Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin

Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin is a television program that follows host Jeff Corwin's travels and work in conjunction with the Georgia Aquarium. It aired from 2011 to 2016 on Saturday mornings on ABC affiliates as part of the nature-oriented programming block called Litton's Weekend Adventure, along with complementary shows Jack Hanna's Wild Countdown, Born to Explore with Richard Wiese, and Sea Rescue.^[1][2]

Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin
Genre	Documentary Adventure
Created by	Dave Morgan
Written by	Aaron Bauer Karin McEvoy Charles Van Steenburgh
Directed by	Patrick Greene Robert G. Case Jan Polak Jude Gerard Prest Carolina Pacheco
Presented by	Jeff Corwin
Starring	Michael Hunt Melanie Young Dave Houston Thomas Mattern Hiltrun Ratz David Scheel Kelley Voss
Narrated by	Art Edmonds
Music by	Michael Baiardi Tomas Costanza Evan Frankfort
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	122
Production
Executive producers	Jeff Corwin Bryan Curb David Doyle Dave Morgan Pete Sniderman Colin Penney Scott Helmstedter Robby Mantegna
Producers	Carolina Pacheco Aaron Bauer Shawn Donnelly Jane Bloom Ashley Lansdale C. Andrew Hall Justin Aranda Dan Solomon Andrew Tew Sarah Arnoff Zach Vincent Amy Lambert Stephen Lambert Clifton McDaniel Jude Gerard Prest Nancy Singleton Case Robert G. Case Anastasia Cronin Les Nordhauser
Production locations	Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Cinematography	Patrick Greene Robert G. Case Jan Polak Clay Westervelt
Editors	Jason Elrod C. Andrew Hall Chad Simcox Joel Kraus Kyle Stuart Aaron Bauer Julie T. Kirscher
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Ampersand Media Greenlight Films Litton Entertainment
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 3, 2011 (2011-09-03) – May 21, 2016 (2016-05-21)
Related
Ocean Treks with Jeff Corwin

The series focused on wildlife conservation, ocean research, and preserving ocean and ocean-adjacent habitats, with each episode generally featuring one or two ocean-dwelling or near-ocean-dwelling species. Species featured have included various varieties of pinniped (seals, sea lions, and walrus), dolphin, penguins, sea turtles, sting and eagle rays, iguanas, flightless birdss of New Zealand, North American salmon, and whale sharkss. Opening and closing segments generally take place within the environs of the Georgia Aquarium introducing the same or similar species to be profiled on that episode from distant locations such as Southern Africa, California, Hawaii, Alaska, Canada (specifically British Columbia and Quebec), Australia, New Zealand, Florida, the Caribbean Sea, Puerto Rico, the Gulf of Mexico, and Grand Cayman Island.

In 2014, Ocean Mysteries won the Outstanding Travel Program category in the 41st Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. The program's director, Patrick Greene, won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing In A Lifestyle/Culinary Program.^[3] Reruns of this series will be airing on Antenna TV every Saturday morning beginning August 24, 2019.

Overview of original program

Reception

In a positive review, Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media wrote, "If you're looking to learn something new as a family, Ocean Mysteries is a great place to start, and it's sure to inspire a new respect for the natural world and a new appreciation for conservationists' efforts to protect it."^[4] The Dove Foundation called the television series a "great learning" experience, noting that Corwin discussed sea turtles from both the current day and millennia past. The review said, "He will keep you interested in the research, capture, release and healing of some of the oceans' endangered species."^[5]