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Star Trek was an influential science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that followed the adventures of the crew of the starship U.S.S. Enterprise. The show began with the production of the 1964 pilot "The Cage". "The Cage" featured Jeffrey Hunter as Enterprise captain Christopher Pike. The pilot was rejected by NBC executives as being too cerebral. In order to demonstrate the action-adventure potential of the series, another pilot entitled "Where No Man Has Gone Before" was produced. Replacing Jeffrey Hunter as Enterprise captain was William Shatner who starred as Captain James T. Kirk. The new pilot also starred Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock who was the only character to return from the original pilot after NBC's rejection of "The Cage". Response to the second, action-oriented, pilot was good and NBC gave the go ahead to the series. ...
The series premiered on NBC on Thursday, September 8, 1966 in the 8:30-9:30 PM timeslot with the episode "The Man Trap". Critical response to the series was mixed and rating were lower than expected. In its second season, reoccurring guest star DeForest Kelley was added to the series' starring cast and the show was moved to Friday at 8:30. A decline in the ratings, however, prompted NBC to attempt to cancel the series after its second season, but a letter writing campaign by die hard fans of the show saved it from cancellation. An additional season of episodes were produced, but ratings continued to decline most likely due to the quality of the third season episodes and a bad 10:00 PM Friday night time slot. Despite another letter writing campaign, the series was finally cancelled after its third season. The last new episode "Turnabout Intruder" was shown on June 3, 1969.
After its three year run Star Trek began running syndication where it was discovered by legion of new fans and became a phenomenon. The show inspired six features films, an animated series, and four additional spin-off television shows. Other spin-off's include novels, comic books, merchandise and an enormous amount of fan-fiction based on the series. Despite its short network run, Star Trek has become one of the most successful shows in television history.
Aside from its three main stars, Star Trek featured a large cast of reoccurring guest stars that includes James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Majel Barrett, and Grace Lee Whitney. Other notable guest stars include Diana Muldaur, Gary Lockwood, Ricardo Montalban, Sally Kellerman, Julie Newmar, Frank Gorshin, John Colicos, Roger C. Carmel, William Campbell, Ted Cassidy, Michael Ansara and Elisha Cook, Jr. Notable writers for the series include Gene Roddenberry, Gene L. Coon, George Clayton Johnson, Jerry Sohl, Jerome Bixby, Robert Bloch, Theodore Sturgeon, Harlan Ellison, David Gerrold, and D.C. Fontana.
Opening Passage: "Space...The Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship, Enterprise. Its 5-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before!"
Info courtesy of Original Trek and the Star Trek episode guide 4.0 by Earl Green. First Telecast: September 8, 1966
Last Telecast: June 3, 1969
Unaired Episodes: 1
Currently airs: – Tuesday at 2:00 AM central time.
Sci-Fi's listings.
Episodes: 80 Color Episodes on Film
(1 Unaired Pilot, 79 one hour episodes, 1 two-part episode, 6 Feature Movies)
Spinoffs: Star Trek: The Animated Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Enterprise.
Broadcast History
NBC: September 1966-September 1967----Thursday----8:30 p.m.
NBC: September 1967-September 1968----Friday----8:30 p.m.
NBC: September 1968-March 1969----Friday----10:00 p.m.
NBC: June 1969-September 1969----Tuesday----8:30 p.m.
Emmy Awards and Nominations
1966-1967
Nominated: Star Trek Outstanding Dramatic Series
Nominated: Leonard Nimoy Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama
Nominated: Star Trek Outstanding Film and Sound Editing
Nominated: Star Trek Outstanding Special Photographic Effects
Nominated: Star Trek Outstanding Special Mechanical Effects
1967-1968
Nominated: Star Trek Outstanding Dramatic Series
Nominated: Leonard Nimoy Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama
Nominated: Star Trek, "The Doomsday Machine" Outstanding Film Editing
Nominated: Star Trek, "Metamorphosis" Outstanding Special Photographic Effects
1968-1969
Nominated: Leonard Nimoy Oustanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama
Nominated: Star Trek, "All Our Yesterdays" Art and Set Decoration
Nominated: Star Trek, "Assignment: Earth" Outstanding Film Editing
Nominated: Star Trek, "The Tholian Web" Outstanding Special Effects
Other Awards or Nominations
Writers Guild of America:
1968 WGA TV Award Winner: Harlan Ellison, "The City on the Edge of Forever" Best Written Dramatic Episode
Hugo Awards:
1967 Winner: "The Menagerie" Best Dramatic Presentation
1967 Nomination: "The Corbomite Maneuver" Best Dramatic Presentation
1967 Nomination: "The Naked Time" Best Dramatic Presentation
1968 Winner: "City on the Edge of Forever" Best Dramatic Presentation
1968 Nomination: "Amok Time" Best Dramatic Presentation
1968 Nomination: "Mirror, Mirror" Best Dramatic Presentation
1968 Nomination: "The Doomsday Machine" Best Dramatic Presentation
1968 Nomination: "The Trouble with Tribbles" Best Dramatic Presentation
Federation Starships and their captains:
U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 - Captains: Captain Robert T. April (2245-2250), Captain Christopher Pike (2251-2256), Captain James Tiberius Kirk (2264-2269), Captain Willard Decker (2270-2271), Captain James Tiberius Kirk (2271-2276), Captain Spock (2277-2285)
U.S.S. Valiant NCC-1223 - ?
U.S.S. Constellation NCC-1017 - Commodore Matt Decker
U.S.S. Intrepid NCC-1631 - ?
U.S.S. Exeter NCC-1672 - Fleet Captain Ronald Tracey
U.S.S. Lexington NCC-1709 - Commodore Robert Wesley
U.S.S. Hood NCC-1703 - ?
U.S.S. Potemkin NCC-1657 - ?
U.S.S. Excalibur NCC-1664 - Captain Harris, Commander William Riker (2367)
U.S.S. Defiant NCC-1674 - ?
U.S.S. Constitution NCC-1700 - ?
U.S.S. Farragut NCC-1647 - Captain Garrovick
U.S.S. Republic NCC-1371 - ?
U.S.S. Yorktown NCC-1717 - ?
If you know of any other captains, please let me know. I am only listing the starships that are of the Constitution Class, that means that I will not put starships that were in the Star Trek films.
Starfleet Ranks:
Ensign
Lieutenant (Junior Grade)
Lieutenant
Lieutenant Commander
Commander
Captain
Commodore
Rear Admiral
Vice Admiral
Admiral
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