Move over, Rick Steves. There's a new travel show host on the scene and he's much funnier than you. What also makes Zach Anner different is that he has cerebral palsy, which he says is the "sexiest of all the palsies.” Anner's condition is explained on his Facebook fan page: "He also is confined to a wheelchair like that kid from Glee, but for real, and can't sing."

The 26-year-old became an Internet darling for his hilarious audition video to Oprah's Your OWN Show contest. The comedian proposed that if he got his own show, it would focus on travel "for people who never thought they could travel" that would tell you "how to have the perfect vacation when things don't go right at all."]]> Jennifer Kester 2010-08-09T10:31:19-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/9/4/8916/74156

Yes, you are allowed to ask why in tarnation is Naked Chef Jamie Oliver dressed all of the Village People, all at once. The Photoshop job is actually to promote the British debut of his new travel show, "Jamie's America," where the famous TV chef skips from England to the US for a road trip through the various foods of yankee social groups.

In case you're not interested in watching yet another personality hobnob with locals around the country, trying their homefried chicken, then perhaps you'll be more intrigued by what the show is looking to do: become the first carbon-neutral travel television show. ]]> JetSetCD 2009-09-04T08:59:46-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/8/18/11057/4831

Whether or not the Travel Channel decides to pick up "Confessions Of A Travel Writer," television will still be getting a new travel show this next season. Due to air on October 17, PBS will debut it's new show from Gourmet Magazine. Taking cues from Anthony Bourdain and the old Gourmet show "Diary of a Foodie," the new "Adventures With Ruth" will follow notorious critic (and Gourmet editor-in-chief) Ruth Reichl as she explores food vacations.

Lending star power to the show will be occasional visits from food-loving celebrities, like actresses Frances McDormand and Lorraine Bracco who hit up some cooking schools with Ruth. While it's just another show seeking to explore cultures through their food, it'll perhaps draw in the Lifetime channel-loving public who might be turned off by Bourdain's and Zimmern's more raw approach.

The ten episodes of Ruth's show was sponsored by American Airlines, so you know someone was flying first class. As a result, the show will also air on American's in-flight entertainment. Fingers crossed that Ruth visits the elusive Olive Garden cooking school in Italy!

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· Gourmet Magazine preps travel-themed TV show [Reuters]
· Food TV Shows For Chef Eric Ripert and Gourmet Magazine’s Ruth Reichl [True/Slant]
· Travel TV Show Coverage [Jaunted]

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Did you catch us on TV last night? The pilot episode of the show "Confessions Of A Travel Writer" aired at 9pm EST yesterday on the Travel Channel, and our Shira Lazar is the sole representative of new media among the five travel journalists starring.

We took in the show from the pool lobby at the Grace Hotel in midtown New York City, where we drank Pisco Sours and patiently waited for them to fix the audio. Alas, they never did and so you at home had a better seat for the show than we did, although we did catch the 11pm re-run. ]]> JetSetCD 2009-08-11T10:26:13-05:00 40.7574230 -73.983800 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/8/10/184025/480

Was it really as much fun as it looked?

It's a Monday night during the summer and you've probably got nothing to watch on your DVR except "Weeds" if you're fortunate to have Showtime and those old reruns of "Mama's Family." (Don't lie, you know you watch it.) But there's something a little different coming to your tube today from the Travel Channel, Confessions of a Travel Writer.

This Monday, August 10, at 9 E/P, join Charles Runette and 4 other travel writers on a 7-day trip to Chile. See what happens when personal agendas get in the way of what seems like a dream job.

Full disclosure: Here's why we're interested in this show. Our very own Shira Lazar is actually one of those four other travel writers and we were able to get her reports back from Chile as they were happening. But we never heard anything about those "personal agendas." Maybe tonight's episode will reveal all! For a more in-depth look at the show, check out this interview with Charles Runnette on WorldHum.com.

Jaunted will actually be attending a screening of the show tonight and we will bring you back the full report. But if you manage to catch the show yourself, tell us what you thought in comments below.

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· Travel Channel [Official Site]
· Jaunted in Chile [Jaunted]]]> juliana 2009-08-10T18:50:00-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/7/2/01312/55057

If you loved the passenger antics show Airline, but wish it showed a lot more behind the scenes, then have we got some news for you. Like we've said before, the recession hasn't been kind to the airlines and as a result, more than 1,700 planes will be taken out of service.

One man who strongly figures into the final days of an airliner is the repossessor Nick Popovich, and the producers of the DIscovery Channel show "Dirty Jobs" are working on creating another show to follow him on his day-to-day fun of taking back big-ticket items from struggling companies and individuals.

Since the repo firm nets between $600,000-$900,000 per job and claims past highlights like taking 203 helicopters from a struggling flight school, this show means some high stakes and high flying. Just listen to what the man himself has to say about the job: ]]> JetSetCD 2009-07-02T10:02:21-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/3/21/143657/392

After I graduated from college in 1992, I moved to Latvia for a couple of years to do the expat thing. As I criss-crossed the continent in search of further adventures, I held my trusty copy of Let's Go: Europe close, relying on it to point me toward the best hostels, museums, and cheap restaurants. Let's Go served me well, and I won't speak ill of it, but when a fellow backpacker shared with me an early copy of Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door, I never looked back. I felt Steves' Back Door guides not only contained better practical information, but helped me become a better traveler myself. ]]> Victor Ozols 2009-03-21T14:36:57-05:00 Search Jaunted string http://www.jaunted.com/search/