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COSMOS Prem Scr Evt Glob QA Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014 HOT FROM FOX… http://bit.ly/1gRH9PF “COSMOS: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY” LAUNCHES FREE PREMIERE SCREENING EVENT AND LIVE GLOBAL Q&A FOR FANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TUESDAY, MARCH 4 Live Interactive Global Q&A, Sponsored by Samsung Galaxy® and the Chrysler brand, And Featuring Host Neil deGrasse Tyson and Executive Producers Ann Druyan, Seth MacFarlane, Mitchell Cannold, Brannon Braga and Co-Executive Producer Jason Clark, To Stream on www.cosmosontv.com and www.livestream.com Starting at 9:00 PM ET/ 6:00 PM PT Fans Can RSVP to Attend Free Event in their Cities at www.cosmosrsvp.com Submit Questions for LIVE Q&A Now via Twitter and Facebook using #CosmosLive On Tuesday, March 4, fans in 10 cities across the country will have the exclusive opportunity to be the first on the planet to see the highly anticipated series premiere of COSMOS: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY, prior to its debut, during the “COSMOS: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY” PREMIERE SCREENING EVENT AND LIVE GLOBAL Q&A, sponsored by Samsung Galaxy® and the Chrysler brand. COSMOS: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY premieres Sunday, March 9 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on multiple U.S. Fox networks, including FOX and National Geographic Channel. Beginning the following week, all-new episodes of COSMOS will air Sundays (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX and Mondays (10:00-11:00 PM ET/PT) on National Geographic Channel. The free screenings and global Q&A event will originate from the COSMOS Pavilion at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, and will be uplinked via television satellite to world-renowned locations including New York’s American Museum of Natural History; the Adler Planetarium in Chicago; San Francisco’s Morrison Planetarium at the California Academy of Sciences; the Grosvenor Auditorium at the National Geographic Global Headquarters in Washington, D.C.; Detroit’s Cranbrook Institute of Science; Kennedy Space Center in Orlando; The Planetarium at the University of Texas at Arlington; the James S. McDonnell Planetarium in St. Louis; and the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science. Space is limited, so hopeful attendees should RSVP now by logging on to www.cosmosrsvp.com and submitting their names and contact information. Upon conclusion of the multi-city free screenings (9:00 PM ET/7:00 PM CT/6:00 PM PT), COSMOS host Neil deGrasse Tyson, writer/executive producer/director Ann Druyan, executive producer Seth MacFarlane, executive producer Mitchell Cannold, executive producer/director Brannon Braga and co-executive producer Jason Clark will participate in a LIVE, interactive Q&A, which will be available via a live stream on www.cosmosontv.com and www.livestream.com. Fans watching the LIVE Q&A at the satellite venues will have the opportunity to submit questions to the panel. For those fans at home, they can submit questions in advance via the COSMOS: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY Facebook page (www.facebook.com/COSMOSonTV) and via Twitter (@COSMOSonTV). Questions also may be submitted the day of the event via Twitter using #cosmoslive. The interactive LIVE Q&A will appear in satellite venues as well as streamed on www.cosmosontv.com and www.livestream.com, beginning at 9:00 PM ET/6:00 PM PT. -more- “COSMOS: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY” FREE SCREENING AND LIVE Q&A – Page 2 The free premiere event will be held as noted below. Fans who would like an opportunity to attend in one of the cities may RSVP now at www.cosmosrsvp.com. Eastern Time: Event begins at 8:00 PM, with the LIVE Q&A starting at 9:00 PM. Doors open at 7:00 PM and all seating is free and first come, first served: DETROIT Cranbrook Institute of Science 39221 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303 MIAMI Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science 3280 South Miami Ave., Miami, FL 33129 NEW YORK American Museum of Natural History New York, NY 10024 ORLANDO The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899 WASH., D.C. National Geographic Global Headquarters, Grosvenor Auditorium 1145 17th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20036 Central Time: Event begins at 7:00 PM, with the LIVE Q&A starting at 8:00 PM. Doors open at 6:00 PM and all seating is free and first come, first served: CHICAGO Adler Planetarium 1300 South Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60605 DALLAS The Planetarium at the University of Texas at Arlington 700 Planetarium Pl., Arlington, TX 76019 ST. LOUIS James S. McDonnell Planetarium at the Saint Louis Science Center Located in Forest Park, 5050 Oakland Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110 Pacific Time: Event begins at 5:00 PM, with the LIVE Q&A starting at 6:00 PM. Doors open at 4:00 PM and all seating is free and first come, first served: LOS ANGELES The Greek Theatre, Cosmos Pavilion, 2700 Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027 SAN FRANCISCO The California Academy of Sciences, Morrison Planetarium, 55 Music Concourse Dr., Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118 Seating at COSMOS Pavilion at The Greek Theatre and at all satellite venues is free. Fans will receive an email notification if they have successfully RSVP’d for the event. Fans who have successfully RSVP’d will be added to the guest list and will receive a confirmation email. Please note that seating at the venues is not guaranteed. Availability is on a first-come, first-served basis at each venue, even if you are on the guest list. -more- “COSMOS: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY” FREE SCREENING AND LIVE Q&A – Page 3 COSMOS: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY is produced by Cosmos Studios, the Ithaca, NY-based company Ann Druyan co-founded in 2000, and Fuzzy Door Productions, MacFarlane's company. Druyan and Steven Soter are the series’ writers. Druyan, MacFarlane, Cosmos Studios President Mitchell Cannold and Brannon Braga (the “Star Trek” franchise, “24”) executive-produce the series. Jason Clark (“Ted,” “42”) co-executive produces. “Like” COSMOS: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/COSMOSonTV. Follow the series on Twitter @COSMOSonTV and join the discussion at #cosmos. [EDITOR’S NOTE: For all photo requests, please visit www.foxflash.com.] -FOX- Contacts: Alyssa Sales / FOX 310-369-5820 [email protected] Christopher Albert / National Geographic Channels 202-912-6529 [email protected] Alexandra Marinescu / Fox International Channels 310-369-5487 [email protected] .
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