, up from last year’s 2,000
mentions for the No Reservations premiere on the Travel Channel. Three
posts about Parts Unknown on CNN’s Facebook fan page received over
70,000 combined actions and were the top posts on the account for each
Sunday.
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