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Soulard Farmers Market Announces Bizarre Foods Filming Date

Mark your calendars! Andrew Zimmern of Bizarre Foods America is coming to Soulard Farmers Market (730 Carroll Street; 314-622-4180) on Saturday, March 16. We first reported that Bizarre Foods America was filming at the market back in February, but after finalizing plans with Travel Channel bigwigs ... More >>

Pine Lawn Cops Boast of Seizing Pot and a $1,000 Bottle of Champagne

Pine Lawn Police Chief Rickey Collins told KTVI FOX 2 yesterday that one of his officers scored big in a traffic stop -- although I'm a bit skeptical of how impressive it really was. An officer reportedly pulled over a motorist on I-70 near Jennings Station Road and noticed the driver acting weird. ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations Visits Kansas City Tonight

For the second consecutive season, Anthony Bourdain is featuring Missouri on his Travel Channel show No Reservations. Once again, alas, he isn't visiting St. Louis. Last year, Bourdain visited the Ozarks, where he skinned a squirrel and met acclaimed novelist Daniel Woodrell (Winter's Bone). Tonigh ... More >>

Travel Channel Show "Missouri Truck Stop" Premieres Tonight

​The Travel Channel debuts its new series Missouri Truck Stop tonight at 9 p.m. The reality show focuses on the characters and events taking place at Midway Travel Plaza, a sprawling truck stop just east of Columbia on Interstate 70. Midway features a dozen businesses, including a diner, tattoo pa ... More >>

Tornadoes Preempt Oprah Farewell on KSDK -- Oh, the Humanity!

Oprah Winfrey said goodbye to America yesterday -- but she'll say goodbye to St. Louis viewers today.​For a TV station reliant on advertising -- and viewers' goodwill -- the timing couldn't have been worse.Just as talk show icon Oprah Winfrey was preparing to say goodbye to her millions of devoted ... More >>

[UPDATED] Absoluti Goosed Wins "The Official Best Of" Best Martinis in Missouri

Wikimedia Commons​Absolutli Goosed (3196 South Grand Boulevard; 314-771-9300) is no stranger to accolades for its glorious cocktails -- but its most recent award will bring the swanky South Grand martini lounge nationwide attention. "The Official Best Of" has named Absolutli Goosed the Best Ma ... More >>

Animal Planet's "River Monsters" Coming to the Lou

courtesy of the Discovery ChannelJeremy Wade and one of his little river buddies. Nasty!​Our rivers are teeming with monsters!That's what we fear, at least, after learning that "extreme angler" Jeremy Wade is coming here next week to shoot an episode of his Animal Planet show, "River Monsters. ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain Visits the Ozarks Tonight

Photo: The Travel Channel​When Anthony Bourdain appeared in St. Louis last year, he noted that while he had no plans to feature our city in his Travel Channel show No Reservations, he would be visiting the Missouri Ozarks for an episode of the upcoming season.That episode airs tonight at 8 p.m. ce ... More >>

Interview with Anthony Bourdain: "I Wonder Sometimes If I'm a Malevolent Force"

Photo: The Travel ChannelAnthony Bourdain​"I'm gonna walk out on stage, talk for an hour, [do] question-and-answer," says Anthony Bourdain of his October 1 appearance at the Fox Theatre. "It's as crazy, as rowdy, as entertaining as the audience cares to make it."The visit will be Bourdain's first ... More >>

Calling All St. Louis Reality TV Wannabes, HGTV Wants You for My First Place

​Now that pseudo-reality TV show The Hills is over forever, and Dancing With the Stars is done waltzing until the fall, where are we supposed to get our reality-TV fix? (Other than the dozens of other reality TV shows still airing new episodes, that is.) It's like they say in that philosophic ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain, the Cartoon Series?

Via Eater comes this trailer for a new Travel Channel animated series called Anthony Bourdain's Alternate Universe. Quoting Eater: "...assuming this isn't a hoax, it's only going to be online, as a six-part animated web series to debut sometime in 2010."

In USA Today, Pujols 'Still Steamed' at Fox 2 Over Steroids Error

Albert Pujols has opened himself back up to the media in recent weeks, first with a Sports Illustrated profile earlier this month, and out today, a sports section cover story in USA Today.

St. Louis Veterans' Home Wins Makeover

hgtv.comThe 104-year-old Windsor Transitional HouseEverybody who voted for St. Louis in HGTV's "Change The World Campaign" can give themselves a big pat on the back: The cable network announced today that our veterans' home was one of two in the U.S. to win an all-expenses-paid (and much needed) ren ... More >>

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Jem

Saturday, October 29; Mississippi Nights (914 North First Street)

Best Kennel

Kennelwood Village

Best TV Station

KPLR-TV (Channel 11)

TV or Not TV

While we're at it, let's debate the future of Double Helix Television

GZA

Legend of the Liquid Sword (MCA)

School's Out

When Fox-TV canceled American High, the network hit a new low