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  • 2016
  • TV-PG
  • National Geographic
  • 2016
  • TV-PG
  • National Geographic

Summary Produced by Ron Howard, the hybrid fictional miniseries/documentary set in 2033 as the first mission to Mars with humans begins includes documentary vérité interviews with experts such as NASA administrator Charles Bolden, X-Prize Foundation head Peter Diamandis, Elon Musk, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and The Martian author Andy Weir.

Created By: Ben Young Mason, Justin Wilkes

  • 2016
  • TV-PG
  • National Geographic
  • 2016
  • TV-PG
  • National Geographic

Mars

Season 1 Premiere: Nov 13, 2016
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
59
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 100 User Ratings
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Summary Produced by Ron Howard, the hybrid fictional miniseries/documentary set in 2033 as the first mission to Mars with humans begins includes documentary vérité interviews with experts such as NASA administrator Charles Bolden, X-Prize Foundation head Peter Diamandis, Elon Musk, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and The Martian author Andy Weir.

Created By: Ben Young Mason, Justin Wilkes

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
59
36% Positive
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57% Mixed
8 Reviews
7% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
59
36% Positive
5 Reviews
57% Mixed
8 Reviews
7% Negative
1 Review

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83
Nov 14, 2016
The series deserves considerable respect for deftly balancing the two seemingly contradictory storytelling devices.
By Ben Travers FULL REVIEW
75
Nov 10, 2016
The format is ambitious, and if some parts don’t entirely work, there’s still a lot to like and learn in Mars.
By Gail Pennington FULL REVIEW
67
Nov 14, 2016
The talking-head portion plays like a video Kickstarter pitch for Elon Musk’s SpaceX, his private rocket company determined to get man to Mars and keep him there in a sustainable community. The drama plays like a low-budget Ron Howard film, which it is, sort of.
By Mark A. Perigard FULL REVIEW
58
Nov 11, 2016
[Mars] sounds compelling, but it suffers from some of the same problems as big screen flops like John Carter and Mars Needs Moms: There's just nothing especially appealing about an endless red desert. [18 Nov 2016, p.52]
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50
Nov 14, 2016
The six-part event series obscures a reasonably engrossing, science-star-studded documentary about future exploration of the Red Planet with a far less interesting scripted drama about Mars travel that plays as basically The Martian without the personality or poop potatoes.
By Daniel Fienberg FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 11, 2016
Mars feels somewhat familiar, but combining the fiction and nonfiction elements is an interesting attempt. Give NatGeo credit for trying something different. Whether this hybrid satisfies fans of either genre remains to be seen.
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
20
Nov 12, 2016
A weird attempt to blend documentary and sci-fi, Mars is an exquisite botch of both. Its only real accomplishment is to set back the reputation of executive producer Ron Howard to the days when he was murdering the mommies of adorable little baby birds on The Andy Griffith Show.
By Glenn Garvin FULL REVIEW

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34% Negative
34 Ratings

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34% Negative
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Production Company:
  • Imagine Entertainment
  • Pioneer Stillking Films
  • RadicalMedia
  • Zak Productions
Initial Release Date: Nov 13, 2016
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-PG
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Awards

Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)
• 2 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Nomination
Cinema Audio Society, USA
• 1 Nomination

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