Just wanted to say that I appreciate your insight.
I had been wondering if the series had received any kind of mention on Fox News, which I rarely watch (Tyson was interviewed by Matt Lauer on The Today Show, and viewers were told that the show could be seen on the National Geographic Channel). One of my Facebook friends found this interview: http://video.foxnews.com/v/3302640982001/cosmos-returns-to-tv-with-host-neil-degrasse-tyson/#sp=show-clips&v=3302640982001 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 4:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [TV orNotTV] Cosmos Talk I get the feeling they're trying to start slow, tech-speak-wise. I don't intend any political or intelligence insults by this, but there's a reason they put it on Fox as opposed to going back to the PBS route they used originally. PBS has evolved into a liberal medium with a more highly-educated audience than they had back in the days of Carl Sagan. They're trying to spread the word to the modern-day "non-believers" (science/evolution non-believers, that is :) ). If you go back and watch the original Cosmos now, you come away thinking it's kind of rudimentary and hokey, both in the technology used on the show and the science they're explaining. There's a definite GEICO "yeah...everybody knows that" feeling to Cosmos 1.0 now. We've gotten a lot more science-y as an audience in the interim, if only through osmosis...I imagine the original show had some small part in that. Now they're taking the message out to the less-educated masses of broadcast network TV and they chose to base it in the entertainment division of the network whose news division is famous for being the most conservative of the Big 4. They're trying to get the message out, not only to an audience that's less techy, but an audience with a higher percentage of creationists to boot. I think their Baby Steps approach is by design, and probably not a bad idea. Doug Fields Tampa, FL. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
