Animal Planet TV Guide — Wednesday, 20 May 2026

Browse the full Animal Planet TV guide for Wednesday, 20 May 2026. 24 programmes listed , including 6 tonight. US listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.

Early Morning

00:00 1h

North Woods Law

S2 · E6 · Summer Heats Up True

Summer Heats Up

Warden MacCabe searches for a camper who quickly vanished; Warden's Blanchard and Spahr investigate an altercation during a drug deal gone bad.

01:00 1h

North Woods Law

S1 · E14 · Deer Deception True

Deer Deception

As deer season opens wardens meet a landowner who wants to close her property to hunters; wardens discover the largest deer-bait pile they have ever seen.

02:00 1h

North Woods Law

S2 · E1 · Ice Out True

Ice Out

Four snowmobiles plunge into Rangeley Lake's icy waters and the Maine Warden Service sends divers to execute a search and rescue mission.

03:00 1h

North Woods Law

S2 · E4 · Running Cold and Fast True

Running Cold and Fast

The Wardens pursue a hit-and-run jet-ski suspect with previous warrants; a mysterious man arrives in the area and leaves a suicide note.

04:00 1h

North Woods Law

S2 · E6 · Summer Heats Up True

Summer Heats Up

Warden MacCabe searches for a camper who quickly vanished; Warden's Blanchard and Spahr investigate an altercation during a drug deal gone bad.

05:00 1h

North Woods Law

S2 · E5 · Mud Season True

Mud Season

The wardens from Maine and New Hampshire get muddy as they face off in a mountain-endurance running race; wardens discover two women wanted by the law.

Morning

06:00 1h

North Woods Law

S2 · E3 · 24 Hours on the Job True

24 Hours on the Job

Wardens find fishermen angling for $2000 a pound baby eels; the wardens put radio collars on bears and prevent one from attacking a school.

07:00 1h

Must Love Cats

S1 · E3 · Cat Musicians and Garfield's Dad True

Cat Musicians and Garfield's Dad

John travels to Chicago and meets several stars of the domestic cat show Acro Cats, and then he visits Insight Tatoos to learn about the Tats for Cats program.

08:00 1h

Must Love Cats

S1 · E4 · Kitty Fashion Plates and NYC's Best Mousers True

Kitty Fashion Plates and NYC's Best Mousers

John discusses cat-related trivia, such as the origination of the beloved domestic shorthair cat and the details of Cat Fanciers' Association sponsored shows.

09:00 1h

Crikey! It's the Irwins

S1 · E12 · Pawing Terri's Heart Entertainment

Pawing Terri's Heart

Terri hopes to find Charlie the tiger's tumors were treated; the Small Mammal Team and Bindi work on a vaccine; Robert learns the genders of some lizards.

10:00 1h

Gator Boys

S2 · E7 · Bitten and Blue True

Bitten and Blue

Paul and Jimmy return to the place they began, Native Village, a wildlife sanctuary, where they face an abundance of nuisance gator calls, and sad memories.

11:00 1h

Gator Boys

S2 · E5 · Raiders of the Lost Park True

Raiders of the Lost Park

The guys face massive alligators like the ones back in Mississippi and purchase a metal detector to search for buried treasures to support Alligator Rescue.

Daytime

12:00 1h

My Cat from Hell

S7 · E1 · Crazy Cat Opens Doors Entertainment

Crazy Cat Opens Doors

Using catification and playtime, Jacksons shows a Savannah hybrid's guardian how to satisfy its hunting instinct; a cat's heroics inspire a small Ohio town.

13:00 1h

My Cat from Hell

S4 · E15 · Devil Cat Entertainment

Devil Cat

Jackson is asked to intervene for friends who are concerned about the hellish behavior of their best friend's cat and want her to seek help.

14:00 1h

Pit Bulls & Parolees

S9 · E2 · Shelter from the Storm Documentary

Shelter from the Storm

Chaos ensues at the center after Tia recruits new parolees; Tia scrambles to help a shelter from shutting down; a heart-broken family look for a new dog.

15:00 1h

Pit Bulls & Parolees

S9 · E1 · A New Year for Villalobos Documentary

A New Year for Villalobos

Mariah and Marcel set out to help the homeless and their dogs; the family receives a gift from Tia and Mariah; the lives of the dogs are improved with a gift.

16:00 1h

Tanked

S8 · E12 · The Wonderful Dr. Oz Tank True

The Wonderful Dr. Oz Tank

Health expert Dr. Oz turns to the Acrylic Tank Manufacturing Team when he wants an aquarium that has an Oz-themed interior and a yellow brick road.

17:00 1h

Tanked

S8 · E9 · The Amazing Piano Tank True

The Amazing Piano Tank

The owners of Pianoworks in Rochester, NY turn to the ATM team to build them an acrylic piano tank that they can feature in their company.

Evening

18:00 1h

Tanked

S8 · E3 · Brett's Donut Mania Tank True

Brett's Donut Mania Tank

In celebration of Brett's new business venture at Donut Mania, the ATM teams plans to surprise him with an aquarium for his donut shop.

19:00 1h

River Monsters

S1 · E4 · European Maneater Documentary

European Maneater

Fish expert Jeremy Wade visits Germany where he becomes acquainted with people who have had an up-close and personal encounter with an ancient freshwater fish.

20:00 1h

River Monsters

S1 · E1 · Piranha Documentary

Piranha

Biologist and extreme fisherman Jeremy Wade travels to the Amazon River in South America to learn about the ferocious fish that reside in the local waters.

21:00 1h

River Monsters

S4 · E8 · Phantom Assassin Documentary

Phantom Assassin

Jeremy Wade travels back to Australia's Fitzroy River in search of the northern river shark, which is considered one of the world's rarest predatory fish.

22:00 1h

River Monsters

S4 · E3 · Invisible Executioner Sports

Invisible Executioner

Host Jeremy Wade travels to the wild Zambezi River in Africa to expose an unseen predator that has pulled fishermen to their deaths.

23:00 1h

River Monsters

S4 · E2 · Pack of Teeth Sports

Pack of Teeth

In the Okavango Swamp of southern Africa, there are stories of piranha-like fish that hunt in prowling groups and tear into other fish, and even human flesh.

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