Listen here fellow Browncoats: The Science Channel has acquired the rights to Joss Whedon’s epic space western Firefly and is prepared to air all thirteen episodes, including the two-hour pilot, this March. What’s more is each episode will be tagged with interstitial segments hosted by physicist Dr. Michio Kaku who will discuss the theoretical science behind the show’s sci-fi concepts. Nerdgasm! Since FOX axed the short-lived series in 2002, it traveled to the USA Network in 2008 and now it has found a home with the Science Channel where it will continue to live on as one of the most original, character-driven sci-fi series ever produced.

In addition to scooping this news, EW also sat down with Malcolm Reynolds himself Nathan Fillion to discuss he thoughts about the show. When asked about playing Mal he said, “It was my favorite job ever. What wasn’t great about it? I got to wear a low-slung holster. I got to ride horses. I got to have a spaceship. I got to act mean and curmudgeonly. [Creator Joss Whedon] is really good at kicking characters in the nuts so the other characters would have laughs at my expense and that was great too.” He went on to share his enthusiam about potentially bringing back the show if the opportinity showed itself. “If I got $300 million from the California Lottery, the first thing I would do is buy the rights to Firefly, make it on my own, and distribute it on the Internet,” he said.

Firefly‘s run on The Science Channel beings March 6. The premiere night will air the 2-hour pilot “Serenity” starting at 8PM and this will be followed by episode 2 “The Train Job” at 10PM. The channel will then air one episode every Sunday at 8PM in their intentional order. You can’t take the sky from me.

[Via EW]