Chedd-Angier Productions

Background

This is the production company of Graham Chedd and John Angier, formed in 1979. Chedd was the science editor of PBS' Nova, while Angier was one of the show's founding producers. David Berenson, who was amongst Nova's first editors, is a partner.

Chedd-Angier has produced "over 100 prime-time programs for PBS; several multi-part telecourses; and cable and corporate media projects," according to the 'About Us" page of its website. Notable productions include Discover: The World of Science, PBS' first prime-time science magazine series, hosted by Peter Graves, and Scientific American Frontiers, hosted first by Woodie Flowers, then by Alan Alda; the latter show was co-produced by Connecticut Public Television and ran for 15 seasons.

The company has won many awards for its work, including three national Emmys, the AAAS/Kavli prize, two Prix Italia Special Citations and the Council of Scientific Society Presidents' Sagan Award.

Logo (October 1, 1990-April 13, 2005)

Visuals: A gray rectangle with a slanted square hole and a dark gray square fly in while rotating and meet in the center of the screen; the square fills in the hole in the rectangle. Once the logo is formed, "CHEDD ANGIER" slides in, "CHEDD", in white, from the top in the slanted square and "ANGIER", in black, from the bottom in the rectangle. Below the text, a red line appears. Copyright information fades in below. This is all superimposed over the background used for the closing credits of Scientific American Frontiers.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: The closing theme of the show, coupled with two whoosh sounds.

Availability: So far, seen on Scientific American Frontiers.