{"id":7857,"date":"2017-04-05T01:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T05:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2017-04-05T10:38:58","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T14:38:58","slug":"nbc-orders-chris-hardwicks-the-awesome-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/nbc-orders-chris-hardwicks-the-awesome-show\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC Orders Chris Hardwick\u2019s The Awesome Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NBC has commissioned six episodes of <em>The Awesome Show<\/em>, a new series hosted, developed and executive produced by Chris Hardwick that will showcase groundbreaking scientific and technological advances.<\/p>\n<p>Each episode of <em>The Awesome Show<\/em> will highlight stories of revolutionary scientific and technological advances that are shaping the future. The show will also celebrate the pioneers at the forefront of these innovations. Mark Burnett and Alex Murray will executive produce alongside Hardwick. The Silicon Valley institution Singularity University is also on board the series.\u00a0<em>The Awesome Show<\/em> will be produced by Universal Television Alternative Studio in association with Fish\u00a0Ladder and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe opportunity to develop a prime-time show that celebrates science and technology was too good to pass up,&#8221; Hardwick said. \u201cI started Nerdist ten years ago as a tech news site. I was a contributor to <em>Wired<\/em> magazine for several years and hosted <em>Wired Science<\/em> on PBS. It is very important to me to make something that positively promotes these topics in order to share humanity&#8217;s triumphs, to instill hope for our future and to inspire the next generation of young thinkers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInnovation and discovery is something anyone at any age can participate in, and to be able to highlight and inspire an audience is very exciting,\u201d said Mark Burnett, the president of Television Group and Digital at MGM.\u00a0\u201cChris Hardwick has the perfect balance of humor and knowledge when it comes to exploring the depths of what is possible, and the audience will be entertained while at the same time having their minds blown!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By highlighting the pioneers of tomorrow, who dare to think differently to improve the way we live, work, play, move and communicate, Chris Hardwick and his team will help us navigate the future in a hilarious and uplifting way,&#8221; said Meredith Ahr, the president of Universal Television Alternative Studio. &#8220;This will be a first-of-its-kind series that will bring the whole family together and start conversations about things that truly matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At Singularity University we believe in the power of technology to positively impact the world and create an abundant future,\u201d said Rob Nail, CEO and associate founder of Singularity University. \u201cWe\u2019re proud to be partnering with NBC to bring uplifting and important new perspectives into people\u2019s living rooms and lives across the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBC has commissioned six episodes of The Awesome Show, a new series hosted, developed and executive produced by Chris Hardwick that will showcase groundbreaking scientific and technological advances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[643,254,224,1280,1073],"class_list":["post-7857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-chris-hardwick","tag-mark-burnett","tag-nbc","tag-the-awesome-show","tag-universal-television-alternative-studio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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