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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