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BEAR GRYLLS IS RUNNING WILD
Air Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Time Slot: 9:00 PM-10:00 PM EST on FOX
Episode Title: (BGW-101) "Bear with Matthew McConaughey"
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TUESDAY, APRIL 21

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**SERIES PREMIERE** - Bear Grylls Is Running Wild - (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) CC - HDTV 720p - Dolby Digital 5.1

PA: Viewer Discretion is Advised

MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY TAKES AN EPIC ADVENTURE WITH BEAR GRYLLS ON AN ALL-NEW SERIES PREMIERE OF BEAR GRYLLS IS RUNNING WILD TUESDAY, APRIL 21, ON FOX

Bear Grylls is Running Wild follows legendary adventurer Bear Grylls as he takes some of the most famous people on the planet into the wild for a 48-hour journey of a lifetime. With thrilling action and revealing conversations, Bear takes his guests on unforgettable adventures in breath-taking wilderness and reveals a side of some of your favorite people like you've never seen before. On the season premiere Bear Grylls takes Matthew McConaughey on an adventure 20 years in the making as the two traverse the secluded glacial alpine wilderness of Norway in the all-new "Bear with Matthew McConaughey" series premiere episode of Bear Grylls Is Running Wild airing Tuesday, Apr 21 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (BGW-101) (TV-14)







BEAR GRYLLS IS RUNNING WILD (FOX)
Premieres Tuesday, April 21
BROADCAST HISTORY:
4/21/26 - ???
STATUS:
new this spring (yet to premiere)
TIME SLOT:
tuesdays from 9:00 PM-10:00 PM EST
CURRENT SEASON:
1 (8 episodes)
DESCRIPTION:
(from FOX's press release, March 2026) Bear Grylls is Running Wild follows legendary adventurer Bear Grylls as he takes some of the most famous people on the planet into the wild for a 48-hour journey of a lifetime. With thrilling action and revealing conversations, Bear takes his guests on unforgettable adventures in breath-taking wilderness and reveals a side of some of your favorite people like you've never seen before. This season, Bear Grylls leads cast members on a globe-spanning adventure through some of the planet's most unforgiving landscapes - from Norway's glacial wilderness to the legendary mountains of Eryri in Wales. The journeys cut through Arctic rainforest, vast canyonlands, and brutal desert terrain, pushing participants to their limits with glacier crossings, canyon descents, high-risk extractions, and an adrenaline-charged freefall from 11,000 feet, into an adventure along the Irish Sea.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Bear Grylls
CREW INFORMATION:
· Bear Grylls as EP
· Ben Silverman as EP
· Benjamin Simon as EP
· Chris Grant as EP
· Delbert Shoopman as EP
· Derek Green as EP
· Drew Buckley as EP
· Howard T. Owens as EP
· Robert Vanover as EP
GENRE(S):
· based on a tv series
· reality (all)
· reality (documentary)
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Everest Brand Group
· Natural Studios, The
· Propagate Content