Forensic anthropologist Temperance "Bones" Brennan and her team work with the FBI to solve murders by identifying victims from their remains in a procedural series inspired by real-life forensic anthropologist and novelist Kathy Reichs.
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson hosts a reboot of Carl Sagan's "Cosmos," the landmark 1980 PBS series that explored all aspects of the universe. The new version features an upgrade of the Cosmic Calendar, and is co-produced by Ann Druyan, Sagan's widow.
Reporters gauge the impact of innovations in science, medicine and environmental studies. For its second season, the show was cut to a half-hour and relocated from Australia to Los Angeles.