The Incredible Dr. Pol | |
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Genre | Reality television |
Created by | Jon Schroder |
Developed by | Charles Pol |
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Narrated by | Ari Rubin |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 24 |
No. of episodes | 254 |
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Producer | Charles Pol |
Production location | Weidman, Michigan |
Running time | 44–50/60 (S19 E1) minutes |
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Network | Nat Geo Wild |
Release | October 29, 2011 – July 6, 2024 |
The Incredible Dr. Pol is an American reality television show on Nat Geo Wild that follows Dutch-American veterinarian Jan Pol and his family and employees at his practice in rural Weidman, Michigan. [1] [2] [3] The series premiered October 29, 2011, and has two or three seasons every year. [4]
In 2014, Pol was fined $500 and had his license put on probation by the Michigan Board of Veterinary Medicine for not wearing proper surgical attire during treatment of a Boston terrier. [15] A year later, the sentencing was overturned by the Michigan Court of Appeals, which reversed the action, determining that there was no evidence of a breach of the standard of care and citing that the owners of the animals in question were satisfied with the outcome. [16] [8] [17] [18]
A spinoff series, The Incredible Pol Farm, premiered on Nat Geo Wild on January 6, 2024. [19] The new show follows Charles Pol and his family as they work to establish a farm on 350 acres of undeveloped property.
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S1.E1: Oct 29, 2011 ... S17.E14: August 15, 2020(only accessible from the United States or its territories)