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Facebook's 'I Fucking Love Science' making the jump to TV

Facebook's 'I Fucking Love Science' making the jump to TV

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Neil deGrasse Tyson's new version of Cosmos is a more populist take on science programming than most, but an upcoming show could take the genre even further from staid professors and opaque equations on blackboards. Discovery is bringing I Fucking Love Science, a popular Facebook page with over 10 million likes, to its Science channel in the fourth quarter of 2014. This follows the launch last year of IFLS clips starring page creator Elise Andrew on Discovery's TestTube online video network.

The Wrap reports that the "one-hour show will feature a mix of live-action, animation and recreations that demonstrate the random manifestations of science that connects us." It will be executive-produced by Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson, who announced the new show at SXSW with a video message. "Science has a naughty secret — it's that all things are connected," said Ferguson. "And this show is going to explore the randomness of science. Think of it as a late night Google search that goes a hundred pages deep until things get weird — and then you just keep going."