Original sentence: Although the original Meerkat Manor television series was first premiered in the United Kingdom, Animal Planet International has not announced an air date for the American-made Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins.However, it was screened at the 2008 Festival du Film Britannique de Dinard in France, as The Meerkats, and at the Wildscreen Festival in Bristol on October 18 and October 24, 2008.Its initial television airing was followed by a 30-minute Making of Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins special.The film first premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival in the Spotlight section, before airing in the United States on Animal Planet on May 25, 2008
Edited sentence: Although the Meerkat Manor television series premiered in the United Kingdom, as of 2009, Animal Planet International has not announced an air date for the American-made Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins.Its television premiere was followed by the 30-minute Making of Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins special.The film premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival (April 23 – May 4) in the Spotlight section,  before airing in the United States on Animal Planet on May 25, 2008.The film was screened at the 2008 Festival du Film Britannique de Dinard in France, as The Meerkats, and at the Wildscreen Festival in Bristol on October 18 and October 24, 2008