Bill Nye is getting a new TV Show!

That's right, Bill Nye is going to have his own new TV show. Well...sort of. It'll be a science based talk show on Netflix, set to release in spring 2017.

Here's the article.

I for one am very excited. Another article I read about it said that the lead science writer, other than Nye, will be Phil Plait who runs my favorite science blog, Bad Astronomy.

:woohoo:

Bill is no scientist; he's an engineer so take his "science" with a grain of salt

Looking forward to it!

Rick D wrote: Bill is no scientist; he's an engineer so take his "science" with a grain of salt

Honestly curious what you mean by this. Engineering is grounded in science (and is sometimes called applied science), so he does have a scientific background. Even if it's not a PhD-level research background.

I like Bill Nye, even if he is like the Dr Phil of science media.

As I said, there's going to be at least one other scientist doing research and writing the science stuff. And a comedian making it funnier, but I didn't recognize the name.

While he holds several honorary doctorate degrees in the scientific community, his only real education is a mechanical engineering degree from Cornell. The "Bill Nye the Science Guy" moniker came from a reoccurring sketch comedy skit that he did for a local sketch comedy show here in Seattle (I miss Almost Live ). He's a funny guy, and can do some cool science parlor tricks, but he is no scientist.

Rick D wrote: Bill is no scientist; he's an engineer so take his "science" with a grain of salt

Made me think of this.



Congrats Rick, you are now the Sheldon Cooper of this thread. :laugh:

I only know Bill Nye exists because of the Big Bang Theory (sorry!).. but I think anything that gets more people interested in Science is a good thing.

Rick D wrote: While he holds several honorary doctorate degrees in the scientific community, his only real education is a mechanical engineering degree from Cornell. The "Bill Nye the Science Guy" moniker came from a reoccurring sketch comedy skit that he did for a local sketch comedy show here in Seattle (I miss Almost Live ). He's a funny guy, and can do some cool science parlor tricks, but he is no scientist.

Can I ask what your definition of a scientist is?