Curiosity (TV series)

Curiosity
Composer	Sheridan Tongue
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producers	Alan Eyres Ben Bowie John Smithson Susan Winslow
Editors	Simon Greenwood Ben Harding
Camera setup	Multiple-Camera Setup
Running time	42 minutes
Production company	Darlow Smithson Productions
Original release
Network	Discovery Channel (U.S.)
Release	7 August 2011 (2011-08-07) – Present

Curiosity is a Discovery Channel show. It premiered on Sunday August 7, 2011 at 8pm. Each episode focuses on one question in science, technology, and society, such as why the Titanic sunk, and features a different celebrity host. Stephen Hawking hosted the premier episode entitled "Did God Create the Universe?" which aired simultaneously on seven Discovery Communications networks: Discovery Channel, TLC, Discovery Fit and Health, Animal Planet, Science, Investigation Discovery and Planet Green. Season one will feature 16 episodes.

Episodes

#	Title	Main Point	Host	Original Air Date
1	Did God Create the Universe?	The creation of the universe is explored from religious and scientific standpoints.	Stephen Hawking	August 7, 2011 (2011-08-07)
2	Alien Invasion: Are We Ready?	Scientists and military strategists weigh in on what would happen if aliens invaded Earth	Michelle Rodriguez	August 14, 2011 (2011-08-14)
3	Why Is Sex Fun?	Examining the female orgasm, and what it is really for.	Maggie Gyllenhaal	August 21, 2011 (2011-08-21)
4	Titanic: What Sank Titanic?	Examining how the Titanic sank via trial records that detailed the event and re-creation of the tragedy.	Bill Paxton	August 28, 2011 (2011-08-28)
5	Parallel Universes – Are They Real?	Parallel Universes and research that suggests there is more than one version of reality are discussed.	Morgan Freeman	September 4, 2011 (2011-09-04)
6	What's Beneath America?	Examining how America was geologically formed.	Martin Sheen	September 11, 2011 (2011-09-11)
7	How Will The World End?	End-of-the-world scenarios, including the Mayan prediction for Dec. 21, 2012, are examined from a scientific perspective.	Samuel L. Jackson	September 18, 2011 (2011-09-18)
8	What Destroyed Atlantis? (Atlantis Uncovered)	The destruction of Atlantis is discussed.	Terry O'Quinn	September 25, 2011 (2011-09-25)
9	I, Caveman (Part 1)	Examining how cavemen lived through an experiment in which a group of men and women, including filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, try to survive in the wild using only Stone Age technology	Morgan Spurlock	October 2, 2011 (2011-10-02)
10	I, Caveman (Part 2)	Examining how cavemen lived through an experiment in which a group of men and women, including filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, try to survive in the wild using only Stone Age technology	Morgan Spurlock	October 9, 2011 (2011-10-09)
11	Can You Live Forever?	Adam Savage from 'MythBusters' fame shows us what it might be like if we will one day be able to live forever, and hypothesizes about when that day might become a reality.	Adam Savage	October 16, 2011 (2011-10-16)
?	What Drugs Do To Our Bodies?		Robin Williams	TBA
?	What Really Lies Beneath Egypt?		Brendan Fraser	TBA
?	Testing the Nature of Evil		Eli Roth	TBA
?	Hidden Live Organisms That Call Our Bodies Home		Mike Rowe	TBA

Curiosity Project

The development of "Curiosity: The Questions of Our Life", was announced in September 2009. It was to answer questions and mysteries in fields like space, biology, geology, medicine, physics, technology, nature, archaeology, history, and the human mind. Each episode costs 1 million dollars to produce. It was considered as Discovery's groundbreaking series like Planet Earth and Life. Originally, this series was to be a monthly show airing 12 one-hour episodes each year for 5 years beginning in January 2011. The host was supposed to be Dan Riskin.

Curiosity.com

The website was opened in June 2011. It was to be an expert Q&A site, where experts and scholars tried to answer some of life's most profound questions. The 32 topics in site ranges from biodiversity to nanotechnology. So far 12,000 questions have been answered.

External links

• http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/curiosity/ April 4, 2011
• http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/08/04/discovery-to-simulcast-curiosity-premiere-across-7-networks/99645/
• http://realitytvwebsite.com/RealityTVNews/Discovery-Channel-Announces-CURIOSITY---Premieres-August-7-at-8pm-ET.html
• http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20090910discovery01
• http://press.discovery.com/emea/discovery-corporate/press-releases/2010/dan-riskin-named-host-discovery-channels-multi-yea/
• http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2011/06/20/discovery-launches-curiosity-com-expert-qa-site/
• http://curiosity.discovery.com/topic/space-exploration/did-god-create-universe-episode.htm
• http://curiosity.discovery.com/topic/space-exploration/alien-invasion-are-we-ready-episode.htm
• http://curiosity.discovery.com/topic/neuroscience/why-is-sex-fun-episode.htm
• http://curiosity.discovery.com/topic/materials-science/what-sank-titanic-episode.htm
• http://curiosity.discovery.com/topic/space-exploration/is-there-a-parallel-universe-episode.htm
• http://curiosity.discovery.com/topic/space-exploration/whats-beneath-america-episode.htm
• http://curiosity.discovery.com/topic/space-exploration/how-will-the-world-end-episode.htm
• http://curiosity.discovery.com/topic/materials-science/what-destroyed-atlantis-episode.htm
• http://curiosity.discovery.com/topic/intelligence/i-caveman-episode.htm
• http://www.aoltv.com/2011/09/28/exclusive-sneak-peek-curiosity-can-you-live-forever/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl14%7Csec3_lnk3%7C100091