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'Star Trek' premieres on NBC

When: Sep 1966
Sources: 2 public sources

NBC publicity photo of William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy from the original series NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

NBC began airing Star Trek, a weekly hour-long series about a multinational starship crew meeting alien civilizations. It ran only three seasons, to June 1969, but the Smithsonian calls it one of television's most influential shows and holds its Enterprise studio model.

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OfficialModel, Starship Enterprise, Television Show, "Star Trek" (opens in a new tab)Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
OfficialExamining the Starship Enterprise (opens in a new tab)Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum / 2018-09-11

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