USA TODAY LIVE Produces Television Documentary for Animal Planet

USA TODAY LIVE Produces Television Documentary for Animal Planet

ANIMAL PLANET HEROES: Hurricane Reunions

MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- USA TODAY LIVE, the television arm of USA TODAY, has produced a one-hour television documentary for Animal Planet. The documentary focuses on the heartwarming reunions of animals and their human friends in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

ANIMAL PLANET HEROES: Hurricane Reunions will premiere this Saturday, November 26th at 8 p.m. ET. USA TODAY LIVE shot original footage in the hurricane-struck states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, as well as in Florida, Arizona, and Washington, D.C. The program reveals the journeys of people and their pets as they struggled to survive, suffered painful separations and were finally brought back together in emotional reunions.

ANIMAL PLANET HEROES: Hurricane Reunions is a follow-up to the ANIMAL PLANET HEROES: Hurricane Rescues special that aired in September. That program was also produced by USA TODAY LIVE.

Lauren Ashburn is the executive producer and Emil Gallina is the producer for USA TODAY LIVE. Jamie Roberts is the executive producer for Animal Planet, U.S.

USA TODAY LIVE also produces "Debate" on HDNet. Debate is a weekly primetime program that premiered in October. Other USA TODAY television productions include: a daily live morning segment that airs on Gannett television stations that reach 17% of American homes, a daily Business Connection segment for the Weather Channel that airs five times a day, and USATODAY.com video headlines. Additionally, LIVE offers production services to non-Gannett television stations for origination of live or taped interviews with USA TODAY staff.

USA TODAY is the nation's top-selling newspaper. It is published via satellite at 36 locations in the USA and at four sites abroad. With a total average daily circulation of 2.3 million, USA TODAY is available worldwide. USA TODAY is published by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI). The USA TODAY brand also includes: USA TODAY Sports Weekly, a magazine for enthusiasts of professional football and baseball; USATODAY.com, an award-winning news and information Web site that is updated 24 hours per day; and USA TODAY LIVE, the television arm of the USA TODAY brand that brings the spirit and quality of the newspaper to television.

Source: USA TODAY

CONTACT: Steve Anderson, Director, Communications, +1-703-854-5872,
sanderson@usatoday.com, or Heidi Henderson, Manager, Media Relations,
+1-703-854-5304, hhenderson@usatoday.com, both of USA TODAY

Web site: http://www.usatoday.com/

-------
Profile: intent