Don't forget: Cosmos, A Spacetime Odyssey on TONIGHT.

[Frank Cannon]

On FOX (not Fox News) and the National Geographic channel, at 9:00 EDT/8:00 CDT.

This one's already going to piss some fundie right-wingers off, as tonight's episode will be introducing the Cosmic Calendar, which compresses the 14-billion-year history of the universe into one calendar year. Our solar system doesn't even form up until the fall, and the Creationists' entire timeline of 6,000 years would fit in the last 15 seconds of December 31!

Make sure your DVRs/VCRs have sprung forward. You won't want to miss it.

[walkingman]

1. Wonderful news

With Neil deGrasse Tyson hosting this show it will probably bring in tons of people, even the most fervent "steeple people". I personally don't think many people believe the 6000 year story but because of a lifetime of indoctrination refuse to question it.

Education, information, something you can see is a powerful tool. We can only hope that 21st century enlightenment will help us overcome our greed and ignorance. I'm excited!

[taterguy]

2. Who the fuck still uses a VCR?

[Cooley Hurd]

4. Ha!

That said, the VCR allowed you so much freedom to record what you wanted, when you wanted it. DVR's (maintained, and suppressed by your cable provider) do not.

[Paper Roses]

7. Sorry, I still use a VCR. Some Old timers like me are unable to adapt to some new technology.

Plus, the darn thing still works fine! I am of a generation that does not throw things out, even though there may be something new that might work better with all the new stuff available. As a bonus, I can pick up tapes at thrift shops for 50 cents or less. What a deal! I may pass some old thing to someone else if I don't use it but rarely throw it out.

[jimlup]

3. Thanks - I've been looking forward to it and might have forgotten /nt

[oldhippie]

5. My iPhone will give me an alert one hour before .....

... and five minutes before the program. I don't have a DVR, so I have to watch it live. I use the iPhone alert feature a lot.

[MoonRiver]

6. I'm torn between this show and Death Row Stories on CNN, both at the same time.

Guess we will need to record one.

[GeorgeGist]

12. A Renaissance man I see.

So many choices on the TV.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Can't wait

[valerief]

9. Great lead-in, too. Family Guy! nt

[Separation]

10. FYI

There is a marathon on NAT Geo right now of the original Cosmos with Carl Sagen. Dvr'ing those ones right meow.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

11. They gave the ship an upgrade....

[Frank Cannon]

13. The Cosmic Calendar, too.

The original one looked like it was made of day-glo Play-Doh and black light poster paint on black velvet, which I assume it was.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

14. I suspect Carl had a fondness for ultraviolet.