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This is a list of programs broadcast by Science Channel. Science Channel broadcasts a number of science-related television series originally produced by or aired on
Discovery Channel Discovery Channel (known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery) is an American cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav. , Discovery Channe ...
, such as ''Beyond Tomorrow'', among others. Discovery Communications has also produced a few programs specifically for Science, such as ''MegaScience'' and ''What The Ancients Knew''. Programs from other Discovery Networks channels, PBS and the BBC are either regularly or occasionally aired on the network. Television series produced in the 1990s, such as '' Discover Magazine'' and '' Understanding'', are carried on the network's weekday schedule. Science also broadcasts programs such as ''Moments of Impact'' and ''
An Idiot Abroad ''An Idiot Abroad'' is a British travel documentary comedy television series broadcast on Sky One, as well as a series of companion books published by Canongate Books, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant and starring Karl Pilkington. T ...
''. The channel has experienced some
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from its intended format throughout its existence, increasingly adding reruns on several science fiction series such as ''
Firefly The Lampyridae are a family of elateroid beetles with more than 2,000 described species, many of which are light-emitting. They are soft-bodied beetles commonly called fireflies, lightning bugs, or glowworms for their conspicuous production ...
'' and '' Fringe'' to its schedule in recent years.


Series

Below is a selected list of ''Science'' series. *''Against The Elements'' *''
Alien Encounters In ufology, a close encounter is an event in which a person witnesses an unidentified flying object. This terminology and the system of classification behind it were first suggested in astronomer and UFO researcher J. Allen Hynek's 1972 book ''Th ...
'' *''All-American Makers'' *''
An Idiot Abroad ''An Idiot Abroad'' is a British travel documentary comedy television series broadcast on Sky One, as well as a series of companion books published by Canongate Books, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant and starring Karl Pilkington. T ...
'' *''America’s Lost Vikings'' *'' Are We Alone?'' *'' Battlebots'' *''
Before We Ruled the Earth ''Before We Ruled the Earth'' is a two-part documentary television miniseries that premiered on February 9, 2003 on the Discovery Channel. The program featured early human history and the challenges human beings faced thousands of years ago. Th ...
'' *'' Beyond Tomorrow'' *''Black Files Declassified'' *'' Brainiac: Science Abuse'' *'' Brink'' *''
Build It Bigger ''Extreme Engineering'' is a documentary television series that aired on the Discovery Channel and the Science Channel. The program featured futuristic and ongoing engineering projects. After ending of season 3 it airs under the ''Build It Bi ...
'' *'' Building Giants'' *''Building the Ultimate'' *''
Catch It Keep It ''Catch It Keep It'' is an American game show and reality television series hosted by Zach Selwyn and Mike Senese. It was broadcast on the Science Channel and premiered on July 17, 2009. In each episode a three-member team had 48 hours to build ...
'' *''Chaos Caught on Camera'' *''Close Encounters'' *''Colossal Construction'' *''Conspiracies Decoded'' *''Cooper's Treasures: The Legend Continues'' *''
Cosmic Quantum Ray ''Cosmic Quantum Ray'' is a CGI- animated television series. The series premiered in the United States on November 5, 2007 on Animania HD, then in 2009 in Germany on KI.KA, and then later on October 10, 2010 on The Hub (later in 2014 became D ...
'' *'' Cosmos: A Personal Voyage'' *'' Curse of the Bermuda Triangle'' *'' Danger by Design'' *'' Dark Matters: Twisted But True'' *''
The Day The Universe Changed ''The Day the Universe Changed: A Personal View by James Burke'' is a British documentary television series written and presented by science historian James Burke, originally broadcast on BBC1 from 19 March until 21 May 1985 by the BBC. The ser ...
'' *''Deconstructed'' *'' Destroyed in Seconds'' *'' Discover Magazine'' *'' Download The True Story of the Internet'' *'' Ecotech'' *''Engineered'' *''Engineering Catastrophes'' *''Exodus Earth'' *''The Explosion Show'' *'' Extreme Engineering'' *''Extreme Ice Machines'' *''Extreme Machines'' *''Factory Made'' *''Forbidden History'' *''
Firefly The Lampyridae are a family of elateroid beetles with more than 2,000 described species, many of which are light-emitting. They are soft-bodied beetles commonly called fireflies, lightning bugs, or glowworms for their conspicuous production ...
'' (re-runs) *'' Fringe'' (re-runs) *''Futurescape with James Woods'' *'' The Gadget Show'' *'' Head Games'' *'' Head Rush'' *''
How Do They Do It? ''How Do They Do It?'' is a television series produced by Wag TV for Discovery Channel. Each programme explores how 2 or 3 ordinary objects are made and used. The show's slogan is "Behind the ordinary is the extraordinary." The series is broa ...
'' *'' How It's Made'' (see also List of How It's Made episodes) *'' How the Universe Works'' *'' Hurricane Man'' *''If We Built It Today'' *''
Impossible Engineering ''Impossible Engineering'' is a television series produced for Discovery, Inc., Discovery's Science Channel in the US., UKTV's Yesterday (TV channel), Yesterday in the UK, RMC Découverte, RMC Decouverte in France, Canadian Broadcasting Corpora ...
'' *''Impossible Fixes'' *''Ingenious Minds'' *''Invention Nation'' *'' It's All Geek to Me'' *'' Junkyard Wars'' *''
Killers of the Cosmos ''Killers of the Cosmos'' is a documentary science television series hosted by Aidan Gillen. Aired by the Science Channel, it premiered on September 19, 2021. Format In a format the Science Channel describes as "space noir," ''Killers of the C ...
'' *''Legends of the Deep'' *''
Lost Luggage Lost luggage is luggage conveyed by a public carrier such as an airline, seafaring cruise ship, shipping company, or railway which fails to arrive at the correct destination with the passenger. In the United States, an average of 1 in 150 peo ...
'' *''Living with Dinosaurs'' *''Lost World Of Pompeii'' *''Mammals Vs. Dinos'' *'' Mantracker'' *''Mega Machines'' *'' Meteorite Men'' *''
Miracle Planet ''Miracle Planet'' is a six-part documentary series, co-produced by Japan's NHK and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), narrated by Christopher Plummer (Seiko Nakajo in the original Japanese), which tells the 4.6-billion-year-old story of ...
'' *'' The Moaning of Life'' *''
Monster Bug Wars ''Monster Bug Wars'' is a nature documentary program, created and distributed by Beyond Television Productions, and televised on the Science Channel in the United States, and SBS in Australia. The monster movie format features two kinds of inse ...
'' *''Monster Ships'' *''Mummy Mysteries'' *''Mutant Planet'' *''Mysteries Of The Abandoned'' *''Mysteries Of The Missing'' *''
MythBusters ''MythBusters'' is a science entertainment television program, developed by Peter Rees and produced by Australia's Beyond Television Productions. The series premiered on the Discovery Channel on January 23, 2003. It was broadcast internatio ...
'' *'' MythBusters Jr.'' *'' MythBusters: The Search'' *'' NASA's Unexplained Files'' *'' Oddities'' *''Outrageous Acts of Psych'' *''
Outrageous Acts of Science ''Outrageous Acts of Science'' is a science program shown on Science Channel in the U.S., featuring a fast-paced countdown of the top 20 internet videos in each episode. The series first aired in the UK on Discovery International with the title ' ...
'' *'' Paleoworld'' *'' Patent Bending'' *''Phantom Signals'' *''Popular Science's Future of...'' *''
Prophets of Science Fiction ''Prophets of Science Fiction'' is an American documentary television series produced and hosted by Ridley Scott for the Science Channel. The program premiered on . The series covers the life and work of leading science fiction authors of the las ...
'' *'' Race to Escape'' *'' Raging Planet'' *''
ReGenesis ''ReGenesis'' is a Canadian science-fiction television series produced by The Movie Network and Movie Central in conjunction with Shaftesbury Films. The series, which ran for four seasons from 2004 to 2008, revolves around the scientists of No ...
'' (re-runs) *''Savage Builds'' *'' Sci Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible'' *''Science of the Movies'' *''Secret Nazi Ruins'' *''Secrets Of The Underground'' *''Shipwreck Secrets'' *''Skyscrapers: Engineering the Future'' *''Solar Empire'' *''
Space's Deepest Secrets ''Space's Deepest Secrets'' is a documentary science television series narrated by David O'Brien. Aired by the Science Channel, it premiered on April 26, 2016. According to the Science Channel, "''Space's Deepest Secrets'' shares the stories of t ...
'' *''Species of Mass Destruction'' *''Strange Evidence'' *''Strip The City'' *''Strip The Cosmos'' *''
Stuck with Hackett ''Stuck with Hackett'' is a television show created and produced by Silver Machine for the Science Channel. It was commissioned as a pilot in 2010 and picked up as a nine-part series which began airing on August 18, 2011. It follows the trials ...
'' *'' Stuff You Should Know'' *''
Survivorman ''Survivorman'' is a Canadian-produced television program, broadcast in Canada on the Outdoor Life Network (OLN), and internationally on Discovery Channel and Science Channel. The title refers to the host of the show, Canadian filmmaker and su ...
'' *'' Terra Nova'' (re-runs) *''
Through the Wormhole ''Through the Wormhole'' is an American science documentary television series narrated and hosted by American actor Morgan Freeman. It began airing on Science Channel in the United States on June 9, 2010. The series concluded its run on May 16 ...
'' (''with
Morgan Freeman Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, director, and narrator. He is known for his distinctive deep voice and various roles in a wide variety of film genres. Throughout his career spanning over five decades, he has received ...
'') *''Tomorrow's World Today'' *''T-Rex: New Science, New Beast'' *''Tracking Africa's Dinosaurs'' *''Triassic Giants'' *'' Truth Behind the Moon Landing'' *''Underground Marvels'' *'' Understanding'' *''Unearthed'' *''Unearthing Ancient Secrets'' *''Unearthing Ancient Secrets 2'' *''Unearthing Ancient Secrets 3'' *''Unexplained and Unexplored'' *''
The Unexplained Files The Unexplained Files is a 2010s American television series, airing on Science Channel, which investigates Paranormal and other unexplained phenomena. This was the highest-rated series on Science during its first season in 2013. The second season b ...
'' *''Utah's Dino Graveyard'' *''What Could Possibly Go Wrong?'' *''
What on Earth%3F (American TV program) ''What on Earth?'' is an American television program broadcast on Science Channel. It examines strange satellite imagery and speculates on what caused the strange phenomenon. The program debuted in February 2015. It was Science Channel's most wat ...
'' *'' Wonders of the Solar System'' *''
Wonders of the Universe ''Wonders of the Universe'' is a 2011 television series produced by the BBC, Discovery Channel, and Science Channel, hosted by physicist Professor Brian Cox. ''Wonders of the Universe'' was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two from 6 ...
'' *''World's Strangest''


Specials and miniseries

*''2057'' – Predictions on the future technology of the body, city, and the world. *Uncovering Aliens - 2013 mini series of 4 episodes. *''Base Camp Moon'' – Returning to the moon, harvesting moon dust for oxygen/water, robotics ( Robonaut), etc. *''
The Challenger Disaster ''The Challenger'' (US title: ''The Challenger Disaster'') is a 2013 TV movie starring William Hurt about Richard Feynman's investigation into the 1986 Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster. The film was co-produced by the BBC, the Science C ...
'' – A biography surrounding the mystery of the titular tragedy, starring William Hurt. Science's first foray into dramatic programming, its premiere on the channel will be simulcast on sister network Discovery Channel. *'' The Critical Eye'' – An eight-part series examining pseudoscientific and paranormal phenomena. *''
Dinosaur Revolution ''Dinosaur Revolution'' is a four-part American nature documentary produced by Creative Differences. It utilizes computer-generated imagery to portray dinosaurs and other animals from the Mesozoic era. The program was originally aired on the Disc ...
'' – A four-part miniseries on the natural history of dinosaurs. The last two episodes were planned to air on Discovery Channel, but a last-minute schedule change landed them on Science. *'' Exploring Time'' – A two-hour TV documentary
mini-series A miniseries or mini-series is a television series that tells a story in a predetermined, limited number of episodes. "Limited series" is another more recent US term which is sometimes used interchangeably. , the popularity of miniseries format h ...
about natural time scale changes *''Extreme Smuggling'' *''Futurecar'' – New technology may be used to create advanced cars and sometimes
funny car Funny Car is a type of drag racing vehicle and a specific racing class in organized drag racing. Funny cars are characterized by having tilt-up fiberglass or carbon fiber automotive bodies over a custom-fabricated chassis, giving them an appea ...
s in the future. *''
Hawking Hawking may refer to: People * Stephen Hawking (1942–2018), English theoretical physicist and cosmologist *Hawking (surname), a family name (including a list of other persons with the name) Film * ''Hawking'' (2004 film), about Stephen Haw ...
'' – About the early work of British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking. *'' Hubble Live'' – Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on NASA's Servicing Mission 4 (HST-SM4), the eleven-day fifth and final mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope *''A Life In Memory'' – An hour-long documentary about Memories, and PTSD and the ways they effect our lives. "Barney recalls the day he was hit by a car: his back was broken, and his wife was killed. Today, he will be given a pill to erase the memory of that tragic day for good. At a treatment center in Montreal, PTSD patients are given a second chance at life." *''
Lost Luggage Lost luggage is luggage conveyed by a public carrier such as an airline, seafaring cruise ship, shipping company, or railway which fails to arrive at the correct destination with the passenger. In the United States, an average of 1 in 150 peo ...
'' – Rebroadcasts of ''
An Idiot Abroad ''An Idiot Abroad'' is a British travel documentary comedy television series broadcast on Sky One, as well as a series of companion books published by Canongate Books, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant and starring Karl Pilkington. T ...
'' episodes from previous seasons, each including two new "Lost Luggage" segments filmed at
Ricky Gervais Ricky Dene Gervais ( ; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, writer, and director. He co-created, co-wrote, and acted in the British television sitcoms ''The Office'' (2001–2003), '' Extras'' (2005–2007), and '' An Idiot Abroad' ...
' home in England in which Gervais and
Karl Pilkington Karl Pilkington (born 23 September 1972) is an English presenter, comedian, actor, voice-artist, producer and author. After working with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant as producer on their XFM radio show, Pilkington became a co-host of '' ...
hold brief discussions. *''
Mars Rising ''Mars Rising'' is a vertically scrolling shooter written by David Wareing and released as shareware by Ambrosia Software for Macintosh computers in 1998. Reviewers called out similarities to ''Xevious is a vertically scrolling shooter vide ...
'' – A six-part series on possible future missions to Mars. *''NextWorld'' – Predicting the future of the world, humanity, and life. *''Outlaw Tech'' *'' Perfect Disaster'' – Predicting violent
natural disasters A natural disaster is "the negative impact following an actual occurrence of natural hazard in the event that it significantly harms a community". A natural disaster can cause loss of life or damage property, and typically leaves some econo ...
that could happen in the near future. *''
Prophets of Science Fiction ''Prophets of Science Fiction'' is an American documentary television series produced and hosted by Ridley Scott for the Science Channel. The program premiered on . The series covers the life and work of leading science fiction authors of the las ...
'' – Biographies of some of the greatest sci-fi authors. *''
Punkin Chunkin Punkin chunkin, or as it is sometimes called pumpkin chucking, is the sport of hurling a pumpkin solely by mechanical means for distance. The devices used include slingshots, catapults, centrifugals, trebuchets, and pneumatic (air) cannons. ...
'' – A one-hour condensed version of the World Championship pumpkin chunking contest in
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. Traditionally aired on Thanksgiving. *'' Science of Star Wars'' – Explains how the cutting edge technology of ''
Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop-culture Cultural impact of S ...
'' might be useful and possible to implement in everyday life. *''
Tank on the Moon ''Tank on the Moon'' is a French 2007 documentary film about the development, launch, and operation of the Soviet Union, Soviet Moon Lunar rover, exploration rovers, ''Lunokhod 1'' and ''Lunokhod 2'' in the period from 1970 to 1973. The film uses ...
'' – Concentrates on Russian attempts to launch an unmanned rover to the Moon before the successful American Apollo program. *''What the Ancients Knew'' – Rediscovered innovations of the ancient world. *''The Planets (miniseries)'' *''The Planets and Beyond''


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