NOVA Episodes

53 seasons · 1020 episodes · PBS

NOVA Episode Ratings Grid

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🏆 Highest Rated:Ancient Earth: Life Rising (S50E13) - 10.0

📉 Lowest Rated:Lee and Liza's Family Tree (S50E18) - 1.0

⭐ Best Season:Season 52 - 7.7 avg

Season Ratings

S49

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Arctic Sinkholes

Feb 2, 2022•4 years ago•55m•8.0

Secrets in the Scat

Feb 9, 2022•4 years ago•55m

Great Mammoth Mystery

Feb 16, 2022•4 years ago•55m

Augmented

Feb 23, 2022•4 years ago•55m•6.0

Determined: Fighting Alzheimer's

Apr 6, 2022•4 years ago•55m

Dinosaur Apocalypse: The New Evidence

May 11, 2022•4 years ago•55m

Dinosaur Apocalypse: The Last Day

May 11, 2022•4 years ago•54m

Why Ships Crash

May 18, 2022•4 years ago•54m

Ice Age Footprints

May 25, 2022•4 years ago•54m

10.

Ultimate Space Telescope

Jul 13, 2022•4 years ago•54m

11.

Saving Venice

Sep 28, 2022•4 years ago•54m

12.

Ending HIV in America

Oct 5, 2022•4 years ago•54m

13.

Computers v. Crime

Oct 12, 2022•4 years ago•54m•5.5

14.

Can Psychedelics Cure?

Oct 19, 2022•3 years ago•54m

15.

Ocean Invaders

Oct 26, 2022•3 years ago•54m

16.

Nazca Desert Mystery

Nov 2, 2022•3 years ago•54m

17.

Crypto Decoded

Nov 9, 2022•3 years ago•53m

18.

Zero to Infinity

Nov 16, 2022•3 years ago•54m

19.

Rebuilding Notre Dame

Dec 14, 2022•3 years ago•54m

London Super Tunnel

Feb 1, 2023•3 years ago•54m

Star Chasers of Senegal

Feb 8, 2023•3 years ago•54m•7.0

Ancient Builders of the Amazon

Feb 15, 2023•3 years ago•54m•7.0

New Eye on the Universe

Feb 22, 2023•3 years ago•54m

Weathering the Future

Apr 12, 2023•3 years ago•54m

Chasing Carbon Zero

Apr 26, 2023•3 years ago•54m

Saving the Right Whale

May 3, 2023•3 years ago•54m

Hidden Volcano Abyss

May 10, 2023•3 years ago•53m

Your Brain: Perception Deception (1)

May 17, 2023•3 years ago•54m

10.

Your Brain: Who's in Control? (2)

May 24, 2023•3 years ago•54m

11.

Ancient Earth: Birth of the Sky

Oct 4, 2023•3 years ago•54m

12.

Ancient Earth: Frozen

Oct 11, 2023•3 years ago•54m

13.

Ancient Earth: Life Rising

Oct 18, 2023•2 years ago•54m•10.0

14.

Ancient Earth: Inferno

Oct 25, 2023•2 years ago•54m•10.0

15.

Ancient Earth: Humans

Nov 1, 2023•2 years ago•53m

16.

Inside China's Tech Boom

Nov 8, 2023•2 years ago•53m•5.0

17.

The Battle to Beat Malaria

Nov 15, 2023•2 years ago•54m

18.

Lee and Liza's Family Tree

Nov 22, 2023•2 years ago•54m•1.0

When Whales Could Walk

Jan 31, 2024•2 years ago•54m

Easter Island Origins

Feb 7, 2024•2 years ago•53m

Building the Eiffel Tower

Feb 14, 2024•2 years ago•53m

Hunt for the Oldest DNA

Feb 21, 2024•2 years ago•54m•6.0

A.I. Revolution

Mar 27, 2024•2 years ago•54m

Great American Eclipse

Apr 3, 2024•2 years ago•54m

Secrets in Your Data

May 15, 2024•2 years ago•54m

Decoding the Universe: Cosmos

May 22, 2024•2 years ago•54m

Solar System: Storm Worlds

Oct 2, 2024•2 years ago•54m

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Solar System: Strange Worlds

Oct 9, 2024•2 years ago•54m

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Solar System: Volcano Worlds

Oct 16, 2024•a year ago•54m

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Solar System: Icy Worlds

Oct 23, 2024•a year ago•54m

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Solar System: Wandering Worlds

Oct 30, 2024•a year ago•54m

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Decoding the Universe: Quantum

Nov 6, 2024•a year ago•54m

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Building Stuff: Boost It!

Nov 13, 2024•a year ago•54m

16.

Building Stuff: Reach It!

Nov 20, 2024•a year ago•54m

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Building Stuff: Change It!

Nov 27, 2024•a year ago•54m

18.

Lost Tombs of Notre Dame

Dec 18, 2024•a year ago•54m

What Are UFOs?

Jan 22, 2025•a year ago•54m

Extreme Airport Engineering

Jan 29, 2025•a year ago•54m

Dino Birds

Feb 5, 2025•a year ago•54m•10.0

Egypt's Tombs of Amun

Feb 12, 2025•a year ago•54m•5.5

Pompeii's Secret Underworld

Feb 19, 2025•a year ago•54m•6.0

Baltimore Bridge Collapse

Feb 26, 2025•a year ago•54m•10.0

Revolutionary War Weapons

Apr 9, 2025•a year ago•54m•9.0

Secrets of the Forest

Apr 16, 2025•a year ago•54m

Critical Condition: Health In Black America

Apr 30, 2025•a year ago•97m•5.5

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Ultimate Crash Test: Countdown

May 7, 2025•a year ago•53m

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Ultimate Crash Test: Impact

May 14, 2025•a year ago•53m

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Human: Origins

Sep 17, 2025•7 months ago•54m•5.5

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Human: Journeys

Sep 24, 2025•7 months ago•53m•5.5

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Human: Neanderthal Encounters

Oct 1, 2025•6 months ago•53m•10.0

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Human: Into the Americas

Oct 8, 2025•6 months ago•53m

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Human: Building Empires

Oct 15, 2025•6 months ago•54m

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Ancient Desert Death Trap

Oct 22, 2025•6 months ago•53m

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Superfloods

Oct 29, 2025•6 months ago•53m•10.0

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Operation Space Station: High-Risk Build

Nov 5, 2025•5 months ago•54m•5.5

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Operation Space Station: Science and Survival

Nov 12, 2025•5 months ago•54m•10.0

Asteroids: Spark of Life?

Jan 21, 2026•3 months ago•54m•10.0

Angkor: Hidden Jungle Empire

Jan 28, 2026•3 months ago•54m•4.0

Can Dogs Talk?

Feb 4, 2026•2 months ago•54m

Mammal Origins

Feb 11, 2026•2 months ago•54m

Stone Age Temple Mystery

Feb 25, 2026•2 months ago•53m

Athens: Birth of Democracy

Apr 15, 2026•in a day•57m

Rain Bombs

Apr 22, 2026•in 8 days•57m

Return to the Moon

Apr 29, 2026•in 15 days•57m

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