Day: May 7, 1977

Quark premieres

QuarkNBC airs the pilot of Quark, a new series from Get Smart creator Buck Henry which marks an unlikely combination of science fiction and sitcom. The pilot broadcast gets enough attention to merit a series pickup, but within weeks, Henry’s writing staff is presented with a much meatier target for satire than Star Trek, which Quark originally sets out to parody.

More about Quark in the LogBook
Hear about it on the Sci-Fi 5 podcast