Year Million: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

What was once conceived as science fiction is now anchored in reality. Year Million, a new six-part documentary-drama series from National Geographic, explores what it will be like to be human one million years into the future. Today's brightest futurists, scientists, scholars and notable science fiction writers guide viewers through the very latest advances in technology, ideas and innovations that likely will power the evolution of our species. Through illustrative, dramatic storytelling, Year Million paints a version of humanity's fate through the lens of a typical futuristic American family, which includes a daughter who is android. The series propels us into an odyssey of unfathomable choices humans will face while questioning the kind of lives we'll live and the people we'll become a million years from now. Year Million imagines a future when mortality becomes a thing of the past; man merges with machine; intelligence is limitless; and the human species becomes interplanetary. The series predicts how every aspect of technology may affect our lives, for better or worse.

Series details

• Title: Year Million
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 2017-05-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-06-21
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: National Geographic
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 28033
• IMDb ID: tt6945708
• TVDB ID: 328143

Cast and credited roles

• Laurence Fishburne — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2017-05-15; final listed air date 2017-06-21; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Year Million 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.