| Daily Planet | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | @discovery.ca (1995-2002) |
| Starring | Dan Riskin (2011-present) Ziya Tong (2008-present) Jay Ingram (1995-2011) Judy Halliday (1995-1996) Gill Deacon (1996-2002) Natasha Stillwell (2002-2007) Kim Jagtiani (2007-2008) |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Discovery Channel Canada |
| Original run | January 1, 1995 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Daily Planet is a television program on Discovery Channel Canada which features 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 renamed to Daily Planet in 2002. The show relaunched with in high definition in 2011.
The current hosts are Ziya Tong and Dan Riskin. Daily Planet airs on Discovery Channel Canada, Monday through Friday at 7 and 11 p.m.
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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 a the daily science news segment, and repeats of feature segments from the fall/winter season in a half hour format.[1][2] On September 30, 2002, it was relaunched as Daily Planet, adopting a "science magazine" programming format.
Jay Ingram, who hosted the show since Discovery Channel Canada's inception, announced his retirement on May 16, 2011.[3] Daily Planet Jay's Last Show aired on Sunday, June 5, 2011, which paid tribute to the host with flash backs and guest segments. Previous co-hosts include Natasha Stillwell who left the show on February 2, 2007,[4] temporary co-host Patty Kim, and Kim Jagtiani who left in September 2008.
The show relaunched on August 29, 2011 with a new set in high definition.
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 of Daily Planet was rebuilt to fit a high definition show that started to air that fall.
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 Latin America and Discovery Channel Asia.
A full-hour, multi-episode series, where show hosts go to different places for the episodes.