ANIMAL PLANET'S "TREEHOUSE MASTERS" IS TOP OF THE CHARTS

SEASON FINALE, FEATURING FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE'S BRIAN KELLEY, HITS A HIGH NOTE WITH 1.5 MILLION VIEWERS

-- Season Delivers 1.3 Million Viewers --

(August 20, 2014- Silver Spring, Md.) - Animal Planet's hit series, TREEHOUSE MASTERS, delivered a chart-topping performance for its season finale, "Country Superstar Speakeasy," which premiered Friday, August 15, at 10 PM ET/PT. The episode drew in 1.5 million P2+ viewers on a Live +3 basis. The finale helped Animal Planet rank #3 across all ad-supported cable networks in its Friday, 10 PM time slot with P25-54.

This season of TREEHOUSE MASTERS delivered 1.3M P2+ viewers across its premieres on a Live +3 basis.

In "Country Superstar Speakeasy," Pete Nelson builds a treehouse for Brian Kelley, of the superstar duo Florida Georgia Line, and his wife. Located at their house in Nashville, the two-story treehouse features a recording studio where Brian can pen his next hit.

TREEHOUSE MASTERS, which captures the creations of renowned treehouse builder Pete Nelson, is Animal Planet's second-most-watched series year to date among P2+ viewers, HH, P18-49, P25-54 and P18-34.

TREEHOUSE MASTERS has viewers climbing to a majestic world up in the treetops with visionary and tree whisperer Pete Nelson as he designs private escapes for those with a passion to reconnect with nature and awaken their inner child. Pete goes out on a limb to create breathtaking realities for a host of clientele including designing multi-bedroom dream tree houses complete with functional plumbing and electricity to simple one-room lofts. He and his team of designers and carpenters must endure Mother Nature's shifty antics, dangerous construction equipment and dizzy heights in order to build these sanctuaries. In TREEHOUSE MASTERS, Pete shows us what it's like to bring people closer to nature one tree at a time.

TREEHOUSE MASTERS is produced for Animal Planet by STILETTO Television. Mark Grove, Garry Kief and Troy Queen are the executive producers for STILETTO Television. For Animal Planet, Jason Carey is the executive producer, and Sarah Russell is the associate producer. The series was created and developed by Charlie Foley.