CTVglobemedia’s Discovery Channel and Animal Planet are dedicating a week to ‘Remembering the Croc Hunter’ in a double-channel programming blitz timed with the anniversary of Steve Irwin’s death. The weeklong series of specials and Crocodile Hunter episodes airs from Monday, Sept. 3 to Sunday, Sept. 9.
Discovery’s blitz begins with Crocodile Hunter: Steve’s Story on Sept. 3 at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT. Other highlights include: Crocodile Hunter: Confessions of a Croc Hunter (Tuesday, Sept. 4 at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT; Crocodile Hunter: Ice Breaker (Wednesday, Sept. 5 at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT); Crocodile Hunter: Search for a Super Croc (Thursday, Sept. 6 at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT); Crocodile Hunter: Crocs in the City (Friday, Sept. 7 at 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT); Ocean’s Deadliest (Sunday, Sept. 9 at 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT); and a final tribute, Crikey, What an Adventure (Sunday, Sept. 9 at 9:30 p.m. ET/10:30 p.m. PT).
Animal Planet’s lineup of Irwin programming will include eps of Crocodile Hunter every night at 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT and an hour-long special hosted by Irwin’s daughter, Bindi, called My Daddy the Croc Hunter (Tuesday, Sept. 4 at 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT).
Tribute programming will include: Crocodile Hunter: Captured on Camera (Monday, Sept. 3, 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT); Crocodile Hunter: Confessions of a Crocodile Hunter (Wednesday, Sept. 5 at 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT); New Breed Vets with Steve Irwin: Tsunami (Thursday, Sept. 6 at 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT); Crocodile Hunter: Dangerous Africans (Friday, Sept. 7 at 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT); Crocodile Hunter: Spitting Cobras (Saturday, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT); Croc Hunter: Tigers of Shark Bay (Saturday, Sept. 8 at 8 p.m. ET/10 p.m. PT); and the show Irwin was working on at the time of his death, Ocean’s Deadliest (Sunday, Sept. 9 at 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT).