Science of the Movies Will Make You #00FF00 With Geek Envy
(This is a repost of the review from last week.) Geeks love special effects—it’s in our blood. It’s the way things have been ever since Star Wars hit theaters and those of us alive at the time sat...
View ArticleCringe Worthy Destruction in Store on Catch It Keep It
Catch It Keep It premieres this Friday on the Science Channel. Another show about things getting destroyed.
View ArticleGeekDad Interviews the “Engineers of Destruction” from Catch It Keep It
GeekDad interviews the "engineers of destruction" Mike Senese and Zach Selwyn, hosts of Catch It Keep It on the Science Channel.
View ArticlePlay Head Games, Rule Your Social Media Circle
A game show on the Science Channel? You heard correct, complemented by a nice little web game, Head Games offers fast paced science and comedy with host Greg Proops.
View ArticleGet Your Trebuchet Ready, It’s Time For Punkin Chunkin!
Add a little destruction and flying pumpkins to your Thanksgiving traditions with the Punkin Chunkin on the Science Channel.
View ArticleScience Channel and Dr. Michio Kaku Explain Sci-Fi Science
If you’re a geek and enjoy science fiction TV and movies, you’ve probably spent at least a little time pondering how likely some of the fake science in them is. We’re willing to suspend disbelief for...
View ArticleHeavy Metal Task Force Brings Big Machines to your TV
As a parent, I’m always looking for good stuff on television for my kids. If they are going to watch television, it should be something good for them. (Or at least not bad for them.) It’s a bonus if...
View ArticleGet Ready for a Head Rush!
Premiering tonight on the Science Channel is Head Rush, a full hour — commercial-free — of MythBusters, hosted by none other than Kari Byron. Juxtaposed amidst classic MythBusters fare, we’ll see Kari...
View ArticleStuck With Hackett Premieres 10 P.M. Tonight On The Science Channel
In a new show titled “Stuck With Hackett” the dangerous mind behind Jet Ponies and other rides your mother warned you about is pitting his skills against the elements. Chris Hackett is the director of...
View ArticleCalculate How Much To Spend On Any Gift
If you’re reading this now, you’re likely desperate. Dude, don’t worry. Take a deep breath. It’s going to be all right. Okay, now go to the nearest ATM machine and take out the amount that is exactly...
View ArticleScience Channel and Ridley Scott to Laud the Prophets of Science Fiction
This one almost passed under the radar late last week, but I think it needs mentioning here. Science Channel and Ridley Scott are working on eight episodes of “Prophets of Science Fiction,” which will...
View ArticleThe Science Channel’s Oddities Returns for Season 2
Obscura Antiques & Oddities is not only your one-stop shop for taxidermy, disarmed grenades, and mummified things. It is also the subject of the Science Channel’s show Oddities, which is about to...
View ArticleThe Scoop on Through the Wormhole With Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman is a very curious man. So curious, in fact, that he took the role as the host of the Discovery’s Through the Wormhole series on Science. Freeman asks some very difficult and, as...
View ArticleScience Channel Looks Back at Some Dark Matters
There’s always been room in my house for a little Weird to go along with the Science. Okay: maybe more than a little. When I was a kid, I loved In Search of… And when my daughter was younger, she ...
View ArticleA Laugh-Filled Interview with Flying Anvils Host Tory Belleci
When it comes to sport, there’s no explaining what some find entertaining. Whether your passion is chess boxing, bull poker or extreme ironing, there seems to be cult followings for each. And, as it...
View ArticleGeekDad Interview: Rod Roddenberry on Trek Nation and the Search for Gene
I was fortunate to catch Rod Roddenberry for a quick chat about his new documentary, Trek Nation, premiering tonight on the Science Channel. We talked about what he learned about his father and himself...
View ArticleShiny! A Firefly Marathon!
The fan-favorite TV series Firefly has a lot to say about the virtues of independence and self-determination, so it is completely appropriate that Discovery's Science channel would choose July 4 as the...
View ArticleDark Matters Returns to Science Channel
If you liked Science Channel's always bizarre and often morbid science history show Dark Matters: Twisted But True when it aired last summer, you'll be happy to know it's back for another six-episode...
View ArticleWatch This | Time for Thrilling Adventures With Firefly: Browncoats Unite!
The ongoing celebration of the 10th anniversary of Joss Whedon's Firefly continues with the premiere of a new documentary, Firefly: Browncoats Unite, which airs on the Science Channel on Sunday...
View ArticleFringe Is Coming to Science Channel
Fringe will begin airing on the network next Tuesday, November 20, with the original two-hour pilot and first episode. And over the weekend following Thanksgiving, Nov. 23-24, Science Channel will show...
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