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Four years after NBC revealed it was moving into big-budget wildlife programming, the fruits of its labor are finally heading to the screen. The Americas, the network's ten-part tentpole wildlife series narrated by Tom Hanks, will premiere in February. The show will kick off with a two-hour premiere…

Execs on NBC’s The Americas were seeking “the American version of David Attenborough” when booking Tom Hanks for the upcoming epic wildlife series. BBC Studios’ Mike Gunton, a storied natural history exec who has worked on the likes of Planet Earth and Dynasties, said he had “written down who I…

The Americas, an epic natural history series, was first ordered more than three years ago by then-NBC boss Paul Telegdy. The series is now set to air on the network next year as part of its midseason schedule and will be narrated by Tom Hanks. It marks the first unscripted entertainment series…