What company owns Star Trek?

ViacomCBS

Star Trek
Created by	Gene Roddenberry
Original work	Star Trek: The Original Series
Owner	ViacomCBS
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What studio produced original Star Trek?

Paramount Television
Paramount Television produced the show from January 1968 to June 1969. Star Trek aired on NBC from September 8, 1966, to June 3, 1969….Star Trek: The Original Series.

Star Trek
Production companies	Desilu Productions (1966–1967) Paramount Television (1968–1969) Norway Corporation
Distributor	NBC

Who produced Star Trek?

Gene Roddenberry
Gene Roddenberry, byname of Eugene Wesley Roddenberry, (born August 19, 1921, El Paso, Texas, U.S.—died October 24, 1991, Santa Monica, California), American writer and television and film producer who created and served as executive producer of the popular science-fiction television series Star Trek (1966–69), which …

How did CBS acquire Star Trek?

CBS Corporation acquired Paramount’s hitherto combined television dependency, including all rights and title to the entirety of the Star Trek franchise, while now former franchise owner Paramount Pictures, which became henceforth a purely feature film studio under the ownership of the new Viacom, had to negotiate a …

Is Star Trek owned by Disney?

Disney, a company specializing in the production of children’s films, has never owned the Star Trek brand and probably never will, as it currently belongs to VIACOM-CBS.

Why is Spock yellow?

Spock’s skin should be before settling on something that resembled yellow chicken soup (according to Robert Justman in Inside Star Trek: The Real Story). From a practical standpoint, he made the Vulcans this color because Gene Roddenberry wanted the race to look different from the humans.

Could Star Trek beat Star Wars?

Sensors, Shields, Replicators, and Transporters In every case, Star Trek wins out. The sensors on the Enterprise are orders of magnitude better than anything in the Star Wars universe. An X-Wing wouldn’t be able to get through a Starfleet ship’s shields, but can easily get close enough to the Death Star to destroy it.

Is Star Wars a ripoff of Star Trek?

Star Wars and Star Trek are both science based and involve space travel and aliens. The Star Trek television series was originally produced in 1966, and it influenced the 1977 beginning of the popular Star Wars films. In 1979, the first Star Trek movie was released.

Who is the owner of the Star Trek franchise?

Star Trek and all related marks, logos and characters are solely owned by CBS Studios Inc. This fan production is not endorsed by, sponsored by, nor affiliated with CBS, Paramount Pictures, or any other Star Trek franchise, and is a non-commercial fan-made film series intended for recreational use.

Who was the person who made Star Trek?

Every fan of the original Star Trek knows that the show was made by Desilu – the big production logo is a familiar part of the end credits of the show, displayed over the head of the alien (puppet) Balok.

Who is the producer of Star Trek Deep Space Nine?

It continued to hold Paramount Television, which continued to produce TNG and began producing Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in 1993, and Paramount Pictures, which continued to produce Star Trek films. Paramount Television / CBS Paramount Television, Paramount Pictures, (old) Viacom (1971 – 2005), National Amusements (1994 – 2005)

When did Paramount Television start producing Star Trek?

After a false start in 1977 with Star Trek: Phase II, Paramount Television began producing Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987. Paramount Pictures, Paramount Television, Paramount Communications (1989 – 1994) Gulf+Western reorganized in 1989, sold off most of its non-communications holdings, and renamed itself Paramount Communications.