“Call of the Wildman” renewed for Season 2

He’s become a cult figure for Animal Planet, and also a ratings hit. Season 1 of Ernie Brown Jr.’s (a.k.a. “Turtleman”) series Call of the Wildman ended its first season last week, over Labor Day weekend, helping the network achieve its best-ever Labor Day weekend ever. Animal Planet’s all-day Call of the Wildman marathon led up to back-to-back season finale episodes, and each delivered nearly 1.3M P2+ viewers and helped Animal Planet rank among the top five ad-supported cable networks in the 10pm time slot among M25-54 and M18-29. The week before, on Aug. 26, Call of the Wildman hit an all-time series high with the premiere episode, “Pig Wallow Predator,” which delivered nearly 1.8M P2+ viewers. The series ranks as Animal Planet’s top three series year to date among P2+ viewers, P25-54 and P18-49.

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Obviously, with numbers like this, Animal Planet had little hesitation in snapping Turtleman back up for another season, which they announced today. Season 2 of Call of the Wildman will feature 20 new half-hour episodes, to debut in 2013. The show will likely continue featuring Turtleman in more backwoods adventures, wrangling critters — notably the turtles of his name —  in murky ponds with his bare hands.

“Yi yi yi, come git some!” said Ernie, in reaction to the renewal. Because, what else would you expect Turtleman to say?

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Photo: Jonathan Hanson/Animal Planet

 

4 Comments

  1. Animal Planet announced this past Friday that Call of the Wildman will be back for a new season (20 new episodes) in Summer 2013. No exact date or time has been set yet, but we will update when we hear. Thanks!

  2. Do anyone know when the new season going to start with a date and time please let me know.

  3. turtleman i have a big problem i need your adress so i can send you some fan mail i love your show and if you do send me you adress i hope that when i send you my fan mail you read about it on your t.v show ……………by the way i am 11 years old i am turning 12 on febuary 15th 2013

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