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Gene Roddenberry, second from right, and Star Trek cast members visit the Space Shuttle Enterprise in 1976 with NASA Administrator James C. Fletcher, left. NASA

‘Star Trek’ and NASA have intertwined legacies – the show championed diversity and inspired generations of real space scientists

60 years of ‘Star Trek’: A cultural anthropologist on how the show’s “infinite diversity in infinite combinations” conception helped shape NASA’s vision of the future.
NFL wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. competes during Nickelodeon’s ‘Double Dare Takes the Gridiron’ at Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta in 2019. Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Nickelodeon

Philadelphia’s rich history of children’s television includes ‘Double Dare’ and a golden age of local hosts like Chief Halftown and Captain Noah

Philadelphia produced some of the most popular and longest-running local children’s shows in television history.
Actress and writer Issa Rae speaks at the Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York in 2024. Her new microdrama, ‘Screen Time,’ has already garnered over 100 million views. Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Fast Company

TikTok’s popular microdramas shrink TV into bite‑sized chunks

As TikTok invests in short-form scripted series, it’s leaning into the same storytelling, advertising and viewing habits that defined television.

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