Joe Rogan Experience #2575 - Sam Tallent · Aired Nov 3, 2026
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Shatner's Star Trek was first on television in 1965.
The finding
What the evidence shows
Star Trek first aired on NBC on September 8, 1966, not in 1965. The show was in production earlier: its first pilot was filmed in late 1964, and NBC then paid for a second pilot, the one starring Shatner. The year was offered as a guess and followed by "I don't know," so this is a close but wrong year rather than a confident error. A record of a Star Trek broadcast in 1965 would make this verdict wrong.
Read the supporting source · en.wikipedia.org ↗Quick answer & review status
Quick answer
Is it true that Shatner's Star Trek was first on television in 1965?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. Star Trek first aired on NBC on September 8, 1966, not in 1965. The show was in production earlier: its first pilot was filmed in late 1964, and NBC then paid for a second pilot, the one starring Shatner. It was said on Joe Rogan Experience #2575 - Sam Tallent, aired Nov 3, 2026, at 2:02:01. We haven't independently confirmed who said it. The supporting source is en.wikipedia.org, linked below.
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