Animal Planet

Five-Part Series by Renowned Reality Producers Thom Beers and Bertram van Munster Provide Viewers with Heart-Pounding Adventures and Innovative Digital Media Content

On Hooves of Recent Rebrand, Network Announces Most Ambitious Series & Specials Roster Ever

LOS ANGELES, Ca., April 08, 2008 – Animal Planet, the world's only entertainment brand that immerses viewers in the full range of life in the animal kingdom, unveils its most ambitious slate ever for the 2008-2009 season. The new Animal Planet, which relaunched with an "Entertainment Has a New Face" brand campaign in February, presents bold new entertainment-focused programming that taps into people’s primal instincts with compelling stories, engaging characters and the innate drama of the natural world.    » read more »

February 5, 2008, Silver Spring, MD – Animal Planet’s PUPPY BOWL IV scored a Giant win on Sunday with a ratings touchdown drawing in more than 8 million unique P2+ viewers during the PUPPY BOWL marathon from 3 PM – 3 AM (ET/PT). Bringing together the cuteness of puppies with the "ruffness" of the gridiron PUPPY BOWL IV recorded its highest ratings ever earning a 0.8 household rating while delivering an average of more than 1.1 million P2+ viewers, which is up 35 percent from the previous year, for the 3-6 PM (ET/PT) premiere telecast.    » read more »

With Wildlife Biologist Jeff Corwin

SILVER SPRING, Md., Nov. 6 -- Animal Planet has struck a deal with CNN to air the cable news network’s PLANET IN PERIL, a major series which was co-hosted by Animal Planet host Jeff Corwin. Airing approximately one month after the initial world broadcast premiere on CNN, Animal Planet will air the two-part, four-hour series on Sunday, December 2 and Sunday, December 3, from 8-10 PM (ET/PT).    » read more »

A Ton of Love in Jessica the Hippo

Programming to Celebrate the Natural World

CANNES, France, Oct. 8 - Animal Planet International, the world’s leading animal entertainment brand, today announced the launch of an informative and engaging programming slate focused on celebrating and protecting the natural world, which will roll out on the network this autumn in more than 200 million homes across the UK, Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.    » read more »

Charlie Foley Returns to Ride Herd on Network Content

SILVER SPRING, Md., September 18 – Marjorie Kaplan, president and general manager for Animal Planet & Discovery Kids Media, announced today that television veteran Charlie Foley is returning to the network as vice president of development. Based in New York, Foley is in charge of developing a robust content pipeline and reports directly to Kaplan.    » read more »