Star Talk is Now Televised

The National Geographic Channel will start broadcasting the show Star Talk tonight. Based in the radio show of the same name, the new series will feature Neil deGrasse Tyson interviewing guests and most likely opining on many space issues.  The space community has lacked this television platform for some time, and the recent reception to the remake of Cosmos indicates an audience is out there. Let's hope this is the start of even greater things.

Neil deGrasse Tyson Gets HIs Own Show

After last year's successful stint with Cosmos, Dr. Tyson appears to be heading for a show of his own making rather than a remake of someone else's vision. He has already generated a following with his astronomy-related radio program Star Talk, and that will be the name of his new show this April on the National Geographic Channel. 

While Dr. Tyson can be a lightening rod at times when he challenges the prevailing public mood, as was the case with his Christmas tweet, his insights and sense of humor each week via his own program is good for science and the space program overall. I only wish we had more astronomers and astrophysicists scrambling to get such science into every American living room.