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(Los Angeles - September 23, 2014) - On Friday, September 19, viewers stormed the court for the return of TANKED with basketball great Shaquille O'Neal. In the new episode, "Shaq-Sized," Wayde King and Brett Raymer build a Superman-themed aquarium set in a semi-truck for the center's Orlando mansion. The episode delivered more than 1.3M P2+ viewers across its 10 PM premiere and 12 AM encore. It's the series' most-watched premiere in 2014.

Also reeling in the ratings are Friday night series TREEHOUSE MASTERS and REDWOOD KINGS, which the network renewed for the third and second season, respectively.        

TREEHOUSE MASTERS, which captures the sky-high builds of renowned treehouse builder Pete Nelson, drew in a combined 1.7M P2+ viewers across its 9 PM premiere and 11 PM encore airings for its special episode, "AJ's Wish Treehouse," last Friday. TREEHOUSE MASTERS ranks as Animal Planet's second-most-watched series year to date among P2+ viewers and P18-49.  The series returns with more arboreal masterpieces in January 2015 with 10 episodes.

This spring, viewers also are treated to the eclectic wood creations of Paso Robles-based Ron and John Daniels when a new season of REDWOOD KINGS returns to Animal Planet with 10 original episodes. The premiere season brought in 764K P2+ viewers.

TANKED is produced for Animal Planet by Nancy Glass Productions. Nancy Glass, Eric Neuhaus and Matthew Carter are the executive producers for Nancy Glass Productions. For Animal Planet, Melinda Toporoff is the executive producer, and Pat Dempsey is associate producer. TANKED was created and developed by Animal Planet's Charlie Foley.

TREEHOUSE MASTERS is produced for Animal Planet by STILETTO Television. Mark Grove, Garry Kief and Troy Queen are the executive producers for STILETTO Television. For Animal Planet, Jason Carey is the executive producer, and Sarah Russell is the associate producer. The series was created and developed by Charlie Foley.

REDWOOD KINGS is produced for Animal Planet by NHNZ. Judith Curran is the executive producer for NHNZ. For Animal Planet, Erin Wanner is the executive producer, and Hilary Tholen is the associate producer. Kurt Tondorf, vice president of development for Animal Planet, developed the series for the network.

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Animal Planet, a multi-media business unit of Discovery Communications, is the world's only entertainment brand that immerses viewers in the full range of life in the animal kingdom with rich, deep content via multiple platforms and offers animal lovers and pet owners access to a centralized online, television and mobile community for immersive, engaging, high-quality entertainment, information and enrichment. Animal Planet consists of the Animal Planet television network, available in more than 94 million homes in the US; online assets www.animalplanet.com, the ultimate online destination for all things animal; Animal Planet L!VE, the go-to digital destination for round-the-clock, unfiltered access to the animal kingdom; and other media platforms including a robust Video-on-Demand (VOD) service, and merchandising extensions.