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“Monumental Mysteries” host Don Wildman talks about new Travel Channel series

May 8, 2013 | By Stacey Harrison
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Monumental Mysteries Thursday, May 9 Travel Channel, 9pm ET Don Wildman is at it again. The adventurous gadabout who has hosted Off Limits and Mysteries at the Museum is back on Travel Channel with Monumental Mysteries, which explores well-known American monuments and the conspiracy theories that have sprung up around them. For instance, where does the phrase “if you believe that, I’ve got a bridge to sell you” come from? Or is it possible that the origins of Bram Stoker’s vampire masterpiece Dracula stem from a New England murder case? You’ll find out this and more in this engrossing series. [...]

Rock My RV with Bret Michaels on Travel Channel: Bret gives us the details

May 8, 2013 | By Lori Acken
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Poison frontman Bret Michaels says he’s logged over 3 million miles in a host of rolling homes — from the cozy Winnebagos of his Butler, Pa., youth to the most luxurious Prevost tour buses when he grew up to be a rock star. In fact, the open-road lifestyle is so much a part of Michaels’ DNA that if you hope to get an offstage glimpse at him when he tours your town, don’t look in the lobbies of luxury inns. “When all my other bandmates stay at hotels on our days off, I actually stay [on the bus] at the [...]

Channel Guide interviews Mikey Roe of Travel Channel’s Feed The Beast

March 6, 2013 | By Lori Acken
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Feed the Beast star Mikey Roe is the Adam Richman of the late-night crowd — and he’s perfectly cool with you saying so. The affable, grungy-cool Roe credits his Travel Channel colleague for opening the door for regular guys like him to bring his passion for food (and a grand old time) to TV. “When Man vs. Food came out, that really helped pave the way for a guy like me, who’s not a chef — but I cook four nights a week for myself, I love food and have always been into it, and I know great places,” says [...]

“Hotel Impossible” revisits some old haunts on “After Anthony” special

February 4, 2013 | By Stacey Harrison
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Things you expect from a show about a guy who goes in full throttle to fix failing hotels: Scenes of dirty rooms, bad service and hopeless business practices followed by wondrous makeovers. What you don’t expect is to get choked up. But that happened to Anthony Melchiorri every time he went to some far-flung location to shoot an episode of his Travel Channel series Hotel Impossible, currently in its second season. The straight-talking New Yorker gets caught up in the personal stories of the hotel owners he meets, many of whom open their hearts to him and are clearly desperate [...]

“Airport 24/7: Miami” touches down on Travel Channel

October 2, 2012 | By Karl Paloucek
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Anybody who travels with any frequency knows the routine. You’re in the line to get searched by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). You take off your coat, your shoes and maybe your belt as well, put it all into tubs and shove it on through to the X-ray machine. And if you’re like most people, you get through with a minimum of hassle. You don’t mess with those TSA people, because they have a serious job to do, and you have a plane to catch. Most of us are aware of how serious the TSA’s job is, and even though [...]

Chuey Martinez brings “All You Can Meat” to Travel Channel

August 7, 2012 | By Karl Paloucek
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Meat. It’s a word that insires passion in many directions. Some are against it. Some can’t get enough of it. And then there are people like Chuey Martinez, for whom it’s virtually a way of life. Martinez, radio DJ and host of ESPN’s Born & Raised series, has let his love for meat take him all over the country, and en route, he’s come up with a six-part series for Travel Channel called All You Can Meat, premiering — with two back-to-back episodes — Aug. 12 at 10pm, before moving to its regular timeslot at 9pm on Aug. 19. In [...]

Adam Richman seeks out America’s best sandwich

May 30, 2012 | By Lori Acken
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Adam Richman’s face is mere inches away from a toaster oven in the bustling kitchen of Kroll’s West, the 70-year-old, go-to food spot for Green Bay Packer fans and “butter burger” lovers that sits in the shadow of the legendary Lambeau Field. But it’s not the burger he’s after on this late April afternoon — it’s the beloved Wisconsin eatery’s prime rib sandwich, a beefy monstrosity accented with a mélange of peppers and onions and a cup of rich au jus. As Cheryl Dorner, the folksy restaurant’s charming manager — and Richman’s costar for this segment of his new Travel [...]

Anthony Bourdain bolting from Travel Channel to CNN

May 29, 2012 | By Karl Paloucek
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“As long as it’s interesting, then I’ll keep doing it. But the minute it becomes a job, I will stop.” — Anthony Bourdain, on continuing his work on Travel Channel’s Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations It wasn’t much more than a month ago that Anthony Bourdain was talking with great satisfaction about the launch of Season 8 of his signature series for Travel Channel, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. He may not be stopping, but Bourdain will be changing venues. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the renowned chef, restaurateur and acerbic travel writer will be leaving Travel Channel for — hopefully — [...]

“Adam Richman’s Best Sandwich in America” — the sandwich list!

May 1, 2012 | By Lori Acken
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In June, Man v. Food guy Adam Richman will bring his newest gustatory adventure, Adam Richman’s Best Sandwich in America, to Travel Channel. The series features the enormously popular food and travel expert traversing the nation in search of “the best thing on sliced bread since sliced bread” — based on his own experiences and the recommendations of famous friends. Dividing the country into ten regions, Richman will chose each area’s champ from a field of three, throw in a pair of wild card entries with the help of his fans — then crown one superb sammie “Adam Richman’s Best Sandwich in [...]

Anthony Bourdain is back for “No Reservations” Season 8

April 5, 2012 | By Karl Paloucek
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If there’s one thing you can say about doing a travel series, it’s that it’s never very routine. After seven seasons of wandering the globe in search of new and glorious epicurean adventures, Anthony Bourdain still finds it an exhilarating learning experience everywhere he and his crew go while shooting Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations for Travel Channel. Season 8 begins Monday, April 9 at 9pm ET/PT, and for its ever-colorful host — who also hosts The Layover on Travel Channel — the ride just keeps getting more interesting. “A lot of surprises this time out. By that I mean, surprising to me,” [...]