From The Creator of "Family Guy" And The Director of The Hayden Planetarium. No, Really.

Fox Television gave Seth MacFarlane a big leeway for "whatever he wanted to do" in exchange for keeping ratings-juggernaut "Family Guy" on the air. He decided to spend that clout on two passion projects. One wasn't too surprising: A new version of "The Flintstones," which is still pending. The other? "COSMOS," a 13-part science documentary - a sequel to the legendary Carl Sagan series of the same name - hosted by Neil DeGrasse Tyson.

Yes. The creator of "Family Guy" is going to run a science documentary on a major network because he can. And now there's a trailer: