TCA: Nat Geo Greenlights Season Two of ‘Mars’

By Jessika Walsten
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Pasadena, Calif. — National Geographic has ordered a second season of event series Mars, the network announced Friday during its 2017 TCA winter press tour presentation.

The drama-doc hybrid is from executive producers Brian Grazer and Ron Howard. Season one premiered on Nov. 14.

Nat Geo also announced that it had picked up David France’s How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS. 

The scripted miniseries, which follows AIDS patients-turned-activists who took their treatment into their own hands, will be executive produced by Scott Rudin.

Jessika Walsten
Jessika Walsten

Jessika is content engagement director of Broadcasting + Cable, Multichannel News and NextTV. She has been with the brands in various roles since 2013. In her current role, she works primarily behind the screen, keeping an eye on the website and fixing any site bugs. A graduate of USC Annenberg, Jessika has edited and reported on a variety of subjects for NextTV, including profiles on industry leaders and breaking news.