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The result was keep. Star Mississippi 02:45, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Could only find tangential mentions, press releases, and TV Guide listings Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 01:16, 21 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 01:16, 21 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Review at Common Sense Media is cited in article. Not enough on its own, but a start. DonaldD23 talk to me 11:54, 21 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per CSM review, as well as the citations demonstrated by Cunard below. DonaldD23 talk to me 00:15, 24 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
  1. Ashby, Emily (2022-03-30). "Weird, True and Freaky. TV review by Emily Ashby, Common Sense Media". Common Sense Media. Archived from the original on 2022-05-22. Retrieved 2022-05-22.

     The review notes: "Parents need to know that, overall, this docuseries emphasizes shock value over education -- while there are some scattered opportunities for families to learn about animal behavior and science, they're usually overshadowed by the greater factor of curiosity. The amount of over-the-top/iffy content varies by episode, but it's safe to say that sensitive young viewers might be disturbed by scenes of mutant animals (a cyclopic piglet and a dog with no front legs, for instance) or stories of animals eating humans."

  2. Newsome, Brad (2017-10-18). "What's on TV: Friday, October 27". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2022-05-22. Retrieved 2022-05-22.

     The article provides 138 words of coverage about the subject. The article notes: "Tonight this watchable animal clip show focuses on animal attacks caught on video. And there's no shortage of those - from a Taiwanese preacher being mauled by a lion after he jumped into a zoo exhibit to evangelise the beast, to a Rwandan tour guide being dragged into the jungle by a gorilla. The most memorable account comes from an underwater cameraman attacked by an elephant seal - the animal engulfed his whole head, making everything pitch black and pressing his whole face into its tongue. Animal experts provide illuminating commentary. At first it's a bummer to see a huge anaconda disgorging a big animal carcass in a bid to get away from humans - but those humans might have saved its life. In cool weather, we learn, snakes' digestion slows and big meals can putrefy, killing them from the inside."

  3. Less significant coverage:
     1. Gilbert, Matthew (2010-04-15). "Critic's corner". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 2022-05-22. Retrieved 2022-05-22 – via Newspapers.com.

        The article notes: "Weird, True & Freaky 9 and 9:30 p.m., Animal Planet. Three-headed frogs, two-headed cats, a six-legged deer, piglets nursing on a tiger, a leg growing on a lamb's head, a snake that swallows golf balls — you can't say the title of this show isn't accurate. There's nothing like a good old-fashioned mutation or genetic defect to keep you on the edge of your seat."

     2. Genzlinger, Neil (2010-04-21). "All Creatures Great and Repulsive". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-05-22. Retrieved 2022-05-22.

        The article notes: "Other shows take a tabloid-headline approach to the odd. Animal Planet’s “Weird, True & Freaky,” for instance, has featured a lobster so big that it was called Lobzilla; a python in Indonesia that measured 50 feet, thought to be the longest snake in recorded history (“handlers feed it three or four dogs a month”); and a 1,091-pound squid caught in Antarctica (“an eye the size of a soccer ball”)."

     3. Shattuck, Kathryn (2009-09-29). "What's On Today". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-05-22. Retrieved 2022-05-22.

        The article notes: "9 P.M. (Animal Planet) WEIRD, TRUE & FREAKY More stories about creepy crawlers, including maggots that live in the scalp and feed on the brain, leeches that reside in the nose and flies that make their homes in the neck. At 9:30 the series moves on to stomach-turning animal births."

     4. Westad, Kim (2009-09-29). "Whatever happened to Wendy the whippet?; 'Double-muscled' pooch found fame after 2007 Times Colonist article". Times Colonist. ProQuest 348395242 – via PressReader.

        The article notes: "And Wendy hasn't let worldwide attention change her, even with recent guest appearances on television shows such as Weird, True and Freaky. (A black Persian cat with gold-plated lower canine teeth, owned by a dentist, and a featherless parrot were her co-stars.)"

     5. "TV: Also worth watching". The Oklahoman. 2009-10-04. Archived from the original on 2022-05-22. Retrieved 2022-05-22.

        The article notes: ""Weird, True & Freaky” (8:30 p.m. on Animal Planet): This episode features a segment on the world’s deadliest spider that was reportedly found in the produce aisle of a Tulsa grocery store in March."

     6. Cutler, Jacqueline (2008-11-09). "Loving orangutans becomes a family affair - Mom's TV log". The Star-Ledger. Archived from the original on 2022-05-22. Retrieved 2022-05-22.

        The article notes: ""Weird, True & Freaky" (Tuesday, 8:30 p.m., Animal Planet). Enough of these scourges of nature are in Australia to serve as an anti-travel commercial. Sure there are the expected dingoes, wild dogs roaming in feral packs, but the king toad, some 200 million strong, that grows to 9.5-inches and 5 pounds, is alarming."

     7. Gross, Joe (2009-11-02). "Austin 360 bets". Austin American-Statesman. Archived from the original on 2022-05-22. Retrieved 2022-05-22.

        The article notes: "'Weird, True & Freaky' 8:30 p.m., Animal Planet: This episode examines the unusual relationships that develop between dogs and other animals. I might not want to watch, depending on just how freaky it's going to get."

     8. Knoop, Doug (2010-06-02). "Season premiere of 'Royal Pains' on USA is a Thursday TV pick". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 2022-05-22. Retrieved 2022-05-22.

        The article notes: "“Weird, True & Freaky,” 8 p.m. (Animal Planet): Italians place snakes on a statue of St. Dominic to ward off snakebites; Indians perform a frog marriage to end a drought; a Kenyan fertility ritual involves goat blood."

     9. Atkin, Charlotte (2009-01-15). "Six-legged deer story to be featured on Animal Planet show; TV crew expected in Rome next wee". Northwest Georgia News. Archived from the original on 2022-05-22. Retrieved 2022-05-22.

        The article notes: "The story of Spyder, a six-legged fawn found in the Rome area in July, continues to fascinate. And now it looks like his story will be featured on Animal Planet's popular show called "Weird, True and Freaky," according to a local veterinarian who examined the young deer when it was discovered. Dan Pate of West Rome Animal Clinic said this morning that TV crews from the show are expected to be in town Monday and Tuesday."

  There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Weird, True & Freaky to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".

  Cunard (talk) 01:46, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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