William Shatner was on television.
In his seven decades of television , Shatner became a cultural icon for his portrayal of James T. Kirk , Captain of the USS Enterprise , in the Star Trek franchise .	Star Trek	Star Trek	cultural icon	cultural icon	James T. Kirk	James T. Kirk
Kirk first appears in Star Trek : The Original Series and has been portrayed in numerous films , books , comics , webisodes , and video games .	Star Trek	Star Trek (film)
The first television series , simply called Star Trek and now referred to as The Original Series , debuted in 1966 and aired for three seasons on the television network NBC .	The Original Series	Star Trek: The Original Series	Star Trek	Star Trek (film)	television series	television program	NBC	NBC
It followed the interstellar adventures of Captain James T. Kirk -LRB- William Shatner -RRB- and his crew aboard the starship USS Enterprise , a space exploration vessel , built by the interstellar federal republic United Federation of Planets in the twenty-third century .	Enterprise	Star Trek: Enterprise	James T. Kirk	James T. Kirk	William Shatner	William Shatner	United Federation of Planets	United Federation of Planets
