The Cosmos reboot was fairly generous as far as leaving room for religious interpretation goes. But apparently, one Fox affiliate station in Oklahoma City decided there was still just a little too much science talk for their liking, so they cut out the 15-second mention of evolution.
https://gizmodo.com/cosmos-review-the-universe-gets-a-much-needed-reboot-1538929436
Neil deGrasse Tyson, the show’s host, doesn’t mention evolution until the final 10 minutes of the episode, and even then he never so much as utters the e-word. But right as Tyson is about to explain our primordial ancestor’s first steps onto dry land, he’s cut off (mid-sentence) by an ad for the local nightly news. If you live in Oklahoma City, here’s what you missed:
We are newcomers to the Cosmos. Our own story only begins on the last night of the cosmic year.
Three and a half million years ago, our ancestors — your and mine left these traces. [Tyson points to footprints] We stood up and parted ways from them. Once we were standing on two feet, our eyes were no longer fixated on the ground. Now, we were free to .
Supposedly, splicing in the promo for KOKH-TV’s upcoming story about tween hunter/archer Lincoln Tapp was done entirely by accident. Uh huh. They might as well have just gone with this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI9ImScQGAo
You can watch the full, unadulterated version down below to judge for yourself. [YouTube via Raw Story]
