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U.S. Television Science Fiction
U.S. television science fiction is a popular genre of television in the United States that has produced many of the best-known and most popular science fiction shows in the world. Most famous of all, and one of the most influential science-fiction series in history, is the iconic '' Star Trek'' and its various spin-off shows, which comprise the Star Trek franchise. Other hugely influential programs have included the 1960s anthology series ''The Twilight Zone,'' the internationally successful ''The X-Files,'' and a wide variety of television movies and continuing series for more than half a century. History 20th century 1940s through the mid-1960s =The adventure serials= The first popular science-fiction program on American television was the DuMont Television Network children's adventure serial ''Captain Video and His Video Rangers'', which ran from June 1949 to April 1955. Within eight months of Captain Video's debut, two other landmark series were launched - ''Tom Corbett, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Original Series
''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship and its crew. It later acquired the retronym of ''Star Trek: The Original Series'' (''TOS'') to distinguish the show within the media franchise that it began. The show is set in the Milky Way galaxy, circa 2266–2269. The ship and crew are led by Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner), First Officer and Science Officer Spock (Leonard Nimoy), and Chief Medical Officer Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy (DeForest Kelley). Shatner's voice-over introduction during each episode's opening credits stated the starship's purpose: Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship ''Enterprise''. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before. Norway Productions and Desilu Productions produced the series from September 1966 to December 1967. Paramount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
