"In Search Of" TV Show Is Returning

An Anonymous Coward writes: "I've always liked the old "In Search Of" TV series with Leonard Nemoy talking about all these whacked out mysteries of the world. I don't think they made any episodes past the 80's, but now they are finally going to start it up again. It will be broadcast on Fox and the USA network with host Mitch Pillegi. Here's the official site." This was one of my favorite shows as a kid, but I think I might prefer re-runs (with Nimoy) to new episodes.

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Garbage in; garbage out

[hubie]

I used to watch those shows when I was a wee tyke, and I even used to harbor nostalgic thoughts about them. Then I saw reruns of the shows years later and actually paid attention to them. In my opinion, it is entirely appropriate that Fox is redoing the series because it is right up their alley along with 'Did we land on the moon?' I guess I never listened to how pseudoscientific all those stories were at the time.

Typical story: 20 minutes on "ancient astronauts" with 5 minutes "balanced" reporting by talking to scientist/palentologist, etc.:

Interviewer: "Do you think these civilizations were visited by ancient astronauts?"

Scientist: "No"

Interviewer: "How can anyone explain the level of technology these people attained?"

Scientist: "There really is no need to insist on an intervention with an alien species. You see, the progress of this civilization develops quite naturally from ..."

Interviewer: "Yes, yes, but can you say with 100 percent certainty that there were no ancient astronauts?"

Scientist: "Well, no, but you see one cannot say with 100 percent certainty about anything..."

Interviewer: "So it cannot be ruled out then?"

Scientist: "Well, I suppose you can say that, but..."

(cut to shot of the night sky)

Nimoy: Were there visitors long ago from very far away? Even science is not in agreement. Join us next time when we go In Search Of the little dwarves that hide in our refrigerators and turn the light off when the door closes. I, am Leonard Nimoy."

Category mismatch(science)?

[deglr6328]

From the site:

"Be shocked and amazed as we investigate the most interesting mysteries and discoveries of our time. Look forward to seeing these latest investigations on In Search Of... soon:
"The Johnson Bigfoot Encounter"
"Zombies"
"Stigmata"
"Earthquake Prediction"
"The Tesla Death Ray"
"Scandanavian Lake Monsters""

Shouldn't this story be under topic Pseudoscience?