Life After People: The Series is a documentary television series that began premiering on April 21, 2009 on the
History Channel. The program is a spin-off of the documentary film Life After People. The series features material not previously mentioned in the original documentary film.
History channel announced that Life After People: The Series would retur for a second season in January, 2010.[1]
The series shares the same tagline as original documentary film: "Welcome to Earth...Population: Zero."
With an audience of 5.4 million viewers, the original documentary film was the most watched program ever on the History Channel.[2] Aftermath: Population Zero, a program with a similar premise, aired on the National Geographic Channel in March 2008.
Synopsis
In the program, scientists and other experts speculate about what the Earth, animal life, and plant life might be like if, suddenly, humanity no longer exists, as well as the effect humanity's disappearance might have on the artificial aspects of civilization. Speculation is based upon documented results of the sudden removal of humans from a geographical area and the possible results that would occur if humanity discontinues its maintenance of buildings and urban infrastructure.
The series features the gradual and post-apocalyptic disintegration of urban civilization in a time span of 10,000 years after humanity suddenly vanished. The hypotheses are depicted using CGI dramatizations of the possible fate of iconic structures and landmarks (e.g., The Pyramids, the Empire State Building, the Sears Tower, the Space Needle, the Eiffel Tower, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the Hoover Dam).
Life After People does not speculate about the cause or manner of humanity's sudden disappearance.
Episodes
| Season 1, Episode 1 | "The Bodies Left Behind" |
This episode talks about Egyptian mummies, Houston and Boston. Buildings indcluded: Egyptain Mummies, cryonically frozen bodies, Sistine Chapel, Ross Island Huts, USS Constitution, ISS, North Church, JPMorgan Chase Tower, Houston Astrodome, Bunker Hill Bridge, John Hancock Tower, Statue of Liberty |
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| Season 1, Episode 2 | "Outbreak" |
This episode talks about London, Atlanta and animals like dogs and pigs. Buildings Included: Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, John Hancock Tower, The L Train, Sears Tower, Wrigley Field, Confederate Memorial Carving |
| Season 1, Episode 3 | "The Capital Threat" |
This episode talks about Washington D.C and Los Angeles. Buildings Included: US Bank Tower, US Capital Building, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Hollywood Sign, Beverly Hills, LA City Hall, Grauman's Chinese Theater, Walt Disney Concert Hall |
| Season 1, Episode 4 | "Heavy Metal" |
This episode talks about New York and St. Louis. Buildings Included: Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, Brooklyn Bridge, Gateway Arch, Rockefeller Center, Federal Gold Vault, Roosevelt Island Tramway |
| Season 1, Episode 5 | "The Invaders" |
This episode talks about Miami, Shanghai, Phoenix, and invasive spieces. Buildings Included: Taj Mahal, Oriental Pearl Tower, Seven Mile Bridge, Grand Canyon Skywalk, Financial Center of Arizona, Miami Hotels, Rocket Center |
| Season 1, Episode 6 | "Bound and Buried" | Buildings included: Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge, Mona Lisa, Petronas Towers, Svalbard Global Seed Vault, San Francisco's Cable Cars Lascaux Cavern, Liberty Bell, Declaration Of Independence |
| Seaoson 1, Episode 7 | "Sin City Meltdown" | This episode talks about the fate of Las Vegas and Atlantic City.
Luxor Hotel, Stratosphere Tower, Welcome to Las Vegas Sign, Atlatic City's boardwalk, Atlantic City Hilton Resort, Lucy the Margate Elephant, Madame Tussauds's wax figures, Screeching Eagle Roller Coaster, Steel Pier |
| Season 1, Episode 8 | "Armed and Defensless" | |
| Season 1, Episode 9 | "Roads to Nowhere" | |
| Season 1, Episode 10 | "Waters of Death" | |
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Season 2, Episode 11 |
"Wrath of God" | |
| Season 2, Episode 12 | "Toxic Revenge" | |
| Season 2, Episode 13 | "Crypt of Civilization" | |
| Season 2, Episode 14 | "Last Supper" | |
| Season 2, Episode 15 | "Home Wrecked Home" | |
| Season 2, Episode 16 | "Holiday Hell" | |
| Season 2, Episode 17 | "Waves of Devastation" | |
| Season 2, Episode 18 | "Sky's the Limit" | |
| Season 2, Episode 19 | "Depths of Destruction" | |
| Season 2, Episode 20 | "Take Me to Your Leader" |