Star Trek celebrates its 44 year anniversary this September with the original air date September 8, 1966, and it is incredible to think that the original series lasted a brief 3 seasons but the legacy continues today in the year 2010! Incredible! From Trek Today:
Forty-four years ago tonight,Star Trek was one of three shows airing at 8:30 on that Thursday night, and those tuning in saw. The Man Trap, a story about a strange creature who killed to obtain salt. Airing on NBC,Star Trek was up again ABC’s The Tammy Grimes Show, and the still-popular My Three Sons which was airing on CBS.
It’s hard to believe that a show which aired in 1966 would still be going strong today. Certainly, fans and others involved with it back in 1966 had no clue that it would last so long. “Nobody knew that Star Trek would be successful,” said William Shatner, the original Captain Kirk.
Well I, for one, am glad the show has endured and that Desilu Studios under the direction of Lucille Ball agreed to air the work of Gene Roddenberry back in the 1960s so that science fiction fans would have years of fun watching interesting shows and movies.
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