The Martian Chronicles Season 1 Episode 3 The Martians ( Air Date 1980-01-29 ) Genre Sci-Fi & Fantasy category. Overview "November 2006: Earth is an amber cinder, all life annihilated by total nuclear war. A handful of settlers left on Mars are the sole survivors of the human race, facing a desolate future, cut off and isolated even from each other. Wilder finally meets his Martian 'counterpart'.".