Irwin's daughter, 8, to make TV debut

January 09, 2007 CANBERRA - The 8-year-old daughter of Australia's "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin kicks off her American showbiz career this week with a series of high-profile television appearances and speeches across the U.S. Bindi Irwin, who will star in the 26-part "Bindi, the Jungle Girl" series on Discovery Kids network this year, will address the National Press Club in Washington, as well as appear on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and "The Late Show" with David Letterman. Bindi's U.S. tour coincides with the airing of the "Ocean's Deadliest" documentary her exuberant, khaki-clad Australian naturalist father was working on when he died.

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