STARTALK
National Geographic, 11:00 p.m. ET
SERIES PREMIERE: This is the talk show series about the intersections of science and popular culture, and is hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, based on his podcast and radio show of the same name. It’s the project TVWW profiled with anticipation during the January 2015 Television Critics Association press tour – and tonight, in this first weekly episode of a 10-week late-night launch season, the anticipation is over.And what better subject with which to begin than the topic of Star Trek? Opening guests: astrophysicist Charles Liu, comic Leighann Lord, and Star Trek alumnus George Takei.