List of Travel Channel original programming

This is a list of programs currently or previously broadcast by Travel Channel, an American cable television network devoted to travel; Discovery, Inc. serves as the majority owner and owns a 65% stake in the network, with cable television provider Cox Communications owning the remaining 35%.

Current programming

Aired regularly

Specials
  • Travel Channel Uncut takes the "bloopers" from the shows listed above and makes them into an episode/special of this series.

Aired occasionally or previously
  • 5 Takes, a reality show that lets viewers control the action
  • Adventure Bound
  • Appalachian Stories, a documentary series about Appalachia, originally produced and shown in Knoxville, Tennessee, as The Heartland Series[1]
  • Are You Game?, game show host Todd Newton travels to Japan to appear on the game show Urakage
  • Arthur Frommer's Almanac of Travel
  • Bite Me with Dr. Mike, in which virologist Dr. Mike Leahy experiences close encounters with some of Earth's most dangerous creatures
  • Bizarre Collections (special), visits five unusual collections: Anthony Toth's airline memorabilia; Bob Grove's airline barf bags; Audra Kunkle's collection of the macabre; Rich and Flo Newman's toilet paper samples; and Richard and Judith Lang's art made from beach trash
  • Bridget's Sexiest Beaches, in which Bridget Marquardt searches for the most beautiful beaches in the world
  • Caprice's Travels, a series following the host Caprice as she travels around the world
  • Cash and Treasures, hosted by Kirsten Gum, features places around the United States and the world where the public can dig for valuable gemstones and artifacts
  • Castles of Horror, a documentary series that journeys to castles from all across Europe
  • Cruises We Love!, a 12-episode series that showcases everything from mainstream cruise lines to exclusive ships
  • Culture Shock, a program hosted by Shenaz Treasurywala, showing "peculiar customs and bizarre traditions" of various cultures around the world
  • Destination Fear, documentary filmmaker Dakota Laden and his crew travel across the country in an RV to spend nights in haunted locations. The crew takes a new approach to the paranormal with participants sleeping solo overnight at each haunted location and recording their experiences. The show sets out to portray real-life events and the psychological impacts these paranormal hauntings have on each member of the team.
  • Distant Shores, featuring the couple Paul and Sheryl Shard sailing to interesting or exotic places
  • Dream Riders, in which a father takes his son on a 4,000-mile bike journey across America in an effort to rebuild their relationship
  • Drew Carey's Sporting Adventures, a show hosted by comedian Drew Carey as he travels the world photographing association football matches
  • Extreme, showcases everything extreme, from swimming pools to very large ants
  • Flight Attendant School
  • Food Heavens
  • Food Paradise, finds the ultimate food paradises in America
  • Food Wars, a show where food feuds are settled
  • Forbes Luxe 11, a glimpse at 11 escapes for the super affluent
  • Fred Willard's American Festivals
  • Get Packing
  • Globe Trekker
  • Great Getaway Game
  • Great Hotels, a reality series hosted by Samantha Brown that checks into hotels all over the country deemed as "great" values and stays
  • Great Park Adventures, hosted by Russell Shimooka, shows adventures at North American national parks
  • Great Sports Vacations
  • Hotel Impossible: Showdown, a spin-off of Hotel Impossible where successful hoteliers compete for a prize of $25,000
  • Joan Cusack's Local Flavor
  • Journeys to Remember
  • Lawrence of America, a show hosted by English-born journalist Lawrence Beldon-Smythe that exposes America and its subculture
  • Lonely Planet Six Degrees
  • Made in America, hosted by John Ratzenberger, features stories of the best people, places, and products in the US
  • Madventures, a Finnish travel show that focuses on low-budget backpacking
  • Man v. Food, a show where Adam Richman partakes in food competitions
  • Man v. Food Nation, the fourth season of Man v. Food, in which Adam Richman coaches others to take on food competitions
  • Mark & Olly: Living with the Tribes, a reality series that follows Olly Steeds and Mark Anstice as they live with the Mek and the Kombai people
  • Meet the Natives
  • Metropolis, a mini-series featuring the culture and history of major metropolitan cities in the world.
  • Most Haunted, follows the Most Haunted team to the scariest sites in their home country, the UK
  • Mysteries at the Hotel
  • Mysteries and Myths with Megan Fox
  • Not Your Average Travel Guide, a series that attempts to give an unconventional personal tour of the world; also featured during the show are small travel tips and facts
  • Off Limits, host Don Wildman ventures through unexplored or forgotten parts of iconic American cities to reveal their "untold stories and secrets"
  • The Osbournes Want to Believe
  • Passport to Europe, a show hosted by Samantha Brown that tours cities of Europe
  • Passport to Green Getaways, a special hosted by Samantha Brown that shows vacations to three eco-friendly destinations in North America
  • Passport to Latin America, a show hosted by Samantha Brown that tours cities of Latin America
  • Road Trip
  • Slice of Brooklyn
  • Stranded with Cash Peters
  • Super Swank, a series which features luxurious lifestyles
  • Surf Patrol, follows Australian lifeguards as they patrol some of the most dangerous and beautiful beaches
  • Taste of America, hosted by Mark DeCarlo
  • Toy Hunter
  • Travellers
  • Treasure Hunter: Kirsten Gum, hosted by Kirsten Gum, features places around the United States and the world where the public can dig for valuable gemstones and artifacts
  • Treasure Hunters
  • Tribal Life, features indigenous peoples of different tribes
  • Tribal Life: Meet the Namal, follows the Namal tribe in Vanuatu
  • Truck Stop USA
  • Vacation Home Search, a show in the style of House Hunters, in which a couple tours three possible vacation homes and purchases one of them.
  • Vegas Revolution, a behind-the-scenes look at Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Weird Travels
  • When Vacations Attack, a reality documentary show where a survivor (or survivors) escape from a horrific disaster or accident
  • The Wild Within, a show hosted by Steven Rinell who reveals his deep conviction that within all of us, an instinctual hunter/gatherer is waiting to come out[2]
  • World Poker Tour, which moved to Game Show Network in 2008
  • World's Best
  • World's Lost Tribes
  • World's Most Dangerous Places

Future programming
  • Fountain Kings, an upcoming docu-series following the accomplishments and challenges experienced by designers, engineers and builders behind some of the world's most recognizable water fountains by WET Design

References
  1. 'Heartland Series' creator to speak at J. Frank White Academy commencement, Kingsport Times News, 13 May 2007.
  2. , Travel Channel, 21 April 2010.
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