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For decades, the travel channel served as serious inspiration for viewers with an incurable vagabond. It was the network where Samantha Brown even makes the most distant destinations accessible, Andrew Zimmern opened our eyes to new foods, and Anthony Bourdain has become the emblematic voice of travelers that remain to date. But like many others Classic wired networks , The programming has considerably derived from its original objective. Now, some fans go on the internet to slam the travel chain - and even suggest changing their name to become more precise.

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Viewers are thwarted by the passage from the network to ghost hunting emissions.

It is not uncommon for travelers to take the road in search of spiritual enrichment through experiences with different cultures or reconnection with nature. But according to some, the travel channel also moved its concentration in the search for spirits.

In a recent post Reddit, a spectator admitted that the network "should be renamed the paranormal canal" because of its dive into the full dive in ghost hunting shows .

"I have never seen a pâté of houses with so much supernatural content", they complain. "[I almost confused the network, thinking it was a tourist network to visit vacation places ... but I was wrong.

A quick look at the Channel schedule Confirms that he seems to be missing in the type of tourist content that his name suggests that it would be broadcast. Since April 24, whole -day blocks have been dedicated to programs related to divergence such as Believers ,, Portals in hell ,, My paranormal nightmare ,, Spirits , And Dead files . A large part of the rest is filled with Ghost Hunter reality programming, including Ghosts and the Zak Bagans -Hosted Ghost adventures .

THE network exhibition library On his website also confirms the main pivot of content: in addition to "trend", he organizes his current range as "mysteries", "ghosts of meetings" and "paranormal and unexplained".

The only index of the travel chain's past includes three seasons in Zimmern Bizarre food And only one season of Bourdain No reservation Monitoring tracking room, Essential .

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Other punctual fans of the travel chain agree.

It didn't take long for other viewers to be with their shared frustrations. A user said he had now called the "THC" network, abbreviation of the "Tin hat channel".

"It surprises me that people look - and believe - that [explanive]. I don't think I have never watched one of these programs because the names of the programs tell me that everything is [explanive]," they write.

Others have noted the gross change and deplored the loss of some of the classic chain shows. "Previously, he had tourist stuff at the start, [but] I believe that around 2018, it was when he changed paranormal / supernatural waste without full -time full -time," wrote a user. "I loved watching Anthony Bourdain and Bizarre food over there. But the elderly people I know love to look at it, so I guess there is an audience. ""

Some are disappointed that even the quality of ghost shows has decreased.

Unfortunately, the network still lacks the brand with its new target audience. In a Post Reddit separate , Fans complain that even "the days of good paranormal shows on the travel chain have disappeared". More specifically, they say that quality has decreased following its production company WarnerMedia Fusion with discovery in 2022.

"I doubt it is never the same," writes the user. "Like many companies, they had to reduce costs after the acquisition, and unfortunately, it is above all the paranormal shows with the smallest viewing audience they decided to leave."

THE Ghost Fan went so far as to defend the program and its Bagans host, saying that the decision to cancel many programs and rationalize the content library for streaming was out of control.

"The travel channel is mainly reruns or" new " Ghost adventures episodes that are already available in streaming ", they underline." I know that there are some new programs which are currently broadcast on a trip, and Paranormal taken from the camera Always broadcast new episodes, but it would not be shocking if this show discovered or is canceled. I feel the days of good paranormal observation and great episodes of Halloween on the travel chain [are] finished. ""

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Other channels suffer from similar destinies.

Anyone else has a packet of cables has probably noticed that the travel chain trajectory is not unique. Fans have stressed that comfort staples The food network went to the heavy competition formats, while Channels like HGTV have seen a similar drop in the quality of their shows. If anything, viewers get used to these pivots.

"Bravo used to play opera and classical programming on the theme of music. Look at what is there now", a commentator noted In response to the post of criticism of the original travel chain. "Notes and advertising can create and destroy almost all forms of media."