Spock’s mutiny, a ruined captain, and the night Star Trek put itself on trial.

A sexist mandate from NBC in 1965 forced Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry to drop the character of Number One, a female first officer played by Majel Barrett, from the original pilot. This change ...

The original "Star Trek" aired over half a century ago, and Stacker has boldly gone and compiled the 25 best episodes, ...

In television, failure is usually final. A pilot doesn't connect, a network loses confidence and a project quietly disappears. But in 1965, something highly unusual happened to Star Trek. After ...

There have been plenty of timelines explored in the "Star Trek" universe, but had NBC originally had its way, we might've ended up in one without its most beloved crew member. Before Captain Kirk ...

A pilot episode is largely a testing ground for a new show, demonstrating what an episode could look like if it airs. Its goal is to earn a greenlight from the network, complete with funding and ...

Fifty years ago Thursday Gene Roddenberry's visionary TV series "Star Trek" debuted on NBC. It was not an instant success — in fact, it was canceled just three years later — but a devoted fan base ...

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...