‘Meerkat Manor’ back tonight on Animal Planet
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Season 4 of the popular Animal Planet Series ‘Meerkat Manor’ debuts tonight, and producers promise that the heartbreak of Season 3 will be healed by the ‘next generation’ in the colony. Times staff writer Lynn Smith writes:
At the end of Season 3, fans of the pioneering docu-soap turned their emotional pain from the death of meerkat matriarch Flower into elaborate memorials on the Internet and elsewhere, having already mourned the losses of felled meerkats Mozart and Shakespeare. Starting tonight, viewers who dare return can see ‘Meerkat Manor: The Next Generation,’ which picks up the saga of the short, ever vigilant creatures in the Kalahari Desert. Full story here.In Season 4, the tone is lighter and funnier, said Mick Kaczorowski, the show’s executive producer. The music is younger and hipper. The new narrator, Stockard Channing, adds a sassy sort of humor to the life-and-death adventures of younger groups of the Whiskers, he said. Still, they have to cope with drought, disease and the Commandos, a rival gang.
Smith also mentions a one-time rumored hit-and-run accident in late April, post-production, that killed one of the show’s stars. Animal Planet has now confirmed the claims.
For those who can’t wait until tonight’s show, check out info on a ‘Meerkat Manor’ movie or The Times’ photo gallery on the meerkats.
--Francisco Vara-Orta