After Ratings Slip, Animal Planet Turns to Its Wilder Side
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Animal Planet, long regarded as a gentle wildlife channel, is shedding its cute and cuddly image.
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A five-year survey of outdoor recreation finds a sharp drop in the number of Americans who cast a rod and reelâand a lesser decline in hunting. But that doesnât mean weâre spending less time with animals in nature.
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Last year, Spike TVâs VGAs were a comedy of errors. Or maybe that should be horrors. 32 was so traumatized by last yearâs show, he actually couldnât do a coherent piece on just the show.
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CHICAGO - "Animal Grossology," the new exhibition at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, could easily have been a lot grosser.
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How complacency is stunting the industry Industry Comment The power of television is undeniable. When gorillas were first introduced to Longleat Zoo's Gorilla Island and had to be quarantined and initially segregated from each other, the wardens came up with the rather smart idea of building TVs in their enclosures to keep them occupied. The gorillas loved it so much that when they came to take it away, they protested and sulked so violently that they were forced to put them back in. Now their living quarters come with Sky Digital satellite dishes fixed to the roof. According to the zoo officials, they are particularly fond of Spongebob Squarepants and other children's programmes.â¦
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Plans to ease licensing restrictions would have won company plenty of fans, so why did it reverse course at the last minute? There's plenty of head-scratching and speculation.
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Animal Planet has begun  production on a weekly primetime series based on pet-adoption  Web site Petfinder.com, which the network acquired last year.
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Television networks are learning a  harsh lesson in reality -- too many reality shows are a  turn-off for viewers.
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PBSâs childrenâs show, where animals talk and have humanlike jobs, is  intermittently interesting, and itâs served up with eye-catching computer-generated animation.
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Elimination of the top predator can actually be worse for the prey.
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CHICAGO - "Animal Grossology," the new exhibition at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, could easily have been a lot grosser. Sure, there's plastic excrement in the exhibit room, skunk scent for spritzing, and robot animals that use cutesy terms like "barf" and "dookie" while talking about hairballs and digestive tracts...
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The Bull makes some good points -- but not good enough.
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The return of âLost,â albeit a two-hour repeat of last seasonâs finale, buoyed ABCâs ratings on Wednesday during a night otherwise dominated by Foxâs âAmerican Idolâ and âThe Moment of Truth.â
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Generally, Bad Language is against awards shows. The TelePrompTer puffery and please-buy/see-my-latest-CD/DVD appearances are nauseating at best. But it's our job to report on all things pop culture. So we watch. And we watch. And we fall asleep. Then we wake up and watch again.
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While Current TV has gained a lot of attention, mainly because of Al Goreâs involvement, it is not clear that the cable channel is attracting an audience.
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It's the end of an era, but the national broadcaster's decision may have more to do with money than animal rights
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When a big awards show goes starless, the result is something more dire than bad TV, writes Richard Corliss