Bill Nye the Science Guy

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1999 Public Service Award from NSB for the program "Bill Nye the Science Guy", accepted by Bill Nye and Elizabeth Brock

Bill Nye the Science Guy was an American live action educational science program. It originally aired from May 10, 1993 to June 20, 1998. The program was hosted by Bill Nye. It was produced by Buena Vista Television. The show aired on PBS Kids and was also syndicated to local stations. Each of the 100 half-hour episodes aims to teach a specific topic in a natural science to a preteen audience. In 1999, the program received a public service award from the National Science Board "For its masterful presentations of the sciences to the younger generation..."[1] The show won a total of 19 Emmy Awards during the five years it was broadcast.[2] Nye won seven Emmys for his performing, writing and producing the program.[2] He also has been posted on Miles Nye The Science guy YouTube page.

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  1. "Public Service Award Recipients 1998-Present". The National Science Board. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Bill Nye Biography". Bio/A&E Television Networks, LLC. Retrieved 9 July 2015.[permanent dead link]