I have not seen a full episode yet, but did watch some clips, and I definitely get the "tanked" feel for the show. I'm glad they are using peoples existing (hopefully healthy) pets it seems though. I was not overly surprised that many of the "tanked" fish did not last 6 months :/ esp the more fragile saltwater species. I do like the fact that the animals seem shown in a good light - I get tired of the "I survived an almost not really deadly encounter with x" type shows where really human stupidity is the cause of any issues...
end rant - had a long day full of stupid questions lol
I couldn't tune in TV to the regular broadcast time either, but watched later when I had time. (link in previous post) It's far from perfect but as you said, it's progress.