Star Trek: The Animated Series Star Trek: The Animated Series Star Trek: The Animated Series ("ST: TAS"), originally aired as Star Trek and as The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek, is an American animated science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry. It originally aired from September 8, 1973 to October 12, 1974 on NBC, spanning 22 episodes over two seasons. The second series in the "Star Trek" franchise, it is the first sequel to "". Set in the 23rd century, when Earth is part of a United Federation of Planets, it follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS "Enterprise" as it
Star Trek most recent "Star Trek" TV series, entitled "", premiered on CBS and was later made available exclusively on the digital platform CBS All Access. The adventures of "The Next Generation" crew continued in four additional feature films. In 2009, the film franchise underwent a "reboot" set in an alternate timeline, or "Kelvin Timeline," entitled simply "Star Trek." This film featured a new cast portraying younger versions of the crew from the original show; their adventures were continued in the sequel film, "Star Trek Into Darkness" (2013). The thirteenth film feature and sequel, "Star Trek Beyond" (2016), was released to coincide