Space, the final frontier, forty years later
Today - 9/8/2006 - is the 40th anniversary of the debut of that new science fiction show, Star Trek (known as Star Trek: The Original Series by fans, to distinguish it from all that other Star Trek product out there). Now, we consider this show a cult classic. However, I have to admit that I must be one of maybe five people that watched the program in its original run on NBC back in the late 1960s. In fact, NBC was about to cancel Star Trek at the end of its second season, but a letter-writing... Sign in to see full entry.