Following the February rebrand, the network's choice seems clear; no longer a destination for stuffy animal-themed docs, Animal Planet wants to compete with regular network factual fare for viewers. 'We realized we had cut off all sorts of avenues for exploration about what really makes compelling television and great entertainment,' says president and gm Marjorie Kaplan. 'So we just re-opened some of those arteries.'
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