America the Beautiful

Shows Like America the Beautiful

• Among the Stars

  Disney+ · 2021

  Filmed with different space agencies across the globe - from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to the European Space Agency in Cologne to the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency outside of Tokyo and the Russian Space Agency in Star City - viewers are transported around the world as they follow Captain Cassidy in his training to depart to the International Space Station. With his team on the ground and under immense pressure to finalize everything, his last mission quickly becomes uncertain as the world goes into lockdown from COVID-19.

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• Epic Adventures with Bertie Gregory

  Disney+ · 2022

  It follows Bertie as he embarks on epic and nail-biting journeys that push into the most spectacular and secretive corners of our world.

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• Hostile Planet

  Nat Geo · 2019

  Adventurer/survivalist Bear Grylls hosts and narrates this six-part docuseries, which draws attention to the volatility of Mother Nature and the resilient animals that survive Earth's most extreme habitats. Each hourlong episode characterizes one of the planet's roughest environments -- including jungles, mountains, deserts, oceans, the poles and grasslands -- and how each of its inhabitants acclimate to its turn of events. As Grylls guides viewers through these extreme locations, the incredible ways in which animals have adapted to survive against all odds are celebrated. Academy Award-winning cinematographer and director Guillermo Navarro ("Pan's Labyrinth") is among the executive producers.

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• Island of the Sea Wolves

  Netflix · 2022

  Where the Pacific meets the wilderness of Canada lies a mysterious island. But peer a little deeper and we find something even more remarkable: a community full of charismatic animal residents, waiting to show you around.

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• Rogue Trip

  Disney+ · 2020

  It is a travel guide to all the places the average tourist is least likely to venture - the frequently overlooked corners of the world.

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• The Big Fib

  Disney+ · 2020

  Starring up and coming comedic talent, this round is played for laughs as well as always having a nugget of real information about the topic be it ice cream, tree climbing or toy design. Next our kid contestant plays the main round where they question an expert who's paired with a really good liar on the same topic. It's up to our kid to find the fibber. There are visual clues, fascinating props, a hot seat round of rapid fire questions and various topics, including jellyfish, venom and killer plants. The show culminates with the expert and liar standing under the Fib Foam machine to await their fate. If our kid chooses correctly, the liar gets foamed. The Big Fib is full of outrageous truths that sound like lies and audacious lies that sound like the truth.

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