Can Neil deGrasse Tyson Pilot the Starship of the Imagination?

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Michael Grebb at CableFax reports on efforts to promote the post-Saganic reboot of TV's Cosmos. The documentary series will be blasted out in "a global launch across hundreds of networks."In an unprecedented move, Fox Networks on March 9 will premiere Cosmos across 10 U.S. nets simultaneously, including Fox, FX, FXX, FXM, Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports

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[peteralway]

It's the cover story in Sky & Telescope, which arrived at my house today.

[jennlk]

The hype has already started -- I've been seeing ads for a couple of weeks.

[planettom]

I do think it's pretty amazing that Seth MacFarlane was able to leverage the success of FAMILY GUY to put COSMOS on prime time commercial TV --- in the FAMILY GUY spot.

Will it work? If ratings are low, will FOX flinch and yank it (even if it continues on the other channels) or will it really make it for 13 weeks?

Will MacFarlane be able to resist putting in an animated musical number every week?