Top Hooker

Top Hooker
Genre	Reality competition
Created by	Craig Piligian
Presented by	Reno Collier
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Craig Piligian Keith Hoffman Mitch Rosa Ralph Wikke
Running time	40 to 43 minutes
Production company	Pilgrim Studios
Original release
Network	Animal Planet
Release	June 2 (2013-6-2) – July 21, 2013 (2013-7-21) [1]

Top Hooker is an American reality fishing competition television series that premiered June 2, 2013 on Animal Planet. ^[2] As of June 2013, casting for a second season is taking place. ^[3]

Cast

Season 1

• Larysa Switlyk ^[4]
• Dzifa Glymin ^[4]
• Greg Mcnamara ^[4]
• Kevin Vendituoli ^[4]
• Patrick Crawford ^[4] – Winner
• Danny De Vries ^[4]
• Chris Wright ^[4]
• Ian Esterhuizen ^[4]
• Melanie Housh ^[4]
• Attila Agh ^[4]

Episodes

Season	Episodes	Originally aired
		Series premiere	Series finale
1	8	June 2, 2013 (2013-6-2)	July 21, 2013 (2013-7-21)

Season 1 (2013)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date	U.S. viewers (million)
1	1	"The Oldest Profession"	June 2, 2013 (2013-6-2)	1.18 [5]
2	2	"Wave Riders"	June 9, 2013 (2013-6-9)	0.78 [6]
3	3	"River Rumble"	June 16, 2013 (2013-6-16)	0.47 [7]
4	4	"Who's Got the Smallest?"	June 23, 2013 (2013-6-23)	0.86 [8]
5	5	"Squaring Off"	June 30, 2013 (2013-6-30)	0.89 [9]
6	6	"Walking on Water"	July 7, 2013 (2013-7-7)	1.09 [10]
7	7	"The Final Four"	July 14, 2013 (2013-7-14)	0.99 [11]
8	8	"High-Seas Showdown"	July 21, 2013 (2013-7-21)	1.00 [12]

Reception

Andy Dehnart from Reality Blurred said a comment at the beginning of premiere episode almost lost him. ^[13] Melissa Camacho of Common Sense Media gave the show a 3 out of 5 stars. ^[14]

References

1. "Top Hooker".
2. "The Search Is on for the Best Hooker in America: Animal Planet's New Competition Reality Series "Top Hooker" Premieres June 2". The Futon Critic. April 30, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
3. "NOW CASTING Dynamic Fishermen for Season 2 of Animal Planet's Highly-Anticipated Fishing Competition Show!". Pilgrim Studios. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
4. "Top Hooker — Cast". Zap2it. Archived from the original on July 6, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
5. Kondolojy, Amanda (June 4, 2013). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Game of Thrones' Wins Night + 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians', 'Real Housewives of New Jersey', 'Breaking Amish', 'Mad Men' & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on June 8, 2013.
6. "Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Game of Thrones" Wraps Season with Big Finish". The Futon Critic. June 11, 2013.
7. "Sunday's Cable Ratings: "True Blood" Returns on Top for HBO". The Futon Critic. June 18, 2013. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
8. "Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Skywire Live," "True Blood" Dominate Viewers, Demos". The Futon Critic. June 25, 2013.
9. "Sunday's Cable Ratings: "BET Awards 2013" Dominate the Competition". The Futon Critic. July 2, 2013.
10. "Sunday's Cable Ratings: "True Blood" Holds Off Competition for HBO". The Futon Critic. July 10, 2013.
11. "Sunday's Cable Ratings: "True Blood" Continues Its Reign for HBO". The Futon Critic. July 16, 2013.
12. "Sunday's Cable Ratings: Another Sunday, Another "True Blood" Victory". The Futon Critic. July 23, 2013.
13. "Top Hooker reels in non-anglers, Food Network Star deflates". Reality Blurred. June 3, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
14. "Top Hooker". Common Sense Media. Retrieved June 5, 2013.

External links

• Official Page
• Top Hooker Archived 2018-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
• Top Hooker on IMDB