Earth 2 (TV series)
| Earth 2 | |
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| Genre |
Science fiction Action Adventure fiction |
| Created by |
Michael Duggan Carol Flint Mark Levin Billy Ray |
| Starring |
Debrah Farentino Joey Zimmerman Clancy Brown J. Madison Wright Sullivan Walker Jessica Steen Rebecca Gayheart John Gegenhuber Antonio Sabàto, Jr. |
| Composer(s) | David Bergeaud |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 22 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Michael Duggan Mark Levin Carol Flint |
| Producer(s) | Cleve Landsberg Chip Masamitsu Janace Tashjian Tony To |
| Running time | 45 min. approx. |
| Production company(s) |
Amblin Entertainment Universal Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | November 6, 1994 – June 4, 1995 |
Earth 2 is an American science fiction television series which aired on NBC from November 6, 1994 to June 4, 1995. The show was canceled after one season of 22 episodes. It follows the journey and settlement of a small expeditionary group called the Eden Project, with the intent to journey to an Earth-like planet called G889 in an attempt to find a cure to an illness called "the syndrome". The series was created by Michael Duggan, Carol Flint, Mark Levin, and Billy Ray, produced by Amblin Entertainment and Universal Television, and filmed primarily in northern New Mexico around the Santa Fe area. The series' music was composed by David Bergeaud, and the executive producers were Michael Duggan, Mark Levin, and Carol Flint.
The show had a successful premiere, reaching eighth place for the week; however, ratings dropped off quickly as the Nielsen ratings share had dropped from 23% to 9%. During its run, it had been nominated for a Primetime Emmy,Saturn, and other awards. In 2005, the entire series was released on DVD in a 4-disc set.
In 2192 most of the human population had fled Earth to live on large orbiting space stations. Only a small number of humans remain on the Earth’s surface as the Earth had become mostly uninhabitable.
Billionaire Devon Adair's eight-year-old son, Ulysses Adair, had contracted a rare, fatal disease called "the syndrome", a condition whose existence is not acknowledged by the government and medical community. It is theorized that this disease, which affects only children, is somehow caused by the lack of an Earth-like environment. Most children who are born with the disease do not live past the age of nine.
Desperate to save her son, Devon puts together a group who will pioneer the effort to settle a planet 22 light-years away from Earth, on which other families with members thus afflicted can settle. The eventual colonization of the planet, however, is opposed by the government. Secret monitoring and agent infiltration threaten the creation of the colony of New Pacifica. Hours before Adair's group intends to leave, a bomb is discovered, set to explode the hour the ship would leave. The Eden Project leaves immediately, jettisoning the bomb before detonation. In "The Church of Morgan", it is revealed this bomb was planted by the Council to stop the ship from leaving.
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