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
The Cage (Star Trek: The Original Series) the first time in its entirety, and in full color, in late November 1988 as part of "The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next", a two-hour retrospective special hosted by Patrick Stewart. It contained interviews with Gene Roddenberry, Maurice Hurley, Rick Berman, Mel Harris, cast members from "Star Trek" and "", clips from both series and the "Star Trek" films I through IV with a small preview of . It was later rebroadcast on UPN in 1996 with a behind the scenes look at "". According to "The Menagerie", the events of "The Cage" take place thirteen