List of programs broadcast by Science Channel
This is a list of programs broadcast by Science.
Science broadcasts a number of science-related television series originally produced by or aired on Discovery Channel, such as Beyond Tomorrow, among others. Discovery Communications has also produced a few programs specifically for Science, such as MegaScience and What The Ancients Knew. Programs from other Discovery Networks channels, PBS and the BBC are either regularly or occasionally aired on the network. Television series produced in the 1990s, such as Discover Magazine and Understanding, are carried on the network's weekday schedule. Science also broadcasts programs such as Moments of Impact and An Idiot Abroad. The channel has experienced some drifting from its intended format throughout its existence, increasingly adding reruns on several science fiction series such as Firefly and Fringe to its schedule in recent years.
Series
Below is a selected list of Science series.
- Alien Encounters
- All-American Makers
- An Idiot Abroad
- Are We Alone?
- Beyond Tomorrow
- Brink
- Build It Bigger
- Building the Ultimate
- Brainiac: Science Abuse
- Catch It Keep It
- Chaos Caught on Camera
- Close Encounters
- Colossal Construction
- Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
- Danger by Design
- Dark Matters: Twisted But True
- The Day The Universe Changed
- Deconstructed
- Destroyed in Seconds
- Discover Magazine
- Ecotech
- Engineered
- Exodus Earth
- Extreme Engineering
- Extreme Machines
- Face Off
- Factory Made
- Firefly (re-runs)
- Fringe (re-runs)[1]
- Futurescape with James Woods
- The Gadget Show
- Head Games
- Head Rush[2]
- How It's Made (see also List of How It's Made episodes)
- How Do They Do It?
- How the Universe Works
- Ingenious Minds
- Invention Nation
- It's All Geek to Me
- Junkyard Wars
- Lost Luggage
- Mantracker
- Meteorite Men
- The Moaning of Life
- Monster Bug Wars
- Mutant Planet
- Mythbusters
- NASA's Unexplained Files[3]
- Oddities
- Outrageous Acts of Science
- Patent Bending
- Paleoworld
- Popular Science's Future of...
- Prophets of Science Fiction
- Race to Escape
- Raging Planet
- ReGenesis (re-runs)
- Science of the Movies
- Sci Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible
- Solar Empire
- Stuff You Should Know
- Stuck with Hackett
- Survivorman
- Strip The City[4]
- Strip The Cosmos[5]
- Terra Nova (re-runs)
- Through the Wormhole (with Morgan Freeman)
- Understanding
- The Unexplained Files
- What on Earth?[6]
- Wonders of the Solar System
- Wonders of the Universe
- Species of Mass Destruction
Specials and miniseries
- 2057 - Predictions on the future technology of the body, city, and the world.
- Base Camp Moon - Returning to the moon, harvesting moon dust for oxygen/water, robotics (Robonaut), etc.
- The Challenger, a biography surrounding the mystery of the titular tragedy, starring William Hurt. Science's first foray into dramatic programming, its premiere on the channel will be simulcast on sister network Discovery Channel.[7]
- Dinosaur Revolution - A four-part miniseries on the natural history of dinosaurs. The last two episodes were planned to air on Discovery Channel, but a last-minute schedule change landed them on Science.
- Futurecar - New technology may be used to create advanced cars and sometimes funny cars in the future.
- Hawking - About the early work of British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.
- Hubble Live - Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on NASA's Servicing Mission 4 (HST-SM4), the eleven-day fifth and final mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope
- A Life In Memory - An hour-long documentary about Memories, and PTSD and the ways they effect our lives. "Barney recalls the day he was hit by a car: his back was broken, and his wife was killed. Today, he will be given a pill to erase the memory of that tragic day for good. At a treatment center in Montreal, PTSD patients are given a second chance at life."[8][9]
- Lost Luggage - Rebroadcasts of An Idiot Abroad episodes from previous seasons, each including two new "Lost Luggage" segments filmed at Ricky Gervais' home in England in which Gervais and Karl Pilkington hold brief discussions.
- Mars Rising - A six-part series on possible future missions to Mars.
- NextWorld - Predicting the future of the world, humanity, and life.
- Perfect Disaster - Predicting violent natural disasters that could happen in the near future.
- Prophets of Science Fiction - Biographies of some of the greatest sci-fi authors.
- Punkin Chunkin - A one-hour condensed version of the World Championship pumpkin chunking contest in Sussex County, Delaware. Traditionally aired on Thanksgiving.
- Science of Star Wars - Explains how the cutting edge technology of Star Wars might be useful and possible to implement in everyday life.
- Tank on the Moon - Concentrates on Russian attempts to launch an unmanned rover to the Moon before the successful American Apollo program.
- What the Ancients Knew - Rediscovered innovative inventions of the ancient world.
References
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie. "'Fringe' Sells In Off-Network Syndication To Science Channel". Deadline.
- ^ "KARI BYRON OF MYTHBUSTERS HOSTS HEAD RUSH ON SCIENCE CHANNEL BEGINNING AUGUST 23". Discovery Press Web.
- ^ "NASA's Unexplained Files". 27 March 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ "Strip the City". 11 October 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ "Strip the Cosmos". 12 November 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ "What on Earth?". 2 February 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ de Moraes, Lisa. "Discovery To Simulcast Science Channel's First Scripted Film 'Challenger Disaster'". Deadline.
- ^ "Nerd TV alert: A Life in Memory, Science Channel, 10/19 9pm ET". democraticunderground.com.
- ^ "Science Channel Explores Full Spectrum of Science with In-Depth, Engaging Programming". thefutoncritic.com.