Steve Irwin

"Whale Wars" (Friday, June 5, at 9 p.m. on Animal Planet)

Season 1 of the high seas reality series was surprisingly tense as the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society boarded a Japanese whaling vessel without permission. With news of piracy making waves of late, perhaps the sophomore... more season is perfectly timed to capitalize on that. Controversial conservationist Paul Watson and his Sea Shepherd Conservation Society return to sea aboard the Steve Irwin in hopes of stopping those who practice what they consider to be illegal whaling.