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Desilu and Roddenberry convinced NBC to commission the second pilot, getting the series on air. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Star Trek's Long Road To TV Began 60 Years Ago This Month · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:94d3e9547d31e5c99cebb34b9a69f12ef26ff4fe48832931ffae722807de36f6

NBC declined to take Star Trek further in February 1965, because the network believed it didn't have the mass appeal that they were looking for. However, Gene Roddenberry and Desilu convinced NBC to give Star Trek a second chance, and commissioned "Where No Man Has Gone Before" a month later.