StarTalk (American talk show)

*StarTalk*
StarTalk
Genre	Talk show
Presented by	Neil deGrasse Tyson
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	76
Original release
Network	National Geographic
Release	April 20, 2015 –; May 16, 2019

StarTalk is an American television talk show hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson that aired weekly on National Geographic. StarTalk is a spin-off of the podcast of the same name, in which Tyson discusses scientific topics through one-on-one interviews and panel discussions. Space.com called it the "first-ever science-themed late-night talk show."^[1] The series premiered on April 20, 2015.^[2]

Format

The format of the show broadly follows the format of the podcast. This consists of a pre-taped discussion between Tyson and the guest of the week, which is shown in segments interspersed with the segments filmed in front of the live audience. Those segments consist of a discussion between Tyson, a specialist related to the guest's area of expertise, and a comedian (most commonly Chuck Nice or Eugene Mirman or Maeve Higgins). Near the end of the episode, a short taped segment of Bill Nye, giving his view of the episode's topic, is often aired.

Episodes

Season 1 (2015)

No.	Guest(s)	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	George Takei	April 20, 2015 (2015-04-20)	N/A
2	Christopher Nolan	April 27, 2015 (2015-04-27)	0.138^[3]
3	Dan Savage	May 4, 2015 (2015-05-04)	N/A
4	Arianna Huffington	May 11, 2015 (2015-05-11)	0.151^[4]
5	Richard Dawkins	May 18, 2015 (2015-05-18)	N/A
6	Jimmy Carter	May 25, 2015 (2015-05-25)	N/A
7	Chris Hadfield	June 1, 2015 (2015-06-01)	N/A
8	Biz Stone	June 8, 2015 (2015-06-08)	N/A
9	Charles Bolden	June 15, 2015 (2015-06-15)	N/A
10	Norman Lear	June 22, 2015 (2015-06-22)	N/A

Season 2 (2015–16)

No.	Guests	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
11	Bill Clinton	October 25, 2015 (2015-10-25)	0.219^[5]
12	Larry Wilmore	November 1, 2015 (2015-11-01)	N/A
13	Seth MacFarlane	November 8, 2015 (2015-11-08)	N/A
14	Penn & Teller	November 15, 2015 (2015-11-15)	N/A
15	Susan Sarandon	November 29, 2015 (2015-11-29)	N/A
16	David Byrne	December 6, 2015 (2015-12-06)	N/A
17	Bas Lansdorp (Mars One)	December 13, 2015 (2015-12-13)	0.167^[6]
18	David Crosby	December 20, 2015 (2015-12-20)	0.138^[7]
19	Brian Cox	December 27, 2015 (2015-12-27)	0.180^[8]
20	Gina McCarthy	January 3, 2016 (2016-01-03)	0.156^[9]

Season 3 (2016–17)

No.	Guests	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
21	Whoopi Goldberg	September 19, 2016 (2016-09-19)	N/A
22	Mayim Bialik	September 26, 2016 (2016-09-26)	N/A
23	Philippe Petit	October 3, 2016 (2016-10-03)	N/A
24	Christopher Lloyd and Michelle Gomez	October 10, 2016 (2016-10-10)	N/A
25	Brian Greene	October 17, 2016 (2016-10-17)	0.117^[10]
26	Robert Kirkman	October 24, 2016 (2016-10-24)	N/A
27	Jeremy Irons	November 7, 2016 (2016-11-07)	N/A
28	Andy Weir	November 14, 2016 (2016-11-14)	0.241^[11]
29	Ben Stiller	November 21, 2016 (2016-11-21)	N/A
30	Buzz Aldrin	November 28, 2016 (2016-11-28)	N/A
31	Terry Crews	December 5, 2016 (2016-12-05)	N/A
32	Jay Leno	December 12, 2016 (2016-12-12)	N/A
33	William Shatner	December 19, 2016 (2016-12-19)	0.186^[12]
34	Ash Carter	December 26, 2016 (2016-12-26)	0.209^[13]
35	Hope Solo	January 2, 2017 (2017-01-02)	N/A
36	Jill Tarter	January 9, 2017 (2017-01-09)	N/A
37	Kathryn D. Sullivan	January 16, 2017 (2017-01-16)	N/A
38	Isaac Hempstead Wright	January 23, 2017 (2017-01-23)	N/A
39	Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter	January 30, 2017 (2017-01-30)	N/A
40	Bill Maher	February 6, 2017 (2017-02-06)	N/A

Season 4 (2017–18)

No.	Guests	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
41	Lance Armstrong	October 1, 2017 (2017-10-01)	N/A
42	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	October 8, 2017 (2017-10-08)	N/A
43	Jane Goodall	October 15, 2017 (2017-10-15)	N/A
44	Katie Couric	October 22, 2017 (2017-10-22)	N/A
45	Kevin Smith	October 29, 2017 (2017-10-29)	N/A
46	Arati Prabhakar	November 5, 2017 (2017-11-05)	N/A
47	Katy Perry	November 12, 2017 (2017-11-12)	N/A
48	Sylvia Earle, Fabien Cousteau and Adrian Grenier	November 19, 2017 (2017-11-19)	N/A
49	James Cameron	November 26, 2017 (2017-11-26)	N/A
50	Nainoa Thompson	December 3, 2017 (2017-12-03)	N/A
51	Salman Rushdie	December 10, 2017 (2017-12-10)	N/A
52	Mae Jemison	December 17, 2017 (2017-12-17)	N/A
53	Alan Alda	January 7, 2018 (2018-01-07)	N/A
54	Stephen Colbert	January 14, 2018 (2018-01-14)	N/A
55	Margot Lee Shetterly and Janelle Monáe	January 21, 2018 (2018-01-21)	N/A
56	Sam Harris	January 28, 2018 (2018-01-28)	N/A
57	Frank Oz	February 4, 2018 (2018-02-04)	N/A
58	Kelly Slater	February 18, 2018 (2018-02-18)	N/A
59	Scott Kelly	February 25, 2018 (2018-02-25)	N/A
60	Stephen Hawking	March 4, 2018 (2018-03-04)	N/A

Season 5 (2018–19)

No.	Guests	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
61	Anthony Bourdain	November 12, 2018 (2018-11-12)	N/A
62	Joe Rogan	November 19, 2018 (2018-11-19)	N/A
63	Simon Helberg and Bill Prady	November 26, 2018 (2018-11-26)	N/A
64	United States Space Command	April 4, 2019 (2019-04-04)	N/A
65	Al Gore	April 4, 2019 (2019-04-04)	N/A
66	Jack Black	April 11, 2019 (2019-04-11)	N/A
67	Dan Rather	April 11, 2019 (2019-04-11)	N/A
68	George R.R. Martin	April 18, 2019 (2019-04-18)	N/A
69	Anna Deavere Smith	April 18, 2019 (2019-04-18)	N/A
70	Jeff Goldblum	April 25, 2019 (2019-04-25)	N/A
71	James Marsden	April 26, 2019 (2019-04-26)	N/A
72	Weird Al Yankovic	May 2, 2019 (2019-05-02)	N/A
73	Patricia Cornwall	May 3, 2019 (2019-05-03)	N/A
74	Darren Aronofsky	May 9, 2019 (2019-05-09)	N/A
75	Bill Nye	May 10, 2019 (2019-05-10)	N/A
76	Christiane Amanpour	May 16, 2019 (2019-05-16)	N/A

Broadcast

In Australia, the series premiered on National Geographic Channel on April 27, 2015.^[14]

From November 2018 to March 2019, season 5 was put on hiatus because of ongoing investigations involving the host.^[15]^[16] At the conclusion of the investigations, the networks began airing new episodes in April 2019.^[17]

In popular culture

On August 27, 2015, 20th Century Fox released a viral video advertisement for the movie The Martian, taking the form of a special episode of StarTalk, with Tyson discussing the fictional Ares 3 mission from the film.^[18]

References

^ Cofield, Calla (April 20, 2015). "'StarTalk,' NatGeo Channel's 1st Late-Night Science Talk Show, Debuts Tonight". space.com.
^ Kevin Day, Patrick (March 18, 2015). "Neil deGrasse Tyson reveals first guests, premiere date for 'StarTalk' show". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
^ Metcalf, Mitch. "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 100 Monday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 4.27.2015". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on May 1, 2015.
^ Metcalf, Mitch. "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 100 Monday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 5.11.2015". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on May 15, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
^ Metcalf, Mitch (October 27, 2015). "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 100 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Update: 10.25.2015". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on October 29, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
^ Metcalf, Mitch (December 15, 2015). "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Update: 12.13.2015". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on December 18, 2015.
^ Metcalf, Mitch (December 22, 2015). "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Update: 12.20.2015". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015.
^ Metcalf, Mitch (December 30, 2015). "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Update: 12.27.2015". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on January 2, 2016.
^ Metcalf, Mitch (January 6, 2016). "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Update: 1.3.2016". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on January 9, 2016.
^ Metcalf, Mitch (October 18, 2016). "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Update: 10.17.2015". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016.
^ Metcalf, Mitch (November 15, 2016). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.14.2015". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on November 16, 2016.
^ Metcalf, Mitch. "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.19.2016". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016.
^ Metcalf, Mitch. "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.26.2016". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on December 31, 2016.
^ "NEW THIS WEEK (Apr 27): Australia's Next Top Model, StarTalk, Hart Of Dixie, #MayPac and more". The Green Room. April 23, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
^ "Nat Geo pulls Neil deGrasse Tyson's 'StarTalk' amid misconduct allegations". January 3, 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
^ Harris, Elizabeth A. (January 3, 2019). "Neil deGrasse Tyson's show Is pulled". The New York Times. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
^ "Neil deGrasse Tyson returning to Fox, Nat Geo following investigation". The Hollywood Reporter. March 15, 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
^ Bradley, Laura (August 28, 2015). "Neil deGrasse Tyson Soothingly Explains the Science Behind The Martian". Retrieved September 1, 2015.

External links

Official web site

[1] Cofield, Calla (April 20, 2015). "'StarTalk,' NatGeo Channel's 1st Late-Night Science Talk Show, Debuts Tonight". space.com.

[2] Kevin Day, Patrick (March 18, 2015). "Neil deGrasse Tyson reveals first guests, premiere date for 'StarTalk' show". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 18, 2015.

[3] Metcalf, Mitch. "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 100 Monday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 4.27.2015". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on May 1, 2015.

[4] Metcalf, Mitch. "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 100 Monday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 5.11.2015". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on May 15, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015.

[5] Metcalf, Mitch (October 27, 2015). "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 100 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Update: 10.25.2015". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on October 29, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2015.

[6] Metcalf, Mitch (December 15, 2015). "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Update: 12.13.2015". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on December 18, 2015.

[7] Metcalf, Mitch (December 22, 2015). "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Update: 12.20.2015". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015.

[8] Metcalf, Mitch (December 30, 2015). "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Update: 12.27.2015". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on January 2, 2016.

[9] Metcalf, Mitch (January 6, 2016). "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Update: 1.3.2016". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on January 9, 2016.

[10] Metcalf, Mitch (October 18, 2016). "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Update: 10.17.2015". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016.

[11] Metcalf, Mitch (November 15, 2016). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.14.2015". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on November 16, 2016.

[12] Metcalf, Mitch. "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.19.2016". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016.

[13] Metcalf, Mitch. "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.26.2016". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on December 31, 2016.

[14] "NEW THIS WEEK (Apr 27): Australia's Next Top Model, StarTalk, Hart Of Dixie, #MayPac and more". The Green Room. April 23, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015.

[15] "Nat Geo pulls Neil deGrasse Tyson's 'StarTalk' amid misconduct allegations". January 3, 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2019.

[16] Harris, Elizabeth A. (January 3, 2019). "Neil deGrasse Tyson's show Is pulled". The New York Times. Retrieved July 23, 2019.

[17] "Neil deGrasse Tyson returning to Fox, Nat Geo following investigation". The Hollywood Reporter. March 15, 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2019.

[18] Bradley, Laura (August 28, 2015). "Neil deGrasse Tyson Soothingly Explains the Science Behind The Martian". Retrieved September 1, 2015.

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