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William Shatner Says He 'Didn't Earn a Penny' From Star Trek Re-Runs
In a new interview with The Telegraph (paywalled), William Shatner revealed he has never earned residuals from reruns of the original Star Trek series, since syndication royalties weren't in place until after the show ended in 1969. "Nobody knew about reruns," said Shatner. "The concept of syndicati...
In a new interview with The Telegraph(paywalled), William Shatner revealed he has never earned residuals from reruns of the original Star Trek series, since syndication royalties weren't in place until after the show ended in 1969. "The concept of syndication only came in after 'Star Trek' was canceled when someone from the unions said: 'Wait a minute, you're replaying all those films, those shows.' But in the end, the unions secured residual fees shortly after 'Star Trek' finished, so I didn't benefit."
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