![]() ![]() In the age of the internet, it has become commonplace for science-fiction franchises to develop passionate fan communities, but this was less common back in the 1960s. Its growing legion of fans began organizing conventions and asking Nimoy and other stars to headline them. However, the show later went on to became an huge hit in syndication. Nevertheless, the show got cancelled after its third season, in 1969. When NBC threatened to cancel the show after its second season, the fans organized a letter-writing campaign that got the show a one-year reprieve. ![]() "We were very low in the ratings, but we were breaking every fan mail record in the history of NBC," Star Trek star DeForest Kelley, who played Leonard McCoy, said in a 1976 interview. ![]() Aired by NBC from 1966 to 1969, it suffered from chronically low ratings, yet it attracted some of the most devoted fans in show business. Star Trek, the show that made Nimoy famous, was unusual. Spock have become virtually synonymous in the public imagination. ![]() But almost a half century after he first donned pointy Vulcan ears in 1966, Leonard Nimoy and Mr. Spock would so thoroughly define his image. Leonard Nimoy, the actor who died Friday at the age of 83, probably didn't expect that the half-alien character of Mr. The success of Star Trek surprised everyone, not least its stars. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |