Can't get behind the agenda.
Tyson is a well known atheist. One of the purposes of the show is to debunk creationism, a trendy endeavor these days.
This first installment spent a good deal of time dramatizing the persecution of Giordano Bruno. I guess I should know who he is but I've never heard of him. Now though, through a cheesy cartoon, I know about his suffering the dark power of the Roman Catholic Church. (Galileo met a similar fate).
If I remember right, there was only a brief mention of Galileo and Copernicus. Did you hear anything about Ptolemy? Tycho Brahe? Kepler? Newton? Maybe I missed it.
Science stands alone. This battle, taking the fight to the willfully ignorant, is below science. It makes as much sense as engineers disproving 911 conspiracies.