Genre: | Paranormal |
Director: | Brendan Goekel |
Starring: | William B. Davis |
Num Seasons: | 1 |
Num Episodes: | 8 |
Executive Producer: | Joshua C. Berkley |
Producer: | Amy Mack |
Company: | 62 Blue Productions LLC |
Channel: | Discovery Science Channel |
The Critical Eye is a Discovery Science Channel documentary series examining pseudoscientific and paranormal phenomena. The eight-part documentary series aired from October 2002 through February 2003 and was hosted by actor and scientific skeptic William B. Davis.
The Critical Eye, alternately labeled as just Critical Eye, was produced by the Discovery Science Channel, and was produced in association with Skeptical Inquirer Magazine. The show was described by cosmolearning.org as "William B. Davis hosts this programme bringing to the viewers the science behind the paranormal and the unexplained."
The series discusses several notable events:
Each episode of the series consists of four or five segments focused specifically on one pseudoscientific or paranormal phenomenon. Each segment begins by explaining the phenomenon in question, discusses it with both scientists/skeptics and proponents/believers, and concludes with street interviews regarding the legitimacy of the phenomenon in question.