The Planets: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In conjunction with the first total solar eclipse in the continental U.S. in 99 years, Science Channel celebrates by presenting a definitive series on Earth's closest neighbors in the solar system, The Planets. Former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino hosts, guiding viewers through eight, hourlong episodes that detail Venus, Mars, the newly discovered Planet 9, Exoplanets and more. A best-selling author, Massimino is a veteran of two missions in the Hubble Space Telescope and four space walks. He's also credited as the first person to tweet from space.

Renamed The Planets and Beyond with Season 2, Astronaut Mike Massimino continues the exploration of the planets in our solar system and beyond. From the Gas Giants to mysterious exo-planets light years away, this is the definitive series about alien worlds.

Series details

• Title: The Planets
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2017-08-22
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-09-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Science
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 61 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.5/10
• TVMaze ID: 30752
• IMDb ID: tt7297802
• TVDB ID: 333648

Cast and credited roles

• Mike Massimino — Host
• Erik Todd Dellums — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2017-08-22; final listed air date 2017-10-10; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2018-03-20; final listed air date 2018-09-25; episode order: 15.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Planets 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.