Being able to spend nearly two decades in daily syndication with very little competition definitely played in Star Trek‘s favor.
It was in the right place at the right time.
Being able to spend nearly two decades in daily syndication with very little competition definitely played in Star Trek‘s favor.
It was in the right place at the right time.
And with the exception of TAS on Saturday mornings (September 1973-December 1974) no Star Trek aired on an American broadcast network for almost 26 years, not until VOY premiered as the flagship series of the new UPN. 26 years. That's almost half of Trek's existence.
Trek became a global hit because of domestic syndication and overseas rerun sales. Without local stations buying syndicated TV packages of a cancelled series Trek would never have become what it did.
Trek became a global hit because of domestic syndication and overseas rerun sales. Without local stations buying syndicated TV packages of a cancelled series Trek would never have become what it did.
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There were plenty of shows it had to compete with in the 1960s and later in the 70s. It coukd have gotten lost in the shuffke of new shows and reruns back in the 70s but it didnt. It grew in popularity. It had exceptional writing even its terrible episodes tended to have some glimmers of greatness. If it was a garbage show it never would have become a phenomenon in the 1970s. It was a true comeback story.
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