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How you like your archeology may well be how you determine if Expedition Unknown is for you. This is archeology light as entertainment and in that guise it seems to succeed well under the tour guidance of Josh Gates. Gates is closer to a travel guide with a specialty of important archaeological finds. In other words, he takes viewers to some very remote places while enlightening us to some history science with a high entertainment quotient. Introducing us to what some of the heavies in the field of history and archeology have recently been up to is much more palatable because Josh Gates is truly a charismatic explorer complete with some seriously snappy commentary related to both the sublime and absurd people and places he encounters. This guy is as close to a TV Indiana Jones as is likely to be in existence. I mean this a compliment because it is likely he'll inspire more than a few young minds and cause us older folks to laugh while sometimes being amazed.

Admittedly I'm writing this only seeing the first two installments of Expedition Unknown. With that in mind I've enjoyed both shows. The first was about possibly finding new evidence of Amelia Earhart. While this first episode was good, it shed little new light on what actually happened to Amelia, her navigator, and plane. Still, it was interesting and worth a look. Expedition Unknown, however, hit a sweet spot with it's second episode. Trekking to a remote part of Cambodia Josh's expedition of a recently discovered lost city was amazing...plus, he made it seem like a true grand adventure complete with his trademark truly funny humor as well as very real danger. This found city was only able to be revealed with the latest 21st century LIDAR technology. The site is being protected because it may reveal some of the most amazing and historical finds in modern times. This city is over 1300 years old and likely hasn't been seen in, perhaps, one-thousand years plus.

So many so-called reality historical shows are hollow, but this one seems to have something more which is to say some importance as far as history goes. It definitely has much more fun due to the truly charismatic Josh Gates. I do not know how many of this first season's episodes will reveal amazing history as the second episode, but this is a well thought out and realized adventure show with more than a just a guise of science. I'd call it a recommended watch for any armchair adventurer and history buff. So far, so good definitely comes to mind.

Addendum: The third episode is keeping up with the excellent start and even better second installment. This time the story is all about the Russian "Amber Room" from Catherine The Great's castle which was pilfered by Nazis in the early forties. Lots of really interesting locales giving pieces to the clues of what may have happened to the dismantled room. Josh's humor provides just the right "comic relief" as to the sometimes absurd things he observes. Great episode shedding some light on a still elusive priceless treasure that may, or may not, remain to be discovered.

The production isn't quite as good as Cities of the Underworld but I still thoroughly enjoy this show. I've seen all the Cities of the Underworld episodes a few times so Expedition Unknown has replaced it on my DVR list as my Sunday morning coffee drinking show. Josh Gates being an actual Archaeologist makes it better for me as well. He really does have the best job in the world. He hasn't completely replaced my man crush on Don Wildman (I still watch Mysteries at the Museum) but it's close. Great show, and if the producers read this I am available to be an assistant (though my wife may not let me travel the historical world and leave her at home...she already nixed me volunteering for VetPaw, an organization for combat vets that fight poachers in Africa). Slight tangent there but yeah definitely a show worth a watch.

So happy Josh and co are back. Love the show. I look forward to his adventures and silly nature. Keep up the great work! Love all the info you uncover.. research that we as viewers would never know. Getting the local folks involved is a great way to learn more about a subject. I"m glad the show is strictly Josh an not a bunch of other tag a longs that have no personality like on destination truth. Josh is likable and makes the show fun to watch while learning about history. So far this season Robin hood was really fun to watch unfold! King Arthur was just as interesting. Genghis Chan.. not so much But I will keep on watching as I really enjoy the show. Travel Channel did itself a favor when adding Josh Gates to the lineup

If Mike Rowe is the people's everyman host, Josh Gates is the host you most want to be. Who wouldn't want to travel the world investigating odd and unusual stories and historical mysteries? And not only that, Josh never seems to have a bad day. Perhaps it's just the magic of television but he genuinely seems to have fun with everything no matter what situation he seems to find himself in. He seems to genuinely enjoy his job and it comes through in every episode.

The show thinly veils itself as being about history and archaeology, but it really is about Gates and his adventures and misadventures around the world. Occasionally you will learn something and they will find something archaeologically interesting, but that's really not what the show is about. Being on the Travel channel, it's as much about the travel and experience as it is the science. Perhaps more so.

The show is well worth the watch.

Gates must be one of the more personable hosts on TV today. The premise is basically the same as his former show Destination Truth on SyFy; insofar as as with Destination Truth the show starts with some spurious rumour and homemade 'newspaper article' relating to some 'lost' artefact or place (as opposed to a mythical creature in DT) followed by Gates heading off around the globe in search of the artefact or place, followed closely by Gate's goofing around while he gets down on the the more serious track of the legends, which he then hunts down in the most annoyingly melodramatic ways possible.

All in all while the content is hokum in the extreme, overly melodramatic in parts, as a travelogue to some pretty interesting places conducted by an intelligent, well travelled, funny and entertaining host.

This guy never finds anything. He goes out to a place where there are rumors of a subject (bigfoot, Loch Ness,Jersey Devil..etc) and starts out by saying we are going to find it. 60 minutes after a waste of time he concludes the show with a quote found in tens of thousands of books written on the subject. Meanwhile I have wasted an hour of my time that i will never get back. Not cool! Please take this garbage off TV. I think there are more interesting topics for shows available.

I've watched some episodes of this show, and it seems that like all the other shows with the same premise, whatever it is the host is looking for never, ever gets found. Yeah, there's great scenery, and lots of interesting information, but it becomes very irritating, show after show, when there is never any payoff. "Reality" TV is such BS anyway; I'd rather they just present it as a documentary.

I rated the show quite low, although do not mind it. The issue is that there is just no evidence to support anything. Most of the locations have already been explored, and the show just revisits the already known. There is no substance to the the study of archaeology.

This program would be ten times more enjoyable, entertaining and educational if they didn't have to take a commercial break every 3rd minute of the show. I'm not kidding. It's annoying and just a pain to have to deal with. I used to watch the show but got tired of muting the millions of commercials during the entire show segment. Forget it!

I understand sponsors and advertising bucks pay for the programming but for goodness sake not every 3rd minute!!!

This show has MORE commercial breaks than ANY other program on cable TV today! That needs to change. I like Josh and the team, but the format desperately needs renovation asap.

Whenever I see Josh Gates I find out what the great guy is up to. Now Expedition unknown is really solid on the academic approach and source materials which is a huge plus. Josh isn't someone who will dismiss things out of hand because " it is folklore" or whatever. But then I would expect nothing less from someone who went to a reputable university.

About the show itself: there are some weird ones in it but he tries to remain neutral and only giving his educated opinion at the end of the show. Now he does seem to be over enthusiastic at times which can lead to hilarious situations ( like him falling, jumping off stuff(nearly plunging to his death) etc) So it is quite fun to see what he does next.

He also keep things up to date with the scientific methods and practices so it is a true show you have to watch.

Josh can be entertaining but the show desperately needs to find something or at very least add something to the subject matter. Also, has anyone ever noticed in the beginning during the setup from Josh's office every paper article he holds is torn from the newspaper or magazine? They all have ridiculously jagged edges. Has this guy ever heard of scissors? C'mon...who does that?

I was looking forward to this show when it debuted, but after seeing a few episodes, they all ended up being buzz kills. They hype up the subject and mystery, then of course, not find anything. The only positive thing out of this show is, that the crew of the show get to travel to these cool places and WE, as viewers, get to pay for their travels simply by watching the show. Good for them, hope they are living it up!

We really wanted to like this show. We were eager to "travel" to the places the show was going and were eager to learn the latest info on each of the topics. We thought it would be more of a documentary format. (Gary Bredow's show Start Up is the perfect example of what this show should be.) Instead, we found a LOT of filler and contrived situations and gungy language that was covered by that headache-inducing bleep sound that we still can't believe producers still use. The show seems to drag because we're waiting for the "real" info and situations and they are few and far between. It's difficult to buy into the concept that the show is going to actually discover anything we don't know, because any big discoveries would have been news. Meeting actual people was pretty great though.

We're still going to DVR the show, but we're going to do our own online research on the topic first, then fast forward through the show just to see the sites. The fakery isn't worth our time. Great sites and info are. Hopefully the show will get better and smarter and start treating us like the intelligent people.

Flipped to this because reruns on my regular channel. Josh Gates is probably very knowledgeable in his field. This show makes him look like a fool. Won't watch it again or recommend it.

Watching your show re. King John,the music effects are too over done,drowns the info you wish to communicate. completely over the top,bag the music effects too loud while your speaking.Over done,send the music director on vacation.You have too much to share info to be outdone by the music director.Chris

Apart from the slight educational aspect, this show is frankly a total waste of time. An intriguing mystery is presented, a long and sometimes disjointed hunt ensues and the end result is.... absolutely nothing at all.

I certainly haven't seen every episode and I won't see any more, but the six or seven I have sat through all ended up with a fat lot of nothing. Nothing exciting found, nothing new found and no new knowledge gained.

I suppose that if you knew nothing about the subject matter to begin with, you'd at least be a tiny bit wiser by the end of the programme, but watching a traditional documentary would have taught you a whole lot more in the same time.

Like the idea of this show. Camerawork is great and I like Josh as a host. You don't see the mysteries solved, but there are enough facts included to pique interest .....I always end up looking for more information about the story afterwards. Having said all that... This program suffers from the same obnoxious and idiotic "enhancements" that so many others do these days.. Too many commercials Constant popup promos for other shows - can I just watch this one please ? ! Annoying tweets that take up half the screen. Makes it impossible to SEE the great video and experience the location. In short . ...promising idea that just ends up annoying me because I CAN'T SEE IT BEHIND THE JUNK. I'm not wasting my time anymore .

I understand some of the lower ratings and their critiques. You get an appetite for answers and actually finding something significant and then....well I guess we'll never really know. Still....the show takes you to places and people that you may otherwise never encounter. It takes the time to provide cultural background and often rich historical information. My 13 yr old daughter loves learning from this show.....and most adults don't know much more than she does about many of the things covered in it. So it certainly isn't a waste of most peoples time. It's much more intellectually minded than most crap on TV today. Ya wanna tune out and watch reruns of Sienfield instead? Josh does well conveying facts while being entertaining. In this show, I think it keeps peoples attention to actually listen to the 'lesson'. Now I cannot say the same for his show 'Destination Truth' which is so very UNlike Expedition Unknown in every way. Don't even try going there. I will always look forward to EU though. To quell above 'the never find anything' complaints....it seems that, in this season at least, they do. We just saw a reconstruction of what 'may' be Cleopatra. An overall fascinating show with many learning opportunities. I much more enjoy Gates in this role than as ghosty guy selling tours of the local haunted house.

I like the travels and "quests" for things that will never be solved .. It at least sparks an interest to the globe of peeps that may not have thought about these things ... My wish is to see the Pics or Video of the Camera Men that go into the areas Before and capture the "OMG I am the first person seeing this or this is so deadly .. film me .." When clearly the cameraman is the person before this "drama" and filming the appearance .. duh .. " The lead actor has a great presence .. I would be more impressed without the scripted drama and see behind the scenes of the peoples that make this so much fun ... But I still like the venture ... is great for my grandchildren or pre-teens imagination ..

Interesting travel scenes, since required being a travel show for "Travel Channel", but, wow, same familiar TV formula... several minutes of pre-fill at start; re-due same last two minutes again when return from commercial cut; (hey, just like History channel, etc.!), and redundancy recipe continues in not having content. Is a show about traveling to a place in follow-up on conjecture/leads (at what expenses? Great work to get, but not an actor/"archaeologist." Besides my teeth aren't bleached white enough, for Indiana Jones jungle work). And, never any content. So, the story is about everything else... the bones that turned out to be cow bones. The plane wreckage, that's of another WWII crash site (and known diver site, but do pay to run a sonar camera over site anyway), crossing scary bridges...which were just made by crew (Thanks Bear Grylls!), or he would be so safety roped up upon crossing. Oh and why are most searches, especially in a jungle, at night...and use burning palm fronds for light(?) Humm... (they do have these thing called flashlights and portable construction LED lights). More phony fill. More everything but the obvious. But,,, show is still running, current people mentality still paying. Of course they are. Hum... me thinks I'll do a show about... looking for ghosts...but never find anything. Probably get 50 seasons. Or, maybe just looking for people's lost senses. Anyone interested in paying for my travel?

I am - was a big fan of Destination Truth and Josh, Ryder and the gang. The show was daring, exciting, thrilling, educational, fascinating and down right scary at times (ie: Isle of the dolls and Romanian Forest). When it was canceled, I was heart sick. Wanted it to go on forever. Then the news came that Josh hosted this new adventure show on Travel. Couldn't wait. Watched all episodes so far and find my self fast forwarding my DVR through portions of each show and let down at the end.

Here are my issues with the format: 1) Josh was much more entertaining with an entourage rather than solo. I find his solo performance lacking in humor, daring and excitement - no camaraderie. The comedic attempts seem contrived and just plain dumb - way below Josh's standards. He used to cut me up joking spontaneously with Ryder.

2) Lacks focus - is this an adventure show or a touring show, shouldn't be 50/50 as it feels now. On search for pirate Morgan's ship, there were segments of touring the places that went on far too long that had no relevance to the adventure - same for every episode so far. i ended up FF through these segments finding them a distraction from the intention of the adventure - discover Cpt Morgan's ship and behold what treasures it holds.

3) There hasn't been one show with reward at the end. I'm left empty. The hunts for treasures (Jesse James lost gold, Amber Room) or other secrets end up cut short because of time waisted touring the areas. No conclusive evidence, no revelations, no discoveries of actual treasure, no dam answers. Real let down for me. I wanted to yell at the screen "open the bleep'n treasure chest you idiots" don't leave your audience hang'n.

I had read that this new show was going to have a similar format to DT but NOT EVEN CLOSE in my book. There are no thrills, no chills, no reward. Like in destination truth when they discovered the Yeti footprint, had it analyzed and actually had credible evidence that the creature they'd chased was real. WOW, now that's entertainment worthy of sticking with.

Expedition Unknown is a disappointment for me. I only watch it now out of respect for Josh and the hope something cool and exciting might happen. So far though...NADA.

Really fun and frantic with the music and of course commercial break but nothing found. At least nothing of substance. Finding buttons, coins or local so called experts but nothing ever found. You watch because it's fun and you really believe that somehow he will be the one that finds the treasure, the ghost, the monster or whatever it is. However, no tango nada.

Hello> I was very touched by Joshes reaction to finding out he was going to be a Father. Why not give his viewers a LOOK AT THAT moment of his greatest treasure his baby>> I am a big fan . Another thing why not let Josh actualy find what he's looking for. He deserves it and as fans SO DO WE>>> hahahaha.Love the family atmosphere with his crew. Great work guys

I do love this show. I get to learn new things about countries and legends you don't normally get in a dry documentary. every time I think I can say " this is my favorite episode!" I watch another and change my mind. It was the metal library then the mammoth bones but now I think it might be the Yeti! Josh really does make the show. I think he reacts to things the way most of us would. Lol. I watched truth, not so much for the paranormal things but the first part during the travel. I was so happy to see he's doing more of an expedition show now. It's nice to see how to travel in other countries as I will never get to do that myself. I hope this show's around for many more adventures.

The show is just irritating and ridiculous. If that's what you are looking for then go for it! The Josh Gate's voice sounds like he has body parts caught in a vice. I mean, you could use recordings of this guy's voice to torture prisoners. Anyone knows that the conclusions that this show draws are even more ridiculous than the host's voice. You need time, research and investigation to compile real historical data, not a vacation tour. This is matchbook history at best. I'm disappointed that this show is still on the Travel Channel. I know they have struggling to fine talent and ideas to fill the hours but it seems that they must be desperate if this sorry excuse for a show is still airing. Let's just cross our fingers that maybe Anthony Bourdain will return to the channel for one last curtain call.