It's A Mad, Mad, Mad Max World
TV and Theatre's take on the End and the Post-Apocalypse

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TV



Legend

A - Alien apocalypse (UFOs, human look-a-likes, invasion, infection, supplantation)
B - Biological apocalypse (viri, bacteria, parasites, toxins, lethal mutations, etc.)
C - Cosmic apocalypse (comets, meteors, asteroids, solar flares, supernovas, etc.)
D - Dystopia (of the post-apocalyptic variety or otherwise)
E - Ecological apocalypse (pollution, over-population, bio-degradation, extinction)
F - Foreign Invasion (war, Commie take-overs, New World Order nonsense, etc.)
G - Biblical or other God(s)-ordained apocalypse
H - Human dissolution (anarchy, breakdown of the social order & moral codes)
M - Mother Nature’s revenge (the Earth strikes back)
N - Nuclear apocalypse
P - Post-apocalypse
S - Supernatural apocalypse (zombie romps, ancient curses, monsters, magic, etc.)
T - Technological apocalypse (computers, programs, robots, misuse of tech, etc.)
$ - Economic apocalypse (financial collapse or corporate take-over of government)


TV Movies

Colossus: The Forbin Project ( TVM - T ) 1969
The Last Child ( TVM - E ) 1971
The Devil's Daughter ( TVM - G, S ) 1972
Genesis II ( TVM - P ) 1973
Look What's Happened To Rosemary's Baby ( TVM - G ) 1976
A Fire In The Sky ( TVM - C ) 1978
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy ( miniseries - A ) 1979
Brave New World ( TVM - D ) 1980
Special Bulletin ( TVM - N ) 1982
World War III ( TVM - F & N ) 1982
Testament ( TVM - N ) 1983
The Day After ( TVM - N ) 1983
V ( miniseries - A ) 1983
Threads ( TVM - N, P ) 1985
Amerika ( miniseries - F ) 1987
Il Giorno Prima a.k.a. Control ( TVM - H, N, P ) 1987
Omen IV: The Awakening ( TVM - G ) 1991
The Fire Next Time ( TVM - E ) 1993
The Tommyknockers ( miniseries - A ) 1993
The Stand ( miniseries - B & P with a G chaser ) 1994
Without Warning ( TVM - starts as C, ends as A ) 1994
The Invaders ( miniseries - A ) 1995
Robin Cook’s Virus ( TVM - B ) 1995
Cold Lazarus ( miniseries - D, $, H, T & E ) 1996
Pandora’s Clock ( TVM - B ) 1996
Robin Cook’s Invasion ( miniseries - B, A with a touch of C ) 1997
Asteroid ( miniseries - C ) 1997
Doomsday Rock ( TVM - C ) 1997
Invasion America ( animated miniseries - A ) 1998
Meteorites! ( TVM - C ) 1998
Brave New World ( TVM - D ) 1998
Noah's Ark ( TVM - G ) 1999
Atomic Train ( TVM - N & T ) 1999
Crusade ( unintentional miniseries - B & A ) 1999
Storm ( TVM - T, M ) 1999
Aftershock: Earthquake In New York ( TVM - M ) 1999
Y2K ( TVM - T ) 1999
Runaway Virus ( TVM - B ) 2000
Fail-Safe ( TVM - N ) 2000
On The Beach ( 2-part TVM - N ) 2000
Angels In America ( miniseries - H, G & B ) 2003



Series

Twilight Zone ( pick a letter, any letter ) 1959 - 1965 (several episodes)
The Outer Limits ( the whole alphabet ) 1963 - 1965 (about every other episode)
The Invaders ( A ) 1967 - 1968
Back To The Planet Of The Apes ( N ) 1974
1990 ( D ) 1977
Logan's Run ( N & T ) 1977 - 1978
V ( A ) 1984 - 1985
The Tripods ( A & P ) 1984
Hokuto No Ken a.k.a. Fist Of The North Star ( N & P ) 1984
Twilight Zone ( ? ) 1985 - 1988 (I'm not a fan of the remake, but I think there must have been a relevant ep or two)
Max Headroom ( D ) 1987
The War of The Worlds ( A, P ) 1988 - 1990
Dragonball Z ( S ) 1989 - 1996 (Thanks to "The Fool" for the info.)
The X-Files ( A, B, E, M, S, T, $ ) 1993 - 2002
Aeon Flux ( animated - mainly P & D, but earth/humanity got whacked often )1995
The Outer Limits ( all types ) 1995 - 2000 (as with the TZ redux)
Dark Skies ( A ) 1996
Millennium ( G with B, E, S and T add-ons ) 1996 - 1999
Earth: Final Conflict ( A ) 1997 - present
Prey ( B, A ) 1998
Cowboy Bebop ( C, P & D ) 1998 (Thanks to "The Fool" for the info.)
First Wave ( A ) 1999 - 2001
Strange World ( B with hints of $ ) 1999
Total Recall 2070 ( P, D, $, E & T with bits of N and hints of B ) 1999
Good vs. Evil (formerly "GvsE") ( G, S, H ) 1999 - 2000
Cleopatra 2525 ( P, T & E ) 2000
God, The Devil & Bob ( animated - G ) 2000 (lasted a grand total of 3 episodes before being yanked off the air due to pressure by religious kooks)
Dark Angel ( P ) 2000 - 2002
The Lone Gunmen ( covered all the standard X-Files territory ) 2000
Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda ( A ) 2000 - present
Jeremiah ( B ) 2002
Odyssey 5 ( A ) 2002
Firefly ( P & D ) 2002 - 2003 (barely)
The Dead Zone ( S, G & N ) 2002 - present
Carnivale ( S & G ) 2003



Documentaries & Specials

In Search of... ( A, B, C, E, G, M, S & T ) Syndicated - 1976 - 1982
Ancient Prophecies ( G, S ) TLC - 1997 (limited series)
Frontline: Apocalypse! ( G ) PBS - 1999
American Prophet: The Story Of Joseph Smith ( G, S, H ) PBS - 1999
In Search of History: The End Of The World ( G, N, S, C, T ) The History Channel - 1999
In Search of History: Prophets Of Doom ( G, S ) The History Channel - 1999
Mysteries of the Millennium ( G, S ) TLC - 1999
Apocalypse When? ( G, S ) TLC - 1999
Prophecy: Countdown to the New Millennium: Oracles and Revelations ( G, S ) TLC - 1999
Prophecy: Countdown to the New Millennium: Prophecies and Predictions ( G, S ) TLC - 1999
Scorpions in a Bottle - The Story of the Atomic Bomb ( N ) HIS - 2000
History Undercover: Clouds of Death: The Scourge of Biochemical Warfare ( B ) HIS - 2000
Smallpox - Deadly Again? ( B ) HIS - 2000
Charles Manson - Man Who Killed The 60's ( H spurred by G & S ) TLC - 2000
20th Century with Mike Wallace - The Sizzling Planet ( E, H ) HIS - 2000
20th Century with Mike Wallace - The Menace of Nuclear Weapons ( N ) HIS - 2000
Asteroids! ( C ) HIS - 2000
The World's Deadliest Volcanoes ( M ) TLC - 2000
History's Crimes and Trials - The Jonestown Massacre ( H spurred by G, S & fears of N ) HIS - 2000
History's Crimes and Trials - The Manson Family Murders ( H ) HIS - 2000
Three Minutes To Impact - Our Number's Up ( C ) DSC - 2000
Three Minutes To Impact - Fight Or Flight ( C ) DSC - 2000
20th Century with Mike Wallace - Guns and God: The Sieges of Waco and Ruby Ridge ( H spurred by G, S & fears of F, T, $ & N ) HIS - 2000
20th Century with Mike Wallace - Outbreak! ( B ) HIS - 2000
Deluge - Drowning Earth ( M ) TLC - 2000
On The Inside - Missouri 51st Militia ( H, G, S, F, T & $ ) DSC - 2000
Mosquito Nightmare ( M, B ) DSC - 2000
The Most Incredible Disasters ( M, E, C ) HIS - 2000
Atlantis Uncovered ( G, S, M, H ) HIS - 2000
Sodom & Gomorrah ( G, S ) HIS - 2000
Global Catastrophe ( M, E ) TLC - 2000
History Undercover - The Secret Bunker ( N ) HIS - 2000
Universe 2001: Beyond the Millennium - Creation ( C ) TLC - 2000
Discovery Signature Series - If We Had No Moon ( C ) TLC - 2000
Forces of Nature ( M ) DSC - 2000
Secrets Of The Dead - Catastrophe! ( M ) PBS - 2000
Asteroid Impact ( C ) TLC - 2000
Doomsday Asteroid ( C ) TLC - 2000
The End of the World ( G ) HIS - 2000
Into The Unknown - Prophecy ( G & S ) DSC - 2000
Discovery Magazine - The Next Plague ( B ) DSC - 2000
Discovery Signature Series - UFOs and Alien Implants ( A ) DSC - 2000
Into The Unknown - Prophecy ( G ) DSC - 2000
Savage Planet - Deadly Skies ( C ) PBS - 2000
Sci-Trek Saturday - Supervolcanoes ( M ) DSC 2000
UFOs: 50 Years of Denial ( A ) TLC - 2000
Sworn to Secrecy - Roswell: An Alien Obsession ( A ) HIS - 2000
Discovery Sunday - Inside Area 51 ( A ) DSC - 2000
Oracles and Revelations ( S, G ) TLC - 2000
Into the Unknown - Strange Beings and UFOs ( A, S ) DSC - 2000
Roswell: Secrets Unveiled ( A ) HIS - 2000
History Undercover - Ultimate Weapon: The H-Bomb ( N ) HIS - 2000
Exodus Earth ( C, H & T ) TLC - 2000
On The Inside - Cults ( H, G & S ) DSC - 2000
Investigative Reports: Inside Heaven's Gate ( H, G & S ) A&E - 2000
Lawbreakers - The Manson Family Murders ( H, G & S ) HIS - 2000
Cults ( H, G & S ) HIS - 2000
Impact Earth ( C ) TLC - 2000
The Unexplained - Noah's Flood ( G ) A&E - 2000
Area 51: Beyond Top Secret ( A ) HIS - 2000
Sci-Trek - Volcano Detectives ( M ) DSC - 2000
Secret UFO Files ( A ) HIS - 2000
Ancient Aliens ( A ) HIS - 2000
Hunt For The Killer Flu ( B ) A&E - 2000
The New Explorers: On The Trail Of A Killer Virus ( B ) A&E - 2000
Robots Rising ( T ) TLC - 2000
Bio Terror ( B ) TLC - 2001
Sci-Trek: Mega-Tsunamis ( M ) DSC - 2001
Cults And Secret Societies ( H, S, G ) TLC - 2001
Real Lives: Doomsday Cults ( H, S, G ) DSC-CIV - 2001
Around The Galaxy: Asteroid Impact ( C ) DSC-SCI - 2001
Doomsday Asteroid ( C ) TLC - 2001
Defenders Of The Planet: Threat From Space ( C ) TLC - 2001
Super Structures Of The World: NORAD - Cheyenne Mountain ( N, H, C ) TLC - 2001
Bible Secrets: Apocalypse ( G ) HIS - 2001
Cosmic Catastrophes ( C ) DSC-SCI - 2001
Climatic Catastrophe ( M ) DSC-SCI - 2001
The Real West - The Final Clash: Wounded Knee ( G ) HIS - 2001
Sci-Trek: Fireballs From Space ( C ) DSC - 2001
Charles Manson - Man Who Killed The 60's ( G ) TLC - 2001
Sci-Trek: The Great Siberian Explosion ( C ) DSC - 2002
American Justice: The Cult Murders ( G ) A&E - 2002
Pre-Historic Worlds: And Then There Were None ( C ) DSC - 2002
The Manhattan Project ( N ) HIS - 2002
Lethal Swarms: Killer Bees ( M ) HIS - 2002
20th Century with Mike Wallace - Cults: Heaven's Gate and Branch Dividian ( G ) HIS - 2002
Ancient Apocalypse: Sodom & Gomorrah ( G & E ) HIS - 2002
The Mysteries Of Noah's Flood ( G ) TLC - 2002
Noah and the Flood ( G & E ) HIS - 2002
Investigative Reports: BioTerrorism ( B ) HIS - 2002
History Undercover: Clouds of Death: The Scourge of Biochemical Warfare ( B ) HIS - 2002
Explosive Situations ( T & N ) DSC - 2002
Crop Circle Controversy ( A ) HIS - 2002
Chernobyl: Nuclear Meltdown ( N ) HIS-INT - 2002
History Explorer - Witness: In The Eyes Of The Lord! ( H, G, S & A ) HIS-INT - 2002
Sci-Trek: Nostradamus-A Skeptical Inquiry ( S ) DSC - 2002
International Profile - Nostradamus: Prophet Of Doom ( S ) HIS-INT - 2002
International Profile - Satan: Prince Of Darkness ( S & G ) HIS-INT - 2002
UFOs: Then And Now? ( A ) HIS - 2002
NOVA: Death Star ( C ) PBS - 2003
NOVA: Secrets, Lies and Atomic Spies ( N ) PBS - 2003
Understanding: Asteroids ( C ) DCS-SCI - 2003
Roswell: Final Declassification ( A ) HIS - 2003
UFOs: What You Didn't Know ( A ) HIS - 2003



*Special Note*
PBS and the various Discovery Channels are all great sources for specials on killer asteroids, historical and possible future pandemics, bio-warfare, nuclear accidents and degradation of the eco-sphere. In addition, Discovery has proven that they’re not above tossing out the occasional pander-fest on UFO’s, alien abductions, Nostradamus prophesies and Marian messages. The History Channel and its affiliates are also good for specials and series on the development of the A-bomb and the duck ‘n cover mentality of the Cold War era. Always pays to check your local listings.




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