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1. Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 27-Nov-2023 00:06:10 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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   • Stephen Michael Kellat

   @alpacaherder Is this supplementary to my description, a correction to it, or a little bit of both?

   Am I correct about how Star Trek (TOS) was produced and aired?

   • Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@ubuntu.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Nov-2023 00:06:10 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat

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     @clacke A little of both.

     As to The Original Series, there is quite a bit of history there. The whole concept of “residuals” didn’t exist yet when those episodes were produced. They could be easily farmed out via syndication then because no further payments to actors was required unlike the situation today. People forget that Star Trek originally ran on NBC for 3 seasons before it hit syndication. It arguably hit more of an audience outside the straitjacket of NBC.

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   • Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@ubuntu.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Nov-2023 00:06:11 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat

     @clacke Broadcast syndication is making your own DIY network through striking deals with each individual station. That’s how Space: 1999 was distributed in the USA even though it wasn’t a “network” show. Babylon 5 ran first in syndication before the cable network TNT picked it up. The big two syndicated shows most Americans would be familiar with are Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy as they could be on any TV station regardless of its network affiliation.