The Ark (TV series)

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The Ark
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Genre
Created by Dean Devlin and Jonathan Glassner
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producers
  • Dean Devlin
  • Jonathan Glassner
  • Marc Roskin
  • Rachel Olschan-Wilson
  • Steve Lee
Producers
Production locationsPFI Studios, Belgrade, Serbia
Production companies
Original release
Network Syfy
ReleaseFebruary 1, 2023 (2023-02-01) –
present (present)

The Ark is an American science fiction television series created by Dean Devlin and Jonathan Glassner, who also serve as showrunners for the series. It premiered on Syfy on February 1, 2023, with the first season consisting of twelve episodes. The series stars Christie Burke as Lt. Sharon Garnet who becomes the de facto captain of an interstellar spacecraft after a disaster. It also stars Reece Ritchie, Richard Fleeshman, Stacey Michelle Read, Ryan Adams, Pavle Jerinić, Shalini Peiris, Christina Wolfe, and Tiana Upcheva. In April 2023, the series was renewed for a second season. [1]

Contents

Premise

A hundred years in the future, a spacecraft known as Ark One is shuttling a complement of would-be colonists away from a devastated Earth to a new home, Proxima b. The ship suffers a catastrophic event that kills almost all of the technical crew and all of the ship's senior officers. The survivors must work to reorganize themselves to maintain the ship and stay on course to reach their destination. [2]

The premise is very similar to the 1970s series The Starlost , in which a multi-generational starship called Earthship Ark was launched to allow the passengers to escape a dying Earth. More than 100 years into the voyage, an unexplained accident occurs, and the ship goes into emergency mode. The survivors have to figure out how to safely pilot the starship.

Cast and characters

Main

Supporting

Episodes

No.Title  [5] [6] Directed byWritten byOriginal air date  [5] [6] U.S. viewers
1"Everyone Wanted to Be on This Ship" Dean Devlin Dean DevlinFebruary 1, 2023 (2023-02-01)578,000 [7]
2"Like It Touched the Sun" Milan Todorović Jonathan Glassner February 8, 2023 (2023-02-08)408,000 [8]
3"Get Out and Push"Milan TodorovićJohn-Paul NickelFebruary 15, 2023 (2023-02-15)310,000 [9]
4"We Weren't Supposed to Be Awake"Sandra MitrovićRebecca RosenbergFebruary 22, 2023 (2023-02-22)350,000 [10]
5"One Step Forward, Two Steps Back"Sandra MitrovićKendall LampkinMarch 1, 2023 (2023-03-01)340,000 [11]
6"Two by Two"Milan TodorovićJonathan GlassnerMarch 8, 2023 (2023-03-08)361,000 [12]
7"A Slow Death Is Worse"Milan TodorovićJohn-Paul NickelMarch 15, 2023 (2023-03-15)426,000 [13]
8"Every Single Person Matters"Orsi NagypalKendall LampkinMarch 22, 2023 (2023-03-22)403,000 [14]
9"The Painful Way"Orsi NagypalJohn-Paul NickelMarch 29, 2023 (2023-03-29)339,000 [15]
10"Hoping for Forever"Sandra MitrovićJonathan GlassnerApril 5, 2023 (2023-04-05)357,000 [16]
11"The Last Thing You Ever Do"Milan TodorovićRebecca RosenbergApril 12, 2023 (2023-04-12)437,000 [17]
12"Everybody Wins"Jonathan GlassnerJohn-Paul NickelApril 19, 2023 (2023-04-19)463,000 [18]

Production

The Ark went straight-to-series in late January 2022 with a 12-episode order from SyFy. [19] Principal photography began at PFI Studios in Belgrade, Serbia in March of that year. Dean Devlin and Jonathan Glassner serve as showrunners and producers. [3] [20]

In March 2022, it was announced that the regular cast of the series had been set, with Christie Burke starring as Lt. Sharon Garnet, along with Richard Fleeshman, Reece Ritchie, Stacey Read, and newcomer Ryan Adams. [3] In April 2022, it was announced that Lisa Brenner would be a recurring guest star, playing Commander Susan Ingram, with Christina Wolfe, Shalini Peiris, Miles Barrow, Pavle Jerinić, and Tiana Upcheva also recurring. [4]

On April 12, 2023, Syfy renewed the series for a second season. [1]

Broadcast and release

The series trailer was released in December 2022. [21] It premiered on Syfy on February 1, 2023, [22] [23] with episodes to be streamed the next day on Peacock. [24]

Reception

The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported a 50% approval rating based on 14 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "The core concept of The Ark ought to be alluring enough for the sci-fi faithful, but blasé writing and chintzy production values call into question whether this particular world is worth preserving." [25] Metacritic assigned a score of 50 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [26]

Notes

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