This is pretty cool. Seth McFarlane has taken over production of the new Cosmos. Ensuring that Cosmos will be shown on Fox and Nat Geo. Hopefully balancing out a tiny bit of the dumb that Fox viewers are known for...
Seth MacFarlane Producing Sequel to ‘Cosmos’
Late last year it was announced he was tackling immigration in a new series. Now, Seth MacFarlane is stepping into the world of science.
MacFarlane, who is the mastermind behind Fox’s Family Guy, American Dad, and Dads, is producing a sequel to Carl Sagan’s popular series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage.
The new 13-part series is called Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, and will be shown on two channels. The first airing will be March 9 on Fox, and then March 10 on National Geographic.
The project was already in development before MacFarlane came aboard by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, who will be hosting the series, and co-producer Ann Druyan, Sagan’s widow. MacFarlane told them that Fox would give them a much broader audience than other networks.
Speaking about his involvement, MacFarlane told USA Today that he’d always been a fan of its predecessor.
“I had seen it as a child, and then when I was in high school saw it again and was able to process in much more depth,” he added.
Tyson wasn’t sure about the sincerity of FOX’s interest, and initially thought they were just being polite because of MacFarlane. After a couple meetings, however, their sincerity showed.
“It became clear that they were interested in Cosmos regardless of whether Seth had sat there making the presentation with us,” he said.
While some may think he’s using a series such as this to help balance out the kind of work he does, that’s not how he sees it.
“I get myself involved with shows and people that I’m enthusiastic about. It’s not a matter of balance in my mind because I don’t see it that way,” he said.