Series

Surviving Earth (2026)

Name: Surviving Earth
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026-06-11
Cast: David Fowler, Nitin Sawhney, Sheryl Trinh

41 min / episode1 seasonNBC

Documentary

8 epic extinctions. One thriving planet.

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.

Themesnature documentaryplanetprehistory

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Cast

David Fowler

Writer

Nitin Sawhney

Composer

Sheryl Trinh

executive producer

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