The Americas

First, thanks to NBC for attempting this. But Tom Hanks is a bit boring and singsongy in the narration. When you can hear him. It's the also a bit too kitchsy. The voice over has a volume far too muted for the overbearing music. That music is too loud and too much like bad elevator pop or Fourth of July Pops Concert.

The animal segments are well-filmed but way too short to provide memorable, informative explanations. This almost seems like outakes from more comprehensive nature shows on the BBC, PBS, Netflix, National Geographic or The Smithsonian chanel.

It's as if they didn't trust their audience to stay with them for a deep and pleasurable ride.