Discover Magazine (TV series)
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Discover Magazine is a 1992-2000 documentary television series that aired on the Disney Channel
from 1992-1994 and then on The Science Channel
from 1996-2000. The series is named after the magazine of the same name, Discover Magazine. The Disney Channel
series was narrated by actor Joseph Campanella
. The Science Channel series was hosted by Peter DeMeo from 1996-1998. The series was nominated for an Emmy Award
for "Outstanding Informational Series" in 1996, 1997 for "Outstanding Non-Fiction Series", and 1 other time
The series was created by producer-director Les Guthman
at the Walt Disney Company in 1991, after Mr. Guthman licensed the television rights to Discover Magazine from Family Media in 1990. (Disney subsequently bought Discover Magazine in 1991.) Mr. Guthman produced the series for two seasons on The Disney Channel, 1992-1994, and then working with Disney President and CEO Frank Wells sold the series to Discovery Communications
in late 1994, after The Disney Channel abandoned its family-adult prime time schedule.
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
from 1992-1994 and then on The Science Channel
The Science Channel
Science is a United States cable, satellite and IPTV Television Network produced by Discovery Communications. Science features programming in the fields of space, technology, prehistory and animals.-History:...
from 1996-2000. The series is named after the magazine of the same name, Discover Magazine. The Disney Channel
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
series was narrated by actor Joseph Campanella
Joseph Campanella
Joseph Campanella in Lewistown, Pennsylvania is an American character actor who has appeared in over 200 TV and film roles since 1955, including such shows as The Eleventh Hour, The Fugitive, Mission: Impossible, Gunsmoke, The Road West, The Golden Girls and Mama's Family. He also had a role in...
. The Science Channel series was hosted by Peter DeMeo from 1996-1998. The series was nominated for an Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
for "Outstanding Informational Series" in 1996, 1997 for "Outstanding Non-Fiction Series", and 1 other time
The series was created by producer-director Les Guthman
Les Guthman
Les Guthman is an American film director and producer, who has the distinction of both having produced three of the 20 Top Adventure DVDs of All Time, according to Men’s Journal magazine, and having won the National Academy of Science’s nationwide competition to find the best new idea in science...
at the Walt Disney Company in 1991, after Mr. Guthman licensed the television rights to Discover Magazine from Family Media in 1990. (Disney subsequently bought Discover Magazine in 1991.) Mr. Guthman produced the series for two seasons on The Disney Channel, 1992-1994, and then working with Disney President and CEO Frank Wells sold the series to Discovery Communications
Discovery Communications
Discovery Communications, Inc. is an American global media and entertainment company. The company started as a single channel in 1985, The Discovery Channel. Today, DCI has global operations offering 28 network entertainment brands on more than 100 channels in more than 180 countries in 39...
in late 1994, after The Disney Channel abandoned its family-adult prime time schedule.
Science Channel Episodes
(in alphabetical order; there may be others)- A Monster's Tale: Komodo dragonKomodo dragonThe Komodo dragon , also known as the Komodo monitor, is a large species of lizard found in the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Motang and Gili Dasami. A member of the monitor lizard family , it is the largest living species of lizard, growing to a maximum length of in rare cases...
s in IndonesiaIndonesiaIndonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an... - Avalanche: Bracing for DisasterDisasterA disaster is a natural or man-made hazard that has come to fruition, resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life, or drastic change to the environment...
: - Bones:
- Cops and Robbers: Crime-fighting technology
- Crime LabCrime LabA crime laboratory - often shortened to crime lab - is a scientific laboratory, using primarily forensic science for the purpose of examining evidence from criminal cases.- Lab personnel :A typical crime lab has two sets of personnel:...
: Crime-solving techniques; Pan Am Flight 103Pan Am Flight 103Pan Am Flight 103 was Pan American World Airways' third daily scheduled transatlantic flight from London Heathrow Airport to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport...
; World Trade Center bombing - Engineering Secrets:
- Fear: Soldiers are trained to overcome fear, exposure to prolonged fear causes brain damageBrain damage"Brain damage" or "brain injury" is the destruction or degeneration of brain cells. Brain injuries occur due to a wide range of internal and external factors...
in humans, Walt Disney World's Tower of TerrorThe Twilight Zone Tower of TerrorThe Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, more commonly known as Tower of Terror, is a drop tower thrill ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios , Disney California Adventure Park, Tokyo DisneySea and Walt Disney Studios Park . It is based upon the television show The Twilight Zone...
ride; features Martin Samuels (Chief of Neurology at Brigham and Women's HospitalBrigham and Women's HospitalBrigham and Women's Hospital is the largest hospital of the Longwood Medical and Academic Area in Boston, Massachusetts. It is directly adjacent to Harvard Medical School of which it is the second largest teaching affiliate with 793 beds...
), neuroscientist Joseph E. LeDouxJoseph E. LeDouxJoseph E. LeDoux is a neuroscientist, the Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science, and professor of neuroscience and psychology at New York University. He is also the director of the Center for the Neuroscience of Fear and Anxiety, a multi-university Center in New York City devoted to using...
, Roger Pitman, Michael DavisMichael DavisMichael Davis may refer to:* Michael Davis , bass guitarist, singer, songwriter and music producer* Michael Davis , film director, writer, producer...
, Larry Cahill; produced by Big Rock Productions. - Forensic Detectives: One of the most shocking crimes of the 19th century has a new twist.
- Ghost Ships of Pisa: Roman ships in Pisa, Italy
- Hidden Temples: People continue to find temples of the ancient KhmerKhmer EmpireThe Khmer Empire was one of the most powerful empires in Southeast Asia. The empire, which grew out of the former kingdom of Chenla, at times ruled over and/or vassalized parts of modern-day Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, and Malaysia. Its greatest legacy is Angkor, the site of the capital city...
empire. - Hidden Worlds: Mammoth Cave in Kentucky; underground sewage tunnels.
- Immortality
- Inside an EarthquakeEarthquakeAn earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity, seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time...
: - Islands of Mystery:
- Lost in Time:
- Mummies:
- Mummies of the PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
: - Nature's Greatest Hits:
- Science Detectives:
- Secrets of the SamuraiSamuraiis the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau...
: - Speed: Physical limitations of race horses; mechanics of drag racers; fast airplanes; slowing down atomAtomThe atom is a basic unit of matter that consists of a dense central nucleus surrounded by a cloud of negatively charged electrons. The atomic nucleus contains a mix of positively charged protons and electrically neutral neutrons...
s. - The Body ElectricBody ElectricBody Electric may refer to these artworks, all named after I Sing the Body Electric , an 1855 poem from Leaves of Grass by the American poet Walt Whitman:- Books :* The Body Electric a 1979 book on Kirlian photography by Thelma Moss...
: - The Last NeanderthalNeanderthalThe Neanderthal is an extinct member of the Homo genus known from Pleistocene specimens found in Europe and parts of western and central Asia...
s: Neanderthals disappear without a trace. - The Mysteries of JadeJadeJade is an ornamental stone.The term jade is applied to two different metamorphic rocks that are made up of different silicate minerals:...
: - The New Alcatraz:
- The Next Plague:How Malaysia struggled to contain the deadly Pinna Virus affecting pigs.
- The Pioneers of Flight:
- Who Were the First AmericansIndigenous peoples of the AmericasThe indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
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Disney Channel Episodes
- The Ten Great Unanswered Questions of Science.
- Ants, with Edward O. Wison.
- First Humans, with Jared Diamond.
- Dinosaur Heresies, with Bob Bakker.
- Keck Telescope.
- Magellan Explores Venus.
- Super Computer Graphics.
- The Prehistoric Origins of Art.
- Solar Aquatics.
- Ocean Drifters: Charting the Currents.
- DNA and Disease.