Tucci returns May 11

Stanley Tucci’s food-and-travel series *Tucci in Italy* returns for a second season on May 11 on National Geographic. (yahoo.com) The new season runs five episodes and shifts to five regions: Naples and Campania, Sicily, Le Marche, Sardinia, and Veneto. It will stream on Disney+ and Hulu starting May 12. (yahoo.com) National Geographic’s first season premiered on May 18, 2025, with Tucci traveling through Tuscany, Lombardy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Abruzzo, and Lazio. The network described that run as an exploration of how land, people, and food shape each region. (nationalgeographic.com, detpress.com) Season 2 keeps the same structure but changes the map. Deadline reported in June 2025 that National Geographic had renewed the show for another five episodes, with Le Marche added for the first time and Sicily, Veneto, Campania, and Sardinia revisited under the new series. (deadline.com) The new episodes also stick with the show’s mix of food history and local reporting. In National Geographic’s release materials and PEOPLE’s first look, Tucci is shown meeting chefs, historians, farmers, winemakers, artisans, and the Bertoleoni family on Tavolara Island in Sardinia. (deadline.com, yahoo.com) PEOPLE’s preview says the season will trace subjects including a once-forgotten grape in Naples, seafood on Tavolara, and the origin story commonly attached to tiramisù in Veneto. Tucci said the series treats food as “memory” and “identity” as much as a meal. (yahoo.com) The show is Tucci’s latest Italy project after CNN’s *Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy*, which ran for two seasons before he moved the format to National Geographic. Deadline reported that *Tucci in Italy* is produced by Tucci’s SALT Productions and BBC Studios. (deadline.com) The next stop is simple: five more regions, five more episodes, and Tucci back at the table on May 11. (yahoo.com)