Breakthrough Prize: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Breakthrough Prize is a set of international awards bestowed in three categories by Breakthrough Prize Board in recognition of scientific advance. Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics. These prizes were founded by Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, Yuri Milner and Julia Milner, and Jack Ma and Cathy Zhang. Committees of previous laureates choose the winners from candidates nominated in a process that's online and open to the public. Laureates receive $3 million each in prize money. They attend a televised award ceremony designed to celebrate their achievements and inspire the next generation of scientists. As part of the ceremony schedule, they also engage in a program of lectures and discussions. Those that go on to make fresh discoveries remain eligible for future Breakthrough Prizes.

Series details

• Title: Breakthrough Prize
• Format: Award Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2013-12-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-12-18
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: FOX
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 75 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 7887

Cast and credited roles

• Seth MacFarlane — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 2013: premiered 2013-12-12; final listed air date 2013-12-12; episode order: 1.
• Season 2014: premiered 2014-11-15; final listed air date 2014-11-15; episode order: 1.
• Season 2015: premiered 2015-11-29; final listed air date 2015-11-29; episode order: 1.
• Season 2016: premiered 2016-12-18; final listed air date 2016-12-18; episode order: 1.

Source and licence

Adapted from Breakthrough Prize on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.