# Cosmos cancellation inevitable?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosmos-cancellation-inevitable/690547>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 11, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosmos-cancellation-inevitable/690547 "2014-06-11T16:17:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosmos-cancellation-inevitable/690547/41 "2014-06-23T20:18:26Z")

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I really enjoyed the space animations. I particularly liked, in the last ep, the simple shot showing where Sol would be relative to Voyagers 1 & 2, in a billion years. (Or was it 10 billion? Whatever; I won’t be around!)

I also really enjoyed the history of science stuff, but I’m that kind of nerd. And while I know a fair bit of HoS, they covered a fair amount that I didn’t know.

I watched it on TWC on-demand, and was able to fast-forward through the commercials.

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**Author:** ![DZedNConfused](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dzednconfused/32/15991_2.png) [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosmos-cancellation-inevitable/690547/42 "2014-06-28T00:38:00Z")

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I watched the first one and while it was good, it just didn’t have the “teeth” of Sagan’s. Maybe I am too much of a Sagan fangirl but DeGrasse Tyson is a fabulous man, a great speaker but he lacked the passion that Sagan put into his program. I just kept waiting fro Tyson to throw off his reserve and run around excited.

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**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosmos-cancellation-inevitable/690547/43 "2014-06-28T00:57:19Z")

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I loved the old Cosmos and I loved the new Cosmos. I understand the criticisms, but on balance, it was still the best thing on TV in recent memory. I normally don’t even have cable TV, but they offered me free basic service for a year awhile back, and I accepted it so I could watch Cosmos. Now I’ll cancel it again.

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**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosmos-cancellation-inevitable/690547/44 "2014-06-28T03:54:07Z")

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BBC Horizon, and Dozens of other shows from the BBC are available in several formats including some on youtube.

Personally I loved the new Cosmos.

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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosmos-cancellation-inevitable/690547/45 "2014-06-28T15:14:23Z")

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> [@DZedNConfused](#):
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> I watched the first one and while it was good, it just didn’t have the “teeth” of Sagan’s. Maybe I am too much of a Sagan fangirl but DeGrasse Tyson is a fabulous man, a great speaker but he lacked the passion that Sagan put into his program. I just kept waiting fro Tyson to throw off his reserve and run around excited.

I would stick with it if that is what you are looking for.

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