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“Bizarre Foods” host Andrew Zimmern has been axed from prime time on the Travel Channel amid the controversy over his assertion that Chinese food in the Midwest is being served in “horses - - t restaurants.”

On Easter Sunday night, more Americans watched “The Ten Commandments” on ABC than any other show, even allowing for the fact that the audience was not as big as last year’s. What was most telling was how it creamed the religious fare shown on the Travel Channel and the Science Channel. The Travel Channel gave us “Greatest Mysteries: Holy Land,” a one-hour presentation that took the viewer on a rambling ride through hidden rooms and caves looking for the Holy Grail; a guest appearance by Heinrich Himmler, head of the Nazi SS, rounded out the first segment. The Shroud of...

Your humble correspondent is a huge fan of the Travel Channel's Bizarre Foods hosted by Andrew Zimmern. Some episodes I have even watched several times over in repeats. However, I was a bit concerned when I heard that Zimmern would be visiting Cuba in the first episode of his new Bizarre World show. Would he show the brutal truth of the harsh life led by the people on that island or would he gloss over the facts and present a happy face view of reality there such as happened when Lucia Newman was relaying propaganda for the Castro dictatorship for...

Just lounging around on a lazy Sunday morning and watching the Travel Channel's "Passport" series. OK Freepers, so question for you as I'm undecided. Samantha Brown, hot/not?

Anthony Bourdoin is the host of the Travel Channel's "No Reservations", and a renowned New York chef, "foodie" author, and novelist. Turns out Tony and his NR crew were filming an episode in Beirut at the start of the conflict, and were stuck there like many other Americans until they joined the evacuation. An account of his experiences appeared in Salon last week, Watching Beirut die, and he answered questions at the Washington Post's Live Discussions forum last Wednesday. Bourdoin also showed up on the eGullet foodie forum, while in Beirut assuring fans that he was OK, but that the...

Props to a somewhat obscure American TV show John Ratzenberger’s Made In America: Travel Channel - 215 on Satellite Dish network, Saturdays & Tuesdays early PM. John Ratzenberger - AKA Cliff Claven on Cheers - Hosts a show where he travels around America to the Factories and workshops that produce American made goods. The show has a definite patriotic theme. If you haven’t seen it, check it out.