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May 23, 2012
ANIMAL PLANET’S LOUISIANA LOCKDOWN BREAKS THROUGH THE WALLS OF THE "ALCATRAZ OF THE SOUTH"
(New York, NY) - Welcome inside the gates of Animal Planet groundbreaking new series - LOUISIANA LOCKDOWN, premiering Friday, June 1, at 10 PM ET/PT, set inside one of the country's largest maximum-security penitentiaries, Angola ...
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May 17, 2012
ANIMAL PLANET HELPS OVERWHELMED OWNERS AND EXPOSES OUT OF CONTROL PETS IN NEW SEASONS OF “MY CAT FROM HELL” AND “BAD DOG!”
(Silver Spring, Maryland) - This summer, Animal Planet's Saturday nights are overrun with feisty felines and conniving canines with the return of hit series MY CAT FROM HELL and BAD DOG! Beginning Saturday, June 30, ...
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May 1, 2012
ANIMAL PLANET BOASTS A MONSTER-SIZED APRIL PERFORMANCE
(May 1, 2012, Silver Spring, Md.) - Animal Planet has been on a high for six straight months across multiple key demos, and this April, the network seized its strongest April Prime ever with double-digit ...
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April 30, 2012
WATCHITOO POWERS ANIMAL PLANET’S INTERACTIVE LIVE AFTER-SHOW OF WHALE WARS: VIKING SHORES
New York, NY - April 30, 2012 -Watchitoo (www.watchitoo.com), the interactive SaaS-based company that provides professional HD video collaboration and streaming technologies, announced today that it has been selected by Animal Planet to power its ...
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April 26, 2012
ANIMAL PLANET’S MERMAIDS: THE BODY FOUND PAINTS A WILDLY CONVINCING PICTURE OF THE EXISTENCE OF MERMAIDS, WHAT THEY MAY LOOK LIKE AND WHY THEY’VE STAYED HIDDEN…UNTIL NOW
Editor's Note: This two-hour special is science fiction based on some real events and scientific theory. Once upon a time, there lived a little mermaid in an underwater kingdom. She ventured to surface, longing to ...
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April 25, 2012
ANIMAL PLANET ANSWERS THE “CALL OF THE WILDMAN” WITH A BACKWOODS BLOCK OF NEW EPISODES
(New York, April 25, 2012) - Talk about live action! This June, Kentucky's best-kept secret "Turtleman" returns to Animal Planet with 16 brand-new, 30-minute episodes beginning Sunday, June 3, at 10 PM (et/pt). Now busier ...
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April 24, 2012
DESPITE LAST YEAR’S APPARENT VICTORY BY THE SEA SHEPHERDS, THE WAR RAGES ON AS ANIMAL PLANET RETURNS WITH “WHALE WARS”
(New York, April 24, 2012) - At the end of the fourth season of WHALE WARS, the Sea Shepherds declared a cautious victory against the Japanese whalers, turning them away and saving hundreds of whales. ...
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April 20, 2012
ANIMAL PLANET LICENSES THREE DISNEYNATURE FILMS TO REINFORCE NETWORK’S PREMINENT NATURAL HISTORY PROGAMMING
(Silver Spring, MD, April 23, 2012) - Animal Planet today announced that it has licensed the network television premieres of Disneynature's OCEANS, AFRICAN CATS and THE CRIMSON WING: MYSTERY OF THE FLAMINGOS from Disney-ABC Domestic ...
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April 20, 2012
ANIMAL PLANET’S TANKED MAKES A SPLASH CAPTURING NEARLY ONE MILLION VIEWERS IN SEASON TWO DEBUT
Animal Planet's hit series TANKED returned to a wave of enthusiastic fans when it premiered on Saturday, April 14, at 9 PM (ET/PT), snaring nearly 1M (992K) P2+ viewers for the season two premiere. Viewers ...
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April 5, 2012
ANIMAL PLANET GETS AHEAD OF THE PACK WITH ITS 2012-13 UPFRONT ENTERTAINMENT SLATE
(New York, April 5, 2012) - This Upfront season, Animal Planet advances its richest slate of original programming to date. The Planet's bringing back 13 returning "Surprisingly Human" hit series and introducing a pack of ...
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April 3, 2012
FOURTH SEASON PREMIERE OF RIVER MONSTERS IS MOST-WATCHED SEASON DEBUT IN ANIMAL PLANET HISTORY
(New York, April 3, 2012) -- Fish on, indeed! Animal Planet snared its biggest fish yet with the season four premiere of RIVER MONSTERS, which aired Sunday with record highs. The episode, "American Killers," delivered ...
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April 3, 2012
SOMETHING’S FISHY AT ANIMAL PLANET…NETWORK RENEWS BEST-DEBUTING SERIES EVER, HILLBILLY HANDFISHIN’, FOR NEW AND EVEN STRONGER SECOND SEASON AND ANNOUNCES FISH AMERICA (WT)
(New York, April 3, 2012) - Water, water everywhere. Seventy percent of the Earth is covered by water, so isn't it fitting that Animal Planet, the world's only entertainment network dedicated to the animal kingdom, ...
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March 29, 2012
ANIMAL PLANET TRIGGERS NEW SEASONS OF PIT BOSS, MY CAT FROM HELL AND PIT BULLS & PAROLEES
(Silver Spring, Md.) - Today, Animal Planet announces the renewals of three popular series: PIT BOSS, MY CAT FROM HELL and PIT BULLS & PAROLEES. The trio of cat and dog programs helped drive record ...
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March 27, 2012
ANIMAL PLANET SEALS RECORD FIRST-QUARTER PERFORMANCE
(Silver Spring, Md., March 27, 2012) - Animal Planet finished first quarter with record-setting achievements, delivering its best quarter ever among P2+ viewers (441K) and Households (355K) in total day. The network also had its ...
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March 26, 2012
ANIMAL PLANET UNVEILS ITS LARGEST NATURAL HISTORY SLATE EVER, DELIVERING JAW-DROPPING, UNPARALLELED PERSPECTIVES IN NATURE
(Silver Spring, Md.) - For the past 15 years, Animal Planet has been synonymous with epic, groundbreaking wildlife programming, partnering with the world's most preeminent producers in this category including the prestigious BBC's Natural History ...
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March 22, 2012
ANIMAL PLANET ELEVATES CHARLIE FOLEY TO LEAD NEWLY EXPANDED DEVELOPMENT TEAM AT “SURPRISINGLY HUMAN” ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK
(New York, New York, March 22, 2012) - Animal Planet has bolstered its development team, promoting television veteran Charlie Foley to lead the network's content pipeline as senior vice president of development. He continues to ...
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March 19, 2012
ANIMAL PLANET’S NEW SERIES “WHALE WARS: VIKING SHORES” FOLLOWS SEA SHEPHERD’S BATTLE TO END THE HUNTING AND KILLING OF PILOT WHALES IN THE FAROE ISLANDS
(New York, March 19, 2012) - In the North Atlantic, between Iceland and Scotland, lays a chain of islands with picturesque beaches and rolling green hills. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing Danish Territory of ...
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March 13, 2012
ANIMAL PLANET FINDS MAMMOTH-SIZED RATINGS FOR “FINDING BIGFOOT”
(New York, New York, March 12, 2012) - Animal Planet's FINDING BIGFOOT concluded a strong nine-episode run this past Sunday with the second season averaging more than 1.3M P2+ viewers, up 15% vs. season one ...
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March 12, 2012
ANIMAL PLANET AND 3NET TO SIMULCAST HIT SERIES “RIVER MONSTERS” ON APRIL 8
(New York, New York, March 12, 2012) - Animal Planet and 3net have announced that the second episode in the fourth season of RIVER MONSTERS - titled "Pack of Teeth" - have a dual premiere ...
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March 8, 2012
ANIMAL PLANET PLUNGES INTO NEW SEASON OF THE WET, WILD AND WACKY WORLD OF AQUARIUM BUILDING IN “TANKED”
(March 8, 2012, Silver Spring, MD.) - Wayde King and Brett Raymer are back, and they are making outlandish dream tanks a reality for their fish-loving clients in a 20-episode, brand-new season of TANKED, premiering ...
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