Audience evidenceThe verdict — who this is for, by the receipts

A broad-audience title 1

Saving Pelican 895 scores evenly across all four core demographics, with no single age-and-gender group emerging as its primary audience 1. Its overall reach is rated mass-market — mass-market reach across most demographics 2. On content balance it reads entertainment-first at 0 of 100, weighting storytelling over explicit messaging 3.

The receipts — every claim above is sourced
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    Audience scoreQuadrant scores young men 53, older men 51, young women 49, older women 47 — within 6 points.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
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    ReachAudience breadth rated mass_market.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
  3. 3
    Content balanceContent balance entertainment-first at 0 of 100.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1

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Synopsis

HBO Documentary Films Presents the story of the effort to save the 895th surviving oiled pelican in Louisiana, showing how conservationists, government agencies and wildlife activists joined forces to preserve this one life.

Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceYoung Men
Mass market

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
53
Young Women
49
Older Men
51
Older Women
47
Advocacy0
Entertainment

Audience Representation

White
96
Black
26
Hispanic
28
Asian
38
South Asian
46
Middle Eastern
48
Indigenous
48
Mixed
42
Other
48
LGBTQ+
0

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Cast & Crew

Irene Taylor (director)