Bill Nye Saves the World Tune Your Quack-o-Meter (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | Comedy, Talk-Show

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Bill Nye Saves the World

Tune Your Quack-o-Meter (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | Comedy, Talk-Show

Bill Nye and the team debunk alternative medicine, including an explanation into the placebo effect & why we think something works when it has no basis in science proof.

Head Writer

Mike Drucker

Director

Nick Murray

Writers

Phil Plait (head science writer) | Cece Pleasants | David Sacks (co-writer) | Prashanth Venkataramanujam (writer) | Teagan Wall (writer)

Producer

Marie-Claire Spurlock (producer)

Cinematographer

Chris Burns

Editor

Ian Kornbluth

Production Designer

James Connelly

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 21, 2017

Release date

Apr 21, 2017 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Steve Aoki Self Self See fewer	Why Him? (2016)
Chris Beedie Self - Panelist Self - Panelist See fewer	Horizon (I) (1964)
David Gibson Self - Sound therapist Self - Sound therapist See fewer	Bill Nye Saves the World (2017)
Joanna Hausmann Self - Correspondent Self - Correspondent See fewer	Bill Nye Saves the World (2017)
Bill Nye Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Bill Nye the Science Guy (1993)
Cara Santa Maria Self - Panelist Self - Panelist See fewer	Bright Day! (2010)
Donald Schultz Self - Panelist Self - Panelist See fewer	Speed of Life (2010)
Prashanth Venkataramanujam Self Self See fewer	Bait (2026)