News Summary

• "Star Trek's" original pilot, dubbed "The Cage," never officially aired and was rejected for a completely different reason: it was too good.
• NBC executives believed it was so impressive that audiences might expect that kind of quality from every episode.
• The executives were also looking for a "western space opera," and they didn't get it with the first pilot."The Cage" never aired, yet its theme was later used in "The Menagerie," and it was released on public VHS in 1986.
• Today, it's on streaming platforms to watch before the rest of the series.