Boomtowners: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Boomtowners plunges into a modern-day "gold rush" that's attracting thousands of people from all over the country to the Bakken, a region of North Dakota. An oil boom has turned the area into the epicenter of a white-hot industrial revolution, but a rise in jobs has also led to a surge in population and living costs. Experience this phenomenon first-hand through the eyes of newcomers and longtime residents trying to make a living there in this groundbreaking new docu-series about tapping into the American dream.

Series details

• Title: Boomtowners
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2015-04-26
• Final broadcast date listed: 2015-05-31
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Smithsonian Channel
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 23241
• IMDb ID: tt4799392
• TVDB ID: 294994

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2015-04-26; final listed air date 2015-05-31; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Boomtowners on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.