The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek

Season 1 Episode 3: Trekking through the '70s - Phase II and The Motion Picture

Nov 22, 2021 NR 46m 8.3

Paramount wanted to launch a fourth network with the new Star Trek series Phase II as its flagship. When the network proved unworkable, Phase II appeared doomed - until Star Wars and Close Encounters Of The Third Kind proved box office...

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The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek background

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Lucy Loves Trek

1. Lucy Loves Trek

Aired: Nov 5, 2021

It all began when Gene Roddenberry convinced Desilu to foot the bill for not ...

Episode 2 Saturday Morning Pinks

2. Saturday Morning Pinks

Aired: Nov 12, 2021

Didn't realize there was a cartoon version of Star Trek in the early 1970s? N...

Episode 3 Trekking through the '70s - Phase II and The Motion Picture

3. Trekking through the '70s - Phase II and The Motion Picture

Aired: Nov 22, 2021

Paramount wanted to launch a fourth network with the new Star Trek series Pha...

Episode 4 Trek Goes To The Movies

4. Trek Goes To The Movies

Aired: Nov 22, 2021

The 1980s saw Paramount release three linked Star Trek movies to huge box-off...

Episode 5 Whales, God and Pepto Bismol

5. Whales, God and Pepto Bismol

Aired: Dec 16, 2021

The mid 1980's saw three directors of note helm Star Trek features; Leonard N...

Episode 6 Queue for Q

Aired: Dec 16, 2021

In 1987 Paramount decided Trek should return to its roots - television. ST: T...

Episode 7 Dancing with Syndication in the Pale Moonlight

7. Dancing with Syndication in the Pale Moonlight

Aired: Dec 16, 2021

After Gene Roddenberry's death, Trek ventured into yet another incarnation. D...

Episode 8 Voyage(r) to the Delta Quadrant

8. Voyage(r) to the Delta Quadrant

Aired: Dec 16, 2021

1995 brought another Trek series. This one featured a new starship, a return ...

Episode 9 It's Been A Long Time...

9. It's Been A Long Time...

Aired: Dec 16, 2021

Plagued by fledgling UPN's under performance, Enterprise's premise (a prequel...

Episode 10 Starships A-Z

10. Starships A-Z

Aired: Dec 16, 2021

Kirk, Spock, Picard, Data - the list of great Trek characters is incomplete w...

Episode 11 The Stars Above

11. The Stars Above

Aired: Nov 30, -1

From the series regulars and recurring roles down to the folks who just did g...

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Guest Staring

Preston Neal Jones

Preston Neal Jones Self

David Gautreaux Self

Harold Livingston

Harold Livingston Self

John Dykstra

John Dykstra Self

Andrew Probert

Andrew Probert Self

Mark A. Altman Self

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Creators

Brian Volk-Weiss Creator, Director

Info about The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek

Current Status: Ended

Network: History

Production Country: United States

Genres: Documentary, History

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