Narrated by Morgan Freeman, Our Universe takes a big swing by tying astrophysics directly to wildlife biology. Instead of keeping galaxy formations and cheetah hunts in separate silos, each episode uses CGI space models to explain how fundamental forces and elements drive animal life on Earth.

It is visually striking and clean, making it an easy pick for family television night. The main friction point is the pacing: bouncing from nuclear fusion inside a star to an endangered sea turtle can lose younger viewers who just want to watch the animals.