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paulc899 t1_jdef1r2 wrote

Reply to comment by IntotheWIldcat in Comparison of Star Trek Series by IMBD Ratings [OC] by insaneplane

There was a writers strike then which was why a clip show occurred.

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mikevago t1_jdehsl9 wrote

They were also hoping for an influx of new viewers (I forget what the cause for optimism was), and they wanted to catch people up on the series. And a clip show was the only way to do that in the pre-streaming era! (I think this was just barely in the VCR era, but you had to be a pretty hardcore fan to tape every episode)

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