American Forces Network Adds Litton's Weekend Adventure

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Litton's Weekend Adventure will begin airing on the American Forces Network in June, reaching more than one million service members and their families across the globe.

"We created Litton's Weekend Adventure to bring quality, inspirational programming to all viewers, regardless of their age or geography," said Dave Morgan, CEO and president of Litton Entertainment, in a statement.

Litton's Weekend Adventure is a three-hour block of six half-hour series that airs stateside on ABC owned television stations and ABC affiliates on Saturday mornings. The shows, all of which air in high definition, are Jack Hanna's Wild Countdown, Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin, Born to Explore, Sea Rescue, Everyday Health and Food for Thought with Claire Thomas.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.