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Remembering John G. Trimble

StarTrek.com honors the luminary whose contributions saved the Star Trek universe.
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Star Trek and fandom as we know it all stems from the efforts and passion of John and his wife Bjo Trimble, the couple who launched a grassroots letter writing campaign to Save Star Trek following NBC’s cancellation of the Original Series, resulting in a third season. With enough episodes then, Star Trek was able to enter syndication, propelling it into a phenomenon that warranted an animated series in 1973 and big-budget feature in 1979.
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All of sci-fi really owes a debt of gratitude to their actions. Without Star Trek showing there was an appetite for sci-fi shows, how different would our entertainment landscape look today?
 
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