
Meerkat Manor
It has all the drama of a soap opera? rivalry, ambition, sex? but it's actually a TV show chronicling a community of meerkats living deep in the Kalahari. "Meerkat Manor" is Animal Planet's biggest hit. And it's turned these two-pound desert-dwellers into animal celebrities.
Ref. ABC Nightline
When my friend told me how much she absolutely loved this show and had to be home to watch it--I didn't know it was literally about meerkats!
She recorded some for me to see and after the first one, I admit--I was hooked! It was kind of sad because they show real life--and it is way better than a sleazy soap opera anyday!
It has actual animals and a narrator that tells you the story of the different packs. It is funny--especially when they are talking about sibling rivalry or mating times/rituals. They treat them each with their own personality and build a story around it.