Daily Planet (TV series)
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Daily Planet is a television program on Discovery Channel Canada and CTV, which features daily news, discussion and commentary on the scientific aspects of current events. It is the only program of its type in the world. It started broadcast on January 1, 1995, the same day as the premier of Discovery Channel, under the name @discovery.ca. On September 30, 2002, it was relaunched as Daily Planet, adopting a "science magazine" programming format.
The hosts of Daily Planet are currently Jay Ingram and Natasha Stillwell.
In the @discovery.ca era, when Discovery Channel extended its service in the United States, a news show named Science Today was created, using news gathered from the Canadian show.
International versions of Daily Planet are produced for The Science Channel, Discovery Channel Latin America, and Discovery Channel Asia.
Programming segments
- Behind the Scenes - Natasha Stillwell goes to commercial/industrial facility to explain the workings of everyday items/service, similar to How It's Made.
- Fact of the Matter - Featuring various physicists to explain physical phenomena.
- Jay's Journal - Jay Ingram's editorial column, discussing implications of information in science news.
- Mindbender - A prized contest involving correctly answering the questions shown in the segment. It originally has 6 questions, and later reduced to 5, then 4 in Daily Planet era. As of 2005-2006 season, there are only 3 questions, with a warm-up question before the contest.
- Science And The City - Alan Nursall goes to public places to demonstrate physical phenomena by inviting public into performing experiments
- Shannon's Gadgets - Shannon Bentley rates science's latest techno offerings.
- Starstruck - Ivan Semeniuk's weekly space column
- You Asked For It - @discovery.ca segment answering scientific questions from viewers. It was eventually turned into a separate half-hour show. In the Daily Planet era, it was relaunched in 2005-2006 season as 'Planet Q'.
Former Programming Segments
- Joe's chemistry set (1995-2002) - Joe Schwarcz performs chemical experients to explain chemical phenomena. It was eventually split into a 13-episode series named Science To Go.
- Weird and Wonderful Science (?-2002) - Originally called 'Weird Science', it featured Richard Wassersug introducing strange scientific phenomena.
List of hosts
- Jay Ingram (1995–present)
- Natasha Stillwell (2002–present)
- Gill Deacon (1996–2002)
- Jane Gilbert (interim hostess) (1998)
- Judy Halliday (1995–1996)
- Valerie Pringle
- Ivan Semeniuk
External links
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