The second season of the Cosmos revival, subtitled Possible Worlds, will debut on FOX and National Geographic Channel in March 2019. The series will debut on FOX on Sunday, March 3rd, and will launch on National Geographic on Monday, March 4th. There will be 13 episodes once again.
Both FOX and Nat Geo are referring to the new season of Cosmos as a third season, counting 1980’s Cosmos: A Personal Voyage as the first installment and
2014’s Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey as the second.
Here are the press notes from FOX and National Geographic:
GLOBAL PHENOMENON “COSMOS” RETURNS WITH THIRD SEASON, “COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS,” TO PREMIERE SUNDAY, MARCH 3
Airing as a global event on FOX and National Geographic in 172 countries and 43 languages, the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning COSMOS will return for its third installment, beginning Sunday, March 3 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). It will once again be executive-produced, written and directed by Ann Druyan (NASA’s Voyager Record, “Cosmos: A Personal Voyage,” “Contact”); executive-produced by Seth MacFarlane, Brannon Braga and Jason Clark; and hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, the famed pop-culture icon and astrophysicist.
Continuing the legacy of its predecessors, COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS will translate the revelations of science into a lavishly transporting experience, taking audiences on a series of spiritual voyages of exploration. The new season will reveal previously uncharted realms, including lost worlds and worlds to come, and those that we may one day inhabit in a thrilling future we can still have.
“COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS” TO PREMIERE MONDAY MARCH 4 ON NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
(Washington, D.C. – October 29, 2018) National Geographic today announced the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning COSMOS will return for its third season beginning Monday, March 4 at 10/9c.
Airing as a global event on National Geographic in 172 countries and 43 languages, it will also air on FOX in the US.
The 13-part series will once again be executive-produced, written and directed by Ann Druyan (NASA’s Voyager Record, “Cosmos: A Personal Voyage,” “Contact”) and executive-produced by Seth MacFarlane (“Family Guy,” “The Orville,” “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey”), Brannon Braga (“The Orville,” “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey”), who also is co-writer and director of the series, and Jason Clark (“The Orville,” “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey”). Neil deGrasse Tyson, the famed pop-culture icon, astrophysicist and host of the Emmy Award-nominated “StarTalk,” will return as host.
Continuing the legacy of its predecessors, COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS will translate the revelations of science into a lavishly transporting experience, taking audiences on a series of spiritual voyages of exploration. The new season will reveal previously uncharted realms, including lost worlds and worlds to come, and those that we may one day inhabit in a thrilling future we can still have.
Co-created by the legendary astronomer Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan in 1980, COSMOS has transported a global audience to the farthest reaches and most deeply hidden recesses of the universe. In the course of those journeys, the series has examined the real stories of the forgotten searchers who helped us understand our place in the universe.
The highly anticipated return of the worldwide phenomenon follows a wildly successful run in 2014 as the most-watched series ever on National Geographic Channels internationally, being seen by more than 135 million people worldwide on National Geographic and FOX.
In conjunction with the launch of the new season, National Geographic will publish a companion book, COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS, by Ann Druyan, the long-awaited follow-up to Carl Sagan’s international bestseller, COSMOS: A Personal Voyage. Sale date is February 19, 2019.
COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS is produced by Cosmos Studios, the Ithaca, NY-based company Ann Druyan co-founded in 2000, and Fuzzy Door Productions, Seth MacFarlane’s company. Druyan and Brannon Braga are the series’ writers. Druyan, MacFarlane, Braga and Jason Clark executive-produce. “Like” COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS on Facebook at CosmosOnTV. Follow the series on Twitter @CosmosOnTV. See photos and videos on Instagram by following @CosmosOnTV.
What do you think? Have you enjoyed the past seasons of the Cosmos TV series? Do you plan on watching Cosmos: Possible Worlds in 2019?
