FYI. Carl Sagan’s 13-episode series Cosmos originally aired in 1980 and became one of the most widely watched series in the history of American public TV. The show also won two Emmys and a Peabody Award.
Right now, you can watch the original Cosmos episodes over on Twitch.TV. From time to time, Twitch airs marathon sessions of old programs. They did Julia Child’s “The French Chef” back in 2016. Now it’s Sagan’s turn.
Usually the videos are only available for a few days. So you might want to start your binge-watching session now. If you miss the boat, you could always pick up a copy of the show on Blu-Ray.
Twitch.TV originally aired the Cosmos series last spring as part of a Science Week celebration. Read their press release for more information.
Update: Neil deGrasse Tyson just coincidentally announced this on Twitter: “Yup. We got the band back together. Another season of Cosmos is officially real. COSMOS: Possible Worlds To air on @FOXTV & @NatGeoChannel in a year — Spring 2019. Be there.”
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Is this legal? Because if it’s legal you’d think it would be presented nicely, not as a total mess. Multiple videos with identical titles. No clue as to which video is which episode. Episodes of Cosmos are an hour long but the videos vary in length from about 6 seconds to an hour.
Shut up.
Carl Sagan lives fornecer amongst the icons of not only my generation but If ALL generations to come!
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