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Star Stuff: An Exploratory Case Study of the Cosmos Television Franchise

Ann Druyan Hosts Science Channel Cosmos Marathon

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These clips originally aired on The Science Channel during Summer of 2008 in the Eastern Time Zone of North East, North America. They were quickly captured haphazardly using a cheap consumer-grade video capture device, Diamond Multimedia VC500 One Touch Capture Device (RCA and/or S-Video to USB 2.0). These aired during a Cosmos: A Personal Voyage marathon and was hosted by Ann Druyan, a documentary producer and director specializing in the communication of science. She co-wrote the 1980 PBS documentary series Cosmos, hosted by Carl Sagan, whom she married in 1981. (Source: Wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Druyan). These clips/promos were played before and between each episode of Cosmos during the marathon and contain informative behind-the-scenes information of the groundbreaking series, anecdotes, and background information on each episode. After extensive searching online (as of 2021.12) no copies of these clips which aired during this Science Channel Cosmos Marathon appear to exist anywhere else. No other recordings can be found online. As stated, the captures are far from perfect, and also, the videos here are not a complete collection of every single promo that aired. e.g., not every interstitial promo which aired was captured, which is why there are episode promos missing. This contributor quickly grabbed the nearest device for capturing, the VC500 One Touch Capture Device. But the process and device were shoddy. Sometimes it would drop the signal for color entirely and only capture in B&W. Other times it would capture in color, but the software would lock up. The capture was done through RCA (yellow, white, red) cables and the signal was fed through a USB 2.0 connection onto the desktop software it was bundled with. The software would then save the recording as an .mpg video file. Below is a list of the episode promos included in this item, referencing whether it's in b&w or color, the original air date, and time. All Rights To Their Respective Owners. This material is presented as-is for the permanent record only. Episode 6: Captured only in black & white, no color. Aired on 2008.06.22, 10AM-11PM ET Episode 7: Captured only in black & white, no color. Aired on 2008.06.22, 10AM-11PM ET Episode 8: Captured only in black & white, no color. Aired on 2008.06.22, 10AM-11PM ET Episode 9: Captured in color. Aired on 2008.06.22, 10AM-11PM Episode 10: Captured only in black & white, no color. Aired on 2008.06.22, 10AM-11PM ET Episode 11: Captured in color. Aired on 2008.06.22, 10AM-11PM ET Episode 12: Captured in color. Aired on 2008.06.22, 10AM-11PM ET Episode 12: Captured in color. Aired on 2008.06.22, 10AM-11PM ET Episode 13: Captured in color. Aired on 2008.06.22, 10AM-11PM ET Promo Clip: Meetings on Cosmos, Carl's Office: Captured in color. Aired on 2008.06.22, 10AM-11PM ET Promo Clip: Want More Cosmos, ScienceChannel.com: Captured in color. Aired on 2008.06.22, 10AM-11PM ET