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Classic TV, Science Division

By Spencer Robins and Martha Harbison Posted 09.29.2005 at 2:00 am 1 Comment

Two of the most Popular Science-themed TV shows, Cosmos and NOVA, air this fall, bringing big ideas-life, the universe and everything-back to the small screen.
Cosmos
September 27, the Science Channel
"Billions and billions of stars."
So goes the old Johnny Carson impression of Cosmos creator and narrator Carl Sagan. And since the show´s debut on PBS 25 years ago, a billion TV viewers have experienced Cosmos´s jaunt through the history of our universe.

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