Nearly two months after the tragic loss of Anthony Bourdain, CNN announces that it will run the final season of Parts Unknown that the author/TV host was filming when he died. The LA Times reports that the cable network plans to release new episodes that Bourdain filmed in Kenya, Texas, Spain, Indonesia, and Manhattan before his death, as well as a special episode with reflections from the cast and crew of the show, and a series finale about “how Tony affected the world,” with fan reactions and remembrances from people who appeared on screen with Tony. 
 
 The Kenya episode, which chronicles a trip Bourdain took with fellow CNN star W. Kamau Bell, is the only one that was completed before the Kitchen Confidential author took his life in France earlier this summer. Bourdain’s original narration will appear in that episode, but the rest of Season 12 will include audio stitched together from pre-recorded interviews. The Parts Unknown crew is also shooting “follow up interviews” to help fill in the gaps. 
 
 “Each one will feel slightly different depending on what’s gathered in the field,” says CNN’s executive VP of talent and content Amy Entelis. “They will have the full presence of Tony because you’ll see him, you’ll hear him, you’ll watch him. That layer of his narration will be missing, but it will be replaced by other voices of people who are in the episodes.” 
 
 Bourdain was one of the network’s biggest stars. During the first half of 2018, first-run episodes of Parts Unknown commanded the highest ad rate on average for any CNN series. “He was our stake in the ground for CNN’s original programming,” Entelis says. “You’ll find his influence in a lot of what we’ve done.” 
 
 CNN has no plans to reboot Parts Unknown with a different host, but Entelis and her team are working on developing new unscripted series to fill in the gap that Bourdain and his award-winning show left behind. “What Tony did was inimitable,” Entelis remarks. “What we want to do is find a show that captures what Tony is all about. It might be a very different show and look nothing like Parts Unknown.” 
 
 CNN has not yet announced the exact premiere date for the final season of Parts Unknown, but in pervious years, the fall season typically launched in late September or early October. Stay tuned for more updates on the grand finale of Parts Unknown as they become available. 
 
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 Asia Argento Episodes on Anthony Bourdain's 'Parts Unknown' Pulled by CNN 
 
 Episodes featuring Asia Argento in any form have been yanked from the late Anthony Bourdain's hit TV show "Parts Uknown" following accusations of sexual misconduct. 
 
 CNN confirmed this weekend that it had removed 3 'Parts Unknown' episodes from its streaming service CNN Go as a direct result of allegations former child actor Jimmy Bennett made against Bourdain's girlfriend last month -- namely, that she'd sexually assaulted him. 
 
 A rep for the news network told Buzzfeed ... "In light of the recent news reports about Asia Argento, CNN will discontinue airing past episodes of Parts Unknown that included her, until further notice." The episodes include one from Season 8 called "Rome," another from Season 10 called "Southern Italy: The Heel of the Boot," and a final one from Season 11 called "Hong Kong." 
 
 Asia appeared in the two former episodes and directed the latter. A fourth episode that took place in Buenos Aires was also removed, but for unspecified reasons. Bourdain and Asia reportedly met while filming the Rome episode, which aired in 2016. 
 
 As we've reported ... Asia was accused of sexually assaulting a then 17-year-old Bennett, and reportedly paid him a settlement of $380k. She denied ever having sex with him, but photos and texts obtained by TMZ appear to prove otherwise. 
 
 Rose McGowan recently wrote an open letter, calling on Asia to be better than Harvey Weinstein ... while seemingly distancing herself from the Italian actress.
– A final season of Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown is set to air this fall. CNN says it will air seven episodes in the 12th season of the series, reports the Los Angeles Times. A single episode completed before Bourdain's June 8 suicide in France finds him exploring Kenya alongside comedian W. Kamau Bell. Four other episodes will show footage of Bourdain's trips to Manhattan, Texas, Spain, and Indonesia, with his usual narration "replaced by other voices of people who are in the episodes," a CNN rep explains. They're to be followed by an episode offering a behind-the-scenes look at filming, and another paying tribute to Bourdain. Per Eater, the exact premiere date is not yet known.