Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey starts 16 March at 6:10pm on National Geographic Channel and FOX

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey will start on 16 March in Africa at 6:10pm WAT, a week after the United States launch date.

The first episode of the new National Geographic Channel (DStv 181) series will be shown on FOX (DStv 125 / StarTimes) and National Geographic Channel at the same of 6:10pm WAT on 16 March. At 10pm WAT the same night, the first episode will also be shown on Nat Geo WILD (DStv 182).

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey will however not be shown on Nat Geo GOLD (StarTimes).

After the first episode, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey’s other 12 episodes will continue on National Geographic Channel.

“The vision of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey inspired us to create a launch across all of our National Geographic Channels and FOX channels that will reach an unprecedented 400 million homes outside the United States,” says Liz Dolan, the chief marketing officer of FOX International Channels (FIC) and National Geographic Channels International.

“Not only will the show premiere in 400 million homes, but in many of those homes it will be on two, three or four channels,” says Liz Dolan.

Seth MacFarlane, a big fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation (and the creator behind Family Guy and The Cleveland Show) is the executive producer of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey together with Brannon Braga of Star Trek fame.

The 13 part, remarkable and eye-popping new documentary series serves as a visually, scientific and special effects rich update of the 1970’s landmark series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage – you can almost call it Cosmos: The Next Generation.

In Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, presenter and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson boards a futuristic, teardrop like spaceship with the ability to go anywhere in the universe and in time, and then takes viewers on a dazzling, dreamscape-like journey through time and space.