Building Off the Grid: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

What do you do if you don't trust the world around you? You build a new one. That's the motto of Michael Reynolds, Architect and visionary that created the Earthship. Earthships are houses that are completely self-sufficient and totally off the grid with no electricity or water bills - ever. Michael Reynolds and his team of builders along with 50 interns, who have given up their lives to be part of this project, have just four weeks to build a house in Big Sky, Montana for Earthship enthusiast Jeff Saad. Michael and his crew battle nature and time to try and complete this amazing house on Building Off the Grid.

Series details

• Title: Building Off the Grid
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: DIY
• Premiere date: 2014-01-26
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Network listed by TVmaze: Magnolia Network
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 10230
• IMDb ID: tt3501178
• TVDB ID: 290216

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-01-26; final listed air date 2016-01-18.
• Season 2: premiered 2016-08-16; final listed air date 2017-02-26.
• Season 3: premiered 2017-04-22; final listed air date 2017-10-31.
• Season 4: premiered 2017-11-07; final listed air date 2018-02-20.
• Season 5: premiered 2018-02-27; final listed air date 2018-12-04.
• Season 6: premiered 2019-01-08; final listed air date 2019-02-14.
• Season 7: premiered 2019-02-21; final listed air date 2019-03-28.
• Season 8: premiered 2019-10-02; final listed air date 2019-12-08.
• Season 9: premiered 2020-01-09; final listed air date 2020-03-26.
• Season 11: premiered 2021-04-06; final listed air date 2021-06-01.
• Season 12: premiered 2021-09-21; final listed air date 2021-11-23.
• Season 13: premiered 2024-04-11; final listed air date 2024-06-06.

Source and licence

Adapted from Building Off the Grid 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.