# The Bad Astronomer on TV

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 23, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-astronomer-on-tv/547749 "2010-07-23T18:35:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-astronomer-on-tv/547749/1 "2010-07-23T18:35:45Z")

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Former Doper Phil Plait aka **The Bad Astronomer** is going to have his onw show on the Discovery Channel: [http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/07/23/my-sooper-sekrit-project-revealed/](http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/07/23/my-sooper-sekrit-project-revealed/)

From the preview, it looks like he’s planning to put one over the Mythbusters and blow up the entire world. 😃

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**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-astronomer-on-tv/547749/2 "2010-07-23T18:42:25Z")

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So that is his secret project, cool. Good Luck BA!

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**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-astronomer-on-tv/547749/3 "2010-07-23T18:44:27Z")

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I must say that the trailer has me excited to see this.  
Way to go BA!

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**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-astronomer-on-tv/547749/4 "2010-07-23T18:46:38Z")

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Today _Discovery_ Channel. Tomorrow, the world ! or  
_" A small step for mankind, a giant step for the fight against ignorance"_ 😃

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-astronomer-on-tv/547749/5 "2010-07-23T19:10:56Z")

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OK, the trailer looks incredibly cheesy, and he’s obviously going to have to bring in a lot of outside expertise (I’m pretty sure he doesn’t have any actual explosives experience himself, for instance), but I trust that he can make this work.