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- 1964
NBC approves the script for "The Cage," the original STAR TREK pilot,
after it is shot, NBC rejects it for being "too cerebra.
- 1965
Paramount shoots, "Where No Man Has Gone Before," the second pilot.
- 1966
NBC green lights the production of the weekly series. Gene Roddenberry's STAR TREK
debuts on September 8 with an episode entitled "The Man Trap," garnering a 20.7
rating/36 share, delivering over 11 million homes.
- 1968
NBC cancels the series after its second season, but a letter-writing campaign,
spearheaded by a fan named Bjo Trimble, brings an estimated one million pieces of mail to
NBC's mailroom, causing the network to bring the series back for a third season.
- 1969
After a three-year network run, NBC cancels the show. STAR TREK moves into
syndication, where it flourishes.
- 1972
The first national STAR TREK convention is held at the Statler-Hilton in New York City,
drawing over 3,000 avid fans, including Sci-Fi guru Isaac Asimov.
- 1973
The STAR TREK animated television series debuts on NBC, Saturday morning at 9:30.
Twenty-two half-hour episodes are produced and aired over the next two years.
- 1979
The first feature film, STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE grosses an extraordinary
$82.3 million in North America alone. Pocket Books launches the STAR TREK publishing
program with a novelization of the film.
- 1980
Paramount Home Video releases STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE.
- 1982
Spock dies in STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN, which grosses nearly $80 million at
the box office (N. America). Paramount Home Video releases the second film at the
sell-through price of only $39.95 - the lowest list price for a blockbuster feature in
home video history.
- 1984
Spock is resurrected in STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK, which again brings
Paramount close to $80 million at the box office (N. America).
- 1985
Paramount Home Video releases the first group of original series episodes.
- 1986
STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME, the second feature directed by Leonard Nimoy, beams up a
record $110 million at the box office.
- 1987
More than 26 million viewers watch the premier episode of the syndicated television series
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Ultimately, the series sets a record as the highest-rated
syndicated television drama in each of its seven seasons.
- 1988
Pocket Books launches the first STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION novelization, and
the first STAR TREK hard cover book - "Spock's World" - an 8-week New York Times
bestseller.
- 1989
William Shatner directs STAR TREK V THE FINAL FRONTIER.
- 1991
Numerous events and television specials commemorate the 25th anniversary of the
original STAR TREK series. Though the public is incredulous, STAR TREK: THE UNDISCOVERED
COUNTRY features the final appearance of the original series' crew. Fans everywhere mourn
the loss of the STAR TREK creator, Gene Roddenberry. The first six episodes of STAR TREK:
THE NEXT GENERATION are released on home video.
- 1993
More than 34 million viewers tune into the premier episode of STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE
NINE - co-created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller - making it the highest-rated series
premier in syndication history. Cumulative sales of STAR TREK licensed merchandise exceed
$1 billion at retail. Pocket Books confirms that 13 STAR TREK books are sold every minute!
Pocket Books expands the publishing program to include STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE novels,
a young adult series entitled STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION STARFLEET ACADEMY. STAR TREK
walk-around characters invade all Paramount Parks, providing visitors with face-to-face
encounters with Klingons, Vulcan's, Bajorans and Starfleet Crew Members.
- 1994
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION enjoys a stellar seventh - and final - season in
first run syndication. Pocket Books launches the STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE Adult series,
Simon and Schuster Interactive introduces the best-selling STAR TREK INTERACTIVE TECHNICAL
MANUAL on CD-ROM. The STAR TREK EARTH TOUR, a 2,500 square-foot walk-through exhibit of
costumes, photos weaponry and props - from the STAR TREK television series and feature
films - tours the Paramount Parks, Starfleet's new ship, "The Defiant," is
introduced on the season premier of STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE. Captain Kirk dies in STAR
TREK: GENERATIONS, the first film to feature the STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION cast.
- 1995
The United Paramount Network launches STAR TREK: VOYAGER to rave reviews. Paramount
Digital Entertainment Introduces the official STAR TREK VOYAGER World Wide Web Site on the
Internet. Paramount Parks and the Las Vegas Hilton announce plans to build STAR TREK: THE
EXPERIENCE, a 65,000 square-foot entertainment complex featuring a simulator ride,
restaurant and lounge, virtual reality games and merchandise shops - all themed with STAR
TREK. (Projected to open in Spring '97.) Michael Dorn, the popular "Lieutenant
Worf" on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, joins the regular cast of STAR TREK: DEEP
SPACE NINE.
- 1996
Paramount celebrates "30 Years of STAR TREK" with special events,
commemorative merchandise and specially-packaged home video gift sets. The second film to
feature the crew of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION is released STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT..
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