Season 3 producer of Star Trek: The Original Series had a derogatory name for the series

The Original Series includes 79 episodes, some of which you might not feel like watching multiple times, but many are quite good. Most of the least popular episodes were produced during season three, when the budget was reduced by $15,000 per episode and the show moved to Friday nights at 10:00 p.m. This shift seemed to indicate that the show wasn’t doing well anymore, and the producer for season three, Fred Freiberger, is often criticized for the episodes that didn’t live up to expectations.