1966 (Production)
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January
- The second pilot episode, "Where No Man Has Gone Before," is completed and delivered to executives at NBC's New York offices.[1]
February
August
- Gene Roddenberry steps down as producer to become executive producer. Gene L. Coon becomes series producer for the remainder of the first season.[1]
September
- 8 September: TOS 05: "The Man Trap," the fifth episode produced, but the first to finish postproduction, becomes the first episode of Star Trek to air on television.[1]
- 15 September: TOS 07: "Charlie X" airs.[1]
- 22 September: TOS 01: "Where No Man Has Gone Before" airs.[1]
- 29 September: TOS 06: "The Naked Time" airs.[1]
October
- 6 October: TOS 04: "The Enemy Within" airs.[1]
- 13 October: TOS 03: "Mudd's Women" airs.[1]
- 20 October: TOS 09: "What are Little Girls Made Of?" airs.[1]
- 27 October: TOS 11: "Miri" airs.[1]
November
- 3 November: TOS 10: "Dagger of the Mind" airs.[1]
- 10 November: TOS 02: "The Corbomite Maneuver" airs.[1]
- 17 November: TOS 15: "The Menagerie, Part I" airs.[1]
- 24 November: TOS 16: "The Menagerie, Part II" airs.[1]
December
- Star Trek is in danger of cancellation due to lower-than-anticipated ratings. An impassioned letter-writing campaign, spearheaded by a number of well-known and respected science fiction authors, convinces NBC to renew the series for a second season, and not to make any changes to the format in an attempt to appeal to a wider audience.[1]
- 8 December: TOS 12: "The Conscience of the King" airs.[1]
- 15 December: TOS 08: "Balance of Terror" airs.[1]
- 29 December: TOS 17: "Shore Leave" airs.[1]
