Travel Channel green lights 8 popular series for 2013 seasons

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Several newbies including "Airport 24/7: Miami" made their way to a second round, while incumbents "Ghost Adventures" and "Bizarre Foods America" head into their eighth season.

Scripps 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 from the travelogues and more towards a lean forward experience – we plan to continue to break free from the traditional ideology behind travel programming, and bring our audience a diverse array of entertainment through the many unique perspectives of our travel experts and enthusiasts,” said Travel Channel president Laureen Ong in a statement.

Samantha Shankman

January 24th, 2013 at 12:02 AM EST

Tags: travel channel tv

Photo Caption: Todd Carmichael goes on expeditions to source the very best coffee beans in Dangerous Grounds.

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