Lost in Space as a happy crew without internal conflicts. While many storylines in the later series focused primarily on Dr. Zachary Smith, a stowaway and saboteur played by Jonathan Harris, he was absent from the unaired pilot. His character was added after the series was commissioned for production. The pilot episode was first aired on television during a 1997 retrospective. CBS bought the series, turning down "Star Trek" in favor of "Lost in Space". Before the first episode was filmed, the characters Smith and the Robot were added, and the spaceship, originally named "Gemini 12", was renamed the "Jupiter 2" and redesigned.
Lost in Space the music for Lost in Space included Alexander Courage, who contributed six scores to the series. There have been a number of "Lost in Space" soundtrack CDs released. "Lost in Space" was picked up for syndication in most major U.S. markets. By 1969, the show was declared to be the #1 syndicated program in markets such as Houston, Milwaukee, Miami and even New York City, where it was said that the only competition to "Lost in Space" was "I Love Lucy". The program didn't have the staying power throughout the 1970s of its supposed rival, "Star Trek". Part of the