William Shatner Says He 'Didn't Earn a Penny' From Star Trek Re-Runs

In a new interview with The Telegraph (paywalled), William Shatner revealed he has never earned residuals from reruns of the original Star Trek series, since syndication royalties weren't in place until after the show ended in 1969. 'Nobody knew about reruns,' said Shatner. 'The concept of syndication only came in after 'Star Trek' was canceled when someone from the unions said: 'Wait a minute, you're replaying all those films, those shows.' There was a big strike. But in the end, the unions secured residual fees shortly after 'Star Trek' finished, so I didn't benefit.'

The now 94-year-old actor said he's actually only seen a 'few' episodes of his work and has 'never seen' any of the spinoffs. 'I'm gonna tell you something that nobody knows. I've never seen another 'Star Trek' and I've seen as few 'Star Treks' of the show I was on, I've seen as few as possible,' he told Entertainment Tonight. 'I don't like to look at myself, and I've never seen any other. I love it, I think it's great. I just don't, you know, I don't watch television, per se.'

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