Skift Q&A: How Zero Point Zero Makes Television’s Best Travel Shows
Photo Credit: From left, Anthony Bourdain on "Parts Unknown," Aisha Tyler and Joel McHale on "The Getaway, and Steven Rinella on "The MeatEater." ZPZ Productions
Skift Take
Parts Unknown takes an honest and holistic look at the world and at travel, considering the impact politics, history, and location have on a destination. It takes strong personality, vision, and team work to pull off the feat in today's media environment and ZPZ continues to raise the standards of production, travel focused or not.
Zero Point Zero produces Anthony Bourdain's Emmy-nominated series Parts Unknown, one of the most successful travel shows on U.S. television. But ask the co-founder and managing director and they'll say ZPZ doesn't create travel content.
ZPZ founders and Executive Producers Lydia Tenaglia and Chris Collins have worked with Anthony Bourdain since his first show, A Cook's Tour, aired on the Food Network. Partner and Managing Director Joe Caterini joined the group in 2009. Last year the team took the leap from the Travel Channel to CNN to launch the new series.
In addition to work with Bourdain, ZPZ has shows on the Sportsman Channel, The Weather Channel, Speed, the Travel Channel, Food Network, and PBS. On September 25, The Getaway premieres on the new Esquire Network. Anthony Bourdain comes on as executive producer for the show, which is similar to his Layover program but with celebs like Aisha Tyler, Joel McHale, and Aziz Ansari
