Life After People: The Series

Synopsis

Life After People is a television series on which scientists, structural engineers, and other experts speculate about what might become of Earth should humanity instantly disappear. The featured experts also talk about the impact of human extinction on the environment, and the vestiges of civilization thus left behind.

First Air Date: 2009-04-21

Last Air Date: 2025-09-13

Number of Seasons: 3

Number of Episodes: 28

Created By: David De Vries

Networks: History

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Top Cast

James Lurie as Self - Narrator
Hakeem Muata Oluseyi as Self - Astrophysicist/Author
Dan Riskin as Self - Evolutionary Biologist
Don Wildman as Self - TV Host/Historian
Andrew Patrick Nelson as Self - Historian

Seasons

Specials (2008) - (1 Episodes)

Season 1 (2009) - (10 Episodes)

Season 2 (2010) - (10 Episodes)

Season 3 (2025) - (8 Episodes)

Specials (2008)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Life After People (2008-01-21)

The Series begins in the moments after people disappear. As each day, month, and year passes, the fate of a particular environment, city or theme is disclosed. Special effects, combined with interviews from top experts in the fields of engineering, botany, biology, geology, and archeology provide an unforgettable visual journey through the ultimately hypothetical. As modern metropolises like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington DC are ravaged by nature; the series exposes the surprising insights about how they function today. Basing this futuristic world on the surprising history of real locations, already abandoned by man, like a century-old shack in the arctic and an abandoned island that was once the most densely populated place on earth are featured in the series.