Daily Planet (TV series)

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Daily Planet
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Also known as@discovery.ca (1995–2002)
Starring Daniel K. Riskin (2011–2018)
Ziya Tong (2008–2018)
Jay Ingram (1995–2011)
Judy Halliday (1995–1996)
Gill Deacon (1996–2002)
Natasha Stillwell (2002–2007)
Kim Jagtiani (2007–2008)
Country of originCanada
No. of seasons23
Production
Running time60 minutes
Original release
Network Discovery Channel Canada
ReleaseJanuary 1, 1995 (1995-01-01) 
June 5, 2018 (2018-06-05)

Daily Planet was a television program on Discovery Channel Canada which featured daily news, discussion and commentary on the scientific aspects of current events and discoveries. The show first aired as @discovery.ca in 1995. It was relaunched as Daily Planet on September 30, 2002, adopting a "science magazine" programming format. The show adopted high definition in 2011. The show was cancelled by Bell Media on May 23, 2018 and its final episode aired on June 5, 2018. [1]

Contents

From June 2012 until the show ended in May 2018, the hosts were Ziya Tong and Dan Riskin. Daily Planet aired on Discovery Channel Canada, Monday through Friday at 7 p.m.EST (Monday through Friday at 4 p.m.PST) as of September 4, 2012.

History

Daily Planet first aired on January 1, 1995, the same day as the premiere of Discovery Channel Canada, under the name @discovery.ca, it was an hour-long daily news magazine with a science news segment and several feature segments. During this era, the show aired for the fall/winter season. The summer season aired the variant show Summer@discovery.ca, with the daily science news segment, and repeats of feature segments from the fall/winter season in a half-hour format. [2] [3]

Jay Ingram, who hosted the show since Discovery Channel Canada's inception, announced his retirement on May 16, 2011. [4] Daily Planet: Jay's Last Show aired on Sunday, June 5, 2011, which paid tribute to the host with flashbacks and guest segments. [5]

Previous co-hosts include Gill Deacon (1996-2002), Natasha Stillwell, who left the show on February 2, 2007, [6] temporary co-host Patty Kim, and Kim Jagtiani, who left in September 2008.

Set design

During the summer of 2002, the set was completely remade for the name change from @discovery.ca to Daily Planet. During the summer of 2006, the set of Daily Planet was completely made over. On the season premiere in September, the end of the show was about the rebuilding of the set. During the summer of 2011, the set was rebuilt to accommodate the relaunch of the show in high definition on August 29, 2011.

Foreign versions

Co-hosts Ziya Tong and Dan Riskin on location in Northern Ireland during the opening of Titanic Belfast, April 2012 Opening Day, Titanic Belfast, 31 March 2012 (68).JPG
Co-hosts Ziya Tong and Dan Riskin on location in Northern Ireland during the opening of Titanic Belfast, April 2012

An American version of the series, Science Daily, which was based in Washington, DC, aired on the Discovery-owned digital channel The Science Channel (then branded Discovery Science Channel) from 2000–2001, during the @discovery.ca era. Patty Kim hosted from Washington, DC. A weekly version called Discoveries This Week, hosted by Dan Duran, aired on that channel until 2006. The Science Channel more recently simulcasted a live Daily Planet special called Mars: The Phoenix Lands in HD on May 25, 2008.

International versions of Daily Planet are also produced for Discovery Channel (United States) Discovery Channel Latin America and Discovery Channel Asia.

Current programming segments

Former programming segments

Daily Planet Goes specials

A full-hour, multi-episode series, where show hosts go to different places for the episodes.

Daily Planet special episodes

Hosts

References

  1. Discovery Canada (2018-05-23). "@DiscoveryCanada Tweet". twitter.com. Retrieved 2023-07-15. After 23 wonderful seasons of Daily Planet, the final episode will air on June 5th. Due to increasing production costs and declining revenue, we can no longer continue production. Thank you to the amazing cast, crew and fans for a lengthy and educational ride.
  2. Descent to the Titanic, Toronto Star, 1998-08-16
  3. Just watching this will make you more fit, The Spectator, 1996-08-26
  4. "Leaving With a Bang! As He Steps Down from Nightly Co-Hosting Duties, Discovery Channel Celebrates Jay Ingram with New Special, DAILY PLANET: JAY'S LAST SHOW, June 5". ctvmedia.ca (Press release). 2011-05-16. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
  5. 1 2 "Jay's Last Show". Discoverychannel.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-08-13. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  6. "Daily Planet's Natasha Stillwell to Return to the U.K." ctvmedia.ca (Press release). 2007-01-23. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
  7. "Watch video online". Discovery.
  8. "Bell Media Site – Discovery Channel". Ctvmedia.ca. 2007-01-23. Archived from the original on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  9. "DiscoveryChannel.ca – Daily Planet Goes To India starts May 28". 2007-05-22. Archived from the original on 2007-05-22. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  10. "DiscoveryChannel.ca – Join us for a look at the science of a changing Arctic". 2007-10-25. Archived from the original on 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  11. "Discovery HD Announces its fall 2007 programming highlights". Channel Canada. 2007-06-05. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  12. "Daily Planet Goes to Australia". www.ctv.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  13. "DiscoveryChannel.ca – Expedition Green Homepage". 2008-07-12. Archived from the original on 2008-07-12. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  14. "Bell Media Site – Discovery Channel". Ctvmedia.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  15. "Daily Planet – Fire in the Sky: A Daily Planet Special". discovery.ca. Archived from the original on 2013-05-14. Retrieved 2013-04-07.

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