Bill Nye the Science Guy

Bill Nye the Science Guy
Created byBill Nye
James McKenna
Erren Gottlieb
Presented byBill Nye
StarringMichaela Leslie-Rule
Chais Dean
Suzanne Mikawa
Ivyann Schwan
Jaffar Smith
Narrated byPat Cashman
Theme music composerMike Greene
Opening theme"Bill Nye the Science Guy"
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes100 + Pilot (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersElizabeth Brock
Erren Gottlieb
James McKenna
ProducerSimon Griffith
Production locationSeattle, Washington
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesKCTS Seattle
Rabbit Ears Productions
Walt Disney Television
McKenna/Gottlieb Producers, Inc.
Original release
NetworkPBS (1994–1999)
Syndicated (1993–1999)
ReleaseApril 14, 1993 (1993-04-14) –
February 5, 1999 (1999-02-05)
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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]

  1. ^ Maddus, Gene (August 25, 2017). "Bill Nye Claims Disney Withheld $28 Million in 'Science Guy' Profits". Variety. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  2. ^ "Schedule". Kentucky Educational Television. September 3, 1999. Archived from the original on February 9, 2001.
  3. ^ "Bill Nye, the Science Guy". IMDb. September 10, 1993. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  4. ^ Bell, Phillip (2009). Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits. National Academies Press. p. 253.