Life Is Wild is an American drama television series adapted by Michael Rauch, George Faber and Charlie Pattinson from the British drama Wild at Heart. The show is about a New York veterinarian who moves his second wife and their two sets of children to a South African game reserve run by his former father-in-law.
Produced by CBS Paramount Network Television and Company Pictures, the series was officially greenlit by The CW and given a thirteen-episode order on May 15, 2007.CBS, The CW Confirm Renewals, Cancellations; Fox Extends "24", The Futon Critic, May 15, 2007 The series premiered on October 7, 2007, and aired every Sunday night at 8:00PM Eastern/7:00PM Central, following a repeat of Aliens in America. It aired in Canada on the pay TV channel E! as a mid-season replacement, in Europe on pay TV, in the United Kingdom on the Hallmark Channel, in Greece on August 1, 2011 on Skai TV, in South America on the pay TV Warner Channel,World Screen – Home and in New Zealand weekdays during the 2009 Christmas holiday period on TV3 in a daytime slot.
In February 2008, the show was canceled after one season due to low ratings.San Jose Mercury News – As Hollywood writers strike end nears, a status report on TV shows NOTE: Retrieval attempted 2008-05-10; link states page no longer available but story may be available by searching the fee based archives
Cast
Main D. W. Moffett as Danny Clarke Leah Pipes as Katie Clarke Stephanie Niznik as Jo Weller-Clarke Andrew St. John as Jesse Weller Calvin Goldspink as Oliver Banks Atandwa Kani as Tumelo David Butler as Art K'Sun Ray as Chase Clarke Mary Mouser as Mia Weller Tiffany Mulheron as Emily Banks
Recurring George Jackos as Colin Banks Shannon Esra as Lauren Precious Kofi as Mbali
Brett Cullen and Judith Hoag were originally cast as Danny Clarke and Jo Clarke respectively but the roles were recast in June and July 2007. Jeremy Sheffield was also originally cast in the recurring role of Colin Banks but was replaced by George Jackos when the show received a series order.
Episodes
Reception
U.S. Nielsen ratings # Episode Airdate Rating Share 18–49 (Rating/Share) Viewers (m) Rank (#) 1 "Pilot" October 7, 20071.22 0.4/1 1.65 99/110 2 "Ubuntu" October 14, 2007 0.7 1 0.3/1 1.06 100/110 3 "Open for Business" October 21, 2007 1.1 2 0.5/1 1.61 96/107 4 "Heritage Day" October 28, 2007 0.8 1 0.4/1 1.10 95/97 5 "Bad to the Bone" November 4, 2007 0.8 1 0.4/1 1.07 98/100 6 "Games People Play" November 11, 2007 1.0 2 0.4/1 1.35 99/101 7 "The Heart Wants What It Wants" November 18, 2007 1.0 2 0.4/1 1.39 99/101 8 "Animal House" December 2, 2007 0.9 1 0.4/1 1.25 96/98 9 "The Code" December 9, 2007 0.8 1 0.4/1 1.11 100/102 10 "Rescue Me" January 6, 2008 0.6 1 0.3/1 0.85 92/94 11 "Love Life" January 20, 2008 0.6 1 0.2/.5 0.80 TBA 12 "P.O.C." January 27, 2008 0.8 1 0.4/1 1.11 TBA 13 "Home" February 3, 2008 0.6 1 0.2/0 0.75 TBA Episode 13 aired against Super Bowl XLII.
Life Is Wild averaged 1.16 million viewers for its sole season.
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