| Bill Nye the Science Guy | |
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| Created by | Bill Nye James McKenna Erren Gottlieb |
| Presented by | Bill Nye |
| Starring | Michaela Leslie-Rule Chais Dean Suzanne Mikawa Ivyann Schwan Jaffar Smith |
| Narrated by | Pat Cashman |
| Theme music composer | Mike Greene |
| Opening theme | "Bill Nye the Science Guy" |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 100 + Pilot (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Elizabeth Brock Erren Gottlieb James McKenna |
| Producer | Simon Griffith |
| Production location | Seattle, Washington |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | KCTS Seattle Rabbit Ears Productions Walt Disney Television McKenna/Gottlieb Producers, Inc. |
| Original release | |
| Network | PBS (1994–1999) Syndicated (1993–1999) |
| Release | April 14, 1993 – February 5, 1999 |
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Bill Nye the Science Guy is an American science education television program created by Bill Nye, James McKenna, and Erren Gottlieb, with Nye starring as a fictionalized version of himself. It was produced by Seattle public television station KCTS and McKenna/Gottlieb Producers, and distributed by Buena Vista Television with substantial financing from the National Science Foundation.[1]
The show aired in syndication from September 10, 1993, to February 5, 1999, producing a total of six seasons and 100 episodes; beginning with its second season, a concurrent run of the series began airing on PBS from October 10, 1994, and ran until September 3, 1999, as it continued to be distributed in commercial first-run syndication.[2] After the show's first run was completed, Nye continued to portray the Science Guy character for a number of short interstitial segments for the Noggin cable channel that aired during reruns of the show. A video game based on the series was released in 1996, and a subsequent television show aimed at adults, Bill Nye Saves the World, ran from 2017 to 2018 on Netflix.
Known for its quirky humor and rapid-fire MTV-style pacing, the show was critically acclaimed and was nominated for 23 Emmy Awards, winning 19.[3] Studies also found that people that viewed Bill Nye regularly were better able to generate explanations and extensions of scientific ideas than non-viewers.[4]
- ^ Maddus, Gene (August 25, 2017). "Bill Nye Claims Disney Withheld $28 Million in 'Science Guy' Profits". Variety. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ "Schedule". Kentucky Educational Television. September 3, 1999. Archived from the original on February 9, 2001.
- ^ "Bill Nye, the Science Guy". IMDb. September 10, 1993. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
- ^ Bell, Phillip (2009). Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits. National Academies Press. p. 253.