NBC’s Tom Hanks-Narrated Wildlife Docuseries ‘The Americas’ Gets Simulcast Premiere; Sneak Peek At ‘Making Of’ Special Shows Treacherous Filming Conditions
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: NBC‘s is giving a big push to its upcoming nature documentary The Americas. The first hour of the 10-part event series now also will air on sister networks Bravo, CNBC, E!, Syfy and USA in addition to its back-to-back two-episode premiere on the broadcaster.
The series, narrated by Tom Hanks, is set to premiere on at 7 p.m. February 23. Episodes will be made available next day on Peacock.
In April, Peacock will release a behind-the-scenes special titled The Making of ‘The Americas,’ which will offer a glimpse at the five years of filming across 180 expeditions that allowed the docuseries to come to life.
Deadline can exclusively reveal a sneak peek at The Making of ‘The Americas,’ which is embedded above, explaining some of the extreme conditions that the team had to face on their journey from trekking through corrosive waters 14,000 feet up in the Andes to film flamingos to weathering Amazonian lightning storms.
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