"As for Star Trek, I expected it to show up on this list and I understand why. It was one of those shows that was both good and bad at the same time, depending on from what angle you considered it. I mean, it ranged from highly imaginative and innovative (at the time) to downright hilariously bad in some episodes and in some respects....depending"

You could say the same thing about Gilligans Island and My Mother the Car as well!!

Radio was presenting similar style stories on programs like X-One just a few years earlier.   I guess Star Trek carried that over to television, with lousy acting.