John W. Kennedy wrote:
> On Jan 21, 10:03 pm, Blair Leatherwood 
> wrote:
>> I'd not heard of Science Fiction Theater until you mentioned it (a bit
>> before my viewing memory, and never available since as far as I can
>> tell).  I looked it up on IMdB, and it looks like they were indeed
>> trying to do something interesting--any ideas on the quality of it?
> 
> I don't remember it very well -- it wasn't scheduled in a way that was
> convenient for me to watch, and I was just a kid. But, as far as I
> know, it was respectable. Fairly comparable to "The Outer Limits", in
> fact, but much more justifiably a "Pioneer".
> 
 From what I've been able to find out, it appears that it was 
syndication only, which would have limited its reach, and probably 
disqualifies it from "pioneer" status (beyond any influence it might 
have had on Serling, et al, since it predates TZ).  I do agree that the 
concept of the show and its apparent commitment to the genre would 
qualify it as a pioneer.

I did find some clips (appearances by DeForest Kelley in several 
episodes), and they don't look bad from a production standpoint.  I 
haven't been able to find any writer credits, though, so I don't know if 
they took the step that Serling and Roddenberry did to bring some 
authentic genre writers into the production.
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