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.
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Amazon Prime Video
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Disney Plus
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Hulu
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Philo
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HISTORY Vault
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History
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Hoopla
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Spectrum On Demand
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- Seasons
- 3
- Episodes aired
- 28
- Latest aired
- S03E08
- Total runtime
- 19h 53min
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 April 2009 – June 2009 10 episodes
- Season 2 January 2010 – March 2010 10 episodes
- the show was away for 15 years and 4 months
- Season 3 July 2025 – September 2025 8 episodes
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S03E01 Water World
July 14 · 44min find the promo
Show synopsis
In a world without humans, water turns from life-giver to destroyer-flooding cities, collapsing dams, and triggering ancient forces long kept at bay.
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S03E02 Shop 'Til You Drop
July 21 · 44min find the promo
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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.
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S03E03 Urban Jungles
July 28 · 44min find the promo
Show synopsis
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.
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S03E04 Sands Of Time
August 4 · 44min find the promo
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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.
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S03E05 Home On The Strange
August 11 · 41min find the promo
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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.
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S03E06 The Underground Rises
August 18 · 41min find the promo
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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.
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S03E07 Built To Last
August 25 · 44min find the promo
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Humanity's strongest structures were engineered to defy disaster—but in a world without people, even the mightiest begin to crack.
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S03E08 Ticking Time Bombs
September 13 · 44min find the promo
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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.