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StarTrek.com credits Ball's backing through two pilots with helping Star Trek reach television. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: How Lucille Ball Helped Star Trek Become a Cultural Icon · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:595ac61fdae3a7761be578479a442cdcb9f9f69d098449dd390215b1d77eb468

Ball stood by the show through two pilots being shot and a massive budget, and the rest is history. Without the support of Ball, “The Cage” would have been the end of Star Trek. Second pilots are rarely commissioned, not without someone with some power backing them up.