During her presidency, she re-positioned the network with shows such as Deadliest Catch, Man vs. Wild, and Dirty Jobs.
Another episode features Mal filming a program called "Mal vs. Wild" a parody of Man vs. Wild where Mal ingests insects as Bear Grylls does, and in the same episode during an awkward scene they reference Prank Patrol.
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Some of the original cast from the hit Broadway musicals Shuffle Along and Runnin' Wild appear in the movie, including Aubrey Lyles and F. E. Miller, Adelaide Hall, Arthur Cooper, Mildred Baker, Ina Duncan, and Arthur Porter.
Wild- and Rhinegrave Charles of Salm-Dhaun (21 September 1675 in Hochstetten-Dhaun – 26 March 1733, ibid.) was Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Dhaun from 1693 to 1733.
John Philip II of Salm-Dhaun (28 October 1645 in Hochstetten-Dhaun – 26 June 1693, ibid.) was Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Dhaun from 1673 until his death.
In the first episode, for example, the students re-create a Rube Goldberg machine featured in Wild About Hurry that begins with a slingshot and involves a large number of steps, culminating in a cannon shot.
He was to work with Hawke again in 2011 as Supervising Field Producer on Season Two of Man, Woman, Wild.
TruTV's Man vs. Cartoon features attempts by Tech's Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center to re-create contraptions and situations found in Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoons.
In Australia, the show aired on SBS Two and local media described the show as, "a wonderful study in TV's hybridisation of ideas: part Survivor, part MasterChef and part Man vs. Wild".
On September 25, 2013, it was announced that Wild would become interim president of Marquette University effective October 16, 2013, through August 2014, upon the resignation of Rev. Scott Pilarz.
Recently, she starred in the Discovery Channel show Man, Woman, Wild with her husband Mykel Hawke, a former US Army Special Forces officer.
Helvenston was formerly a personal trainer for Hollywood celebrities such as Demi Moore (for G.I. Jane), and was also featured in the reality shows Combat Missions and Man vs. Beast (in the latter, he completed an obstacle course faster than a chimpanzee).
Man vs. Wild, a similarly themed Discovery Channel series hosted by Bear Grylls.