Scientific American Frontiers
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Scientific American Frontiers was an American television program primarily focused on informing the public about new technologies and discoveries in science and medicine. It was a companion program to the Scientific American magazine. The show was produced for PBS in the U.S. by The Chedd-Angier Production Company, Watertown, Massachusetts, and typically aired once every two to four weeks. To this day, the shows can be viewed on-line at their website, and continue to air regularly on the national digital channel World.
The show first aired in 1990 with MIT professor Woodie Flowers who served as the original host from 1990 to the spring of 1993. Actor Alan Alda became the permanent host starting in the fall season of 1993 and continued until the show ended in 2005. Alda’s tenure has been notable for his humble and often humorous approach: in one memorable segment, he became car sick while driving an experimental, virtual reality vehicle. In 2005, Alda published his first round of memoirs, Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: and Other Things I’ve Learned, published by Random House; in the book, he recalls his intestines becoming strangulated while on location in Chile for the show, an incident that nearly cost him his life since he was in a remote region and it was difficult to get to a doctor. Finally he found one, who turned out to be a M*A*S*H fan. Further, the treatment was familiar to Alda; the historical development of techniques for vascular anastomosis during the Korean war had featured in the show’s scripts.
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Scientific American Frontiers was an American television program primarily focused on informing the public about new technologies and discoveries in science and medicine. It was a companion program to the Scientific American magazine. The show was produced for PBS in the U.S. by The Chedd-Angier Production Company, Watertown, Massachusetts, and typically aired once every two to four weeks. To this day, the shows can be viewed on-line at their website, and continue to air regularly on the national digital channel World.
The show first aired in 1990 with MIT professor Woodie Flowers who served as the original host from 1990 to the spring of 1993. Actor Alan Alda became the permanent host starting in the fall season of 1993 and continued until the show ended in 2005. Alda's tenure has been notable for his humble and often humorous approach: in one memorable segment, he became car sick while driving an experimental, virtual reality vehicle. In 2005, Alda published his first round of memoirs, Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: and Other Things I've Learned, published by Random House; in the book, he recalls his intestines becoming strangulated while on location in Chile for the show, an incident that nearly cost him his life since he was in a remote region and it was difficult to get to a doctor. Finally he found one, who turned out to be a M*A*S*H fan. Further, the treatment was familiar to Alda; the historical development of techniques for vascular anastomosis during the Korean war had featured in the show's scripts.
Original Name: Scientific American Frontiers
Number of Seasons: 15
Number of Episodes: 96
Status: Ended
Home Page: Click here to visit
Type: Scripted
Network(s): Public Broadcasting Service
First Air Date: October 1, 1990
Last Air Date: April 13, 2005
Episode Runtime: 60 mins
Primary Year: 1990
Genres: Documentary
IMDB Link: tt0098903
Spoken Language(s): English
Origin Countries: United States of America
- Season 1 — 5 Episodes — Air Date: October 1, 1990
- Season 2 — 5 Episodes — Air Date: October 23, 1991
- Season 3 — 5 Episodes — Air Date: October 14, 1992
- Season 4 — 5 Episodes — Air Date: October 13, 1993
- Season 5 — 5 Episodes — Air Date: October 5, 1994
- Season 6 — 5 Episodes — Air Date: October 4, 1995
- Season 7 — 5 Episodes — Air Date: October 23, 1996
- Season 8 — 5 Episodes — Air Date: October 8, 1997
- Season 9 — 5 Episodes — Air Date: October 7, 1998
- Season 10 — 5 Episodes — Air Date: October 5, 1999
- Season 11 — 10 Episodes — Air Date: November 21, 2000
- Season 12 — 10 Episodes — Air Date: October 16, 2001
- Season 13 — 10 Episodes — Air Date: October 8, 2002
- Season 14 — 6 Episodes — Air Date: January 20, 2004
- Season 15 — 10 Episodes — Air Date: January 19, 2005
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