Life After People: The Series

Life After People: The Series

  • 2009
  • 3 Seasons
  • 28 Episodes
  •  7.2  (142)
  •   Returning Series

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.

Life After People: The Series
Seasons
Ticking Time Bombs
8. Ticking Time Bombs
September 13, 2025
Hidden dangers once held at bay by humans erupt with catastrophic force—from everyday objects ready to explode to chemical plants and locust plagues—as nature and human legacy collide, these ticking time bombs threaten to send the world up in smoke.
Built To Last
7. Built To Last
August 25, 2025
Humanity's strongest structures were engineered to defy disaster—but in a world without people, even the mightiest begin to crack.
The Underground Rises
6. The Underground Rises
August 18, 2025
When humanity vanishes, the vast and fragile infrastructure hidden underground—from subways and pipelines to one of the biggest coal seams in the United States—begins to unravel.
Home On The Strange
5. Home On The Strange
August 11, 2025
After humanity ceases to exist, the homes we built—from suburban mansions and Miami condos to rural farmhouses—face a relentless siege by fire, flood, wildlife, and time.
Sands Of Time
4. Sands Of Time
August 04, 2025
In a world without humans, the deserts we once tamed rise to reclaim our greatest triumphs—from the glittering lights of Las Vegas to the soaring heights of Dubai's Burj Khalifa.
Urban Jungles
3. Urban Jungles
July 28, 2025
In the absence of humanity, the world's most iconic cities—from New York, to Orlando, to Rio de Janeiro—are reclaimed by nature, as forests rise, animals roam free, and fire and flood undo centuries of construction.
Shop 'Til You Drop
2. Shop 'Til You Drop
July 21, 2025
When humanity disappears, the global retail machine collapses--malls rot, shipping lanes turn explosive, and ghostly grocery stores become battlefields for rodents, predators, and time. Yet from gold objects to jars of honey, some remnants of consumer culture might outlast civilization itself.
Water World
1. Water World
July 14, 2025
In a world without humans, water turns from life-giver to destroyer-flooding cities, collapsing dams, and triggering ancient forces long kept at bay.
Life After People: Series - Season 1 TV Spot (2009)

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Description
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.
  • Premiere Date
    April 21, 2009
  • Rating
    7.2  (142)