Walter Koenig came to Star Trek only in his second seasonBut he is part of the series's legacy thanks to his role as Ensign Pavel Chekov (not to mention being One of the few main actors "The Original Series" still with us). American TV Show in which there is a Russian character as a good man during the height of the Cold War? It was just one of the ways in which Star Trek pushed the envelope.

Unfortunately, as you know, Old Trek lasted only two more years after Koenig joined the cast in 1967; NBC canceled the show due to low rating and the latest episode was first aired on June 3, 1969. That cancellation was not the end of "Star Trek"-now it is a complete media franchise-but it seemed to be at the time.

Interviewed by Trekmovie.comKoenig claims he knew ahead of time that Star Trek would not do it in the past 3: Season 3:

"In the third season, Jimi (Dohan), George (Takei) and I made filming. We went to a children's shooting magazine, it was either a teenager or 16 or something ... but while we were there, while we were in Astrat Horse, we received news that we were about to change. Aside from my horse - and I knew that (it) was that we were made. "

Koenig highlights the phenomenon - or a curse - in network television: Friday night's death slot.

For most of the existence on television, there is an understanding that 18-35-year-olds do not want to spend their Friday night in front of the TV. Finally, briefly free from their work 9-5, they would rather start their weekend by getting out with friends or dates. Thus, the TV emits on Friday on Friday night will earn low grades and be canceled quickly. If the show was moved to the slot on Friday, it was historically treated as a sign that the network had lost faith in it.

Some of the deaths of death on Friday night include "Firefly"" Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles "and" happy endings.

"I am cynical by nature. And I knew I wouldn't have the same audience that I would do at eight o'clock on Monday. They brought me the ship for the very apparent reason to appeal to many young people, literally eight to fourteen years. And on Friday night, they are either in bed, or in bed, or they are in the age of eight, or they are in bed, or they have been out of age, or they have been out of bed, or they have been out of bed, or at the age At that moment, I knew that moment.

Young adults today are lonely and more introverted than in the 20th centuryBut even if they stay inside, the traditional network and cable television (which relied on advertising revenue, hence the importance of high rating at a certain time). The two factors of the death slot on Friday night - ratings and social patterns - evolved in ways to give up each other.