Word: treks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...meantime, Star Trek fans seem fairly content watching reruns. Even if Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise must visit the same planets over and over again, the Trekies demand that the show go on. Says Kaiser Broadcasting executive Barry Thurston, "This program will never die. It's a classic...
...Star Trek convention in New York last year the sponsors expected 800 Trekies, but after 3000 showed up they stopped counting. This weekend the city of Santa Barbara is bracing itself for the onslaught of 10,000 Star Trek aficionados...
NONETHELESS, SOON after NBC cancelled Star Trek it was picked up by the local stations where it began to build an even larger audience. This audience has grown to such an extent that people in the industry are now talking about reviving the show. Foremost among the lobbyists for the return of Star Trek is Roddenberry. "I feel sure something will happen," he said with an air of confidence. "We've talked about a lot of things. Maybe a feature length movie, maybe a movie for television, and maybe a television series...
Robertson and the people at NBC in the meantime are playing things cool, and attempting to maintain an air of disinterestedness. "We've discussed possibilities," Robertson said, "but NBC has no financial or contractual arrangement for the return of Star Trek...
...Paramount are more enthusiastic. "The chances of bringing it back as a television series are pretty remote, but a movie is a definite possibility," said Robert Newgard, vice-president of network and syndication sales at Paramount. "The problem is that we don't know if people who watch Star Trek on TV are willing to go to the movies to see it." It appears, however, that Paramount has not made any hard decisions...