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What to Watch on Wednesday: ‘NOVA: The Planets’ starts on PBS, Paramount has ‘The Last Cowboy’

By Brooke Cain
This photograph, as seen in the PBS series “NOVA: The Planets,” is a NASA satellite image showing Jupiter covered in storms. Thousands of kilometers across, these storms are larger than anything we see on Earth.
This photograph, as seen in the PBS series “NOVA: The Planets,” is a NASA satellite image showing Jupiter covered in storms. Thousands of kilometers across, these storms are larger than anything we see on Earth. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin

Ancient Skies (8 p.m., PBS / UNC-TV) - The first episode of a new series exploring the relationship between humans and the skies, from how ancient ancestors used the sky to navigate and tell time to the birth of modern science.

NOVA: The Planets (9 p.m., PBS / UNC-TV) - PBS and BBC Studios collaborated for this five-part series exploring the solar system. The series combines CGI imagery, the latest planetary science research and footage captured by orbiters, landers and rovers, resulting in unimaginable up-close sights. Narrated by Zachary Quinto.

The Last Cowboy (11 p.m., Paramount) - This new “documentary-competition” series on the high-stakes world of “elite horsemanship” premieres after Paramount’s hit drama “Yellowstone.” The series follows highly skilled horsemen and trainers and is from the Academy Award-nominated writer/director Taylor Sheridan.

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