The Travel Channel is Showing Travel Shows. What is the world coming to.
Feb 8th, 2005, 04:15 PM
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I agree with cigalechanta... we should petition!
I was on a rant just last week to anyone who would listen and no one who cared about how the Travel Channel shows nothing but worthless waste-of-time programming. I want to see adventure! Hour-long programs featuring one European city only! Not the next card-hiding dweeb in sunglasses...
I would even go so far as to say E! has a better travel program with "Wild On". At least that shows some good beaches.
I was on a rant just last week to anyone who would listen and no one who cared about how the Travel Channel shows nothing but worthless waste-of-time programming. I want to see adventure! Hour-long programs featuring one European city only! Not the next card-hiding dweeb in sunglasses...
I would even go so far as to say E! has a better travel program with "Wild On". At least that shows some good beaches.
Feb 9th, 2005, 04:26 AM
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I e-mailed discovery.com about a year ago to complain and they didn't seem to give a rat's behind about what I said. However, if the Fodorites unite maybe we can make a difference. In fact, I will start another thread asking Fodorites to contact them. Here is the address to contact Discovery, the owner of the Travel Channel.
http://extweb.discovery.com/viewerrelations
http://extweb.discovery.com/viewerrelations
May 3rd, 2005, 04:50 AM
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Samantha Brown host of the Travel Channel's Passport to Europe and Great Hotels will be interviewed live on a radio program called the American Explorer at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time on May 11th 2005. You can hear the interview via the web at worldtalkradio.com. It you miss it live you can hear it on the archieve at the same web address.
May 3rd, 2005, 05:41 AM
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Scarlett, I'm in FL (Gainesville now, was in Palm Beach) and we get the Travel channel. It may be that it's part of my expanded digital cable service -- I had to get my BBC America, so that upgrade was required 
May 3rd, 2005, 09:04 AM
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And I thought I was the only one who was turned off by the poker playing shows on the travel channel(What does that have to do with travel?). I miss Ian and Justine, Globetrekker was a fun adventure. Rudy Maxa just spends his way out of my league, not many can afford $500 a night on a hotel. Rick Steves on PBS is a constant re-run, how many times can you see the same shows. He is making tons of money and good for him but where are the new shows? Even the pledge weeks are filled with repeats. Samantha Brown is better in her new series, the old "hotel" series was too cutsey. Maybe with a little luck someone from the travel channel will read these posts and get a clue! We need real travel shows for real travelers-life is an adventure, travel is to see, not just to spend. LOVE THIS FORUM!
Jun 21st, 2005, 05:06 AM
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Speaking of the Travel Channel showing real travel -
They just started showing the Michael Palin (Monty Python fame) series <i>Himalayas</i> on the TC, for those interested in very out of the way places.
Can't believe they're showing this, but I loved his series in Africa as well as some of his books.
They just started showing the Michael Palin (Monty Python fame) series <i>Himalayas</i> on the TC, for those interested in very out of the way places.
Can't believe they're showing this, but I loved his series in Africa as well as some of his books.
