TV Shows that were good but failed the Nielsons

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Star Trek had bad nielsens ratings but its now a classic.

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I've been reading some behind the scenes (all the behind the workings) of the Star Trek series, and they had the Nielson ratings for the majority of the episodes, and they actually were not that bad.  Rarely during the first two seasons was the show other than first or second in its time period, and may nights it was NBC's top rated show for that night.  NBC just hated Star Trek's creator since he did so many run arounds to the network brass.

Another problem came about for Trek's third season. While Trek was rating well, other more popular shows had left Trek no option but to go to the Friday night death slot. This also brought about a major budget cut, which is often how the third season ended up with some of the most ridiculous episodes of the series such as "Spock's Brain".