# The Bad Astronomer has a new TV show

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 25, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-astronomer-has-a-new-tv-show/551446 "2010-08-25T20:24:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-astronomer-has-a-new-tv-show/551446/1 "2010-08-25T20:24:49Z")

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It’s called [Bad Universe](http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/08/24/bad-universe-sneak-peek/), and is premiering on Sunday, August 29 on the Discovery channel. I just set my TiVo to record it.

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**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-astronomer-has-a-new-tv-show/551446/2 "2010-08-25T20:46:37Z")

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_sniff_ It’s always so touching when a former Doper hits the big time.