| Star Trek: The Original Series | |
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| Also known as | Star Trek |
| Genre | |
| Created by | Gene Roddenberry |
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| Theme music composer | Alexander Courage |
| Opening theme | "Theme from Star Trek" |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 79 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer | Gene Roddenberry |
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| Running time | 50 minutes[1] |
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| Budget | Per episode: Season 1: $190,000[a] Season 2: $185,000 Season 3: $175,000 |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | September 8, 1966 – June 3, 1969 |
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Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) and its crew. It acquired the retronym of Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) to distinguish the show within the media franchise that it began.[3]
The show is set in the Milky Way galaxy, c. 2266–2269. The ship and crew are led by Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner), First Officer and Science Officer Spock (Leonard Nimoy), and Chief Medical Officer Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy (DeForest Kelley). Shatner's voice-over introduction during each episode's opening credits stated the starship's purpose:
Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.
Norway Productions and Desilu Productions produced the series from September 1966 to December 1967. Paramount Television produced the show from January 1968 to June 1969. Star Trek aired on NBC from September 8, 1966, to June 3, 1969.[4] It was first broadcast on September 6, 1966, on Canada's CTV network.[5] While on NBC, Star Trek's Nielsen ratings were low and the network canceled it after three seasons and 79 episodes. In the United Kingdom the series was not broadcast until July 12, 1969, coinciding with the Apollo 11 mission to land the first humans on the Moon.[6] Through broadcast syndication it became an international success in the 1970s, achieving cult classic status and a developing influence on popular culture. Star Trek eventually spawned a media franchise consisting of 11 television series, 13 feature films, and numerous books, games, and toys, and is now widely considered one of the most popular and influential television series of all time.[7]
- ^ "Star Trek". imdb.com. September 8, 1966. Archived from the original on July 21, 2010. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
- ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ Strauss, Larry (September 3, 1998). "Trekkers' paradise found on local TV". News-Press. Fort Myers, Florida. p. E1. Archived from the original on September 5, 2019. Retrieved September 5, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
(Strauss:) ... thanks ... to the Sci-Fi Channel ... which brought the original series back to TV Tuesday night. Dubbed 'Star Trek: The Original Series', scenes that were cut from episodes that aired in syndication have been restored, and shows have been digitally remastered and color-corrected.
- ^ "Star Trek (a titles & telecast dates guide)". epguides.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2010. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
- ^ "Today's TV Previews". Montreal Gazette. September 6, 1966. p. 36. Archived from the original on April 8, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
- ^ Williams, Michael (July 10, 1969). "Switching from fact to fiction... Star Trek – introducing a space series packed with pointers to our galaxy-trotting future". Radio Times. No. 2383. London: British Broadcasting Corporation. p. 32. (See also listing at the BBC Genome Project).
- ^ Asherman, Allan (1981). The Star Trek Compendium. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-671-79145-1.
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