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Geekstorians: Controlled Chaos | Star Trek, Cancellation and the Franchise That Refused To Die
This week on Geekstorians, we’re boldly going into one of the strangest survival stories in geek culture: Star Trek, the franchise that has been cancelled, revived, mismanaged, overextended, rebooted, and pushed through nearly every major shift in modern entertainment.
Born in 1966, cancelled in 1969, and kept alive by fans who refused to accept that decision, Star Trek became something far bigger than a struggling network sci-fi show. It became a constituency. A culture. A future people wanted to believe in.
Dave traces the franchise from NBC’s infamous letter-writing campaign and the…
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