Posts Tagged ‘Star Trek’

Science Debuts ‘Trek Nation,’ Miso Sideshow Experience

November 29, 2011 | by aharris

Trek NationScience is celebrating the 45th anniversary of Star Trek by delving into the life of its creator, Gene Roddenberry, with Trek Nation. This two-hour tribute, Wednesday at 8pm ET/PT, follows Gene’s son, Rod, as he explores the deep impact of his father’s singular vision of the future. Through interviews with fans, including George Lucas, J.J. Abrams and Seth MacFarlane, Trek Nation chronicles a son’s journey to discover his father’s work and draws on hours of exclusive footage, including never-before-seen home movies from the Roddenberry family.

Science is also teaming up with Miso for a special co-viewing experience filled with extra facts and photos synched to the documentary. For example, did you know that Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Trek fan? Download the Miso iPhone app, check into Trek Nation and indulge your inner geek!

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Animal Planet & Science Are NY-Bound for Comic Con

October 13, 2011 | by aharris

Discovery’s networks are no strangers to Cons – CatchCon, San Diego Comic-Con… not to mention those criminals on Investigation Discovery. So it’s logical that beginning tomorrow visitors to New York Comic-Con will be treated to panels and more courtesy of Animal Planet and Science.

Finding Bigfoot TEamOn Friday, the cast of Animal Planet’s Finding Bigfoot (Bobo, Cliff, Matt and Ranae) will be joined by 30 Rock‘s Judah Friedlander for an hour-long panel to talk about the hit series and the network’s Halloween special, Finding Bigfoot: Birth of a Legend. The action starts at 6:30pm, but only the first 100 will receive a special Bigfoot t-shirt!

Science LogoThe following day, Science is bringing Comic Con attendees a chance to meet Rod Roddenberry (son of famed Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry) and the team from Obscura Antiques featured in the quirky and addictive Oddities. Rod’s autograph session starts at 10:30am in the Autograph Pavillon and Evan, Mike and Ryan from Oddities will be there at 4:15pm. However, the can’t miss portion of the day is the network’s 1:15pm panel featuring Trek Nation, Oddities and Ridley Scott’s Prophets of Science Fiction (with Dr. Michio Kaku, to boot!)

Not in New York? Don’t worry. You can follow Animal Planet and Science Channel on Facebook and Twitter for updates:

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Discovery Channel & Science Travel to San Diego for Comic-Con 2011

July 21, 2011 | by gweiswasser

MythBusters in Full ForceDiscovery Channel and Science have invaded Comic-Con 2011 with a full slate of panels and activities at the annual fan gathering in San Diego:

  • Today, Penn & Teller kick things off with a panel at 7pm PT and a sneak peek of their new Discovery Channel series, Tell a Lie.
  • On Friday, from 6-7pm, Rod Roddenberry will be joined by fellow panelists to talk about taking the Roddenberry Star Trek legacy to the next level including with Science’s forthcoming Trek Nation.
  • Saturday, from 8-9pm PT, Discovery Channel will return to Comic-Con with Reign of the Dinosaurs (wt), coming to the network this fall and featuring a behind-the-scenes look at how the CGI series was created.
  • Finally, perennial Comic-Con crowd-pleaser MythBusters will hold its panel from 7:45-8:45 PT on Saturday night.

In addition, 20,000 lucky Shark Week fans will get great white-sized, limited-edition Shark Week bags to impress their friends, demonstrate their fandom and carry all that Comic-Con swag. And you’ll also find the MythBusters team ready to greet you at their Saturday autograph sessions!

If you aren’t one of the lucky people attending Comic-Con in person, you can tap into our colleague David Tra’s on-the-ground updates through our Discovery Channel and MythBusters Facebook pages and on Twitter by following @Discovery, @MythBusters and @SharkWeek.

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