as bob shaw reported on the 40th anniversary of ktvu it didn't seem to matter to fans that the shows were constantly repeated. however leonard nimoy had a different take of watching his old shows. >> reporter: during his first year of nbc we agreed to rebroadcast reruns as soon as the show was cancelled. we didn't have to wait long. after weak ratings over three seasons the program landed on our doorstep in 1969. before long the repeats developed a fanatical cult following and the audience built from year to year. amazing, considering that due to its short network run, there were only 79 episodes of the show. >> people don't care how many times you see it. with star trek, you can run it monday through friday. you will not see repeats in four months. and they don't care. >> this is star fleet command. you can't miss it because there's only one, two. >> reporter: when you're on tv watching tv and you're scanning to the channels and an episode of star trek comes on. are you apt to sit there and watch it. >> a couple of minutes to see how it holds up. to see how it works and to get a lit

with me now i've got attorneys eric guster and bob shaw. first iimiguel marquez has more on the twists and turns. when miguel did filmmakers learn about this hot mic, this audio and when did they tell police? >> recently. this is a six-part documentary. they interviewed him guys. the first time was three years ago. the second time with that bathroom bit. by the way, you hear a weird sound. that's him burping. he does it on camera and he talks about the burping. like there's something trying to get out of this man. it is absolutely bizarre. the twists get twistier in this case. the filmmakers two years ago interviewed him. he says this in the bathroom. they don't even realize it's on the tape until about several months ago. an editor is going through it. they listen to it and they pick it up. here's what andrew -- the director of this film told cbs this morning. >> but his microphone kept recording. we always leave the microphone on him. he knows that. he went to the bathroom while it was recording. it wasn't until months later that we had a