Parents' Guide to The End Is Nye

Co-executive produced by Bill Nye, Seth MacFarlane, and Cosmos producer Brannon Braga, THE END IS NYE is a science-based series that presents terrifying planetary disaster scenarios and explains how it will affect life on Earth. Each episode features scientist advocate Bill Nye talking to viewers from the (fictitious) Disaster Institute, where he enters a simulator to interactively experience being in an apocalyptic natural disaster. As it unfolds, he explains the damage it's causing, the demise of people who get caught in it, and the catastrophic impact it has on the overall planet once it's over. Throughout the process, Nye highlights the negligent acts (a.k.a. "acts of cow") of politicians, government agencies, and corporations that make the already bad situation substantially worse. He also discusses why people often ignore the warning signs in front of them, or "normalcy bias," that keeps them from getting out of harm's way before it's too late. After each simulation, Nye goes to his laboratory and breaks down some of the scientific solutions that can prevent these worst-case scenarios from happening, or at least minimize their impact. From a massive solar flare causing the global disruption of communications and power, to a global hydra storm that will put major cities simultaneously under water, it underscores the importance of taking science seriously when thinking about how to avoid the end of the world.