CNN Remembers Anthony Bourdain With Weekend Programming Tribute

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CNN Friday will air a tribute special around Anthony Bourdain, part of a weekend programming tribute to the TV personality and host of CNN’s Parts Unknown, who died Friday.

The special, Remembering Anthony Bourdain will air tonight at 10 p.m., according to CNN, which Friday tweeted out its lineup of Bourdain tributes. On Saturday the network will air a night of Bourdain’s favorite episodes of Parts Unknown, followed by a repeat of Remembering Anthony Bourdain on Sunday.

Travel Channel on June 10 will air a 12-hour marathon of series Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations starting at 7:00 a.m. The series ran on Travel Channel from 2005 to 2012.

Bourdain, 61, died of an apparent suicide in France. 

RELATED: Entertainment Industry Mourns Loss of Anthony Bourdain 

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R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.