September 8, 1966 –
Star Trek debuted on NBC-TV, with the airing of an episode titled The Man Trap on this date. (The series had to overcome calls from within the network to cancel the series before it even aired.)
Although this was the first episode to air on NBC, it was actually the sixth episode produced. NBC chose to air this episode first because they felt that it had more action than any of the first 5 episodes and it also featured a monster.
The Haus of Dcaligari 