Although often forgotten today, it's the closest thing 'Star Trek' got to a legitimate fourth season.ĭespite airing Saturday mornings on NBC immediately preceding 'Sigmund and the Sea Monsters', 'The Pink Panther Show' and 'The Jetsons', the animated 'Star Trek' was neither conceived nor executed to be a kids' show. No mere cash-in spinoff, 'Star Trek: The Animated Series' was scripted by some of the original show's writers and featured almost the entire cast reprising their iconic roles.
In the fall of 1973, creator Gene Roddenberry and other key talent found a way to produce more episodes, in the form of a Saturday morning cartoon. Its popularity in broadcast syndication built a sizable cult audience hungry for more 'Star Trek'. However, the show was not completely stagnant during the decade in between. As we of course know now, the series would be revived starting in 1979 as a very successful feature film franchise. To the dismay of its many fans, 'Star Trek' was canceled by NBC in 1969 after just three seasons on the air.
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