Animal Planet is headed back to the Bronx Zoo. This week, the network announced a second season of The Zoo will debut in March.
The docuseries goes behind the scenes of the Bronx Zoo and “focuses on the level of care given to the animals, the bond that exists between the animals and the staff, and how the higher purpose of zoos and aquariums is conservation of species in the wild.”
Season two of The Zoo premieres on Animal Planet on March 10th at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
Read more details below:
Animal Planet’s THE ZOO, the first-ever series to go behind the scenes at the world-famous Bronx Zoo, returns for an all-new season on Saturday, March 10 at 9 PM ET/PT. THE ZOO shares an unscripted look at the knowledge and diverse skills needed to operate a zoo. It focuses on the level of care given to the animals, the bond that exists between the animals and the staff, and how the higher purpose of zoos and aquariums is conservation of species in the wild.
All-new stories and animals this season include Dave, a red kangaroo who bounces back from arthritic symptoms after undergoing chryotherapy; breeding komodo dragons; keepers training bats, a golden eagle and Indian gharials; the head-starting of hellbenders, a giant salamander found in Eastern North America, for introduction into the wild; and how a keeper deals with retiring after 31 years of caring for Happy, Patty and Maxine, the zoo’s three female Asian elephants.
This season, viewers can also catch the new original mid-form series, THE ZOO: FROM THE INSIDE, which takes audiences behind the scenes and offers them exclusive looks at operations zoo guests never see. Stories include: an after-hours look at the animal commissary, where food is stored and delivered every night for the animals; feeding time with tigers and baby penguins; and much more. The web series will be available to fans on Animal Planet GO and Facebook Watch.
THE ZOO premiered in Feb. 2017 to 1.1 million Total Viewers and pushed Animal Planet into ad-supported cable’s Top 10 in the timeslot among viewers. Throughout the season, every episode of THE ZOO averaged more than one million viewers making it Animal Planet’s most watched freshman series since July 2015.
The first season of THE ZOO can be watched in its entirety on the Animal Planet Go app which allows viewers to watch live and catch up on full episodes of their favorite Animal Planet programs on multiple devices anytime, anywhere.
THE ZOO is produced for Animal Planet by Left/Right Productions and Copper Pot. Ken Druckerman and Banks Tarver are the executive producers for Left/Right Productions. David LaMattina and Chad Walker are the executive producers for Copper Pot. Lisa Lucas is the executive producer; Patrick Keegan is supervising producer for Animal Planet.”
What do you think? Have you seen The Zoo? Will you watch season two?
Please bring the zoo back. We love this show
This show is informative and entertaining. I have enjoyed every episode that has aired. Please please let there be more season!
Love this show! I’ve watched both seasons including reruns multiple times. Please bring back season 3! I love The stories of the different animals and the staff who are so dedicated to their wellbeing. It has been educational as well as entertaining.
This show is the greatest!!!! Please give us season 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 etc……
Absolutely love this show! The staff are amazingly caring people, protecting and conserving animals for our future. There is nothing more noble. Jim B runs an impressive operation. Thanks Animal Planet great idea!
Best show on TV. Watched all the shows and watch On Demand several tomes a week. Have watched many episodes at least a 12-15 times. Keep the show going.
I love this show.
I wish I could work there with the animals.
This show is amazing. The staff is fantastic in how much they love the animals and care for them. Hope it never gets cancelled!
Great show one the entire family can watch
I love The Zoo! I hope it never gets cancelled.
Love this show..please renew series twice a year for yeas to come
Love his show
Please KEEP IT!!!
I love-love-love the show! I hope it has a long run. My congratulations to the the caregivers for their loving commitment to their charges.
Show Rocks!
Storylines and production are spot on !
I just wrote a check out to join conservatory membership
Been hooked on cnn ….ect for 20 months …feel free again watching this series….renew series
THIS SHOW IS THE BEST YOU CAN SEE THE WORKERS CARE ABOUT ALL THE ANIMALS AND YOU CAN SEE THEY LOVE THE JOB THEY DO AND ENJOY WORKING WITH EACH OTHER SO GLAD ABOUT SEASON 2 HOPE THEY HAVE SEASON 3
this is by far my favorite show on tv. thank you!