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What it’s like to star in a failed Travel Channel reality series
DigitalLast October, I was sitting high above Wall Street in the offices of Magilla Entertainment, the creators of reality TV smashes Moonshiners and Long Island Medium, when the call came in. A Travel Channel exec was on the phone. They loved our new show, Edge of America, and wanted to up the network’s order for [...]
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Andrew Zimmern’s new Travel Channel show sneaks in this Sunday afternoon
DestinationsSurprise: Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern has a new project airing on the Travel Channel this weekend. The Border Check — produced by Zero Point Zero — will air Sunday, May 5th at 5:00 PM ET, with the episode taking place at the US/Mexico border in Tijuana. Zimmern tells Eater he developed the concept for [...]
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Eight of your favorite Travel Channel dramas are coming back in 2013
TransportScripps Networks Interactive-owned Travel Channel is bringing back eight of its primetime series for 2013. Returning series include Dangerous Grounds, which comes back for a second season. Other series coming back to Travel Channel include Airport 24/7: Miami…Baggage Battles…Ghost Adventures…Bizarre Foods America with Andrew Zimmern…Hotel Impossible. “As we work towards refreshing our programming line-up – away [...]
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Travel Channel greenlights new show Tailgate Takeover just in time for the Super Bowl
DestinationsTravel Channel has greenlit a new original series, Tailgate Takeover, which will be hosted by Adam Richman. The series will spotlight the best tailgating across the U.S. at sports events, concerts, festivals and fairs, among others. The network ordered 13 half-hour episodes that will officially debut this summer. A one-hour preview special, Super Bowl Tailgate [...]
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Anthony Bourdain’s Travel Channel Layover Guide iPad app picked as 2012 “Hidden Gem”
DestinationsThe App Store came out with its best iPad apps of 2012, and among them, in the “Hidden Gem” category, is the Travel Channel Layover Guide, featuring Anthony Bourdain’s favorite spots and accompanying iTunes playlists, for 24- to 48-hour stopovers in big cities around the world. The App Store designated the Layover Guide, which also [...]
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Travel Channel is our biggest opportunity for growth says Scripps CEO
DigitalScripps Networks CEO Ken Lowe said the company feels the Travel Channel is “probably our single biggest opportunity” in terms of growth over the next couple of years, and programming investment will continue to ramp up. In Q3, Travel Channel generated about $69 million in revenue, up from about $63 million in 2011. Lowe said [...]
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Travel Channel’s newest show scours the globe for the world’s best coffee
DigitalCoffee importer Todd Carmichael will do just about anything to find the rarest coffee beans — and that includes dodging third-world thugs armed with machine guns and machetes. In the new Travel Channel series“Dangerous Grounds,” we follow him as he ventures into some of the world’s deadliest places in search coffee that can sell for more than $30 [...]
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Poison’s Bret Michaels readies to rock out RVs on Travel Channel’s new series
TransportPoison frontman Bret Michaels has found his next television project, as he’s signed on to host the new Travel Channel Series ‘Rock My RV,’ which starts production in November. Michaels has a longtime love for RVs, and the Travel Channel is allowing him to join a skilled team of designers and fabricators in turning average, ordinary RVs into [...]
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Miami airport ready for close up with a new Travel Channel series
TransportAs a young boy, Chris Sloan would wander around Miami International Airport in awe of the exotic airlines and glamorous travelers who passed by. He grew up to be an aviation buff and co-owner of a production company with his wife, and Thursday he showed off his latest work right in the middle of MIA: [...]
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New Travel Channel series shows viewers what it’s like to travel like a big-wig
DigitalThe Travel Channel kicks off its newest series of specials called “Travel Like…” next month to take us behind the scenes with “Travel Like a President,” hosted by NBC’s Peter Alexander. Going along for the ride on Air Force One and beyond, the hour-long special shows us what it takes to keep the commander in chief [...]
