{"id":28415,"date":"2021-10-25T19:46:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T23:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=28415"},"modified":"2021-10-25T19:46:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T23:46:51","slug":"the-history-channel-to-celebrate-star-treks-55th-anniversary-with-ten-part-docuseries-the-center-seat-55-years-of-star-trek-premiering-friday-november-5-10pm-et-pt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/25\/the-history-channel-to-celebrate-star-treks-55th-anniversary-with-ten-part-docuseries-the-center-seat-55-years-of-star-trek-premiering-friday-november-5-10pm-et-pt\/","title":{"rendered":"The History Channel to Celebrate Star Trek&#8217;s 55th Anniversary with Ten-Part Docuseries &#8220;The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek&#8221; Premiering Friday, November 5 @ 10PM ET\/PT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28416\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/star-trek-history.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/star-trek-history.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/star-trek-history-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>The HISTORY(R) Channel is celebrating the 55th anniversary of the iconic and popular &#8220;<em><strong>Star Trek<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; franchise with the Brian Volk-Weiss directed ten-part docuseries from The Nacelle Company &#8220;<em><strong>The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek<\/strong><\/em>.&#8221; Narrated and executive produced by Gates McFadden (&#8220;<em><strong>Star Trek: The Next Generation&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>, &#8220;<strong><em>InvestiGates: Who Do You Think You Are?<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;), the docuseries shares rare, fascinating details of how &#8220;<strong><em>Star Trek<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; began, where it&#8217;s been, and how it&#8217;s boldly going where no television series has gone before! The first four episodes will premiere on the HISTORY(R) Channel each week beginning on Friday, November 5 @ 10PM ET\/PT with six additional episodes also available on &#8220;HISTORY Vault\u00ae,&#8221; the network&#8217;s subscription video service.<\/p>\n<p>Each episode focuses on a different chapter in the sci-fi drama&#8217;s groundbreaking history chronicling its inception at Lucille Ball&#8217;s legendary production company Desilu to more recent film, television adaptations, and projects like The Animated Series and Phase II. The definitive in-depth journey honors the creative pioneers in sci-fi excellency and shares the impactful, sometimes risky, decisions behind pivotal moments in television history and how they ultimately made it to the small screen.<\/p><div id=\"morty-388019734\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the Fall of 1964, the pilot for what would become &#8220;Star Trek&#8221; was commissioned. 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