# Star Trek versus Wild Wild West **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 27, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-versus-wild-wild-west/197973 "2003-08-27T14:09:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![\_xiao\_wenti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b782af/32.png) [@\_xiao\_wenti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_xiao_wenti)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-versus-wild-wild-west/197973/1 "2003-08-27T14:09:27Z")
In my memory, the original Star Trek was aired against the Wild Wild West. This would have been ~68-69 or so. Is my memory playing tricks with me? ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-versus-wild-wild-west/197973/2 "2003-08-27T15:25:06Z")
> **[The Wild Wild West (TV Series 1965–1969) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058855/)** > > The Wild Wild West: Created by Michael Garrison. With Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Dick Cangey, Whitey Hughes. Two Secret Service Agents, equipped with a wide array of gizmos, work for the government in the Old West. > **[Star Trek: The Original Series (TV Series 1966–1969) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060028/)** > > Star Trek: The Original Series: Created by Gene Roddenberry. With Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols. In the 23rd Century, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise explore the galaxy and defend the... Yes, they ran against each other. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-versus-wild-wild-west/197973/3 "2003-08-27T15:26:57Z")
_The Wild, Wild Wst_ aired on CBS on Fridays at 7:30-8:30 (ET) in the years 1965-1969, and on Mondays at 10:00-11:00 in the summer of 1970. _Star Trek_ aired on NBC on Thursdays at 8:30-9:30 (ET) in 1966-1967, Fridays at 8:30-9:30 (ET) in 1967-1968, Fridays at 10:00-11:00 (ET) in 1968-1969, and Tuesdays at 7:30-8:30 (ET) in the summer of 1969. So, no, the two shows never ran opposite each other in the same time slot. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-versus-wild-wild-west/197973/4 "2003-08-27T17:03:49Z")
Crap, here I am at the office, without the reference book needed to break the tie. But in my memory (not a cite, mind you) the two shows never ran in the same period at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![\_xiao\_wenti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b782af/32.png) [@\_xiao\_wenti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_xiao_wenti)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-versus-wild-wild-west/197973/5 "2003-08-27T17:43:17Z")
I was living in MO at the time. Central time. Was there a diff in the broadcasts? ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-versus-wild-wild-west/197973/6 "2003-08-27T17:50:49Z")
Shift all times one hour earlier for Central Time. My source, by the way, is _The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946—Present_, by Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-versus-wild-wild-west/197973/7 "2003-08-27T18:01:23Z")
I watched both shows regularly. If they had been running in the same time slot, that would have been impossible (VCRs were still in the future). ---
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-versus-wild-wild-west/197973/8 "2003-08-27T19:21:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Star Trek versus Wild Wild West Star Trek if they are prepared. sorry ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-versus-wild-wild-west/197973/9 "2003-08-27T20:35:37Z")
Oh yeah, I forgot “run against each other” means “same time slot”… that’s what I get for not watching any TV these days. You young’uns and yer gadgets… why, in MY day… ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-versus-wild-wild-west/197973/10 "2003-08-27T22:26:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jayrot \* > \*\*Star Trek if they are prepared. > > sorry \*\* Nah, **Spectre of the Gun** , then we can have the best of both worlds 🙂