Sea Rescue is an American 30-minute reality television program which showcases documented stories of rescue, rehabilitation and return to the wild of marine animals by a team of dedicated vets, animal care experts, animal science researchers and government authorities. This program debuted on ABC on April 7, 2012. From 2014, Sea Rescue was hosted by Matt Gutman of ABC News, taking over from former ABC News personality Sam Champion who hosted the series until 2014. The program appears as part of the Litton's Weekend Adventure live-action kids and family series programming block on the ABC TV network on Saturday Mornings. In 2016, Sea Rescue was honored by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences with a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Children's Series.[1]
| Sea Rescue | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Educational |
| Presented by | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 54 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Susie Lewis |
| Production locations | SeaWorld Orlando SeaWorld San Diego |
| Running time | 21 minutes |
| Production companies | Ampersand Media Litton Entertainment MTO Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Syndication |
| Release | April 7, 2012 – September 29, 2018 |
| Related | |
| The Wildlife Docs | |
Production on the program ended on June 2, 2018. Reruns aired on ABC's Litton's Weekend Adventure until September 29, 2018. It was replaced by The Great Dr. Scott on October 6, 2018.[2] Reruns of this series returned to ABC's Litton's Weekend Adventure on October 3, 2020.
References
edit- ^ "Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-04-08.
- ^ "Multiple Award Winning 'Litton's Weekend Adventure' Returns for Ninth Season Premiere October 6, 2018" (Press release). Litton Entertainment. September 10, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-10-06. Retrieved February 5, 2023.