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  1. 2011-08-05 03:32 #1
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    Primetime Cosmos Remake (with Neil Degrasse Tyson)

    http://www.deadline.com/2011/08/fox-...r-2013-launch/

    After recently signing on to reboot one classic TV show, Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones, Seth MacFarlane is taking on another iconic TV series, Carl Sagan's Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. Fox has greenlighted Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey, a 13-part docu-series from Family Guy creator MacFarlane and late Sagan's original collaborators – his widow, writer/producer Ann Druyan and astrophysicist Steven Soter. Envisioned as a successor to the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning original 13-part program, which was hosted by Sagan, the new Cosmos series will be hosted by renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Underscoring MacFarlane's commercial appeal, Cosmos will air on Fox in primetime, something pretty unprecedented these days for a science documentary series on commercial American television.
    Holy shit, didn't see this coming. Could be amazing (especially considering who's behind it), but I'm scared.
  2. 2011-08-05 04:16 #2
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    That's awesome, and the best part is that since the forced switch to digital broadcasts over antenna, everyone will get this in HD for free.
  3. 2011-08-05 10:32 #3
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    Does McFarlane have a serious side or is Neil deGrasse Tyson going to spin deep monologues about the nature of the galaxy followed by smoking weed and ripping a fart?
  4. 2011-08-05 10:39 #4
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    I just assumed he owns Fox at this point.
  5. 2011-08-05 12:34 #5
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    McFarlane is a huge Science Fiction fan. So I'm sure real science also fascinates him to some degree. I'm really excited about this because Neil deGrasse Tyson is amazing.
  6. 2011-08-05 12:55 #6
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    I`m down.
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