Genre: Travel
Premise: Samantha Brown's ``Passport'' series of programs has become a mainstay of the Travel Channel lineup, and this latest series is built around the growing trend among American families to take weekend trips in lieu of the traditional one- or two-week vacations. Samantha visits popular weekend destinations ranging from San Francisco, New York and Orlando, Fla., to Paris, with each trip built around a theme (a Washington, D.C., visit that de-emphasizes the usual historical monuments and museums, for example).
