I watched it on a 13 inch TV and commercial free, it looked very effective to me, as far as being geared to the general public.
The British version which ran several weeks earlier, was useless, there was very little related to preparedness in it, the makers of that one seemed to drift into just making another drama and forgetting what the purpose was.
While the American version was not intended to show how-tos, it did show a variety of situations that revealed to non-preppers, the consequences of not planning in advance.
“The British version which ran several weeks earlier...”
What did they call it? I’ll try to see if I can find it online.