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Life Unearthed with Ariel Waldman
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Life Unearthed with Ariel Waldman actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Life Unearthed with Ariel Waldman reads strongest on Cliffhanger Intensity, Tension and World Building.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
Life Unearthed with Ariel Waldman is a visually striking science-driven docuseries that reveals Earth's ecosystems through radical shifts in scale-from microscopic wildlife to the planet's most iconic animals-and even the possibilities of life beyond Earth. Hosted by explorer Ariel Waldman, the series invites viewers to look closely and think expansively.
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Latest Episodes
S01E06
Prairies: Life in Motion
S01E05
Prairies: Life in Water
S01E04
Prairies: Life on the Plains
S01E03
Antarctica: Life on the Rocks
S01E02
Antarctica: Life Under the Ice
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Amy MillerExecutive Producer
- Ariel WaldmanProducer
- Selena LautererExecutive Producer
Direction
- Ariel WaldmanDirector
- Ariel WaldmanDirector
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