Is it all Wright?

Just watched the first episode of another new Travel Channel show, America The Wright Way. If you’ve watched the Travel Channel in the past week or so, you’ve seen the ads that tout Brit host Ian Wright’s bad-boy attitude. As you’d expect, he’s not that bad. During his tour of Chicago, he stays out of the way and lets the natives do the talking enough to provide some real information. The most inspired parts were his call for Chicagoans at a Hyde Park-like public speaking op to keep a “stiff upper lip” and his overview tour of the city (literally) on the El. Wright can be hyper, as viewers might know from Lonely Planet (also known as Globe Trekker), but not so much as to be aggravating. It’s not a must-see, but worth checking out anytime there’s nothing better on. New episodes debut Monday nights at 8 p.m. EST (with reruns at midnight EST).