Wired Science, the TV show, lives

So I've known for weeks...but it was a secret: The Wired Science TV show is going to be a series. The press release with the official announcement went out...er...last week, and gosh, the KCET kids and the Wired kids are all pretty darn psyched.

Salient bits of the press release:

PBS has picked up the first season of WIRED SCIENCE, a production of KCET/Los Angeles in association with Wired Magazine, to premiere nationwide October 3, 2007, at 8 p.m. The 10-week primetime series translates Wired’s award-winning journalism, design and irreverent attitude into a fast-paced, one-hour weekly television show that will span the globe to chronicle the scientific advances and technologies that are transforming the world.

WIRED SCIENCE will also have a strong online presence at www.pbs.org/wiredscience. The site, which re-launches in the fall, will feature streaming video of series stories, articles by Wired writers, opportunities for audience interaction and comprehensive educational resources that extend the viewer’s experience beyond broadcast.

All very exciting. The executive producer, David Axelrod, was the senior producer on the pilot who put together, among other things, the meteorite segment that I was on-air for. So now the task of figuring out what stories to do begins in earnest.

And a note from all of us at KCET and at Wired: Thank you. Yes, you. Without the comments you've posted here on the blog and on the PBS web site, without your interest, this wouldn't have happened. How can we repay you?

By making good television, you say?

Well. All right then. Stay tuned.

It's unofficial: PBS chose pilot for Wired Science Current
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