I've seen Ian on a similar show on PBS and they were always entertaining. I'm sure his British perspective of American culture should be interesting so I'll be tuning in.
I've been an Ian Wright fan for years, and I think it's great that he's got his own show.
I really hope that he will present more of America than just places like Las Vegas, L.A., and Washington. I'd like to see Ian go off the beaten path: down in Oklahoma or Appalachia where tour shows don't venture. Maybe the Deep South, multicultural states like Arizona and New Mexico, or way up in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
I also hope that the Travel Channel will let Ian be as cheeky and outrageous as he was on GlobeTrekker. I loved his rascally attitude and goofy humor. Keep it up!
I love Ian! I am so excited that I can watch him run around America. I'm glad to see he's up to his old antics in Vegas - meeting people, getting into fights, getting naked and sloshed (I guess he hasn't done that yet, but maybe soon!)
OMG I LOVE Ian Wright!! Thank you Travel Channel for giving us a chance to see America through Ian's humor and "cheeky" personality and watch him get down with us yanks! Send him down our way to Texas, say Austin's 6th street music scene or down to Corpus Christi and let him learn to windsurf with the big guys! (or Luling to do the watermelon thump!)
I LOVE THIS GUY! I've been a fan watching everything I could find that he's done on PBS. Glad he's on the Travel Channel now! I can't get enough of him. He has a great sense of humor and is always ready to dive into whatever the situation calls for.
It's about time Ian! He needed his own show. Even my friend's 78 year old mother loves this guy. I had to record the show so I'm looking forward to seeing it tonight. Can't wait!
This guy is great. I enjoyed all his Globe Trekker shows. He just seems to enjoy his travel so much, and he gets so much out of each place. He can be serious when necessary, when he is in a serious kind of place, but he mever misses a chance to have a good time. The listing of shows this season shows one in New Orleans. I can hardly wait.
I was VERY disappointed with the Las Vegas show. Ian has completely changed personality and now mugs and dances about as if he's on speed. His engaging persona from Globe Trekker seems to be entirely gone.
The bit with the showgirls and auditioning was unbelievably lame and much too long. I ached for it to end and get on with something interesting. From other comments, it sounds like the Chicago show is much the same.
This is a real letdown. I've been jonesing for an "all-Ian" show for years, and now we have one but it STINKS. I'll watch a few more episodes to see if quality improves.
Totally agree with other posters that Anthony Bourdain's show is a great, not filled with clowns, bells and whistles. Love it and would watch all day long.
Check this guy's ID! It can't possibly be Ian Wright from Globe Trekker. That guy was low-key and conveyed an impressive amount of local information on the far-flung locales he visited. THIS guy on "America the Wright Way" is WRONG! What a poser! Who got to Ian and told him to shuck and jive through America, mugging for the camera at each and every opportunity he found? This jacked up version is sad to see. I had high hopes for this program to succeed but it won't if it keeps alienating viewers in every city he visits. What a joke!
As I have posted on some of the other topic lines here, I think that this show is bad. Ian acts like a jerk at most times, and - based upon the Chicago show - gets a lot of things wrong and misses out on a lot of the real Chicago highlights.
Some of the blame has to be laid at the feet of the producers and researchers. They're the ones who seem to fixated on the same old crap, myths, stereotypes and overused topics that every program does when they come to Chicago.
I can now only look at any future episodes as being as wrong about a city - whether it be New York, Los Angeles, New Orlenas or Miami - that it's just the same old dreck and overdone lies.
I wonder if it's better if no other travel show ever comes to Chicago. No one seems to get it right.
It's a great disspointment - I enjoyed Ian on Globe Trekker. He's changed for the worse; any credibility he had was destroyed with the episode on Chicago.
Blame the producers, and Travel Channel for the content. Ian Wright pioneered the travel host genre that Anthony Bourdain and all the rest now have copied. Who can forget the sheep's eyeball and the rotten shark episodes. Globe Trekker was launched on the Travel Channel in the 90's and Ian's personality when they just let him be Ian made it a hit. NOW the Travel Channel wants upscale travelogues that the Chambers of Commerce wants on American TV. And when the old hosts and ideas get weary they try to bring back Ian and probably tell him what to say and where to stand who to talk to etc etc. He hasn't changed; he's always been goofy and offbeat but best when not restrained. The trouble is we want more Globe Trekker and less Samantha Brown. Just order a travel brochure from some city travel office and see what kind of stuff you get; so put the blame where it lies; don't shoot the messenger; fire the writers! Ian Wright is the original thing.
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