Overview
- The first episode, "When the Earth Burned," debuts Thursday, June 11 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC and each episode will be available on Peacock the following day.
- The eight‑episode run is produced by Universal Television Alternative Studio with Tim Haines’s Loud Minds and Milk VFX supplying updated visual effects.
- Each episode centers on a different planet‑altering crisis—such as meteor strikes, supervolcanic eruptions, collapsing forests and ocean changes—and highlights survivors like giant sea scorpions, mammoths and saber‑toothed predators.
- U.S. viewers can watch live on NBC via cable or live TV services that carry the network and stream on Peacock; Canada will carry the series on CityTV/CityTV+, the U.K. is expected to add it to NOW/Sky, and no Australian outlet has been announced.
- The series builds on the public appetite for cinematic natural history from programs like Walking With Dinosaurs and could renew interest in paleontology while drawing parallels between ancient environmental upheavals and modern climate risks.