Planet Earth - April 23, 1974
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English - April 23, 2021 07:00 - 5 minutes - 4.73 MB - ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsTV & Film Society & Culture literature entertainment film history sciencefiction Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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If Gene Roddenberry learned anything from getting Star Trek off the ground it was the lesson that a "no" in Hollywood could sometimes lead to a second chance. "Genesis II" had come and gone without a series pick-up, but the Dylan Hunt character would be revived in a new show called "Planet Earth" that premiered on CBS television on April 23, 1974.
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