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Episode 3: Trekking through the 70s - Phase II and The Motion Picture
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Join us for episode 3 of The Center Seat After Show where hosts, Brian Volk-Weiss and Mary Jo and John Tenuto explore the third installment of the documentary series. In "Trekking through the 70s - Phase II and The Motion Picture”, we tell the story of Paramount wanting to launch a fourth network with the new Star Trek series Phase II as its flagship. When the network proved unworkable, Phase II appeared doomed - until Star Wars and Close Encounters Of The Third Kind proved box office hits. Phase II became the 1979 blockbuster Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
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Manage episode 307652032 series 2997034
Join us for episode 3 of The Center Seat After Show where hosts, Brian Volk-Weiss and Mary Jo and John Tenuto explore the third installment of the documentary series. In "Trekking through the 70s - Phase II and The Motion Picture”, we tell the story of Paramount wanting to launch a fourth network with the new Star Trek series Phase II as its flagship. When the network proved unworkable, Phase II appeared doomed - until Star Wars and Close Encounters Of The Third Kind proved box office hits. Phase II became the 1979 blockbuster Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
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