metv began airing "land of the giants" in september 2016 to complement its saturday night sci-fi line-up of other irwin allen series: "voyage to the bottom of the sea", "lost in space", and "the time tunnel". prior to debuting on metv, "land of the giants" had aired only sporadically in syndication in recent years. the horror channel in the uk aired the series in full from september 19, 2016, showing one episode a day on weekdays, for ten weeks.