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NBC’s Tom Hanks-Narrated Wildlife Docuseries ‘The Americas’ Gets Simulcast Premiere; Sneak Peek At ‘Making Of’ Special Shows Treacherous Filming Conditions


Peacock will also release a special behind-the-scenes look at The Americas in a "making of" episode in April

The first hour of the 10-part event series will now also air on sister networks Bravo, CNBC, E!, SYFY and USA in addition to its back-to-back two-episode premiere on the broadcaster. In April, Peacock will also release a behind-the-scenes special titled The Making of ‘The Americas,’ will give audiences a glimpse at the five years of filming across 180 expeditions that allowed the docuseries to come to live. Deadline can exclusively reveal a sneak peek at The Making of ‘The Americas,’ which is embedded above, explaining some of the extreme conditions that the team had to face on their journey from trekking through corrosive waters 14,000 feet up in the Andes to film flamingos to weathering Amazonian lightning storms.

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