{"id":1498,"date":"2014-11-22T17:27:08","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T01:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulmcelligott.com\/blog\/?p=1498"},"modified":"2018-04-26T21:37:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T04:37:19","slug":"allow-me-to-go-off-topic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paulmcelligott.com\/blog\/post\/allow-me-to-go-off-topic\/","title":{"rendered":"Allow Me to Go Off Topic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haydenplanetarium.org\/tyson\/\" target=\"_blank\">Neil DeGrasse Tyson<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0532235\/\" target=\"_blank\">Seth MacFarlane<\/a> aired their brilliant update of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carlsagan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Carl Sagan&#8217;s<\/a> <em>Cosmos<\/em> earlier this year, I&#8217;ve heard occasional misguided talk of a second &#8220;season&#8221; of the show, perhaps starring <a href=\"http:\/\/mkaku.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Michio Kaku<\/a>. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Apparently, people in the TV industry have gotten it into their heads that either A) a show must run for seven years or more to be considered a &#8220;success,&#8221; or more likely, B) something that got ass-kicking ratings like <em>Cosmos<\/em> needs to be milked for every dime it&#8217;s worth.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Sagan didn&#8217;t need a second &#8220;season&#8221; of his immortal 1980 series, and neither does Dr. Tyson. <em>Cosmos<\/em> is what it was and all it ever needs to be. 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