Wild America (TV series) explained

Genre:Documentary
Creator:Marty Stouffer
Director:Marty Stouffer
Presenter:Marty Stouffer
Country:United States
Language:English
Num Seasons:12
Num Episodes:120
Executive Producer:Marty Stouffer
Runtime:30 minutes
Company:Marty Stouffer Productions
Channel:PBS

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.[1] 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 Bros. released a full-length feature film of the same name, which was based on the biographical story of Marty Stouffer and his brothers, Mark and Marshall. The show is now distributed by Storrs Media and Telco Productions for Syndication.[2]

Episodes

The "Wild America" series contained a total of 120 half-hour episodes.

EpisodeSeason
S1E1Watching Wildlife
S1E2Swamp Critters
S1E3Wild Dogs
S1E4Mountain Monarchs
S1E5Time of the Grizzly
S1E6At the Crossroads
S1E7Bighorn
S1E8The Wolf and the Whitetail
S1E9Living with Wildlife
S1E10Wild Babies
S2E1Animal Oddities
S2E2Born to Run
S2E3Owls: Lords of Darkness
S2E4Hog Wild
S2E5Antlered Kingdom
S2E6Wild Wings
S2E7Wild Cats
S2E8The Man Who Loved Bears Part 1
S2E9The Man Who Loved Bears Part 2
S2E10Backyard Wildlife
S3E1All American Animals
S3E2Feathered Jewels
S3E3Ringtailed Rascals
S3E4Canyon Creatures
S3E5Wolverine Country
S3E6Fascinating Fishes
S3E7Wild Refuge
S3E8Fishers in the Family Part 1
S3E9Fishers in the Family Part 2
S3 E10Photographing Wildlife
S4E1North Woods Lynx
S4E2Woodpeckers: Nature's Hammerheads
S4E3Designs for Defense
S4E4Cutthroat: Yellowstone Lake
S4E5Cutthroat: Yellowstone River
S4E6Cutthroat: Grizzly Creek
S4E7Killer Mice
S4E8Controversial Coyote
S4E9Remarkable Reptiles
S4E10Tracking Wildlife
S5E1Pennsylvania Whitetail
S5E2Woodies and Hoodies
S5E3King of Snakes
S5E4Family Feud
S5E5River of the Bears
S5E6Wild Texas
S5E7A Prairie Park
S5E8The Grouse and the Goshawk
S5E9Otters of the Adirondacks
S5E10Growing Up Wild
S6E1Swamp Bear Part 1
S6E2Swamp Bear Part 2
S6E3Beautiful Blues
S6E4Timberdoodles of Moosehorn
S6E5Minnesota Mink
S6E6Season of the Seals
S6E7Wild Turkey Part 1
S6E8Wild Turkey Part 2
S6E9Snakedance
S6E10Managing Wildlife
S7E1Cliffhangers
S7E2White on White
S7E3Family of Foxes
S7E4Peculiar Plants
S7E5A Multitude of Mollusks
S7E6Marmot Mountain
S7E7Old Man Muskrat
S7E8Chipmunks of Yosemite
S7E9Bobcat
S7E10Evergreen
S8E1Bushytails
S8E2Cottontails and Kin
S8E3Birds of Peace
S8E4Birds of Prey
S8E5Weasels Sleek and Savage Part 1
S8E6Weasels Sleek and Savage Part 2
S8E7Olympic Odyssey
S8E8Badlands
S8E9Shenandoah Springtime
S8E10Attracting Wildlife
S9E1Valley of the Elk
S9E2Dancers of the Dawn
S9E3The Incredible Shrew
S9E4Pretty as a Quail
S9E5Meet the Marten
S9E6Beneficial Bats
S9E7Birds of a Feather
S9E8Call to Courtship
S9E9A Nest is Best
S9E10Shades of Gray
S10E1The First Ten Years
S10E2Magnificent as a Moose
S10E3Truth About Turtles
S10E4Prince of the Pond
S10E5The Prickly Porcupine
S10E6Those Smelly Skunks
S10E7The Amazing Armadillo
S10E8In the Forest
S10E9Whitebark
S10E10Kids and Critters
S11E1Billion Dollar Bass
S11E2The Beauty of Butterflies
S11E3Belligerent as a Badger
S11E4Headgear
S11E5A Tale About Tails
S11E6Some Feet Have Noses
S11E7The Eyes Have It
S11E8Colors in Nature
S11E9Wild Wyoming
S11E10Home is Where There's Habitat
S12E1Zoom in on Wildflowers
S12E2Year of the Mustang Part 1
S12E3Year of the Mustang Part 2
S12E4Queen of the Ice
S12E5X Rated Imports
S12E6Wings Over the Marsh
S12E7People of the Bison
S12E8Cute as a Cub
S12E9Just Little Varmints
S12E10The Bill Makes the Bird
Special episodes
SpecialYear
The Predators1979
Our Favorite Animals1992
Great Escapes1993
Spectacular Showdowns1994
Dangerous Encounters1995
Wild Wings1996
Fantastic Follies1996
Wacky Babies1997
Amazing Legends1998
Tender Times2001
Marty's World2004
Deadly Beauty2005

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marty Stouffer's Wild America.
  2. Web site: Wild America – Telco Productions. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200929095729/https://telcoproductions.com/wild-america . 2020-09-29 .