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Doomsday: 10 Ways the World Will End

Season 1
Apocalyptic disasters have repeatedly struck planet Earth in the past. These events are so cataclysmic that if they happened today, they could extinguish the human race. From massive asteroid impacts to volcanic hyper-eruptions to sudden energy blasts from outer space …will you be ready? Can any of us survive?
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Killer Asteroid
    September 29, 2016
    43min
    TV-PG
    65 Million Years ago, an asteroid impact caused a cascade of catastrophes that led to the downfall of the dinosaurs.
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  2. S1 E2 - Black Hole
    October 6, 2016
    50min
    TV-PG
    Human civilization is under attack from a catastrophic--but unseen--threat from space. A supermassive black hole is moving toward Earth at almost the speed of light.
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  3. S1 E3 - Rogue Planet
    October 13, 2016
    42min
    TV-PG
    There are twice as many rogue planets as stars in the galaxy. So what might happen if a ringed planet the size of Neptune were on a collision course with Earth?
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  4. S1 E4 - Nuclear War
    October 20, 2016
    50min
    TV-14
    World War 3 breaks out and a nuclear nightmare becomes reality as thousands of hydrogen bombs destroy the world's greatest cities.
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  5. S1 E5 - Solar Storm
    October 20, 2016
    42min
    TV-14
    When Earth gets hit by a deadly Solar Storm a massive chunk of the Sun our planet's electrical system turns into a smoking ruin. How does modern civilization cope without power?
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  6. S1 E6 - Mega Eruption
    October 27, 2016
    42min
    TV-14
    For the first time in human history, a volcanic hyper eruption blows through the surface of the Earth. Explosive shock waves tear apart buildings.
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  7. S1 E7 - Gamma Ray Burst
    October 27, 2016
    42min
    TV-14
    The most powerful blast of cosmic radiation in the Universe is just seconds from slamming into Planet Earth. When a gamma ray burst from two colliding stars hits the atmosphere.
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  8. S1 E8 - Earth Out of Orbit
    November 3, 2016
    42min
    TV-14
    What if, for the first time in four and a half billion years, the Earth was pulled out of its orbit... sending our planet on a collision course into the Sun.
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  9. S1 E9 - Alien Invasion
    December 29, 2016
    42min
    TV-14
    When rogue aliens launch a surprise attack on Earth, people are left dying in the streets, world governments are obliterated, cities are destroyed, and a deadly virus is unleashed.
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  10. S1 E10 - Deep Sea Disaster
    November 24, 2016
    42min
    TV-14
    Ocean currents control the climate around the world. When they suddenly stop, it unleashes an endless cascade of weather disasters.
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