Quark (TV series)

Quark
Richard Benjamin and the Barnstable twins in NBC's Quark
Created by	Buck Henry
Starring	Richard Benjamin Tim Thomerson Richard Kelton Tricia Barnstable Cyb Barnstable Conrad Janis Alan Caillou Bobby Porter
Composer(s)	Perry Botkin Jr.
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producer(s)	David Gerber Mace Neufeld
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	David Gerber Productions Columbia Pictures Television
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	May 7, 1977 – April 7, 1978

Quark is an American science fiction sitcom starring Richard Benjamin broadcast Friday nights at 8:00-8:30 PM on NBC. The pilot first aired on May 7, 1977, and the series followed as a mid-season replacement in February 1978. The series was cancelled in April 1978. Quark was created by Buck Henry, co-creator of the spy spoof Get Smart.

The show was set on a United Galaxy Sanitation Patrol Cruiser, an interstellar garbage scow operating out of United Galaxies Space Station Perma One in the year 2226. Adam Quark, the main character, works to clean up trash in space by collecting "space baggies" with his trusted and highly unusual crew.

In its short run, Quark satirized such science fiction as Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Lost in Space, and Flash Gordon. Three of the episodes were direct parodies of Star Trek episodes.

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".

The complete series was released on DVD on October 14, 2008.