Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures was a reality television series about animals and their exciting adventures. The series was hosted by Jack Hanna, Director Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. It is shown weekly in syndication across the country on numerous stations and networks. It is particularly popular in part because of Hanna's mainstream name recognition as an animal expert, but also because the show meets programing criteria for federally mandated educational and informational requirements which all stations must follow. Because of this, some networks (such as America One) air the show five days per week, thus covering all but a half hour of the three-hour E/I mandate.

Series details

• Title: Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Nature
• Premiere date: 1993-08-21
• Final broadcast date listed: 2010-11-08
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Syndication
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 12151
• IMDb ID: tt0381731
• TVDB ID: 71631

Cast and credited roles

• Jack Hanna — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1993-08-21; final listed air date 1993-11-27.
• Season 2: premiered 1994-10-08; final listed air date 1995-04-29.
• Season 3: premiered 1995-11-04; final listed air date 1996-07-13.
• Season 4: premiered 1996-10-19; final listed air date 1997-03-15.
• Season 5: premiered 1997-10-04; final listed air date 1997-10-04.
• Season 6: premiered 1998-10-31; final listed air date 1999-05-22.
• Season 7: premiered 1999-10-02; final listed air date 2000-05-06.
• Season 8: premiered 2000-10-28; final listed air date 2001-05-19.
• Season 9: premiered 2001-10-13; final listed air date 2002-04-27.
• Season 10: premiered 2003-02-01; final listed air date 2003-05-10.
• Season 11: premiered 2003-10-11; final listed air date 2004-05-08.
• Season 12: premiered 2005-02-05; final listed air date 2005-09-24.
• Season 13: premiered 2007-05-12; final listed air date 2007-05-12.
• Season 14: premiered 2008-02-23; final listed air date 2010-11-08.

Source and licence

Adapted from Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.