Star Trek
1966 · TV Series · TV-PG · 50 min · ★ 8.0 · 85% critics
A starship crew sets out on a long mission to explore the galaxy, seeking new worlds and new civilizations. Along the way, they face rival empires, strange creatures, and mind-bending dilemmas like time paradoxes, balancing action with big questions about humanity and how to treat the unknown.
Based on Star Trek is…
Also known as Star Trek: The Original Series · Star Trek - The Original Series · Star Trek The Original Series · Star Trek TOS
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Details
- Years
- 1966–1969
- Release date
- 1966-09-08
- Network
- NBC
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Runtime
- 50 min
- Critic score
- 85/100
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 (1,488 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want classic, idea-driven space adventures with a mix of action and social commentary; Not for you if you need modern pacing, polished visuals, or less dated attitudes—try Star Trek: The Next Generation instead.
Pros: imaginative sci-fi ideas; memorable core crew; thoughtful social themes | Cons: dated production look; uneven episodes; sexist attitudes at times
Themes
- space travel
- exploration
- friendship
- space
- alien
- romulans
- trek
- space opera
- space adventure
- distant planet
- imaginative
- 23rd century
- +4 more
Awards & recognition
- Saturn Award — Best Retro Television Series on DVD · 2004
- Hugo Award — Best Dramatic Presentation · 1968
- Hugo Award — Best Dramatic Presentation · 1967
- TCA Heritage Award · 2014 · nominated
- TCA Heritage Award · 2013 · nominated
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- TCA Heritage Award · 2012 · nominated
- TCA Heritage Award · 2009 · nominated
- Saturn Award — Best Retro Television Series on DVD · 2004 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series · 1969 · nominated
- Hugo Award — Best Dramatic Presentation · 1968 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Drama Series · 1968 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series · 1968 · nominated
- Hugo Award — Best Dramatic Presentation · 1967 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series · 1967 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Drama Series · 1967 · nominated
Cast & crew
William Shatner
as James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy
as Spock
DeForest Kelley
as Dr. McCoy
James Doohan
as Scott
Walter Koenig
as Pavel Chekov
George Takei
as Sulu
Nichelle Nichols
as Uhura
Susan Oliver
as Vina (archive footage)
Marianna Hill
as Dr. Helen Noel
Clint Howard
as Balok
Directed by Marc Daniels, Joseph Pevney, Ralph Senensky +25 more
Episodes3 seasons · 79 episodes
Season 129 episodes
- S1E1The Man Trap50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E2Charlie X51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E3Where No Man Has Gone Before51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E4The Naked Time51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E5The Enemy Within50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E6Mudd's Women50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E7What Are Little Girls Made Of?50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E8Miri50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E9Dagger of the Mind50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E10The Corbomite Maneuver50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E11The Menagerie (1)49mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E12The Menagerie (2)50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E13The Conscience of the King50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E14Balance of Terror50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E15Shore Leave50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E16The Galileo Seven50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E17The Squire of Gothos50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E18Arena51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E19Tomorrow Is Yesterday50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E20Court Martial50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E21The Return of the Archons50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E22Space Seed50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E23A Taste of Armageddon50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E24This Side of Paradise50mParamount+
- S1E25The Devil in the Dark50mParamount+
- S1E26Errand of Mercy50mParamount+
- S1E27The Alternative Factor51mParamount+
- S1E28The City on the Edge of Forever50mParamount+
- S1E29Operation: Annihilate!50mParamount+
Season 226 episodes
- S2E1Amok Time50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E2Who Mourns for Adonais?51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E3The Changeling50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E4Mirror, Mirror50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E5The Apple50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E6The Doomsday Machine51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E7Catspaw50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E8I, Mudd51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E9Metamorphosis50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E10Journey to Babel50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E11Friday's Child50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E12The Deadly Years50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E13Obsession50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E14Wolf in the Fold51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E15The Trouble With Tribbles50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E16The Gamesters of Triskelion50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E17A Piece of the Action50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E18The Immunity Syndrome50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E19A Private Little War51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E20Return to Tomorrow50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E21Patterns of Force50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E22By Any Other Name50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E23The Omega Glory50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E24The Ultimate Computer50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E25Bread and Circuses50mParamount+
- S2E26Assignment: Earth50mParamount+
Season 324 episodes
- S3E1Spock's Brain51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E2The Enterprise Incident51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E3The Paradise Syndrome51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E4And the Children Shall Lead51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E5Is There in Truth No Beauty?51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E6Spectre of the Gun51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E7Day of the Dove51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E8For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E9The Tholian Web50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E10Plato's Stepchildren51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E11Wink of an Eye51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E12The Empath51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E13Elaan of Troyius51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E14Whom Gods Destroy51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E15Let That Be Your Last Battlefield51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E16The Mark of Gideon51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E17That Which Survives51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E18The Lights of Zetar51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E19Requiem for Methuselah51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E20The Way to Eden51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E21The Cloud Minders51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E22The Savage Curtain51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E23All Our Yesterdays51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E24Turnabout Intruder51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+