‘Cosmos’ Evolution Segment Covered by News Promo on Oklahoma City Station

By Kevin Eck 

Oklahoma City FOX affiliate KOKH cut away from a portion of the Neil deGrasse Tyson show “Cosmos” talking about evolution.

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Tyson began his intro to the segment on Sunday night’s show saying, “We are newcomers to the cosmos. Our own story only begins on the last night of the cosmic year. It’s 9:45 on New Year’s Eve” when a news promo popped up.

The Wrap reported viewers missed Tyson saying,”Three and a half million years ago, our ancestors — your and mine left these traces,” Tyson said, pointing 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 look up and wonder.”

After a “Cosmos” fan uploaded video on YouTube and pointed out the awkward edit, KOKH Fox 25 released a statement on Twitter, disputing any nefarious intentions.”Sunday, during@COSMOSonTV, a local news promo was aired over a portion of COSMOS content. This was an operator error & we regret the error,” KOKH tweeted Wednesday.

You can watch the different versions after the jump.

Here’s the youtube clip of KOKH’s air.
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And the segment everyone else saw:

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