Douglas Monce
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I think you hit the nail on the head. If you watch almost any other show from the mid to late 60s, with few exceptions, they won't hold up too well compared to modern TV. Though I think most modern TV shows are crap. But Star Trek, along with The Twilight Zone were head and shoulders above most of the other shows that were being made at the time. I would actually also put the Andy Griffith show in there as a show that in a very gentle way was telling the same kind of stories.
In one respect those shows were not unlike Twin Peaks in that they changed TV forever. Of course it probably took 10 years, but they pointed the way for telling stories that were relevant and said something about the human condition, but were wildly entertaining at the same time.
Doug