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 new cast portraying the crew of the original show. "Star Trek" was a prequel of the original series set in an alternate timeline, known as the "Kelvin Timeline". This gave the film and future sequels to it freedom from the need to conform to the franchise's canonical timeline. The eleventh "Star Trek" film's marketing campaign targeted non-fans, even stating in the film's advertisements that "this is not your father's "Star Trek"". The film earned considerable critical and financial success, grossing (in inflation-adjusted dollars) more box office sales than any previous "Star Trek" film. The plaudits include the franchise's first Academy