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Meerkat Manor

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TV Series

The Resume

    (September 12, 2005-August 22, 2008)
    Born in United States
    Airs on Animal Planet
    Narrated by Bill Nighy (UK broadcasts), Sean Astin (US broadcasts) and Mike Goldman (Australian broadcasts)
    Premise: A look at the Whiskers family of meerkats in the Kalahari Desert

Why Meerkat Manor might be annoying:

    Some viewers complain about the producers' refusal to intervene to save injured animals.
    Scenes of meerkats mating are often removed for the US broadcasts.
    Some of the Whiskers' rival families are composites of footage blended from multiple groups.
    The Meerkats in commercials and on the program's website are not the same animals as in the show; instead, tamer meerkats from a rescue center are filmed against a green screen.
    For the American broadcasts, some meerkats were renamed after celebrity fans of the show, including Whoopi Goldberg, Elizabeth Taylor and Denis Leary.

Why Meerkat Manor might not be annoying:

    It does not sugarcoat the meerkats' less savory behavior, including abandonment of the young and occasional cannibalism.
    Their innovative filming techniques have let scientists witness previously unseen aspects of meerkat life, including life in their burrows.
    It has been nominated for Emmys for editing and cinematography.
    It became Animal Planet's top-rated series.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 90.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 60 Votes: 38.33% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 132 Votes: 31.82% Annoying