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Title: William Shatner Says He 'Didn't Earn a Penny' From Star Trek Re-Runs

Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/09/08/2262...

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 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.' There
was a big strike. But in the end, the unions secured residual fees shortly
after 'Star Trek' finished, so I didn't benefit." The now 94-year-old actor
said he's actually only seen a "few" episodes of his work and has "never
seen" any of the spinoffs. "I'm gonna tell you something that nobody knows.
I've never seen another 'Star Trek' and I've seen as few 'Star Treks' of the
show I was on, I've seen as few as possible," he told Entertainment Tonight.
"I don't like to look at myself, and I've never seen any other. I love it, I
think it's great. I just don't, you know, I don't watch television, per se."

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