Vote For Star Trek As One Of TV’s Most Memorable Moments August 19, 2008
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: TOS, Trek Franchise , trackback
The 60th annual Emmy Awards are held on September 21st and part of the show will include ‘TV’s most memorable moments’ from both drama and comedy. The clips that will be included in the final show are based on Internet voting which just opened up and a classic scene from Star Trek is on the list.
"He knows, Doctor"
"City on the Edge of Forever" is widely considered the best Star Trek episode and the ultimate scene is when Kirk is forced to make the choice between preserving the timeline or saving the woman he loves. This is one of the 20 scenes from different shows you can vote on for most memorable moment in the drama category at the ABC website. A second round of voting will start on September 9th with the final clips being shown in the ABC broadcast on Sunday Sept. 21st.
Vote for Trek!
Get out the vote!
Star Trek has some serious competition with classic scenes from The Fugitive, The Waltons, The Sopranos and more. There are a number of genre choices to contend with including scenes from The Twilight Zone, X-Files, Buffy, and Lost.
So get out there and VOTE FOR TREK.
TrekMovie will do an update if Trek makes it into the second round of voting and you will have to watch on September 21st watch to see if Trek made onto the show. This year a number of Trek alumni (past and present) are up for awards, including William Shatner (see previous TrekMovie article for more).
Thanks to Lisa for the tip
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They have my vote. I’ve loved that moment since I first saw it.
Seeing Spock with the beard in Mirror, Mirror. Nothing shocked my shit that deeply seeing that on Channel 9 at midnight…..THAT is my personal top moment.
But He Knows is good too
shhhhh nobody tell Harlan..
got my vote in. im curious how well this classic scene from TOS will do
no idea… possibly no one will get it
I voted.
SSSHHHHH…nobody tell Zane Savage!
Tough, tough category. I voted for ST but the Twilight Zone episode is my favorite and Brian’s Song always makes me cry.
I voted for Trek but Roots and Duel are rockin a close 2nd.
I voted. Best episode in the history of “Star Trek.” Doesn’t look like it’ll ever be surpassed.
Yes I voted for Trek. No contest. Although in the day, I loved Moonlighting and The Fugitive.
Yeah that was pretty tough, but since you folks told me about it, I voted for Trek.
Then I flipped over to the comedy category and voted for South Park and all is balanced in the universe again :p
ST, Roots, and TZ.
I voted for Trek in Drama as well, but in Comedy, I had to go with The Honeymooners. That show’s a classic.
I loooove Star Trek and that moment was great but I just had to go and vote for the X-files kiss as well…Mulder and Scully make me feel all warm and fuzzy. City on the edge….it’s just painful to see Kirk have to do that…really makes you well up.
peace and long life…
I voted for Large German Man in Diaper…. Oh wait a minute, that was for ‘Germany’s Most Disturbing Home Videos.’
I voted for the Trek scene as well.
Ditto for the Honeymooners.
Thank goodness Ion is running episodes on Sunday evenings.
Address the ball…
Norton: “Hello, ball!”
As much as I love Star Trek ….. I have to agree with Number 3. I voted for the X-Files kiss because it was just made sense. City on the Edge of Forever is my favorite TOS episode but some how I couldn’t override the X-Files moment , the music, it was so well put together.
Voted for Star Trek. Was torn between Newhart and MTM for comedy.
that scene is what defined star trek, my wife watched the remastered episode with me, and she’s not a fan by any means, but when edith keeler crossed that street she screamed ‘don’t cross!’ and of course the rest is history, they already have my vote
I voted 3 times for Trek. I tried to vote for a comedy too, but the link kept bringing me back to dramas. So each time around I voted for Trek again. I hope they all count.
voted for ST but it was hard to choose in the comedy category…
so I went with The Tonight Show.
(BTW in case you miss it, you can click on the thumbnail and see the clip)
I don’t remember most of the things on the list so CotEoF is an easy choice. I really like Duel but proto-Spielberg doesn’t need another award as much as Star Trek.
My vote is in! That episode never fails in bringing a tear to my eye. To me the absolute most poinent moment in the entire Trek Universe. The thing that really helps pull me out of it is knowing that they are really doing that whole scene in what amounts to Floyd’s barbershop, from the Andy Griffith show:^)
Trek all the way! Yeah, Baby, Yeah!!!
# 15… nice “Sprockets” reference. You are angular and beautiful. Now ve dance!
Oh yeah, Trek got my vote too. As much as I enjoyed many of the other shows, it’s Trek that’s always been near and dear.
Can we vote again? (…and again…and again…and again…)
My vote was for Trek,
In comedy, had to keep it in the Desilu with good ol’ Lucy…
For my money, the most memorable moment in Star Trek history is when Picard sees Batai and Eline and realizes that the person the probe finds is him.
“Tell them of us, my darling.”
There are other grandiose moments of more epic proportion, but in terms of Star Trek fulfilling it’s promise as a Drama, it doesn’t get any better than that.
(And it’s got far better acting than City of the Edge of Forever.)
Voted for it though. Definitely.
you can vote as many times as you like… I vote 10 times for Star Tek… and once for Miami Vice… i loved that show! :)
The “Tell them of us, my darling.” from “The Inner Light” should be in there somewhere too….
But damn, that Buffy scene was pretty wonderful.
Ok, I toed the ST party line and voted for TOS. But, I have to say that the Twilight Zone nominee, “To Serve Man”, is a close contender. That was an awesome dramatic and surprising moment…. the best “gotcha” in TV history.
What can I say? Read my post — #18 — from Sunday’s TrekMovie article “Shatner: TOS Kirk Is A Stranger.” This is one of the greatest scenes network TV ever produced and it gets my vote without question or hesitation. It’s stronger than that “Twilight Zone” moment, because this one gets you by the heart and soul. I can never watch it dry-eyed.
Now that final “Newhart” episode — that was a “gotcha” moment! :)
The day Jim Kirk can’t take John Boy Walton in a fair fight is the day I paint myself green and dance for the Ferengi!
(#28 Aries – Yes! Yes! A million times yes! I’m getting gooseflesh just thinking about it!)
While I think that scene when Kirk picks the timeline over Edith is incredibly powerful, my favorite scene is at the end of Amok Time when Spock sees that Kirk is alive and his joy bursts out. I love that.
I voted for trek 25 times.(I hope they all count) for comedy I voted for the tonight show. Nothing makes me laugh harder then Johnny carson. Though MASH is a very close Second. But I tell you The fugitive was a great show and though im only 39 i have seen all the eps and it was a truly great show. twilight zone is always a good bet and to serve man is realy scarey. But trek is my first love in scifi and drama and The city on the edge of forever had both. great Sci fi and great drama and an incredable story of love and hart break and true frendship.
City on the Edge of Forever and Carol Burnett. Ah, childhood. Some of the newer entries don’t really have the feel of something I’ll still care about in 10 years. Comedy was tougher — many good choices.
How can anyone who takes the time and effort to find this message board NOT vote for Star Trek? (shakes head)
#28 Not in your lifetime will a moment from TNG beat one from TOS. Being boring doesn’t mean you are a better actor.
Holy Cow, I visited the comedy choices. Murphy Brown, American Idol, Ellen,and Sex in the City are on the Comedy list? On what planet? You can throw out whatever wins, based on the choices alone. Have these morons ever heard of Curb Your Enthusiasm? The Odd Couple? Barney Miller?
In the spirit of Mayor Daley’s Chicago,I voted eight times for The Honeymooners, and will continue to do so until my fingers fall off.
I’ve just watched the clips offered for consideration in both categories. That’s it? Almost 60 years of television history and that’s the best?
That’s a very sad testimony to what should be a DAZZLING medium! Pitiful!
#40 Exactamundo, Potsie.
Tiz pitiful, yes Harry! Can we have write-ins?
For Comedy, I had to go with M*A*S*H, that had to be one of the most dramatic moments in the shows long history. It brought home the horrors of war by taking away someone who had become “a part” of their lives.
And for Drama, it was easily Trek.
39 – Excellent points indeed.
Too bad Monty Python didn’t get into the comedy category at all. Guess they can only count US shows. Pity really, because there are lots of shows from other countries that have aired here and often thump the trousers off anything we’ve got to offer.
Many better moments from “All in the Family” than the Sammy Davis appearance. The one about Edith hitting menopause is pretty classic.
Crap, I’ve seen way too much TV. Guess it’s time to go read myself to sleep….
39 – BTW: Is that lit camel a Dromedary or a Bactrian?
#40 I completly agree. Wheres WKRP in cincenaty or Alice or laverne and Shirly or The prisener or Adam 12. There are so many they missed. But at least they got trek in there and ill at least give them credit for that. What about Wagon train. The show that helped inspire Trek. or Gasp Gunsmoke. Where the hell is Gunsmoke. The wild wild west. Have gun will travel. I could go on and on. But ill stop this rant for now.
capt mike, it’s encouraging that I’m not alone in my opinion! Thanks!
# 46. Theres way to many great shows that are not even on there. They have a couple.johnny carson and all in the family. The fugeative and Twilight zone. But the rest i just don’t get.
At first glance it was honestly a hard choice because I was a huge Buffy fan and have never liked TOS that much my self, but it wasnt the Buffy scene I thought it was (that being when she has to kill Angel) so it went to TOS. Honestly I would have loved to see some TNG in there, maybe best of both worlds, that would have gotten my vote over TOS any day.
How is it that there are at least two posts on this thread decrying TOS? This is a website for people interested in Trek news, specifically news based a new TOS-themed movie. I absolutely have no patience for any person who posts these types of comments here.
Whoever you guys are, are you trying to stir up a cauldron of my-trek-is-better-than-yours? Not a good recipe, especially on this site.
This site is for all Trek fans…that means ALL TREK FANS. You dont have to like TOS to be a trek fan, sorry.
Man, Anthony. I have this echo in my ear of you chastising posters for getting into the my-trek-is-better-than-your-trek lanes. I did not tell anyone to go to another site. I did not say anyone was not a proper ST fan. I posted an opinion, as does everyone here. Why then, have you chosen to ream me out as to post content?
And I searched all over Vegas for you at the con -
no reeming
the ‘this site is for everyone’ is my standard reply to anyone who implies this site is for one thing more than the other. The TOS related movie is just where we started, it is no secret the site name will be trekhq.com after the film is done and we cover all aspects of Trek. I want all fans to feel welcome here, there is no ’slant’ to one of the shows.
by the way, my fave is DS9
sorry i missed you at Vegas. maybe next year
I too like DS9. My all-time fav is, of course, TOS because my man Spock is standing at the Science station. However, you will never hear me making any comments about the acting on TOS being superior to DS9, or Scotty’s engineering skills being superior to O’Brien’s. That is where I lose my patience and start grinding my teeth, which, incidentally, is bad on the molars… That was my point.
And where on earth will everyone go to drink with Quark’s being gone? There is no room anywhere else at the Hilton.
best teevee moment?
“As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.”
Or, perhaps Bridehead Revisited… Lovejoy, anyone? Isaac Asimov’s genuis Hardy Boy? Some have mentioned that they be no number, they be a free man… Hawkeye flyin’ off? Finest kind.
Oh- wait… Gorn speakin’ ta’ Kirkie…
Hmmmmm…
Best teevee moment- man on tha’ moon, Berlin Wall fallin’, Berlin falls itself, Andy’s tha’ sherriff, Kirk lettin’ me fellow patriot die ta’ save humanity, Kirk jokin’ wit’ Bones and Spock, Kirk flyin’ Constellation inta’ space-turd…
Without TOS, and thereafter Starry Trek shows, would it be nothin’ but a vast wasteland? Barney Miller, anyone?
Paladin, Paladin, where have ye’ roamed? Farrrrr from home…
Arrrrrrr….
Denise — I’m still in mourning over Quarks and just may drive back to Vegas next weekend for the send-off.
DS9 is my favorite after TOS (and sorry, Denise, he’s MY man….j/k…perhaps a time share?)
krik#55- I would seriously consider flying out there to join you if I did not already have ironclad plans for that weekend. The con next year without it would be like sex without… well… I am not certain if I want to go next year…
With that Vulcan stamina, he could easily divide his time between us. However, you know we must also include Spockanella and Vulcanista. That will make for some fun girltalk around the fireshrine.
RE: 40. Harry Ballz
“I’ve just watched the clips offered for consideration in both categories. That’s it? Almost 60 years of television history and that’s the best? … That’s a very sad testimony to what should be a DAZZLING medium! Pitiful!
I agree to some extent…
I think it should be “Most Popular” and not “Best”.
I have the same problem with the AFI and EW’s seemingly endless lists of “Best of” …
… and yet I read each and every one of em…
Ok they are clearly dummy’s over there on that Emmy panel…. the scene for drama should have been The Shield season 5 finale. That very surprising and emotional scene. I have yet to see anything like that on tv yet. And for comedy, Roseanne series finale HANDS down! What a freakin shocker that was. Almost makes me cry every time too. Who agrees with me???????
#56Denise — I’m going to go next year because I figure all the new Trek cast will go. Plus my mom lives there so it’s become a ritual.
>>However, you know we must also include Spockanella and Vulcanista. That will make for some fun girltalk around the fireshrine.
Yes, we wouldn’t want them to shun us in chat!
And where where on the list were the TRUE classics!
Barbary Coast !
The Lieutenant!
T.J. Hooker!
In Search Of!
or 3rd Rock from the Sun! (this one really!)
krikzilliz#59- Hmm… had not thought about the new cast appearances for next year. Might rethink my hesitancy about going. And Leonardo will also be there…
Craig#58- The Rosanne show finale was one-of-a-kind in television history. Brave, poignant writing which left one utterly dumbfounded by its brilliance. Anytime I have seen a rerun of that ep, it DOES make me weep copious tears… And did you know Darlene was a Star Trek fan? When she met the woman who ran the bookstore, the woman and her husband were Trekkies/trekkers. When the woman talked to Rosanne about inviting Darlene to go to the con with them, she assured Rosanne that she and her husband were nice, normal people who happened to enjoy going on vacations to cons and dressing up as Klingons (or Roms – cannot recall). Great ep.
45. Capt. Mike,
I knew I wasn’t the only one who loved Alice. That show is a classic. I haven’t seen it on TV since it was syndicated years ago. I’m 23 years old, and I could sit here and sing along with Linda Lavin on the theme song.
Don’t know how often I’ve seen City on the Edge; that scene at the end still makes my heart stop for a moment and the pain becomes alive once more. As much as I love some of the other shows (e. g. X-Files) – nothing can beat TOS and this particular episode.
Those were the times of “he knows” instead of “who knows”…
Iowagirl#63- I reach, my sister. The direction in that scene was absolutely heart-stopping. The entire episode will always stand the test of time in its writing, acting and direction. None can compare.
#62 Thomas. They just don’t make shows like that anymore. Most shows have a politicle theme and This is what we believe because we are in holloywood. There are some good shows but not like then when you would tune in for a great laugh. I mean I loved shows like sienfield and home inprovement. But star trek will Always live the test of time. Especily When Kirk stops Mccoy from saving a life that had to be killed to save all of history and the pain on his face as he hears her screem. Seeing the pain on his face as the woman he loves dies and hearing mccoy saying Do you know what you just did and seeing the anguish on his face as he sees a woman being killed and hearing spock saying He Knows. That was a Very powerfull scene. When Tv gets a great show the ratings are usualy high. Think C.S.I or N.C.I.S 2 great shows that don’t preach at you. Star trek did not preach. But it did make you think and thats what is missing from todays T.V With few exceptions most shows don’t make you think.
I voted for Star Trek, however, I was tempted to vote for Twilight Zone: To serve man. That scene should really be in Comedy though.
#43 – That was a great moment from M*A*S*H. It really shook me up the first time I saw it as a high school kid — on its first airing on CBS. It still does when I catch reruns. But I have a quandary in voting for it in the comedy category, as it was one of the most dramatic moments of the series (which became far more of a drama than a comedy in its later years), if not in TV history. It’s the first incident of a series that I can remember (although I’m sure other folks here might be able to list even earlier ones) where a major series character was written out of a show by being killed off. RIP Henry Blake (and McLean Stevenson, who did an amazing job with the character.
Folks, won’t it be just awesome if our votes lead to this wonderful CotEoF episode moment being broadcast next month during the Emmys as the most memorable dramatic moment in TV history?! Just awesome!
Oh jeez, this is hard! That Buffy is easily one of the best things they ever did. Makes me misty every time I see it. The Twilight Zone episode is basically one of the greatest things, ever. Roots was outstanding though that’s not the scene I would have chosen. And COTEOF – amazing. Hell, that Lost episode – to me – just shows that modern drama is just as intense and emotionally engaging as it ever was, if not moreso.
This decision is a toughy!
The Emmy website is set up so that if one has a cookie-killer [or maybe even if you don't, I didn't check] the contest is run like a Democratic Election in Chicago.
Vote early, vote often.
The votes I cast include, among others, for my dog [she loved the scene from Trek], my dead goldfish from 1969 [he jumped out of the bowl and flopped on the carpet to get a closer look at the TV], my wife [she likes whatever I tell her to like haha] ; and since I liked that scene 50 times better than any other- well you get the general idea.
If someone in the past told you it was a cool scene, I’m sure they wouldn’t mind if you submitted several votes for them too.
Have fun kids, and watch the traffic!
THIS OLD LADY VOTED FOR TREK OF COURSE!!!I FELL IN LUST WITH THE GOOD CAPTAIN AT AN IMPRESSIBLE AGE,AND CRIED WHEN HE HAD TO MAKE THAT HORRIBLE CHOICE.IT IS STILL ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOMENTS ALONG WITH SPOCK’S JOY IN AMOK TIME.
SORRY,MY COMMENT WAS IN CAPS,I’M NOT SHOUTING.MY COMPUTER IS LOCKED ON CAPS FOR WORK.
I voted for COTEOF, but I loved “Pine Barrens” from The Sopranos too.
Please,,, the Emmys never supported Star Trek The Original series.
I will not support the stupid emmys.
Voted for City on the Edge of Forever & the Ed Ames tomahawk bit from The Tonight Show… mainly because those moments remain wonderfully effective no matter how many times you watch them. More than 20 years after I first saw them, the end of COTEOF still gives me chills and the Ed Ames bit still makes me laugh.
I don’t really get how the Beatles on Ed Sullivan counts as “Comedy” though. Ditto Henry Blake’s death on M*A*S*H. It’s undeniably a great moment, but it’s not a comedic one by any means.
i voted for Trek from my home and work computers!
SHAT GUIDED MY HAND!
I voted for Trek…but it was a close thing. The Twilight Zone scene came in a close second.
#75
it is a good thing that the Twilight Zone moment wasn’t one of Shatner’s episodes. What would a Shatnerphile do?
I honestly don’t understand why City on the Edge of Forever seems to get so much support for best Star Trek TOS episode and best moment. How can that scene of Keeler getting run over be more significant than the inter-racial kiss between Kirk and Uhura? I wish they had put that scene up for voting instead. Just an opinion.
As much as I love “The City on the Edge of Forever”, my vote goes to Buffy. Amazing scene!
I wish they had included ‘The Tholian Web”. Spock’s line “Forget it Bones” was spine tingling.
78 – It might have something to do with the quality of the script for each episode…
Hmm… An episode about having the restoration of all of history as we know it riding on Kirk’s shoulders, even as it breaks his heart, versus one where telepathic and telekinetic beings force him to let a midget ride on his back.
The Kirk-Uhura kiss is a unique moment it TV history, but it comes from a rather mediocre and at times even embarrassing episode, whereas the scene at the end of CotEoF provides a fitting and amazing conclusion to a superiorly scripted and directed episode.
Apparently, Ellison’s original script had Kirk watching frozen in indesicion as someone else sees to doing the difficult act of letting her die. Good thing the production team on Trek had the wisdom to change that or Kirk’s character would have been compromised for the rest of the series. Just goes to show that sometimes even the best writers don’t make the best calls, and others can improve upon aspects of their work.
73 – The Emmy snubs (apart from Nimoy playing Spock — the only Emmy nods from TOS that I can recall) are just further indication of how far the series was ahead of its time during its original network run.
Now there is an opportunity to rectify this wrong to some extent by voting this scene from “City …” the most memorable dramatic moment in television history as a way of showing these Emmy people how short-sighted they were forty-one years ago.
At least the Hugo awards and the Writer’s Guild ones were astute enough to recognize the quality and power of Ellison’s script. Now we can let others know how wonderful this show was and how unfortunate it was that it was virtually ignored and cancelled too early.
where’s the voting?Is voting over? brenda9a9@yahoo.com
Keeps saying , ” Thank you TV fans for voting…..