Sagan was the presenter for the first series, Tyson said, and he’s the presenter for the second. “If I didn’t have a following, I think people would say, ‘How is he going to fill Carl Sagan’s shoes? How is he going to pronounce billion?'” said Tyson, referring to the “billions and billions of stars” phrase made famous by Sagan in “Cosmos” (although purists insist Sagan said “upon,” not “and”). The educator and author with a gift for conveying the wonder of discovery died in 1996 at age 62. Tyson, a go-to expert for news reports on Earth-threatening asteroids and other science developments, said his public profile frees him from comparisons to Sagan.
Science for a generation after his 1980 series, “Cosmos,” took audiences on a groundbreaking TV journey through the universe.Īstrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, host of “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey,” the 21st-century edition debuting Sunday, has a head start with a Twitter following of 1.7 million that’s just edged by the starry likes of Gwyneth Paltrow and Cee Lo Green. LOS ANGELES-Astronomer Carl Sagan become Mr. President Barack Obama will introduce the debut episode. Tyson ends the episode by discussing how he met Sagan, his mentor.Īfter the airing on Sunday night, Nat Geo will rebroadcast the episode on Monday at 10 p.m. Then, Tyson walks across the Cosmic Calendar, on which all of time has been compressed into a year-at-a-glance calendar.” “Viewers meet Renaissance Italy’s Giordano Bruno, who had a spiritual epiphany about the infinite expanse of the universe. “Host and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson sets off on the Ship of the Imagination to discover earth’s Cosmic Address and its coordinates in space and time,” according to the official description.
That includes Fox, FX, FXX, FXM, Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2, National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo WILD, Nat Geo Mundo, and Fox Life. It will air in other countries on Fox channels and National Geographic Channels International.Įpisode 1 is titled “Standing Up in the Milky Way.”
The show will air in the United States across 10 networks of 21st Century Fox. The resurrected television show featured Neil deGrasse Tyson in the role of the guide that was filled by Carl Sagan in the original 13-episode iteration. “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey” will premiere on Fox networks on Sunday, March 9.