Sunday, March 23, 2014

Fox’s lineup last Sunday (DeGrasse Tyson has a tough act to follow)

DeGrasse Tyson has a tough act to follow...


Bob's Burgers
Fox - Sun, 3/16, 7:00 PM
"Mazel-Tina"
Tina seizes the opportunity to check out the boys at Tammy's Bat Mitzvah.
c0 Fox animated series, Bob's Burgers
American Dad!
Fox - Sun, 3/16, 7:30 PM
"Introducing the Naughty Stewardesses"
Roger helps Steve date a hot girl.
c0 Fox animated series, American Dad
The Simpsons
Fox - Sun, 3/16,  8:00 PM
"The Winter of his Content"
Homer adopts the "old person lifestyle".
c0 Fox animated series, The Simpsons
Family Guy
Fox - Sun, 3/16, 8:30 PM
"3 Acts of God"
Peter and the guys embark on a journey to find and ask God to stop interfering with pro football games.
c0 Fox animated series, Family Guy
Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey
Fox - Sun, 3/16, 9:00 PM
"Some of the Things That Molecules Do"
Neil deGrasse Tyson investigates the correlation between all living things through the process of evolution, involving the origins of artificial selection and natural selection; exploring the beginning of life with a look at the Hall of Extinction.
c0 Neil deGrasse Tyson


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Makes one wonder just which species will be carved next above the mantle in the Hall of Extinction.


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I’m curious, BTW, if Fox is courting a more cerebral audience on Sunday nights, or if the audience that enjoyed two hours of animated inanity is the same one watching Cosmos.

There is a sort of eccentric nonconformity among especially bright people; cartoons like these seem to appeal to them. 

If anyone's wondering, my response ranges from indifference to distaste.


[2014-03-16]



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1 comment:

  1. Maybe the programming people at Fox thought that since Cosmos incorporates animated segments that it's all the same thing - 'Toons is 'toons -

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