Status: Ended
Aired: 2016-18, 2 Seasons Totaling 13 Episodes
Series Premiere: November 14, 2016
Network: NGC
Starring: Alberto Ammann, Ben Cotton, Kata Sarbó, Nicholas Wittman
Series Website: channel.nationalgeographic.com/mars/
Description: The year is 2033, and humanity’s first crewed mission to Mars is about to become a reality. As a clock counts down the final 90 seconds to landing, an expert crew of astronauts endures the final harrowing moments before touching down on the red planet. Even with the best training and resources available, the maiden crew of the Daedalus spacecraft must push itself to the brink of human capability in order to successfully establish the first sustainable colony on Mars. Set both in the future and in the present day, the global miniseries event MARS blends feature film-caliber scripted elements set in the future with documentary vérité interviews with today’s best and brightest minds in modern science and innovation, illuminating how research and development is creating the space technology that will enable our first attempt at a mission to Mars. NationalGeographic.com
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Why Did It End? There has been no word on a third season of this show since it wrapped up its second season in late 2018.
It was originally billed as a mini-series, but then extended to a second season. The show’s same-day viewing numbers dropped notably in its second year, but it relies more heavily on its global viewership stats. Since it was never officially cancelled, there is a chance that a third season could happen at some point, and fans may want to make a Call to Action on the social networks to convince Nat Geo to continue the story
2018-19 Season Ratings Results:
Air Date | Airings | Live+SD Rtg | StD Avg | Tot Vwrs (M) | Status |
11/12/18 | 1 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.6 | Mini-Series |
11/19/18 | 2 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.4 | Mini-Series |
11/26/18 | 3 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.5 | Mini-Series |
12/3/18 | 4 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.5 | Mini-Series |
12/10/18 | 5 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.4 | Mini-Series |
12/17/18 | 6 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.4 | Mini-Series |
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2016-17 Season Ratings Results:
Air Date | Airings | Live+SD Rtg | StD Avg | Tot Vwrs (M) | Live+7 Rtg | Cancel Alert |
11/14/16 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.4 | n/a | Low |
11/21/16 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | Low |
11/28/16 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | n/a | Low |
12/5/16 | 4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.9 | n/a | Low |
12/12/16 | 5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | n/a | Renewed |
12/19/16 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | n/a | Renewed |