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 ...

In television history, few pilots have had a stranger journey than the first attempt at Star Trek. Today, the 1964 pilot episode “The Cage” is widely regarded as a landmark in sci-fi TV—a serious, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In television history, few pilots have had a stranger journey than the first attempt at Star Trek. Today, the 1964 pilot episode ...