'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
Animal Planet has a menagerie of new shows for the season ahead that promise real-life drama, monstrous mystery, unusual human creatures and a new breed of cute.
"Animal Planet is still what you think we are _ but it's bigger, better, funnier and louder," she explained during an interview last week.
"The bar is very high for scripted drama on other networks, and we want to be competitive," Kaplan replied. "Besides, the real world is really fascinating, so you don't want to do a scripted drama that you could do just as well as a reality show. I don't think we have the right idea yet for a scripted show."
