Quark (TV series)
A 1977 sci-fi sitcom parodying Star Trek and other classics.
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The pilot aired on May 7, 1977.[1] The series followed as a mid-season replacement in February 1978.[1] It broadcast on Friday nights at 8:00–8:30 p.m. on NBC.[1] The complete series was released on DVD on October 14, 2008.[1]
Buck Henry, who also co-created the spy parody Get Smart, developed Quark.[1]
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The series won one Emmy Award nomination for costume designer Grady Hunt's work in the episode "All the Emperor's Quasi-Norms, Part 2".[2] Star Trek* served as the primary target for Quark's parody.[3] On Breaking Bad, the character Gale Boetticher produced a music video for "Major Tom (Coming Home)" that featured Quark footage behind him.[4] That video first appeared briefly in the Breaking Bad episode "Bullet Points," and AMC later posted the complete version online.[4]
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- Wikipedia, "Quark (TV series)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Decaro, "A Space Garbage Man and His Eclectic Crew", The New York Times, December 24, 2008 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Quark (TV series)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Nominations Search", Television Academy (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Quark (TV series)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Decaro, "A Space Garbage Man and His Eclectic Crew", The New York Times, December 24, 2008; Decaro, "A Space Garbage Man and His Eclectic Crew", The New York Times, December 24, 2008 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Quark (TV series)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Breaking Bad Insider 404", Breaking Bad Insider Podcast, August 9, 2011 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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- Wikipedia: Quark (TV series) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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