I have a 1981 Magnavox in my room which tells you how much I watch or don’t watch TV. It took me forever to get the adapter box thing to hook my modern-day DVD player up to the ancient television set, but when I did, I started watching my foreign film DVD’s and still left a lot of regular cable programming to a view here and there. Every now and then I’ll submit myself to a good mind-wasting time of MTV (which is how I managed to catch Trippin’), So You Think You Can Dance and the Travel Channel, but that’s really it.
Anywhoodle, this isn’t about me. This piece is dedicated to the traveler that likes to sit kaput in their deluxe armchair in front of the TV exploring the streets of France and the jungles of Central America one show and one channel at a time. MSN News gives the skinny on a couple of travel shows you may or may not know of. Some of the more popular ones include the Amazing Race and Passport to Europe, but there are others I’ve never even heard about like Global Tribe on PBS. Find out what each show is about and whether you should be setting your TiVo to record them all.