This year we mark the 40th anniversary of the Space Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No, not the space-based military force that folks in Washington, D.C., have proposed, turned down and proposed again, most recently by President Trump this week in San Diego<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nope, this is probably one of the world\u2019s worst (or best, depending on your viewpoint) television shows since … well, perhaps in history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSpace Force\u201d premiered in 1978, right on the heels of the first (fourth?) Star Wars movie. It was the era of the original \u201cBattlestar Galactica<\/a>,\u201d \u201cBuck Rogers in the 25th Century<\/a>\u201d and \u201cSpace 1999<\/a>.\u201d All television shows lacked the production value of \u201cStar Wars,\u201d none so much as \u201cSpace Force.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The premise: A fairly inept military force … in space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While the show first aired in 1978, neither IMDB <\/a>nor TCM.com<\/a> note how long the show lasted. It couldn\u2019t have been that long. Judge for yourself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n