Nat Geo Roster Features National Parks Series

National Geographic has unveiled its latest lineup for the 2021-22 season, which includes the Garth Brooks-led natural-history series National Parks.

Brooks will narrate and executive produce the ten-part series, which showcases the landscapes and wildlife in parks across America. It comes from the award-winning creative team behind iconic natural-history films and series such as Disneynature’s Earth and Elephant Eden as well as BBC’s Planet Earth and Frozen Planet.

National Geographic has set Thanksgiving weekend as the airdate for its limited series The Hot Zone: Anthrax, starring Daniel Dae Kim and Tony Goldwyn. The first season of The Hot Zone focused on the Ebola outbreak and became the network’s most-watched scripted series ever.

The slate also features Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted, Mariana van Zeller in Trafficked, more Running Wild With Bear Grylls, and the network’s most Emmy-winning series, Life Below Zero.

In The ’80s: Top Ten, National Geographic goes down memory lane with the best of ’80s lists. Brain Games on the Road tests viewers’ brainpower as host Chuck Nice sets up blind dates between science and play in an epic battle of the brains.

National Geographic’s Explorer, a hallmark of Nat Geo storytelling since it first launched in 1985, is set to return as a series of specials produced in partnership with ABC News, featuring GMA co-anchors Michael Strahan and Robin Roberts.

National Geographic Content President Courteney Monroe said: “Unearthing moments of discovery is all about having the right guides, and we work with the best in the business: explorers, visionary creatives and adventurers, in front of and behind the camera. Bringing these moments back to you is what National Geographic has always done best—telling bold, best-in-class stories that ignite curiosity and that inspire people to explore and care about our world in new ways.”

Nat Geo WILD’s 2021-2022 slate features six series renewals: The Incredible Dr. Pol; Critter Fixers: Country Vets; Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet; Heartland Docs, DVM; Secrets of the Zoo Columbus; and Secrets of the Zoo Tampa.

“Over the past year, families have found comfort in and strengthened the bonds with the animals in their lives,” said Monroe. “Nat Geo WILD has always celebrated the human-animal connection and remains the leading destination for programming about animals and the people who love them.”