Curiosity (TV series)
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Genre | Documentary |
Composer | Sheridan Tongue |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 29 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Alan Eyres Ben Bowie John Smithson Susan Winslow Philip J Day |
Editors | Simon Greenwood Ben Harding |
Camera setup | Multiple |
Running time | 45 minutes |
Production companies | Darlow Smithson Productions Edge West Productions |
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Network | Discovery Channel |
Release | August 7, 2011 January 27, 2013 | –
Curiosity is an American documentary television series that premiered on August 7, 2011, on the Discovery Channel.[1][2] Each episode focuses on one question in science, technology, and society (e.g., why the RMS Titanic sank) and, for the first season, features a different celebrity host. Stephen Hawking hosted the premiere episode titled "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 Destination America. Season one consists of 16 episodes.
Curiosity: The Questions of Our Life
The development of "Curiosity: The Questions of Our Life", was announced in September 2009.[3] It was to answer questions and mysteries in fields like space, biology, geology, medicine, physics, technology, nature, archaeology, history, and the human mind. It was considered as a groundbreaking series for Discovery like the BBC's 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. Dan Riskin was initially slated to host.[4]
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.[5] On November 11, 2014 Curiosity.com became independent[6] of Discovery Communications.
CuriosityStream.com
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John Hendricks, founder of the Discovery Channel and creator of the original Curiosity brand,[7] launched CuriosityStream on March 18, 2015. An ad-free subscription video on demand platform for science and history documentaries, CuriosityStream is a continuation of Hendricks' vision for the original Curiosity TV series. The service exclusively features documentaries and series in the areas of Science, Technology, Civilization and the Human Spirit as well as offers mobile viewing applications on iOS and Android devices.[8][9]
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 16 | August 7, 2011 | November 20, 2011 | |
2 | 13 | October 7, 2012 | January 27, 2013 |
Episodes
Season 1: 2011
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Narrated / presented by | Original air date |
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1 | 1 | "Did God Create the Universe?"[10] | Stephen Hawking / Benedict Cumberbatch | August 7, 2011 |
2 | 2 | "Alien Invasion: Are We Ready?"[10] | Michelle Rodriguez | August 14, 2011 |
3 | 3 | "Why is Sex Fun?"[10] | Maggie Gyllenhaal | August 21, 2011 |
4 | 4 | "What Sank Titanic?"[10] | Bill Paxton | August 28, 2011 |
5 | 5 | "Parallel Universes - Are They Real?"[10] | Morgan Freeman | September 4, 2011 |
6 | 6 | "What's Beneath America?"[10] | Martin Sheen | September 11, 2011 |
7 | 7 | "How Will the World End?"[10] | Samuel L. Jackson | September 18, 2011 |
8 | 8 | "Atlantis Uncovered"[10] | Terry O'Quinn | September 25, 2011 |
9 | 9 | "I, Caveman"[10] | Morgan Spurlock | October 2, 2011 |
10 | 10 | "Egypt: What Lies Beneath?"[10] | Brendan Fraser | October 9, 2011 |
11 | 11 | "Can You Live Forever?"[10] | Adam Savage | October 16, 2011 |
12 | 12 | "World's Dirtiest Man"[10] | Mike Rowe | October 23, 2011 |
13 | 13 | "How Evil are You?"[10] | Eli Roth | October 30, 2011 |
14 | 14 | "Life Before Birth"[10] | Courteney Cox | November 6, 2011 |
15 | 15 | "What's America Worth?"[10] | Donald Trump | November 13, 2011 |
16 | 16 | "Your Body on Drugs"[10] | Robin Williams | November 20, 2011 |
Season 2: 2012
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Narrated by | Original air date |
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17 | 1 | "Plane Crash"[11] | Josh Charles | October 7, 2012 |
18 | 2 | "The Devil's Triangle"[12] | Josh Charles | October 14, 2012 |
19 | 3 | "I Was Mummified"[13] | Josh Charles | October 21, 2012 |
20 | 4 | "Brainwashed"[14] | Josh Charles | October 28, 2012 |
21 | 5 | "Battlefield Cell"[15] | Josh Charles | November 4, 2012 |
22 | 6 | "Sex in America"[16] | Josh Charles | November 11, 2012 |
23 | 7 | "Megastorm"[17] | Josh Charles | November 18, 2012 |
24 | 8 | "Mankind Rising"[18] | Josh Charles | November 25, 2012 |
25 | 9 | "Volcano Time Bomb"[19] | Josh Charles | December 9, 2012 |
26 | 10 | "What destroyed the Hindenburg?"[20] | Josh Charles | December 16, 2012 |
27 | 11 | "X-Ray Yellowstone"[10] | Josh Charles | December 23, 2012 |
28 | 12 | "Sun Storm"[10] | Josh Charles | December 30, 2012 |
29 | 13 | "Monster Squid: The Giant is Real"[10] | Josh Charles | January 27, 2013 |
References
- ^ Seidman, Robert (August 4, 2011). "Discovery to Simulcast 'Curiosity' Premiere Across 7 Networks". Tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
- ^ "Discovery Channel Announces CURIOSITY - Premieres August 7 at 8pm ET". RealityTVWebsite.com. August 1, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
- ^ "Breaking News - Discovery Communications Launches Landmark Original Series: "Curiosity: The Questions of Our Life"". TheFutonCritic.com. September 10, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
- ^ "Dan Riskin Named Host Of Discovery Channel's Multi-Year Event Curiosity: The Questions Of Life : Discovery Press Web". Press.discovery.com. April 12, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
- ^ "Discovery Launches Curiosity.com Expert Q&A Site". Dmwmedia.com. June 20, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
- ^ "LEARNING-FOCUSED DIGITAL DESTINATION CURIOSITY.COM ANNOUNCES OWNERSHIP CHANGE AND SERIES A FUNDING LED BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS AND PRITZKER GROUP".
- ^ Crupi, Anthony. "Hendricks to Satisfy Discovery's 'Curiosity'". Ad Week. Ad Week. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
- ^ Davies, Alex. "Discovery's Hendricks plans CuriosityStream SVoD service". Rethink Research. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
- ^ "CuriosityStream Deploys Infotrend Storage to Satisfy its high speed SVOD platform requirements". Infotrend. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Shows A-Z - curiosity on discovery". the Futon Critic. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
- ^ "Plane Crash". Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ^ "The Devil's Triangle". Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ^ "I Was Mummified". Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ^ "Brainwashed". Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ^ "Battlefield Cell". Retrieved November 11, 2012.
- ^ "Sex in America". Retrieved November 11, 2012.
- ^ "Megastorm". Retrieved November 26, 2012.
- ^ "Mankind Rising". Retrieved November 26, 2012.
- ^ "Volcano Time Bomb". Retrieved December 18, 2012.
- ^ "What destroyed the Hindenburg?". Retrieved December 18, 2012.
- General references
- "Shows A-Z - curiosity on discovery". the Futon Critic. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
- "Curiosity: Episode Guide". MSN TV. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
- "Curiosity: Episode Guide". Zap2it. Retrieved October 10, 2012.