Scenic Route

This series is a road trip, hosted by David Keeps, a travel, leisure, art and design writer for publications such as the LA Times, In Style and New York magazine. Most of this series involves California sights and destinations.

There's nothing wrong with the series and many viewers will undoubtedly find things to enjoy about it. To me, it seemed like a low budget production that could easily be found as an adjunct to most small town local television stations. I found Keeps and his delivery to be offputting and did not enjoy the series as much as I might have with another host. Keeps has that certain tone, delivery and body language of someone who thinks he's the life of the party and the smartest guy in the room. Another series with Keeps as host, "Art & the City" (not listed on IMDb) is much worse in this regard. Television always wants to keep shows like this "light" but in actuality, the subject matter is better presented if the host treats it with respect and tells us why he thinks it worthy of sharing with us. And why we might want to schedule a visit to that place ourselves. Scenic Route and Art & the City failed to rouse my travel interest because of both the chosen subject matter and the presentation.