Star Trek in syndication - February 2, 1970
Sci-Fi 5
English - February 02, 2021 08:00 - 5 minutes - 6.45 MB - ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsTV & Film Society & Culture entertainment film history literature sciencefiction Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Star Trek may have been cancelled in 1969, but the story was far from over. Within a year, audiences and TV stations had discovered that the adventures of the starship Enterprise were a ratings phenomenon. The industry sat up and took notice when Paramount took out a full page ad in Broadcasting Magazine to celebrate its success on February 2, 1970.
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