Documentary series · NBC
Surviving Earth
8 epic extinctions. One thriving planet.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Surviving Earth actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Surviving Earth reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
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.
The story
What it's about
Meet the bizarre, amazing and breathtaking creatures and landscapes of a vibrant lost world; and discover how life not only survived during the cataclysmic events of this prehistoric era, but thrived.
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Latest Episodes
S01E08
When America Flooded
S01E07
When the Continents Collided
S01E06
When the Oceans Shrank
S01E05
When the Forests Collapsed
S01E04
When the Seas Died
S01E03
When the Asteroid Fell
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Tim HainesProducer
- Duncan SinghProducer
Where to watch
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