Who'da thunkit, but Star Trek is now quantifiably a cult favorite on the Internet, per the Lycos search engine.

In 2001, Star Trek not only was the most searched-for classic TV show, but it beat out second-place Cheers by a 5-to-1 margin, The Hollywood Reporter reported this morning. And according to Aaron Schatz, author of the Lycos 50 newsletter, that result does not count searches for Star Trek sequels, prequels and movies.

"Classic" is being defined as TV shows that began their run in 1990 or earlier. The other classics counted in this top-10 list include, in order, The Dukes of Hazzard, Taxi, M*A*S*H, The A Team, I Love Lucy, The Brady Bunch, Gilligan's Island and ALF. Just missing the top 10 were Lost in Space, All in the Family, The Avengers and — surprisingly, noted Schatz — The Twilight Zone.

Although Lycos doesn't release exact numbers, Schatz said that searches of Star Trek typically outnumber those for popular TV fare. But lest we get too big-headed here in Trek land, the Reporter article pointed out that searches for certain current TV shows — including Big Brother, Survivor, The Simpsons, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, South Park, Friends and others — routinely exceed the top searched-for "classic" shows.