Syfy’s ‘Great Debate’ Tackles Nerdy Issues

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Nerds will seek answers to some of the most pressing questions in the worlds of science fiction, fantasy, horror and comic books in the new series Syfy Wire’s The Great Debate!

The series will be hosted by comedian Baron Vaught and is scheduled to launch on NBCUniversal’s Syfy this summer. The first season’s 12 half-hour episodes go into production in Los Angeles in March.

Syfy said the series will tackle questions like: “Who’d be a worse boss, Darth Vader or the Joker? and “Would you rather have a Green Lantern ring or a Wizard wand?

The series is based on live panels held at recent Comic Cons in San Diego and New York.

Syfy Wire’s The Great Debate! is from B17 Entertainment, part of Industrial Media, and is executive produced by Rhett Bachner and Brien Meagher of B17 with T.J. Chambers serving as executive producer and showrunner.

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.