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 (film series) creating a television series, "", with the original cast. However, following the huge success of "Star Wars" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" in 1977, Paramount changed its mind again, halting production on the television series and adapting its pilot episode into a "Star Trek" feature film, "" (1979). Five more "Star Trek" feature films featuring the entire original cast followed. The cast of the "Star Trek" sequel series "" (1987-1994) starred in a further four films. Upon the release of "" on December 13, 2002, the film had grossed $67 million, a meager amount compared to the box