Top Hooker
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| genre = Reality competition
| creator = Craig Piligian
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| presenter = Reno Collier
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| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 16
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- Craig Piligian
- Keith Hoffman
- Mitch Rosa
- Ralph Wikke
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| runtime = 40 to 43 minutes
| company = Pilgrim Studios
| channel = Animal Planet
| first_aired = {{Start date|2013|6|2}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2013|7|21}}{{cite web|title=Top Hooker|url=http://thefutoncritic.com/showatch/top-hooker/}}
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Top Hooker is an American reality fishing competition television series that premiered June 2, 2013 on Animal Planet.{{cite news |url=http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2013/04/30/the-search-is-on-for-the-best-hooker-in-america-animal-planets-new-competition-reality-series-top-hooker-premieres-june-2-683400/20130430animalplanet01/ | title=The Search Is on for the Best Hooker in America: Animal Planet's New Competition Reality Series "Top Hooker" Premieres June 2 | work=The Futon Critic | date=April 30, 2013 | accessdate=June 5, 2013}} As of June 2013, casting for a second season is taking place.{{cite web|title=NOW CASTING Dynamic Fishermen for Season 2 of Animal Planet's Highly-Anticipated Fishing Competition Show!|url=http://pilgrimstudios.com/casting/tophooker/|work=Pilgrim Studios|accessdate=June 14, 2013}}
Cast
=Season 1=
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- Larysa Switlyk{{cite web|title=Top Hooker — Cast|url=http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/top-hooker/cast/EP01720982?aid=zap2it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706082025/http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/top-hooker/cast/EP01720982?aid=zap2it|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 6, 2013|work=Zap2it|accessdate=June 14, 2013}}
- Dzifa Glymin
- Greg Mcnamara
- Kevin Vendituoli
- Patrick Crawford – Winner
- Danny De Vries
- Chris Wright
- Ian Esterhuizen
- Melanie Housh
- Attila Agh
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Episodes
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|8 |{{Start date|2013|6|2}} |{{End date|2013|7|21}} |
=Season 1 (2013)=
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Reception
Andy Dehnart from Reality Blurred said a comment at the beginning of premiere episode almost lost him.{{cite web |url=http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/top_hooker/2013_Jun_03_initial-responses | title=Top Hooker reels in non-anglers, Food Network Star deflates | publisher=Reality Blurred | date=June 3, 2013 | accessdate=June 5, 2013}} Melissa Camacho of Common Sense Media gave the show a 3 out of 5 stars.{{cite web |url=http://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/top-hooker | title=Top Hooker | publisher=Common Sense Media | accessdate=June 5, 2013}}
References
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External links
- [http://animal.discovery.com/tv-shows/top-hooker Official Page]
- [http://www.tv.com/shows/top-hooker/ Top Hooker] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723213741/http://www.tv.com/shows/top-hooker/ |date=2018-07-23 }}
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2997000/ Top Hooker on IMDB]
Category:2013 American television series debuts
Category:2013 American television series endings