Nik Wallenda: Beyond Niagara (Reality, English)
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2012-06-18
Ended: 2012-07-02
Network: Science
Country: US
Airs on: Monday
Air time: 21:00
Runtime: 60 minutes
Nik Wallenda, King of the Highwire and seventh generation descendent of the legendary Wallenda Family acrobatic troupe, is on a mission to bring his death-defying skills to a 21st century audience. On the heels of his latest unprecedented stunt -- an attempt at a tightrope walk over Niagara Falls on June 15 -- SCIENCE will premiere an all-new six part series, Danger by Design, which documents Nik and his family as they create spectacular acts that cheat death through science, skill and discipline.