Big Cats 24/7, Season 2
PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):
Wednesday, Sept 10, at 8 PM & 9 PM
Wednesdays, Sept 17-Oct. 8, at 8 PM
Thursday, Sept 11, at 1 AM & 2 AM
Thursdays, Sept 18-Oct. 9, at 1 AM
Following the success of Season 1, BIG CATS 24/7 will return for a second season. Over six new episodes, an elite team of wildlife filmmakers returns to Botswana’s breathtaking Okavango Delta to follow the dramatic lives of its lions, leopards and cheetahs, day and night, in one of Africa’s last wildernesses.
Season 2 sees the return of a familiar cast of human and big cat characters. The expert team of cinematographers — Gordon Buchanan, Anna Dimitriadis, Brad Bestelink, Sets Nthomiwa, Rea Schulte to Brinke, Greg Hartman and Tristen Woodward — live and work together from the Natural History Film Unit, Botswana’s remote film camp in the heart of big cat territory.
Together, they follow the twists and turns in the lives of the key big cats introduced in the first season. Across five vital months cats — and humans — battle punishing seasonal
change, from flood to extreme drought. Over brutal terrain in searing temperatures, the team keeps its cameras rolling 24/7 to capture unparalleled, unseen animal behavior.
The Rogue Boys” Premieres Sept. 10, at 8 PM
The team returns to Okavango Delta to catch up with old friends. Lionesses hunt nonstop to feed growing cubs. Leopardess Xudum moves on, and the new mom, Lediba, steps into the spotlight. Pobe, the cheetah, returns with two cubs of her own.
“Under Siege” Premieres Sept. 10, at 9 PM
With the dominant males gone, trouble looms as intruder lions close in on the Xudum pride’s young cubs. Leopard Lediba searches for her missing cub after a tense encounter, while Pobe the cheetah must defend her family’s food from bigger cats.
“A Pride Divided” Premieres Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 8 PM
Under attack from a growing number of intruder male lions, the mums with young cubs must find the rest of the pride. Leopard mum Lediba risks it all for a meal, and the cheetah cubs face danger during a vital lesson in survival.
“Reunion” Premieres Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 8 PM
Reunited, the Xudum Pride lionesses struggle to feed their young — one cub is starving. As male leopards are pushed closer together by rising floodwaters, leopard mum Lediba and cheetah mum Pobe each fight to keep their cubs alive.
“New Beginnings” Premieres Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 8 PM
The core of the Xudum Pride has fled south, but a group of its young females surprises the team in the north. Meanwhile, tragedy strikes the cheetah mother, Pobe and Lediba, the leopard, struggles to provide for her ever-growing cub.
“Succession” Premieres Wednesday, Oct. 8, at 8 PM
A new generation of big cats rises in the Okavango Delta. First-time lion mum Serami protects her cubs while Mathata steps up to feed the pride. Pobe and Bo return, and as Lediba’s cub grows in confidence, she vanishes.
