The Crocodile Hunter
| The Crocodile Hunter | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Wildlife documentary/Travel documentary/Family |
| Created by | John Stainton Steve Irwin |
| Starring | Steve Irwin Terri Irwin Wes Mannion |
| Country of origin | Australia United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 78 (including pilot and 13 specials) (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | John Stainton Judi Bailey Carole Tomko Recka Steve Irwin |
| Running time | 42–45 minutes |
| Production company | The Best Picture Show Company |
| Original release | |
| Network | Animal Planet |
| Release | 25 October 1996 – 18 June 2004 |
| Network | Discovery Channel |
| Release | 1 January 1997 – 4 September 2007 |
The Crocodile Hunter was a wildlife documentary television series hosted by Steve Irwin and his wife, Terri. The show became a popular franchise due to Irwin's unconventional approach to wildlife. It spawned a number of separate projects, including the feature film The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course and two television spinoffs: Croc Files and The Crocodile Hunter Diaries.
The series was presented on Animal Planet, becoming the network's highest-rated series at the time, and was in international syndication on networks worldwide. The series aired 64 episodes during five seasons, from 1997 to 2004, two years before Irwin's death, with a pilot episode in 1996 and 13 specials into 2007.
With a nearly 11-year run, the series is the second longest-running program of any Discovery Communications network, behind MythBusters.