Plot Synopsis

WEIRD AMERICA is a half-hour reality series that follows Irish stand-up comedian Kevin McGahern, as he discovers all the gloriously unique things about the United States. On Saturday, March 18, 2017 at 2pm ET/PT, Travel Channel premiered the pilot episode, but the cable channel had no other episodes on its schedule at that time. The debut episode, showcases Kevin's road trip to inimitable New Jersey, where he encounters a 50-pound burger, a six-story wood and tin elephant and participates in a personal one-man parade. Although he's starving when he first arrives in the United States, McGahern can barely make a dent in the Clinton Station Diner's $200 humongous burger. Full and jet lagged, McGahern looks for an interesting hotel to lay his head for the night and happens upon the Inn of the Dove, in nearby Bensalem, Pennsylvania, where he settles on a jungle-inspired suite -- complete with mirrored ceiling. The next morning, McGahern explores the Jersey shore and Lucy the Elephant, a not-to-be-missed roadside attraction in Margate. And finally, he finds an eclectic collection of oddities at the offices of East Brunswick ophthalmologist Dr. Mark Leitman.