ALL NEW EPISODES OF OUTRAGEOUS ACTS OF SCIENCE TO PREMIERE ON SCIENCE CHANNEL SATURDAY, JUNE 20TH AT 10PM ET/PT
June 9, 2015
(Silver Spring, MD) - Science Channel's fast-paced countdown series OUTRAGEOUS ACTS OF SCIENCE is back with more mind-boggling experiments, extraordinary inventions and jaw-dropping scientific stunts. All across the internet, self-appointed scientists are filming their outrageous experiments and misadventures. Our team of top science brains is ready to analyze the how and why and to choose the very best. Forget everything you thought you knew about science when OUTRAGEOUS ACTS OF SCIENCE returns Saturday, June 20th at 10PM ET/PT on Science Channel.
In this season, producers continue to scour the web for the most shocking stunts and mind-blowing displays of science in action. Each episode counts down twenty clips while a team of real-life scientists breaks down the principles behind the backyard experiments. Our team of outrageous experts includes returning favorites such as astrophysicist Hakeem Oluseyi and physicist Debbie Berebichez.
In the premiere episode, "Fact or Fiction," our science brainiacs play detective as they separate science fact from science fiction. Applying the principles of physics, chemistry, biology and engineering, they break down videos that seem too outrageous to be true.
OUTRAGEOUS ACTS OF SCIENCE is produced for Science Channel by October Films. For October Films, the executive producers are Denman Rooke and Gareth Cornick. For Science Channel, Wyatt Channell is executive producer and Jeffrey Stepp is coordinating producer. Bernadette McDaid is vice president of production.
About Science Channel
Science Channel, a division of Discovery Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK), is home for the thought provocateur, the individual who is unafraid to ask the killer questions of "how" and "why not." The network is a playground for those with audacious intellects and features programming willing to go beyond imagination to explore the unknown. Guided by curiosity, Science Channel looks for innovation in mysterious new worlds as well as in its own backyard. Science Channel and the Science Channel HD simulcast reach nearly 80 million U.S. households. The network also features high-traffic online and social media destinations, including ScienceChannel.com, facebook.com/Science Channel and twitter.com/Science Channel.
About Discovery Communications
Discovery Communications (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) is the world's #1 pay-TV programmer reaching nearly 3 billion cumulative subscribers in more than 220 countries and territories. For 30 years Discovery has been dedicated to satisfying curiosity and entertaining viewers with high-quality content through its global television brands, led by Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery, Science and Turbo/Velocity, as well as U.S. joint venture network OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. Discovery controls Eurosport, the leading pan-regional sports entertainment destination across Europe and Asia-Pacific. Discovery also is a leading provider of educational products and services to schools, including an award-winning series of K-12 digital textbooks, through Discovery Education, and a digital leader with a diversified online portfolio, including Discovery Digital Networks. For more information, please visit www.discoverycommunications.com.
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