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Turtleman returns in Call of the Wildman Season 2 starting June 2

“Live Action” returns as Animal Planet’s hit series Call of the Wildman — and its charismatic star, Ernie Brown Jr. (a.k.a. Turtleman) — is back for a second season starting June 2 at 9pm ET/PT, the network announced today. Call of the Wildman Season 2 will feature 20 new episodes. RELATED: OUR INTERVIEW WITH CALL OF THE WILDMAN’S TURTLEMAN With his crew of backwoods buddies known as “Team Turtle,” including banjo-toting Neal James, Turtleman continues to protect homes and businesses from all sorts of critters, including coyotes, llamas, venomous snakes, pigeons, skunks, crocodiles and even bulls. Call of the Wildman Season 2 […]

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“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 […]

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Holiday

Independence Day TV schedule 2012

The Independence Day holiday in America falls on a Wednesday this year, which may put some people in a sort of No Man’s Land, where it might be kind of hard to stretch that into a long weekend. But, if you do have any time off on and around July 4 this year, TV once again will accommodate you if you choose to exercise your right to kick back on the couch. Whether you are feeling in a patriotic mood, or want to catch up with hit series or check out some films, the various marathons and specials the networks […]

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“Call of the Wildman” recaps: “Miner Threat/Killer at Shaker Village”

“Turtleman” (real name Ernie Brown Jr.) made his return to Animal Planet last night in two new episodes of Call of the Wildman. In the episodes, we not only got to see Turtleman in action capturing an array of critters in his home state of Kentucky (beyond just his namesake turtles), but the show has also appeared to start developing his personality and humor a bit more, and it sounds like we will be seeing more of that as the new episodes progress (there are 14 more new ones after last night’s premieres). RELATED: OUR INTERVIEW WITH TURTLEMAN “Miner Threat” […]

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Animal Planet’s “Monster Week” begins tonight

From May 21-28, Animal Planet will showcase legendary and not-so-legendary monstrous creatures with episodes of some of its popular shows, such as River Monsters, Finding Bigfoot and Call of the Wildman, along with a couple of new specials, during a programming stunt it is calling Monster Week. Monster Week lineup is listed after the video; all times are ET/PT. May 21: River Monsters — “Pack of Teeth” (8pm); “American Killers” (9pm). In “Pack of Teeth,” Jeremy Wade goes to southern Africa to investigate rumors of a deathly fish that lurks in the vast, crocodile-filled swamps of the Okavango delta. Then, […]

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New “Call of the Wildman” episodes — Turtleman meets Hogman, takes part in a bachelor auction, and more

  Animal Planet recently announced that Call of the Wildman, starring Ernie Brown Jr. (a.k.a. “Turtleman”) would be back with new episodes on Sundays starting June 3. The network recently gave some details about what some of the first few episodes will be about, and they sound very interesting, to say the least. In one, Turtleman meets “Hogman” in Louisiana, and the two search for wild hogs. And in another, Turtleman becomes a prized bid at a charity bachelor auction! “Miner Threat” — June 3, 10pm. When a beaver begins chewing up the wooden support beams of a rural coal […]

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More “Live Action” for Turtleman with new “Call of the Wildman” episodes in June

Today, Animal Planet confirmed that Ernie Brown Jr. (a.k.a. “Turtleman”) would be back in 16 new half-hour episodes of the network’s hit series Call of the Wildman, beginning June 3 at 10pm ET/PT. The daring, bare-handed animal rescuer is busier than ever, this time finding even more critters than just turtles — including muskrats, river otters, beavers, squirrels, nutria and even wild coyotes. And this time, Turtleman isn’t staying within the state lines of his home Kentucky. Accompanied by his backwoods buddies, including Neal James, handyman Jake Ison and Squirrel Brady (and, of course, Turtleman’s canine companion Lolly and his […]

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Live Action! Our chat with Animal Planet’s Turtleman

By Jeff Pfeiffer If you missed the sneak preview of Animal Planet’s new series Call of the Wildman this past Sunday (I’m still disappointed it didn’t keep its original title, Turtleman of Wild Kentucky, but, hey, what do I know about the TV titling biz?), don’t worry. The series officially premieres in just a few days, this Sunday, Nov. 6, at 10pm ET/PT. And it’s a lot of fun, from what I can tell from the first episode. What sets it apart from similar shows in the “hillbillies-going-into-swamps-to-catch-dangerous-varmints” genre is the likability and personality of its main character.   RELATED: “CALL […]