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The 12th cycle of the CNN series was in production when the beloved celebrity chef and TV host died in June.

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00:00I've been on a plane for like, I don't know, it was long,

00:04so like five Mark Wahlberg films.

00:06Following his tragic death, Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown

00:09will return for a final season in the fall on CNN.

00:12The network's award-winning original series

00:14was in production on its 12th season

00:16when the beloved celebrity chef and TV host

00:18took his own life while filming in France in early June.

00:21No premiere date has been announced yet,

00:23but only one episode of The Final Seven,

00:26featuring a trip to Kenya,

00:27had been completed prior to Bourdain's death.

00:30That will be the last show to have the host's narration.

00:34This, this stuffing of food into your fellow diner's face

00:37is called Gersha,

00:39and it's what you do to show your affection and respect.

00:42According to the LA Times,

00:43the rest of the episodes will feature audio of Bourdain

00:46that had been gathered while shooting on location,

00:48and will be completed by the directors who filmed them.

00:51Those installments include trips

00:53to Manhattan's Lower East Side, the Big Bin area of Texas,

00:56the U.S.-Mexico border,

00:58the Asturias region of Spain, and Indonesia.

01:00Amy Entelis, the executive vice president of talent

01:03and content at CNN, told the LA Times,

01:06each episode will feel slightly different

01:08depending on what's gathered in the field.

01:10She added,

01:11they will have the full presence of Tony

01:13because you'll see him, you'll hear him, you'll watch him.

01:16That layer of his narration will be missing,

01:18but it will be replaced by other voices of people

01:20who are in the episodes.

01:22Basically, me tracing my steps and all that.

01:25We'll talk about that later.

01:26Right now, noodles.

01:27She also revealed that the second to last episode

01:29will see the cast and crew going behind the scenes

01:32to discuss the making of the series,

01:34and that the finale will focus on how Tony affected the world.

01:37For more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:40Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News,

01:42I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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