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Line 1: {{Short description\|American popular science public television program (since 1974)}} ~~{{Use mdy dates\|date=May 2022}}~~{{other uses\|Nova (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates\|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox television ~~\| name = Nova~~ \| image = Nova pbs program.svg \| camera = \| runtime = 60 minutes \| creator = Michael Ambrosino \| developer = Michael Ambrosino \| executive_producer = [[Paula S. Apsell\|Paula Apsell]] (senior)<br />Julia Cort<br />Chris Schmidt \| company = [[WGBH-TV]] \| starring = \| theme_music_composer = {{Plain list\| * [[Walter Werzowa]] * [[John Luker]] * [[Musikvergnuegen\|Musikvergnuegen, Inc.]] * [[Ray Loring]] (additional) Line 22: \| first_aired = {{Start date\|1974\|3\|3}} \| last_aired = present \| num_seasons = 4851 \| num_episodes = ~~934~~975 (~~February~~May 2322, ~~2022~~2024) \| list_episodes = List of Nova episodes \| related = ''[[Frontline (American TV program)\|Frontline]]''<br />''[[Nova ScienceNow]]'' }} '''''Nova''''' (~~styled~~stylized as '''''NOVΛ''''') is an American [[popular science]] television program produced by [[WGBH-TV\|WGBH]] in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], since 1974. It is broadcast on [[PBS]] in the United States, and in more than 100 other countries.<ref>{{cite web \|title=About Nova \|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/about/ \|publisher=[[Public Broadcasting Service\|PBS]] \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060203033508/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/about/ \|archive-date=2006-02-03}}</ref> The program has won many major television awards.<ref name="broadcast awards">{{cite web \| url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/about/tvaw.html \| title=Broadcast Awards Listed by Date \| publisher=PBS \| access-date=2008-01-23}}</ref>▼ ▲'''''Nova''''' (styled as '''''NOVΛ''''') is an American [[popular science]] television program produced by [[WGBH-TV\|WGBH]] in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]] since 1974. It is broadcast on [[PBS]] in the United States, and in more than 100 other countries.<ref>{{cite web \|title=About Nova \|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/about/ \|publisher=[[Public Broadcasting Service\|PBS]] \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060203033508/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/about/ \|archive-date=2006-02-03}}</ref> The program has won many major television awards.<ref name="broadcast awards">{{cite web \| url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/about/tvaw.html \| title=Broadcast Awards Listed by Date \| publisher=PBS \| access-date=2008-01-23}}</ref> ''Nova'' often includes interviews with scientists doing research in the subject areas covered and occasionally includes footage of a particular discovery. Some episodes have focused on the history of science. Examples of topics covered include the following: <!-- this list was generated using the "What links here" list --> Line 55 ⟶ 54: == Reception == Rob Owen of ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]'' wrote, "Fascinating and gripping."<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Owen \|first=Rob \|date=2007-11-13 \|title=Tuned In: Dover case presented in dramatic special \|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/2007/11/13/Tuned-In-Dover-case-presented-in-dramatic-special/stories/200711130188 \|access-date=2022-05-29 \|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette \|language=en}}</ref> Alex Strachan of ''[[Calgary Herald]]'' wrote,"TV for people who don't normally watch TV."<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Strachan \|first=Alex \|date=2011-02-09 \|title=Producer calls it smartest night on TV \|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/times-colonist/20110209/285812894891158 \|access-date=2023-07-26 \|website=Calgary Herald \|via=PressReader}}</ref> Lynn Elber of the [[Associated Press]] wrote of the episode "[[The Fabric of the Cosmos#Adaptation\|The Fabric of the Cosmos]]", "Mind-blowing TV."<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Elber \|first=Lynn \|date=2011-11-01 \|title='Fabric of the Cosmos' takes viewers on wild ride \|url=https://www.today.com/news/fabric-cosmos-takes-viewers-wild-ride-wbna45128177 \|access-date=2022-06-05 \|publisher=Associated Press \|language=en}}</ref> ''[[The Futon Critic]]'' wrote of the episode "Looking for Life on Mars", "Astounding [and] exhilarating."<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2021-02-19 \|title=Nova 'Looking for Life on Mars' Goes Inside the Mission to Search for Life on the Red Planet \|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2021/02/19/nova-looking-for-life-on-mars-goes-inside-the-mission-to-search-for-life-on-the-red-planet-334412/20210219pbs01/ \|access-date=2022-06-05 \|website=The Futon Critic}}</ref> ==Awards== Line 80 ⟶ 79: In 1998, the National Science Board of the [[National Science Foundation]] awarded ''Nova'' its first-ever Public Service Award.<ref name="broadcast awards" /> ~~==See also==~~ ~~<!-- Please keep entries in alphabetical order and add a short description per [[WP:SEEALSO]]. -->~~ * [[Equinox (TV programme)\|''Equinox'']] – [[Channel 4]] popular science series * [[Horizon (British TV series)\|''Horizon'']] * [[Nature (TV program)\|''Nature'']] * [[Q.E.D. (British TV series)\|''Q.E.D.'']] – [[BBC One\|BBC1]] science documentary series ==References== Line 107 ⟶ 99: [[Category:American educational television series]] [[Category:Emmy Award-winning programs]] [[Category:American English-language television shows]] [[Category:Nova (American TV program)\| ]] [[Category:PBS original programming]]