Cosmos ratings (TV show, 1980-1980)

Astronomer Dr. Carl Sagan is host and narrator of this 13-hour series that originally aired on Public Broadcasting Stations in the United States. Dr. Sagan describes the universe in a way that appeals to a mass audience, by using Earth as a reference point, by speaking in terms intelligible to non-scientific people, by relating the exploration of space to that of the Earth by pioneers of old, and by citing such Earth legends as the Library of Alexandria as metaphors for space-related future events. Among Dr. Sagan's favorite topics are the origins of life, the search for life on Mars, the infernal composition of the atmosphere of Venus and a warning about a similar effect taking place on Earth due to global pollution and the "greenhouse effect", the lives of stars, interstellar travel and the effects of attaining the speed of light, the danger of mankind technologically self-destructing, and the search, using radio technology, for intelligent life in deep space.

Life on Earth
Total votes: 1,146
Average rating: 8.7 Hollywood
Total votes: 930
Average rating: 8.3 Connections
Total votes: 677
Average rating: 8.4 Unknown Chaplin
Total votes: 137
Average rating: 8.0 The Joy of Painting
Total votes: 10,847
Average rating: 8.8 Nature
Total votes: 11,115
Average rating: 8.1 Natural World
Total votes: 4,349
Average rating: 7.9 Free to Choose
Total votes: 164
Average rating: 8.5 Vietnam: A Television History
Total votes: 181
Average rating: 8.6 The Unknown War
Total votes: 278
Average rating: 7.9