NBC's 'Surviving Earth' Docuseries Premieres Tonight with Episode "When the Earth Burned"
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Summary
NBC's new docuseries "Surviving Earth" debuts tonight at 8 pm ET/PT, taking viewers back 450 million years to explore Earth's history. The series airs on Thursday nights as part of NBC's Summer programming lineup, following last week's reairings of "The Americas" narrated by Tom Hanks. Episode 1, titled "When the Earth Burned," kicks off the landmark series.
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This Summer, NBC's Thursday nights are giving viewers a chance to get to know the world around them a little better – how it is and how it came to be.
But tonight, NBC takes viewers back 450 million years, with Surviving Earth kicking off at 8 pm ET/PT.
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