Terra Nova is an American
science fiction drama television series. It aired one season from September 26 to December 19, 2011. The series documents the Shannon family's experiences as they establish themselves as members of a colony, set up
85 million years in the earth's past, fleeing the dystopian overpopulated and hyperpolluted present of the mid-22nd century. The series is based on an idea by British writer
Kelly Marcel and was executive produced by
Steven Spielberg. On March 5, 2012, Fox announced that it would end the series.