The "Anything Goes" thread

scifan57 · Dec 9, 2012

iJamesH said:
Good thing she stuck to her guns and convinced the network execs to run the show. If it wasn't for her intervention there would be no Kirk,Picard,Sikso,etc.

Yes; without her, the only Star Trek episode ever produced would have been The Cage, the original pilot rejected by NBC.

Richard Brown · Dec 9, 2012

Hayles66 said:
Reading an article about who helped start the Star Trek series. Interesting.

http://www.howtogeek.com/trivia/whose-intervention-ensured-star-trek-saw-the-light-of-day/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=081212

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iJamesH said:
Good thing she stuck to her guns and convinced the network execs to run the show. If it wasn't for her intervention there would be no Kirk,Picard,Sikso,etc.

scifan57 said:
Yes; without her, the only Star Trek episode ever produced would have been The Cage, the original pilot rejected by NBC.

Yes, the article is interesting. I knew she owned a share in the studio.

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AdmiralAdama · Dec 9, 2012

Perhaps the biggest advocate STOS had in its corner was RCA. It owned NBC and it also was a company that made TVs. Colour TV was in its infancy in the mid 60s. STOS was always intended to be a colour production so in RCA's corporate mind it represented content for its line of colour sets.

"STAR TREK - The Real Story" is a worthwhile read. It addresses in great detail the knock down brawl that ensued when producers came to TV networks, trying to sell "smart" dramatic science fiction programs.

AA

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Inside_Star_Trek:_The_Real_Story

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Roy Rob · Dec 9, 2012

I recall watching Star Trek for the first time in color. I guess it was early 1967. It was my first time watching any TV in color but about half way through I realized that I had no idea what was going on in the episode. I had been just watching the color, not the program!