8.6 /10 1 Votes
Original language(s) English No. of episodes 120 First episode date 23 February 1976 | 8.6/10 IMDb Country of origin United States No. of seasons 12 Running time 30 minutes Final episode date 1994 Director Marty Stouffer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Similar Wild Kingdom, Wild About Animals, Jack Hanna's Animal A, Animal Atlas, Zoboomafoo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wild America is a documentary television series that focuses on the wild animals and wild lands of North America. By the mid-1970s, Marty Stouffer had put together several full-length documentaries that were licensed as prime time Network television Specials. At that time, he approached the programming managers at Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) about a half-hour-long wildlife series, the first to focus exclusively upon the flora and fauna of North America. PBS signed for the rights to broadcast Marty Stouffer's series Wild America in 1981. The series went on to become one of the most popular aired by PBS, renowned for its unflinching portrayal of nature, as well as its extensive use of film techniques such as slow motion and close-ups. Stouffer earned as much as $250,000 per show from PBS.
The show's production ran from 1982 to 1994. The series is no longer on PBS; reruns still air in syndication on commercial television through much of the United States. In 1997, Warner Brothers released a full-length feature film entitled Wild America, which was based on the biographical story of Marty Stouffer and his brothers, Mark and Marshall.
Episode guide
The "Wild America" series contained a total of 120 half-hour episodes.
