The Zoo (Australian TV series)

The Zoo is the Australian version of a New Zealand documentary television series of the same name. Centred on the lives of a zoo team at Taronga Zoo, New South Wales. The program is narrated by Sunrise co-host Melissa Doyle.

The Zoo
GenreReality / Factual
Narrated byMelissa Doyle
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes30
Production
Production locationAustralia
Running time30 mins (inc. commercials)
Release
Original networkSeven Network
Original release3 February 2008 (2008-02-03) –
2010 (2010)

The first series of 6 episodes aired on Sunday nights from 3 February to 9 March 2008. The second series moved to Tuesday nights at 7:30 pm from 21 October 2008 and finished on 18 November 2008. The 3rd series airing back on the same time slot as series 2 on 12 May 2009. A fourth season began with a special one-hour episode, Miracle At The Zoo on the birth of elephant Pathi Harn on 12 April 2010.

Miracle at the zoo

The Zoo's series four premiere began with an hour special about the first birth of an elephant at Taronga Zoo. The episode aired on 12 April 2010. The show focused on the growth and development of the baby, named "Pathi Harn", in the first few weeks after birth. The special was a huge success coming in first in the nights ratings and giving The Zoo's biggest ratings since series two.

Awards
  • 2010 – Logie Awards – Most Popular TV Presenter – Melissa Doyle

Ratings

Series ratings
Season Episodes Series
timeslot		 Average
audience		 Average
yearly ranking
2 6 Tuesday 7:30pm 1,688,000[1] #4
3 9 1,475,000[2] #12

Series 3
# AU Air Date[3] Timeslot Viewers (m)[4] Weekly Rank (#)
1 12 May 2009 7:30pm
Tuesday		 1.418 #9
2 19 May 2009 1.476 #8
3 21 May 2009 1.465 #12
4 2 June 2009 1.472 #9
5 9 June 2009 1.470 #9
6 16 June 2009 1.487 #9
7 23 June 2009 1.341 #14
8 30 June 2009 1.519 #11
9 7 July 2009 1.618 #6

Series 4
# AU Air Date Timeslot Viewers (m)[5] Weekly Rank (#)
1 12 April 2010 7:30pm
Monday		 1.507 #8
2 19 April 2010 0.861 #57
3 26 April 2010 0.952 #41
4 3 May 2010 0.951 #43
5 10 May 2010 0.615 #90
6 17 May 2010 0.921 #50
7 24 May 2010 0.890 #56
8 31 May 2010 0.792 #64
9 7 June 2010 0.866 TBA

References
  1. "2008 Releases". www.thinktv.com.au. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009.
  2. "2009 Releases". www.thinktv.com.au. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009.
  3. "Airdate: Sunday Night, Triple Zero Heroes, Gangs of Oz. | TV Tonight".
  4. http://www.tvtonight.com.au/category/ratings Ratings 2009
  5. http://www.tvtonight.com.au/category/ratings Ratings 2010


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