THERE HE IS, HOW ARE YOU, SETH, ARE YOU WELL?
>> I AM, I'M VERY WELL, HOW ABOUT YOU.
>> James: I'M GOOD, WHERE ARE YOU IN YOUR HOUSE RIGHT NOW,
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT?
WHERE IS STH?
>> I'M IN MY LIBRARY O.
>> James: OF COURSE.
NO HOUSE IS COMPLETE WITHOUT ONE.
>> WITH A DELICIOUS CUP OF SOMETHING.
>> James: OH LOOK AT THAT.
WELL, IT WOULDN'T BE AN APPEARANCE ON THE "LATE, LATE
SHOW" IF YOU WEREN'T HERE WITHOUT A MUG FULL OF WHISKEY.
WELL, WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE HERE.
I REALLY WANT TO KNOW, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IT ON THE SHOW,
THIS WEEKEND, WAS SORT OF THE CRAZIEST NEWS CYCLE IN THE
CRAZIEST YEAR OF NEWS CYCLES AND EVENTS.
WHAT WAS YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE WHOLE SITUATION THIS WEEKEND?
>> I MEAN LOOK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SOME WONDERFUL
EPIDIMIOLOGISTS AS WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO STRUCTURE OUR PRODUCTION
AT THE ORVILLE TO GET BACK ON TRACK AND GET SHOOTING AGAIN.
AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ONE OF THE DOCTORS POINTED
OUT IS ST SHOULD BE SUR PRIESING TO NO ONE.
YOU WITH SAY IT IS INEVITABLE AS TAXES BUT EVEN THAT REALLY
DOESN'T APPLY ANY MORE.
IT WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN.
IT WASN'T AN IF, IT WAS A WHEN.
IT IS LIKE IF YOU DON'T WEAR YOUR SEAT BELT AND ARE YOU IN A
CAR ACCIDENT YOU ARE GOING TO BE MUCH WORSE OFF THAN IF YOU HAD.
AND THAT'S-- THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WALKING AROUND LIKE FOOLS
WITH NO MASKS, DESPITE ALL THE BEST SCIENCE AVAILABLE.
AND OF COURSE THEY ARE INFECTED.
AND YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO WISH ANYONE ILL BUT AT THE SAME
TIME IT'S LIKE COME ON.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU.
>> YES, I MEAN YOU HAVE BEEN RUNNING LIKE SHOWS AND WRITERS
ROOMS SINCE YOU WERE 24 YEARS OLD.
NARRATIVES, SCRIPTED SHOWS, MOVIES, ALL THOSE THINGS, IF A
WRITER PITCHED YOU THIS WHOLE THING, THE STORY LINE WOULD YOU
BE LIKE OH, I DON'T KNOW MAN, THIS FEELS A LITTLE TOO ABSURD?
>> I GUESS IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE NETWORK.
YOU KNOW.
>> James: NOW YOU ARE KNOWN FOR COMEDIES.
WE ALL KNOW YOU FROM YOUR BIG COMEDIES, FAMILY GUY, TED, BUT
YOU ARE ALSO THE PRODUCER OF A BRILLIANT SCIENCE SHOW COSMOS
WHICH IS BACK FOR A NEW SEASON ON FOX.
A LOT OF FANS IN THIS ROOM OF THE SHOW.
HOW DID IT COME ABOUT AND HOW DID YOU AND NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
MEET AND START FORM LATING WHAT THIS SHOW WOULD BE.
>> YOU KNOW, I JOINED AN ORGANIZATION IN HOLLYWOOD THAT
WAS STARTED BY JERRY AND JANET ZUCKER, JERRY ZUCKER IS
AIRPLANE, NAKED GUN FAME CALLED THE SCIENCE AND ENTERTAINMENT
EXCHANGE.
IT WAS PERFECT TO CONNECT PEOPLE IN ENTERTAINMENT, WRITERS AND
DIRECTORS WITH SCIENTISTS.
BECAUSE WHAT THEY WERE REALIZING IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE
COUNTRY GET THEIR SCIENCE FROM FICTION, FROM ENTERTAINMENT.
AND IT MAKES SENSE FOR A LOT OF REASONS FOR US TO DO OUR
HOMEWORK AND MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE ARE PUTTING OUT THERE IS
ACCURATE.
AND SO YOU KNOW, IT IS BETTER BENEFITS THE SCIENTIFIC
COMMUNITY, THE ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY, AND THAT IS HOW I MET
KNEEL, AND I WAS IN NEW YORK AT ONE POINT AND CALLED AND SAID
LET'S HAVE LUNCH.
AND I SAID LOOK, I'M AT THE POINT IN MY CAREER WHERE I HAVE
SOME CAPITAL TO KIND OF USE FOR GOOD, IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN
HELP WITH.
AND HE SAID WELL WE'RE TRYING TO GET COSMOS OFFER THE GROUND
AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO DISCOVERY CHANNEL, GOING TO NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC.
AND HI PITCHED AT THE TIME CRAZY IDEA OF GOING TO FOX.
OF GOING TO A MAJOR NETWORK, AND YOU KNOW, THE REGIME AT FOX AT
THE TIME WAS RECEPTSIVE TO THE IDEA AND MAYBE ANXIOUS TO MAKE
UP FOR OTHER TRANSGRETIONS.
BUT THEY WENT FOR IT AND SUPPORTED IT THUKICALLY AND NOW
WE'RE IN SEASON TWO.
>> IT'S SO INCREDIBLE.
THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING, THAT YOU PUT OUT INTO THE
WORLDK I REALLY FIND QUITE AS TON FISH-- AS TON SHALLING, YOU
ARE SO PROLISK IN WHAT YOU DO HOW MAGAZINES WORK BEEN FOR YOU
DURING THIS TIME OF LOCKDOWN AND ISOLATION.
>> THE THINGS THAT NEED TO DPET DONE HAVE GOTTEN DONE, FAMILY
GUY AND AMERICAN DAD CONTINUE TO GET RECORDED.
THE WRITERS ALL WORK VIA ZOOM.
I HAVE A RECORDING STUDIO HERE AT MY HOUSE.
MOST OF THE FACTORS DO AS WELL SO WE RECORD FROM HOME.
AS FAR AS THE OTHER SHOW, AS FAR AS THE ORVILLE THAT IS MORE OF A
CHALLENGE.
WE'RE REALLY WORKING HARD TO GET BACK TO WORK.
IT IS A A LOT HARD TOR DEAL WITH THINGS LIKE PROSTHETIC MAKEUP.
AND YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY, REALLY CAREFUL.
SO WE'RE, I'M READY TO GO BACK, THE WHOLE CAST, WE'RE ALL GOING
STIR CRAZY.
I'M SURE FOR YOU IT HAS BEEN NICE TO BE BACK IN YOUR STUDIO.
>>James: IN A WAY.
>> REALLY.
>> NO, IT'S GREAT, I'M KIDDING, IT IS FANTASTIC BUT IN THE MEAN
TIME WE'VE GOT THIS TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
YOUR 6th ALBUM, GREAT SONGS FROM STAGE AND SCREEN.
TELL US ABOUT THIS NEW RECORD.
>> THERE IS, YEAH T IS OUR 6th STUDIO ALBUM,
ARRANGEMENTS BY THE FABULOUS BRUCE BROTEN, FANS WILL KNOW
WHAT TO EXPECT.
HE IS A BRILLIANT COMPOSER AND WE RECORDED IT AT ABBY ROAD
ACTUALLY.
A LOT OF IT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
SO WE HAD TO FINISH IT BACK HERE BUT WE SQUEAKED IN JUST UNDER
THE WIRE AND MANAGED TO GET IT IT KIND OF A PERFECT THING TO
RELEASE FOR THIS POINT IN TIME IT IS VERY UPBEAT.
IT'S A LOT OF FUN SHOW SONG, THE ARRANGEMENTS ARE BRIGHT AND
COLORFUL AND YOU KNOW, GOOD HAPPY MEDICINE FOR THIS POINT IN
TIME.
>> NOW YOU'VE ALSO EXECUTIVE PRODUCED A HORROR MOVIE CALL THE
BOOKS OF BLOOD, FOR ANYONE THAT DOESN'T KNOW, TELL US ABOUT THE
FILM.
>> THIS, BOOKS OF BLOOD IS THE TEL PLAY SCREENPLAY RATHER AND
DIRECT OR YAL, ALL BY MR. BRANDON BRAGA WHO, WOD ON
COSMOS AS WELL, HIS BABY.
HE AND CLIVE BARKER HAD A LOT OF CONTACT AND I WAS VERY CAREFUL
TO GIVE THE DUE THAT CLIVE'S FANS WILL WANT TO SEE BUT YEAH,
IT IS SORT OF MY FIRST FOR AYE AS A PRODUCER INTO THE HORROR
GENRE AND IT IS COOL.
IT IS SCARY, IT'S SMART, IT'S CEREBRAL, I THINK IT WILL BE
SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT FROM ANYTHING OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
>> WELL I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT