King of the Jungle (TV series)

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King of the Jungle
Directed by Steven J. Santos
Presented by Jeff Corwin
Judges Nigel Marven
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
Production
Production locations Fort Pierce, Florida
Production company Jupiter Entertainment
Original release
Network Animal Planet
ReleaseOctober 13, 2003 (2003-10-13) 
July 27, 2004 (2004-07-27)

King of the Jungle is an American reality television program that aired on the Animal Planet. The original series debuted in 2003 and starred a group of 12 "animal experts" and was hosted by Jeff Corwin. [1] In it, each "expert" had to face a number of physical challenges pertaining to the outdoors or wildlife in some fashion. [2]

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