Watt's World

2015•23m

Documentary

Follow journalist Nick Watt as he explores the world to answer burning questions such as: Are the French really rude? Do cowboys still exist? Is Albania that weird? Using his quick wit, he'll offer a point of view that is both surprising and entertaining.

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Status

Returning Series

First Aired

June 30, 2015

Last Aired

August 18, 2015

Networks

Travel Channel

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

Albania: What's Weirder Than Mustaches and Mushrooms?

Air date: 2015-06-30

Nick Watt embraces the strange land of Albania while searching for a George W. Bush statue, downing 160-proof plum liquor, and meeting up with a "sworn virgin" and a hip-hop prime minister before pretending to be an American on a late-night TV show.

Le Marche & Slab City: Who Is the White Rabbit?

Air date: 2015-06-30

Nick heads to Italy to see if cheap villas, good wine and naps are better than rent-free California RVs. He tries not to ruffle feathers with his caffeine intake and hops aboard the "Cosmic Train" to find the White Rabbit in Slab City.

Mt. Shasta: Are You There Harlan? It's Me, Nick

Air date: 2015-07-07

Nick gets spiritual while searching for the city of Telos, looks for spaceships in a campfire, and enjoys a schvitz with Native Americans. Will UFOs, lost civilizations and New Age swag make Nick fall under the spell of California’s Mount Shasta?

Venice: Will Skinny Dipping Send Me to Jail?

Air date: 2015-07-07

Steering clear of the gondolas and tourist traps, Nick explores an abandoned island, befriends an aristocrat with a playboy boat, and winds up spending time in jail. Can Nick go off the beaten path in Venice, Italy?

Dominica: Should I Jump Into a Boiling Lake?

Air date: 2015-07-14

Nick paints his face and snacks on eggs in the forest, takes shots of bush rum and discovers where the Rastas grow their weed in his quest to find out if Dominica is the perfect Caribbean island.

Portland: Am I White & Cuddly Enough?

Air date: 2015-07-14

Why do locals want to "keep Portland weird"? Nick befriends a stripper with a heart of gold, joins the circus and paints the town red with an eccentric rock star to find out why so many are moving to Oregon's Rose City.

France: Are the French Really that Rude?

Air date: 2015-07-21

Snobs and sophistication is what Nick expects in France, but he goes undercover with the Paris pee pee police to chase “wild urine,” discovers a very “un-French” sport in Marseilles and tries to annoy the staff at a Cannes hotel.

Alaska: What will Get Frostbitten First?

Air date: 2015-07-21

Can Nick Watt live in the farthest reaches of Alaska? He treks from Anchorage to Barrow to find out by visiting oil towns and eating all the whale blubber he can stomach.

OK/CO/HI: Do Cowboys Get High & Wear Hats?

Air date: 2015-07-28

Honestly, are the leather chaps really necessary? Busting bandits in Osage, avoiding a contact high in Denver, and hanging ten in Oahu, Nick is on a quest to find out if everything he thought he knew about America is wrong.

E10

Saba & Montserrat: Do I Have to Go Here?

Air date: 2015-07-28

Why can't Nick always get what he wants? Breaking his golden rule for travel, Nick goes where he's never wanted to: Saba, a place so famous it's left off most maps, and Montserrat, an island with a bit of a volcano problem.

E11

Cuba: What Can I Get Away With?

Air date: 2015-08-04

Is the Cuba we love about to disappear? As the United States normalizes relations, Nick discovers a fledgling free market in the streets of communist Havana: real estate agents, mattress repairmen and all-male go-go dancers.

E12

New York: Will it's Savior be Basketball or Potatoes?

Air date: 2015-08-11

What does gobs of money mean to two completely different New York 'hoods? Nick ventures into Harlem to play ball and out to the Hamptons to discover what potato farmers and clam diggers think of the mega-rich moving in.

E13

LA: Can a Scottish Farm Boy Make it in Fakeland?

Air date: 2015-08-18

Has Nick made a terrible mistake? He sets out to prove his new hometown isn't all fake smiles and bad traffic by reinventing himself as a masked wrestler, foraging for fine dining, and joining a gang of renegade street artists.