Bill Nye the Science Guy
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| Created by |
Bill Nye James McKenna Erren Gottlieb |
| Presented by | Bill Nye |
| Starring | Bill Nye Chais Dean Suzanne Mikawa Ivyann Schwan Jaffar Smith |
| Narrated by | Pat Cashman |
| Theme music composer | Mike Greene |
| Opening theme | "Bill Nye the Science Guy" |
| Composer(s) | Mike Greene Tom McGurk Tiny Hat Orchestra Charlotte S. Landberg Jonathan S. Merrill |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 100 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Elizabeth Brock Erren Gottlieb James McKenna |
| Producer(s) | Simon Griffith |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
KCTS Seattle McKenna/Gottlieb Producers, Inc. Rabbit Ears Productions |
| Distributor | Buena Vista Television |
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| Original network | PBS (1994-1999) |
| Picture format | 480i SDTV |
| Audio format | Dolby Surround |
| Original release | September 10, 1993 – June 20, 1998 |
Bill Nye the Science Guy is an American half-hour live action science program that originally aired from September 10, 1993, to June 20, 1998, and was hosted by Bill Nye. The show aired on PBS on October 10, 1994 to March 1, 1999 and was also syndicated to local stations. The show aired for a total of 100 half-hour episodes spanning over five seasons.
Nye's TV persona is a tall and slender scientist wearing a blue lab coat and a bow-tie. He combines the serious science of everyday things with fast-paced action and humor. Each half-hour show begins with a cold open, where Nye was introducing the episode's topic, which leads into an opening credit sequence, as Nye is seen floating through a montage of science images. In later seasons, the theme song was cut short by a static screen. After the opening credits, announcer Pat Cashman would say "Brought to you by...", in which a product name was related to the episode's topic, followed by Nye walking onto the set, called "Nye Laboratories", which is filled with scientific visuals including many "of science" contraptions announced dramatically, relevant to the topic of the episode. Parodies of movies and television shows configure the facts of the episode's topic. Guest appearances were featured on Bill Nye the Science Guy, such as Jenna von Oÿ, Robin Leach, John Ratzenberger, Ross Shafer, Graham Kerr, Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert, Bob Ross, Richard Karn, Candace Cameron, Alfonso Ribeiro, Sinbad, Nate McMillan, Mudhoney, Drew Barrymore, Taran Noah Smith, Christopher Walken, and Samuel L. Jackson. Each episode also featured Nye in diverse places, focusing on the episode's topic.
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