'Wired Science' gets green light

PBS has picked up the first season of the series to be produced by KCET in association with Wired magazine. It premieres nationwide on October 3. From the flackage: "The 10-week primetime series translates Wired’s award-winning journalism, design and irreverent attitude into a fast-paced, one-hour weekly television show that will span the globe to chronicle the scientific advances and technologies that are transforming the world." Executive producer of "Wired Science" is David Axelrod, who won an Emmy for the "Nova" special “Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens.” The EP for KCET is Karen Hunte, the executive in charge of production is Mary Mazur and the executive producer for Wired is Melanie Cornwell.