October 1, 2025
NEW YORK, NY – September 30, 2025– Bloomberg Media today announced the return of An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet, premiering Wednesday, October 22. Hosted by actor and climate advocate Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, the series shines a spotlight on individuals and communities across the planet who are driving humanity toward a brighter, more sustainable future. The six-part season will air Wednesdays at 8pm on Bloomberg Originals, available on major streaming platforms such as Samsung TV+, Amazon Prime Video, and LG channels. It will also air at 10:00pm ET on Bloomberg TV and be available on-demand on Bloomberg.com and YouTube.
This season on An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet, viewers join Coster-Waldau as he criss-crosses the globe to new locations; from the Andean mountaintops to the banks of the Ganges River, deep into the Ecuadorian rainforest, to the streets of Paris and more. Along the way, we’ll see extraordinary solutions including transforming trash into green energy and harvesting drinking water out of thin air, all to create a new pathway to a better future.
Season two premiere on October 22 kicks off as Coster-Waldau explores the delicate relationship and challenges of protecting biodiversity while meeting the needs of living in a modern world. Audiences will witness incredible stories of hope and action including Denmark’s efforts to restore coastal dead zones, India’s inspiring mangrove reforestation projects, and the voices of the Achuar people of Ecuador, who share their vision for a sustainable future.
An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet is a Canada-UK co-production produced by Cream Productions and Wildfire Television, in association with Bloomberg and in association with Ill Kippers Aps. Cineflix Rights is the international distributor.
Bloomberg Media’s total monthly cross-platform video audience grew 16% year-over-year to more than 60 million average monthly viewers through the first half of 2025. Overall video hours watched were also up 34% YoY driven by a range of live news original series, and short-form documentaries. Over that time, Bloomberg Media overall reached more than 100 million monthly users across digital, video, audio and print, up 6% YoY.
Other Bloomberg Originals series include The Circuit and Posthuman, both hosted by Emily Chang, Leaders with Francine Lacqua, Momentum with Haslinda Amin, The Deal with Alex Rodriguez & Jason Kelly and more.
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About Cream Productions
One of North America’s most dynamic media companies, Cream Productions produces premiere content for outlets worldwide. Long a leader in non-fiction, just a few of Cream’s recent hits include The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot (Max), History of the Sitcom (CNN), Age of Samurai (Netflix), All or Nothing: Toronto Maple Leafs (Amazon Prime), Fear Thy Neighbor (9 seasons, Discovery ID), The Game Show Show (ABC), Stuff the British Stole (CBC) and Blue Rodeo: Lost Together (CBC).