Life After People is an American television series created by David de Vries, produced by Flight 33 Productions, and originally aired on The History Channel. The series is about what will happen to buildings and objects left behind with experts talks and speculate in the absence of man. It originally aired on January 21, 2008, with the television series ending on season 2 on March 16, 2010 and the franchise itself on October 29, 2010 on the release of Latinoamerica sin Humanos in Latin America. The documentary and subsequent series were both originally narrated by James Lurie.
History
The production of Life After People possibly began when it was inspired from a bestseller book named The World Without Us by American journalist Alan Weisman and published by St. Martin's Thomas Dunne Books, in which the idea from the book was taken.
The documentary, simply stated 'Life After People', first aired on January 21, 2008 on The History Channel and tells the story on which scientists, mechanical engineers, and other experts speculate about what might become of Earth if humanity suddenly disappeared. The featured experts also talk about the impact of human absence on the environment and the vestiges of civilization thus left behind. The format follows that it does not concern on how humanity disappear but focus on everything left behind from structures such as skyscrapers, bridges, and dams, and certain related objects like artifacts, food, and digitize media. The format also follows with experts examining and visiting real abandoned locations on segments that focus on events similar outlined to segments of the documentary.
The airing of the documentary later become The History Channel most watched program ever at the time with 5.4 million viewers.[1] The program expands to United Kingdom on Channel Four on May 26, 2008 and later in Australia on Channel Seven on November 27, 2008, edited down to air for 90 minutes. While it does not speculate about the disappearance of humans, extinctions were talked about in commercials or DVD release along the The Making Of and extended talks on materials and animals, which was released on March 18, 2008 after a positive rating.
Life After People later expand into the series, namely 'Life After People: The Series' with season one premiering on April 21, 2009, ran to June 23, 2009 and the format follows exactly the same with topics were talked differently on each episode, along with one real abandoned locations being talked about one per each episode. Half of the elements and settings from the documentary returns in season one, notably New York City & Chicago. It was later released on DVD on October 27, 2009 namely 'Life After People: The Complete Season One'.
The success of season one lead to the creation of season two which began premiering on January 5, 2010, ran to March 16, 2010. It follows the exact same format as the documentary and season one, with different topics related to man's infrastructure, achievements and influence. Like season one, it was later released on DVD on July 27, 2010 namely 'Life After People: The Complete Season Two'. Season two marks the end of Life After People: The Series.
On October 29, 2010, Latinoamerica sin Humanos premiered on History in Latin America. Like the documentary, it follows the same format with the setting located exclusively in Latin America. It marks the first special being exclusive to a region, being in Latin America. It also mark the end of the production of the series itself.
International
Life After People, like any History's program, have been translated at least a few times for international airing, half, if not most, aired between when Life After People first aired in the United States or sometimes after its airing in Australia. Confirmed translations include:
- Italian: La Terra Dopo L'uomo.[2]
- Russian: Жизнь пocлe людeй.[3]
- Chinese (Hong Kong): 人類消失後的世界/人类消失后的地球/人類滅亡.[4]
- Korean (South Korea): 인류 멸망 그 후.[5]
- Spanish and Portuguese (Latin America): La Tierra sin humanos. (Not to be confused with Latinoamerica sin Humanos.)
Reception
The premiere of Life After People in January became History's most watched program, pulling an audience of 5.4 million viewers.[1] Jajiba reviewed the series stating that the series is a "truly enthralling show" however criticize that "it gets a bit repetitive from episode to episode" and "fails for the same reason that most giant disaster movies fail to strike home."[6]
In the Emmy Awards 2008, Life After People was nominated for Outstanding Writing For Nonfiction Programming, Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single Or Multi-Camera), and Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 lThe Washington Post | Depopulation Boom | Neely Tucker | March 8, 2008
- ↑ historychannel.it | La terra dopo
- ↑ Russian Wikipedia | Жи3Hь пocлe людeй
- ↑ Chinese Wkipedia | 人類消失後的世界
- ↑ 나무위키 (Namoo Wiki) | 인류 멸망 그 후
- ↑ Jajiba | Steven Llyod Wilson | Apocalypse Porn | September 16, 2009
- ↑ E! Online | Complete List of Nominees for 2008 Emmys | July 17, 2008
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| Franchise | Documentary | The Series | Behind The Scenes | Extinctions | Latinoamerica sin Humanos | Italian Commercial | |
| The Series | Season 1 | The Bodies Left Behind | Outbreak | The Capital Threat | Heavy Metal | The Invaders | Bound and Buried | Sin City Meltdown | Armed & Defenseless | Roads to Nowhere | Waters of Death |
| Season 2 | Wrath of God | Toxic Revenge | Crypt of Civilization | The Last Supper | Home Wrecked Home | Holiday Hell | Waves of Devastation | Sky's the Limit | Depths of Destruction | Take Me to Your Leader | |
| Miscellaneous | History  | Flight 33 Productions | Timeline Puzzles | iPhone App | Quizzes
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