Cosmos reimagined by Neil DeGrass Tyson will be airing March 9 on Fox

[zebonaut]

But will Fox channel viewers believe a black man that the Universe started in a Big Bang and that we evolved? We can hope.

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[rock]

1. So what's it about?

I don't like shows whose title are obscure, e.g. : "Snakes on a Plane". Someday I may have to watch it and find out what that one was about. (Just joking)

[AtheistCrusader]

15. It's literally about the Cosmos.

[WinstonSmith4740]

2. Thanks for the head's up!

It was great with Sagan, and I'll bet it'll be every bit as good with DeGrass Tyson...I'm totally looking forward to it! My only concern is my TV exploding if I turn on Fox. Their usual viewers will probably complain about "this science stuff".

[cprise]

16. I'll watch the first episode

not sure beyond that.

[RoccoR5955]

3. Let's hope that they do.

We need this sort of inspiration every couple of decades or so. This way, more young people will gain some curiosity regarding science, and then pursue a career in science. Any science will do, as long as it's REAL science.

[handmade34]

4. oh

be still my heart...

[longship]

5. AFAIK, Fox entertainment is not the same as Fox News.

The local Fox stations do not answer to Rupert's empire. AFAIK.

BTW, my local Fox affiliates are promoting the hell out of Cosmos, several times an hour. I watch the local Fox sub channels that program THISTV (old movies) and AntennaTV (old TV and some old movies). I watched Fail Safe and Mr. Smith goes to Washington the other day, for instance. These are 30 second promotions and are fairly dazzling.

I will be watching all of these.

Neil deGrasse Tyson is awesome. He has charisma = 18, and double saving throw versus pseudoscience and woo-woo.

[valerief]

6. ^^^THIS^^^

Any channel that brings us Family Guy and The Simpsons can't be confused with Fox News (a completely different animal).

[Spitfire of ATJ]

7. The original was a PBS project....

Can you IMAGINE the OUTRAGE from the Right if their tax dollars paid for this?

"No mention of Jesus??? BURN THE HERETICS!!!!"

[progressoid]

8. Fox TV; also host of The Simpsons...

[cprise]

14. Don't you appreciate

that they reduced liberalism on TV to cartoons?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

9. One show I will not fail to watch

TV seems to get worse every week, with insipid talent shows where only singers seem to be recognized, unwatchable reality shows, sitcoms that get less funny with each passing generation, movie channels that increasingly don't spend money to put the few good films on, 3rd rate horror and science fiction on Sci Fi and Chiller. Shows that are intelligent, informative, fascinating, and entertaining are precious gems within the piles of shit.

[LiberalArkie]

10. Thanks for reminding me... It is Must See TV

Fox Networks Group today announced its first ever cross-network global premiere event — for Seth MacFarlane‘s passion project, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, on Sunday, March 9, 9-10 PM ET/PT. In addition to premiering on the 10 U.S. networks simulcasting the premiere episode — Fox Broadcasting Company, National Geographic Channel, FX, FXX, FXM, FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports 2, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Mundo and FOX Life — and on the Fox International Channels and National Geographic Channels International, as previously announced, Cosmos will premiere on all 90 National Geographic Channels in 180 countries, as well as 120 Fox-branded channels in 125 countries, making this the largest global launch ever for a television series. Rolling out immediately after the U.S. premiere, international markets will begin airing the premiere episode day and date on both Fox-branded and National Geographic Channels, concluding within one week of the domestic premiere event. The additional 12 episodes will air exclusively on National Geographic Channels outside the U.S.

[Diclotican]

11. zebonaut

zebonaut

I'm locking forward to it - even though it will be on National Geographic where I am - not at fox...

If it is half as good as the orginal Cosmos was in the 1980s - then Im out for a treat, I just hope it dosen't colide with my surgery then...

Diclotican

[Frank Cannon]

12. Just the new Cosmic Calendar makes me rock hard.

The original one, bless Dr. Sagan's heart, looked like it was crafted out of day-glo Play-Doh and black-light poster paint. Not his fault. It was the best they could do at the time.

This show is going to melt some right-wing heads into red, steaming froth, and I'm going to love every minute of it.

[awoke_in_2003]

13. "But will Fox channel viewers believe a black man that the Universe started in a Big Bang"...

they wouldn't believe it if a white man said it, either.

[Warren DeMontague]

17. Kick

[santroy79]

18. The music sounds like

Angels and Airwaves

[stlsaxman]

19. AND it was co-written/co-produced by Carl Sagan's wife who worked on the original... LEGIT SHIT!