TrueSouth
TrueSouth

TrueSouth

2018 8 Seasons 39 Episodes ⭐ 0.0 Reality

TrueSouth is an SEC Network/ ESPN television show, conceived by executive producer Wright Thompson and host John T Edge, directed by Tim Horgan of Bluefoot Entertainment. We tell honest stories about the past, present, and future of the South. In each city, we focus on two restaurants that talk to each other in interesting ways. From barbecue joints to gas station ceviche cafes, we share the origins of these restaurants, the forces threatening them, and the belief systems that support them.

TrueSouth is an SEC Network/ ESPN television show, conceived by executive producer Wright Thompson and host John T Edge, directed by Tim Horgan of Bluefoot Entertainment. We tell honest stories about the past, present, and future of the South. In each city, we focus on two restaurants that talk to each other in interesting ways. From barbecue joints to gas station ceviche cafes, we share the origins of these restaurants, the forces threatening them, and the belief systems that support them.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Birmingham

Greek natives and their kin built the Birmingham restaurant scene, from barbecue joints to hotdog stands to steakhouses.

EP 2

Athens

From Wright Thompson and John T. Edge, TrueSouth introduces viewers to Southern food and culture. The series takes viewe

EP 3

Nashville

EP 4

Shreveport

EP 1

New Orleans

EP 2

Beaumont

EP 3

Hodgenville

EP 4

Memphis

EP 1

Oxford

EP 2

Brownsville, TN

EP 3

Fort Benning

EP 4

Bowman

EP 1

Scott

EP 2

Lake Village

EP 3

Mobile Bay

EP 4

St. Louis

EP 5

Mississippi River Road Trip

EP 1

Tompkinsville

EP 2

Madisonville

EP 3

Jackson, Miss.

EP 4

Brunswick

EP 5

Season Five, Episode Five

EP 1

Hot Springs

Season six begins in a bathhouse in Hot Springs, Ark., an odd and endearing resort town tucked in the Ouachita Mountains

EP 2

The Black Belt

TrueSouth travels The Black Belt of Alabama, southwest of Tuscaloosa, to eat barbecue and witness what art makes possibl

EP 3

St. Augustine

In search of Old Florida, walk the ice boxes at Kyle's Seafood to survey the catch and eat smoked mullet on the bed of a

EP 4

Dublin, GA

TrueSouth drives into Dublin, Ga., a postcard small town off the interstate between Savannah and Macon, with a courthous

EP 5

Season Six, Episode Five

Host and writer John T Edge teaches a class on "Writing Place" for the Department of Writing and Rhetoric at the Univers

EP 1

Oklahoma City

Season 7 kicks off in Oklahoma City, exploring the oil and cattle work that puts money in pockets and ribeyes on tables.

EP 2

Austin, Texas

Rudy Cisneros still looms large on the east side of Austin, TX, a city within this rapidly-changing city. At Cisco's, op

EP 3

Lexington, Tenn.

Western Tennessee is one of the cradles of American barbecue culture. Less than 20 miles separate two of the best old-gu

EP 4

Little Rock, Ark.

In Little Rock, AR, Jordan Narvaez introduces the crew to his people and places. They begin at El Super Pollo, the chick

EP 5

Jasper, Ala.

Jasper, AL, was, for the longest time, a coal mining town. Father-and-son stories from the Johnson and Evans families he

EP 6

Upstate, S.C.

The team then went on to follow author George Singleton through the Upstate region of South Carolina, walking the aisles

EP 7

Season Seven, Episode Seven

The behind-the-scenes episode returns. Among the highlights: A rolling cocktail party, staffed by Jesse Edge, son of hos

EP 1

Clinton, Ga.

Season 8 kicks off in Clinton, the small Georgia town where host and writer John T. Edge was born. During season 3, Edge

EP 2

Charleston, S.C.

This is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the nation, the subject of endless magazine listicles and breath

EP 3

Jacksonville, Fla.

Across generations, people have flocked to this Atlantic Coast city to follow their dreams. Farm workers from south Geor

EP 4

Ocean Springs, Miss.

Walter Anderson was one of the most prolific and visionary artists the South has produced. His drawings, paintings, scul

EP 5

Behind-the-scenes

The behind-the-scenes episode returns for a sprint across the belly of the SEC, in search of really good cheeseburgers.

Popular Cast

John T. Edge
John T. Edge
Host