Cosmos is coming back. Were you a fan? Will you be this time?

Remember Carl Sagan’s Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, the 13-part TV series that ran on PBS beginning in 1980? It was one of my all-time favorite television shows and remains today the most widely watched PBS show except for The Civil War series of 1990. Cosmos aired in 60 countries and has been seen by over half a billion viewers.

Are you ready for a replay? FOX Broadcasting has contracted with Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson and will be presenting Cosmos: A Space-Time Oddesy beginning in 2014. Seth MacFarlane and the original show’s Ann Druyan will be executive producers. Yeah, Seth’s a funny man, but he’s also very scientifically informed. If you’re interested, you can watch the trailer released at Comic-Con. For the video, scroll down the page on the Slate Magazine site linked immediately above.

So much has been learned about the cosmos and space-time since 1980 that I will definitely make space in my busy schedule so that I can find the time to watch. Will you be joining me?