Posted:
15:21:50 on April 11 2002
By: Steve Krutzler
Dept: General Star Trek
TV Guide sent along the cover image to the left (one of four ENT covers) of the April 20th issue of the magazine, on newsstands in the U.S. Monday, April 15th. The mag also sent along the following detailed information about the special issue.
TV GUIDE SALUTES 35th ANNIVERSARY OF STAR TREK
WITH MAGAZINE-RECORD 35 COLLECTOR'S COVERS
TV GUIDE COVER STORY COUNTS DOWN
35 GREATEST STAR TREK MOMENTS
In its April 20 issue (on newsstands Monday, April 15), TV Guide® magazine
will salute the 35th anniversary of the Star Trek franchise with a
magazine-record 35 collector's covers. The 35 covers surpass TV Guide's
previous record of 24, which was the number of Simpsons covers produced on
October 13, 2000.
Each cover of the special Star Trek issue will feature one or two characters
from one of the five television series: Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next
Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and Enterprise.
The 35 covers are arranged as six interlocking sets, one for each of the
five series, and a sixth featuring three of the top villains of the
franchise.
COVERS AUTOGRAPHED BY ALL FIVE CAPTAINS TO BE AUCTIONED FOR CHARITY:
Five covers, each one featuring one of the Star Trek captains from each
series and autographed by all five lead actors who portrayed captains, will
be available on eBay beginning April 12, with all profits benefiting Rosie
O'Donnell's For All Kids Foundation. One of the covers will be available
each week for five weeks, beginning with the cover featuring Scott Bakula of
Enterprise. Each Friday, a new cover becomes available in the following
order: Mulgrew, Brooks, Stewart and ending with Shatner, available beginning
May 10.
TV GUIDE NAMES THE 35 GREATEST MOMENTS IN STAR TREK HISTORY:
In the April 20 issue, the TV Guide cover story counts down the 35 greatest
moments in the 35-year history of the Star Trek franchise on television. TV
Guide rates the best of the best including such tragic moments as William
Shatner's Captain Kirk watching Joan Collins' Edith Keeler die, and
gut-wrenching scenes such as Jonathan Frakes' William Riker giving the order
for the Enterprise to open fire on its own captain after Patrick Stewart's
Captain Picard had been kidnapped and assimilated by the Borg.
STAR TREK WAS INSPIRATION FOR TV GUIDE'S FIRST-EVER MULTIPLE COVERS:
Star Trek actually lended itself to another TV Guide milestone when it was
the subject of the magazine's ground-breaking first set of multiple,
collectible covers. The August 24, 1996 issue of TV Guide featured four
different covers, each featuring a different Star Trek captain, and
celebrating what was then the upcoming 30th anniversary of the franchise.
STAR TREK CELEBRATION TO WARP AHEAD MAY 6 WITH STANDALONE PUBLICATION:
TV Guide will continue its salute to Star Trek's 35th anniversary with the
release of Star Trek: ATimeless Guide To The Trek Universe, a special
standalone publication hitting newsstands on May 6. Details of the
publication will be announced in the near future.
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