Video: 'Star Trek - Man Trap'

(Tuesday, September 6, 1966, 7:30-8:30 p.m. EDT) — Star Trek, a science-fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) and its crew (starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley), premiered tonight on Canada’s CTV network, (two nights before it premiered in the U.S. on NBC at 8:30 p.m. EDT).

Video: 'Star Trek - TV intro (season 1) (1966)'

While the show would be cancelled in 1969 after only three seasons, through broadcast syndication, it became an international success in the 1970s, achieving cult classic status and a developing influence on popular culture.

Star Trek would eventually spawn a media franchise consisting of 13 television series, 14 feature films, and numerous books, games, and toys, and is now widely considered one of the most popular and influential television series of all time.