Star Trek has been in the news quite a bit these last few weeks. There's the Comedy Central roast of William Shatner, the premiere of Star Trek:Enterprise on the Sci Fi Channel, and the announcement of a new Trek movie that will be directed by Lost creator J.J. Abrams. Now word comes that TV Land has acquired the rights to the original (and many say the best) Star Trek.
The show will join TV Land's regular rotation starting in November. However, in order to celebrate the show's 40th anniversary (feeling old yet anyone?) the classic-television network will air four episodes of Trek on September 8th; the date when it premiered way back in 1966 on NBC. The evening will start off with "The Man Trap", which was the episode that began the series, then follow with "City on the Edge of Forever" (with a young Joan Collins), "The Trouble With Tribbles" (one of my favorites), and "Plato's Stepchildren", which featured the very first interracial kiss shown on television (although some fans refute that statement).
After this initial four episode run the show will take a break and come back on November 17th in its normal time slot. Episodes will also be available online at TV Land's new broadband video channel.
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8-11-2006 @ 10:04AM
Chris W said...
"Plato's Stepchildren, which featured the very first interracial kiss shown on television (although some fans refute that statement)."
Star Trek fans or interracial kissing fans?
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8-11-2006 @ 11:11AM
Scott H said...
Star Trek fans can tell fans of good television everywhere that "Plato's Stepchildren" is a pretty awful episode of "Star Trek". Stop watching after "Tribbles".
And the much-hyped kiss? It's forced by aliens who control people with their minds (yeah, again), and both characters fight the kiss, making look very awkward and unnatural.
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8-11-2006 @ 11:34AM
Rich Keller said...
"Star Trek fans or interracial kissing fans?"
Probably both. :)
Actually, fans of the episode debate on wether or not an actuall full-mouth kiss took place.
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8-11-2006 @ 1:33PM
erroneous_nick said...
It would seem more fitting for Star Trek to be on the SciFi Channel, but I'm sure there's all sorts of "illogical" reasons why it's not.
Regarding the famed kiss: There's no debate about it at all. It's been said by several people involved with the show, including Shatner himself, that his and Nichelle Nichols' lips never even touched.
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8-11-2006 @ 1:49PM
Toby OB said...
The one reason to recommend "Plato's Stepchildren" is the appearance of Michael Dunn as the guest star.
It's long been a Toobworld belief that when his character of Alexander was living on Earth, he began the bloodline that resulted in the birth of Dr. Miguelito Loveless...
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