CNN   SHOWBIZ today

Dennis Michael introduces the report from the bridge of the USS Voyager, California, Hollywood.
30 years ago this week NBC introduced a shaking new adventure show called Star Trek.

LN: "Star Trek at its best is dealing with current, very current themes."

It has become part of the American culture.
Kate Mulgrew: "Star Trek is an out hope. There is a responsibility here. There is a kind of cachet here that I think exists nowhere else."
 

"I think it has been good entertainment," says Leonard Nimoy, "and enlightening and illuminating... It has given us some insight into the human condition. About who we are and who we strive to be."