The Star Trek Scene That Almost Got The Show Canceled

Universally Famous

Everyone knows the name Star Trek even if they’ve never watched the show. That just shows how notorious the show is.

But whether you’re completely new to the franchise or a veteran, we’re sure there are still facts that you didn’t know. Here are some of the best ones we could find.

Stealing The Best Parts

The kiss scene that happens between Kirk and Uhura was originally meant to be a kiss for Spock.

Nichelle Nichols revealed, “My understanding is Bill Shatner took one look at the scene and said, ‘No you will not! If anyone’s going to be part of the first interracial kiss in television history, it’s going to be me!

’ So, they rewrote it.”

Hiding With Paint

They always intended Spock to have his iconic pointy ears.

The problem was that some areas considered his ears to be “devilish”. So for any posters in those areas they had to use an airbrush to trim his ears.

Being Passed Off

Lucille Ball’s studio was the studio that originally produced the show.

But soon after the show was taken by Gulf and Western they also decided to give it to Paramount. The show was losing money so they didn’t want it anymore. Even Paramount didn’t want it but ended up keeping it.

Lawsuits

Here’s another fact about Paramount and Star Trek.

Leonard Nimoy was caught up in a lawsuit before he was in Star Trek: Phase II. This meant he nearly didn’t appear in the show. But the studio settled with him as soon as Star Wars came out.