Star Trek

Television's 2nd greatest empire (after Law&Order). Revived 18 years after 1st series ends. 4 sucessful spin-offs

1971-1995 Reruns Star Trek was on every single day, sometimes twice, from the 70's to early 80's
1987-1994 TNG Fans went nuts when it was announced An old captain, female doctor with a kid, blind black guy, a Klingon, sexy female security officer; Whoopi Goldburg as a mysterious bartender
1993-1999 Deep Space 9 Politics on a space station near Bejor wormhole Worf from TNG, shape-shifting alien Odo, Symbiot Trill, ex-terrorist Kira, bartender Quark; "The Prophet" thread
1995-2001 Voyager Lost in far-flung galaxy, trying to get home 1st female captain (Janeway), StarFleet and rebels; sexy skintight cyborg; weird time-travel plot
2001-2005 Enterprise Prequel; 1st earth starship Bakkula from Quantum leap! Sexy Vulcan. Explains every single element of ST, even Orion slave girls. Eventually time-travel involving alien Nazis