Bill Nye the Science Guy
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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 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, over the course of six seasons and 100 episodes; beginning in season 2, a concurrent run was added on PBS from October 10, 1994, to September 3, 1999, with the show's first run remaining in 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 cable television channel Noggin, which aired during rebroadcasts of Bill Nye the Science Guy. A video game based on the series was released in 1996, and a subsequent television show for adults, Bill Nye Saves the World, was broadcast two decades later.
| 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 |
| 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. |
| Distributor | Buena Vista Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | PBS (1993–1998) Syndicated (1993–1999) |
| Audio format | Dolby Surround |
| Original release | April 14, 1993 – February 5, 1999 |
Known for its quirky humor and rapid-fire MTV-style pacing, the show won critical acclaim and was nominated for 23 Emmy Awards, winning nineteen.[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]