Star Trek: The Animated Series

Star Trek: The Animated Series is an animated science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe following the Star Trek: The Original Series of the 1960s. The animated series was aired under the name Star Trek, but it has become widely known under this longer name (or abbreviated as ST: TAS or TAS) to differentiate it from the original live action Star Trek. The success in syndication of the original live action series and fan pressure for a Star Trek revival led to The Animated Series from 1973-1974, as the source of new adventures of the Enterprise crew, the next being the live-action feature film 1979's Star Trek: The Motion Picture. TAS was the first Star Trek series to win an Emmy Award.

Created by Gene Roddenberry

Directed by Hal Sutherland

Starring

William Shatner

Leonard Nimoy

DeForest Kelley

James Doohan

George Takei

Nichelle Nichols

Majel Barrett

Country of origin United States

No. of episodes 22 (List of episodes)

Production

Executive producer(s)

Gene Roddenberry

D. C. Fontana

Producer(s)

Norm Prescott

Lou Scheimer

Running time 30 minutes

Production company(s) Filmation

Norway Productions

Distributor CBS Television Distribution

Broadcast

Original channel NBC

Picture format NTSC 480i

Audio format Monaural

Original run September 8, 1973 – October 12, 1974

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